diff --git a/src/Jackalope/Transport/DoctrineDBAL/Client.php b/src/Jackalope/Transport/DoctrineDBAL/Client.php
index 4727effd..5d0c38f2 100644
--- a/src/Jackalope/Transport/DoctrineDBAL/Client.php
+++ b/src/Jackalope/Transport/DoctrineDBAL/Client.php
@@ -1488,6 +1488,11 @@ public function query(\PHPCR\Query\QueryInterface $query)
         $limit = $query->getLimit();
         $offset = $query->getOffset();
 
+        //hack to avoid a bug in Doctrine DBAL with MySQL, see http://www.doctrine-project.org/jira/browse/DBAL-256
+        if ($this->conn->getDatabasePlatform()->getName() === 'mysql' && null !== $offset && null == $limit) {
+            $limit = PHP_INT_MAX;
+        }
+
         $language = $query->getLanguage();
         if ($language === QueryInterface::JCR_SQL2) {
             $parser = new Sql2ToQomQueryConverter($this->factory->get('Query\QOM\QueryObjectModelFactory'));