diff --git a/spec/ParseQuery.spec.js b/spec/ParseQuery.spec.js
index c2f7a1fc2b..030deed921 100644
--- a/spec/ParseQuery.spec.js
+++ b/spec/ParseQuery.spec.js
@@ -2655,6 +2655,46 @@ describe('Parse.Query testing', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('select nested keys 2 level without include (issue #3185)', function(done) {
+    var Foobar = new Parse.Object('Foobar');
+    var BarBaz = new Parse.Object('Barbaz');
+    var Bazoo = new Parse.Object('Bazoo');
+
+    Bazoo.set('some', 'thing');
+    Bazoo.set('otherSome', 'value');
+    Bazoo.save().then(() => {
+      BarBaz.set('key', 'value');
+      BarBaz.set('otherKey', 'value');
+      BarBaz.set('bazoo', Bazoo);
+      return BarBaz.save();
+    }).then(() => {
+      Foobar.set('foo', 'bar');
+      Foobar.set('fizz', 'buzz');
+      Foobar.set('barBaz', BarBaz);
+      return Foobar.save();
+    }).then(function(savedFoobar){
+      var foobarQuery = new Parse.Query('Foobar');
+      foobarQuery.select(['fizz', 'barBaz.key', 'barBaz.bazoo.some']);
+      return foobarQuery.get(savedFoobar.id);
+    }).then((foobarObj) => {
+      equal(foobarObj.get('fizz'), 'buzz');
+      equal(foobarObj.get('foo'), undefined);
+      if (foobarObj.has('barBaz')) {
+        equal(foobarObj.get('barBaz').get('key'), 'value');
+        equal(foobarObj.get('barBaz').get('otherKey'), undefined);
+        if (foobarObj.get('barBaz').has('bazoo')) {
+          equal(foobarObj.get('barBaz').get('bazoo').get('some'), 'thing');
+          equal(foobarObj.get('barBaz').get('bazoo').get('otherSome'), undefined);
+        } else {
+          fail('bazoo should be set');
+        }
+      } else {
+        fail('barBaz should be set');
+      }
+      done();
+    })
+  });
+
   it('properly handles nested ors', function(done) {
     var objects = [];
     while(objects.length != 4) {
diff --git a/src/RestQuery.js b/src/RestQuery.js
index 2cdfc2aaed..07a309fbf5 100644
--- a/src/RestQuery.js
+++ b/src/RestQuery.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var SchemaController = require('./Controllers/SchemaController');
 var Parse = require('parse/node').Parse;
 const triggers = require('./triggers');
 
+const AlwaysSelectedKeys = ['objectId', 'createdAt', 'updatedAt'];
 // restOptions can include:
 //   skip
 //   limit
@@ -52,15 +53,36 @@ function RestQuery(config, auth, className, restWhere = {}, restOptions = {}, cl
   // this.include = [['foo'], ['foo', 'baz'], ['foo', 'bar']]
   this.include = [];
 
+  // If we have keys, we probably want to force some includes (n-1 level)
+  // See issue: https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/issues/3185
+  if (restOptions.hasOwnProperty('keys')) {
+    const keysForInclude = restOptions.keys.split(',').filter((key) => {
+      // At least 2 components
+      return key.split(".").length > 1;
+    }).map((key) => {
+      // Slice the last component (a.b.c -> a.b)
+      // Otherwise we'll include one level too much.
+      return key.slice(0, key.lastIndexOf("."));
+    }).join(',');
+
+    // Concat the possibly present include string with the one from the keys
+    // Dedup / sorting is handle in 'include' case.
+    if (keysForInclude.length > 0) {
+      if (!restOptions.include || restOptions.include.length == 0) {
+        restOptions.include = keysForInclude;
+      } else {
+        restOptions.include += "," + keysForInclude;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   for (var option in restOptions) {
     switch(option) {
-    case 'keys':
-      this.keys = new Set(restOptions.keys.split(','));
-        // Add the default
-      this.keys.add('objectId');
-      this.keys.add('createdAt');
-      this.keys.add('updatedAt');
+    case 'keys': {
+      const keys = restOptions.keys.split(',').concat(AlwaysSelectedKeys);
+      this.keys = Array.from(new Set(keys));
       break;
+    }
     case 'count':
       this.doCount = true;
       break;
@@ -80,22 +102,26 @@ function RestQuery(config, auth, className, restWhere = {}, restOptions = {}, cl
       }
       this.findOptions.sort = sortMap;
       break;
-    case 'include':
-      var paths = restOptions.include.split(',');
-      var pathSet = {};
-      for (var path of paths) {
-        // Add all prefixes with a .-split to pathSet
-        var parts = path.split('.');
-        for (var len = 1; len <= parts.length; len++) {
-          pathSet[parts.slice(0, len).join('.')] = true;
-        }
-      }
-      this.include = Object.keys(pathSet).sort((a, b) => {
-        return a.length - b.length;
-      }).map((s) => {
+    case 'include': {
+      const paths = restOptions.include.split(',');
+      // Load the existing includes (from keys)
+      const pathSet = paths.reduce((memo, path) => {
+        // Split each paths on . (a.b.c -> [a,b,c])
+        // reduce to create all paths
+        // ([a,b,c] -> {a: true, 'a.b': true, 'a.b.c': true})
+        return path.split('.').reduce((memo, path, index, parts) => {
+          memo[parts.slice(0, index+1).join('.')] = true;
+          return memo;
+        }, memo);
+      }, {});
+
+      this.include = Object.keys(pathSet).map((s) => {
         return s.split('.');
+      }).sort((a, b) => {
+        return a.length - b.length; // Sort by number of components
       });
       break;
+    }
     case 'redirectClassNameForKey':
       this.redirectKey = restOptions.redirectClassNameForKey;
       this.redirectClassName = null;
@@ -421,7 +447,7 @@ RestQuery.prototype.runFind = function(options = {}) {
   }
   let findOptions = Object.assign({}, this.findOptions);
   if (this.keys) {
-    findOptions.keys = Array.from(this.keys).map((key) => {
+    findOptions.keys = this.keys.map((key) => {
       return key.split('.')[0];
     });
   }