diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/OrmQueryProperties.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/OrmQueryProperties.java
index e3b7a0dca..3ea4da639 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/OrmQueryProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/OrmQueryProperties.java
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ public class OrmQueryProperties implements Serializable {
    */
   public void setFilterMany(SpiExpressionList<?> filterMany) {
     this.filterMany = filterMany;
+    this.markForQueryJoin = true;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ public class OrmQueryProperties implements Serializable {
       return true;
     }
     // explicitly selected some properties
-    return included != null;
+    return included != null || filterMany != null;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryFilterMany.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryFilterMany.java
index be4593553..44ba772a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryFilterMany.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/TestQueryFilterMany.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -40,4 +41,24 @@ public class TestQueryFilterMany extends BaseTestCase {
     Ebean.refreshMany(customer, "orders");
 
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNestedFilterMany() {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+    LoggedSqlCollector.start();
+    Ebean.find(Customer.class)
+        .filterMany("contacts").isNotNull("firstName")
+        .filterMany("contacts.notes").istartsWith("title", "foo")
+        .findList();
+
+    List<String> sql = LoggedSqlCollector.stop();
+
+    assertThat(sql).hasSize(3);
+    assertThat(sql.get(0)).contains(" from o_customer t0; --bind()");
+    assertThat(sql.get(1)).contains(" from contact t0 where (t0.customer_id) in");
+    assertThat(sql.get(1)).contains(" and t0.first_name is not null");
+    assertThat(sql.get(2)).contains(" from contact_note t0 where (t0.contact_id) in");
+    assertThat(sql.get(2)).contains(" and lower(t0.title) like");
+  }
 }