diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
index ae521c7b851..a65b8533733 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Http/Client.php
@@ -102,7 +102,13 @@ public function config($config = null) {
  */
 	public function get($url, $data = [], $options = []) {
 		$options = $this->_mergeOptions($options);
-		$request = $this->_createRequest(Request::METHOD_GET, $url, $data, $options);
+		$url = $this->buildUrl($url, $data, $options);
+		$request = $this->_createRequest(
+			Request::METHOD_GET,
+			$url,
+			[],
+			$options
+		);
 		return $this->send($request, $options);
 	}
 
@@ -173,13 +179,17 @@ public function send(Request $request, $options = []) {
  * Generate a URL based on the scoped client options.
  *
  * @param string $url Either a full URL or just the path.
+ * @param array $query The query data for the URL.
  * @param array $options The config options stored with Client::config()
  * @return string A complete url with scheme, port, host, path.
  */
-	public function buildUrl($url, $options = []) {
-		if (empty($options)) {
+	public function buildUrl($url, $query = [], $options = []) {
+		if (empty($options) && empty($query)) {
 			return $url;
 		}
+		if ($query) {
+			$url .= '?' . http_build_query($query);
+		}
 		if (preg_match('#^https?://#', $url)) {
 			return $url;
 		}
@@ -204,11 +214,13 @@ public function buildUrl($url, $options = []) {
 /**
  * Creates a new request object based on the parameters.
  *
- *
+ * @param string $method HTTP method name.
+ * @param string $url The url including query string.
+ * @param mixed $data The request body content.
+ * @param array $options The options to use. Contains auth, proxy etc.
  * @return Cake\Network\Http\Request
  */
 	protected function _createRequest($method, $url, $data, $options) {
-		$url = $this->buildUrl($url, $options);
 		$request = new Request();
 		$request->method($method)
 			->url($url)
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
index 45bf82f41ec..aa5a8af6eaa 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Network/Http/ClientTest.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public static function urlProvider() {
 			[
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
+				[],
 				null,
 				'Null options'
 			],
@@ -67,54 +68,68 @@ public static function urlProvider() {
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				[],
+				[],
 				'Simple string'
 			],
 			[
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				'/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com'],
 				'host name option',
 			],
 			[
 				'https://example.com/test.html',
 				'/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com', 'scheme' => 'https'],
 				'HTTPS',
 			],
 			[
 				'http://example.com:8080/test.html',
 				'/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com', 'port' => '8080'],
 				'Non standard port',
 			],
 			[
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				'/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com', 'port' => '80'],
 				'standard port, does not display'
 			],
 			[
 				'https://example.com/test.html',
 				'/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com', 'scheme' => 'https', 'port' => '443'],
 				'standard port, does not display'
 			],
 			[
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
 				'http://example.com/test.html',
+				[],
 				['host' => 'example.com', 'scheme' => 'https'],
 				'options do not duplicate'
 			],
+			[
+				'http://example.com/search?q=hi+there&cat%5Bid%5D%5B0%5D=2&cat%5Bid%5D%5B1%5D=3',
+				'http://example.com/search',
+				['q' => 'hi there', 'cat' => ['id' => [2, 3]]],
+				[],
+				'query string data.'
+			],
 		];
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @dataProvider urlProvider
 	 */
-	public function testBuildUrl($expected, $url, $opts) {
+	public function testBuildUrl($expected, $url, $query, $opts) {
 		$http = new Client();
 
-		$result = $http->buildUrl($url, $opts);
+		$result = $http->buildUrl($url, $query, $opts);
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
@@ -179,4 +194,31 @@ public function testGetSimpleWithHeadersAndCookies() {
 		$this->assertSame($result, $response);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test get request with querystring data
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testGetQuerystring() {
+		$response = new Response();
+
+		$mock = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Http\Adapter\Stream', ['send']);
+		$mock->expects($this->once())
+			->method('send')
+			->with($this->logicalAnd(
+				$this->isInstanceOf('Cake\Network\Http\Request'),
+				$this->attributeEqualTo('_url', 'http://cakephp.org/search?q=hi+there&Category%5Bid%5D%5B0%5D=2&Category%5Bid%5D%5B1%5D=3')
+			))
+			->will($this->returnValue($response));
+
+		$http = new Client([
+			'host' => 'cakephp.org',
+			'adapter' => $mock
+		]);
+		$result = $http->get('/search', [
+			'q' => 'hi there',
+			'Category' => ['id' => [2, 3]]
+		]);
+		$this->assertSame($result, $response);
+	}
 }