diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
index 426f450bb..2be96bfd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ public interface SpiQuery<T> extends Query<T>, TxnProfileEventCodes {
    */
   boolean isRawSql();
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if the query should have an order by appended automatically.
+   */
+  boolean checkPagingOrderBy();
+
   /**
    * Return the Order By clause or null if there is none defined.
    */