diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
index 88474292dc4..fd4b95487b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasChildQueryParser.java
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ public class HasChildQueryParser implements QueryParser {
                     if (!"none".equals(scoreTypeValue)) {
                         scoreType = ScoreType.fromString(scoreTypeValue);
                     }
+                } else if ("score_mode".equals(currentFieldName) || "scoreMode".equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                    String scoreModeValue = parser.text();
+                    if (!"none".equals(scoreModeValue)) {
+                        scoreType = ScoreType.fromString(scoreModeValue);
+                    }
                 } else if ("boost".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     boost = parser.floatValue();
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryParser.java
index f7927df53f9..de8b33bbbeb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/HasParentQueryParser.java
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ public class HasParentQueryParser implements QueryParser {
                     } else if ("none".equals(scoreTypeValue)) {
                         score = false;
                     }
+                } else if ("score_mode".equals(currentFieldName) || "scoreMode".equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                    String scoreModeValue = parser.text();
+                    if ("score".equals(scoreModeValue)) {
+                        score = true;
+                    } else if ("none".equals(scoreModeValue)) {
+                        score = false;
+                    }
                 } else if ("boost".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     boost = parser.floatValue();
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/TopChildrenQueryParser.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/TopChildrenQueryParser.java
index fa33b9cb31b..ff2c98c0bb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/TopChildrenQueryParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/TopChildrenQueryParser.java
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ public class TopChildrenQueryParser implements QueryParser {
                     throw new QueryParsingException(parseContext.index(), "the [_scope] support in [top_children] query has been removed, use a filter as a facet_filter in the relevant global facet");
                 } else if ("score".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     scoreType = ScoreType.fromString(parser.text());
+                } else if ("score_mode".equals(currentFieldName) || "scoreMode".equals(currentFieldName)) {
+                    scoreType = ScoreType.fromString(parser.text());
                 } else if ("boost".equals(currentFieldName)) {
                     boost = parser.floatValue();
                 } else if ("factor".equals(currentFieldName)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ScoreType.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ScoreType.java
index 568c2f960d0..5938bc5d7d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ScoreType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/search/child/ScoreType.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public enum ScoreType {
             return AVG;
         } else if ("sum".equals(type)) {
             return SUM;
+        } else if ("total".equals(type)) { // This name is consistent with: ScoreMode.Total
+            return SUM;
         }
         throw new ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException("No score type for child query [" + type + "] found");
     }