diff --git a/src/chttpd_db.erl b/src/chttpd_db.erl
index 895d5d4..38b0782 100644
--- a/src/chttpd_db.erl
+++ b/src/chttpd_db.erl
@@ -1148,6 +1148,9 @@ parse_doc_query(Req) ->
         {"open_revs", RevsJsonStr} ->
             JsonArray = ?JSON_DECODE(RevsJsonStr),
             Args#doc_query_args{open_revs=[couch_doc:parse_rev(Rev) || Rev <- JsonArray]};
+        {"latest", "true"} ->
+            Options = [latest | Args#doc_query_args.options],
+            Args#doc_query_args{options=Options};
         {"atts_since", RevsJsonStr} ->
             JsonArray = ?JSON_DECODE(RevsJsonStr),
             Args#doc_query_args{atts_since = couch_doc:parse_revs(JsonArray)};