diff --git a/web/client/utils/MapInfoUtils.js b/web/client/utils/MapInfoUtils.js
index b522b6f6f1..4535e4fc06 100644
--- a/web/client/utils/MapInfoUtils.js
+++ b/web/client/utils/MapInfoUtils.js
@@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ const MapInfoUtils = {
         const center = {x: lngCorrected, y: props.point.latlng.lat};
         let centerProjected = CoordinatesUtils.reproject(center, 'EPSG:4326', props.map.projection);
         let bounds = MapInfoUtils.getProjectedBBox(centerProjected, resolution, rotation, size, null);
+        let queryLayers = layer.name;
+        if (layer.queryLayers) {
+            queryLayers = layer.queryLayers.join(",");
+        }
 
         return {
             request: {
                 id: layer.id,
                 layers: layer.name,
-                query_layers: layer.name,
+                query_layers: queryLayers,
                 styles: layer.style,
                 x: ((widthBBox % 2) === 1) ? Math.ceil(widthBBox / 2) : widthBBox / 2,
                 y: ((widthBBox % 2) === 1) ? Math.ceil(widthBBox / 2) : widthBBox / 2,
diff --git a/web/client/utils/__tests__/MapInfoUtils-test.js b/web/client/utils/__tests__/MapInfoUtils-test.js
index 118488d08e..a68070f4b8 100644
--- a/web/client/utils/__tests__/MapInfoUtils-test.js
+++ b/web/client/utils/__tests__/MapInfoUtils-test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ var {
     getAvailableInfoFormatValues,
     getDefaultInfoFormatValue,
     createBBox,
-    getProjectedBBox
+    getProjectedBBox,
+    buildIdentifyWMSRequest
 } = require('../MapInfoUtils');
 
 describe('MapInfoUtils', () => {
@@ -80,4 +81,47 @@ describe('MapInfoUtils', () => {
         expect(bbox.maxx).toBeGreaterThan(bbox.minx);
         expect(bbox.maxy).toBeGreaterThan(bbox.miny);
     });
+
+    it('buildIdentifyWMSRequest should honour queryLayers', () => {
+        let props = {
+            map: {
+                zoom: 0,
+                projection: 'EPSG:4326'
+            },
+            point: {
+                latlng: {
+                    lat: 0,
+                    lng: 0
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        let layer1 = {
+            type: "wms",
+            queryLayers: ["sublayer1", "sublayer2"],
+            name: "layer",
+            url: "http://localhost"
+        };
+        let req1 = buildIdentifyWMSRequest(layer1, props);
+        expect(req1.request).toExist();
+        expect(req1.request.query_layers).toEqual("sublayer1,sublayer2");
+
+        let layer2 = {
+            type: "wms",
+            name: "layer",
+            url: "http://localhost"
+        };
+        let req2 = buildIdentifyWMSRequest(layer2, props);
+        expect(req2.request).toExist();
+        expect(req2.request.query_layers).toEqual("layer");
+
+        let layer3 = {
+            type: "wms",
+            name: "layer",
+            queryLayers: [],
+            url: "http://localhost"
+        };
+        let req3 = buildIdentifyWMSRequest(layer3, props);
+        expect(req3.request).toExist();
+        expect(req3.request.query_layers).toEqual("");
+    });
 });