diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/mongodb/hadoop/input/MongoInputSplit.java b/core/src/main/java/com/mongodb/hadoop/input/MongoInputSplit.java
index 1acc1a5a..146bdc5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/mongodb/hadoop/input/MongoInputSplit.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/mongodb/hadoop/input/MongoInputSplit.java
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ public void readFields( DataInput in ) throws IOException{
     DBCursor getCursor(){
         // Return the cursor with the split's query, etc. already slotted in for
         // them.
-        // todo - support limit/skip
         if ( _cursor == null ){
-            _cursor = MongoConfigUtil.getCollection( _mongoURI ).find( _querySpec, _fieldSpec ).sort( _sortSpec );
+            _cursor = MongoConfigUtil.getCollection( _mongoURI ).find( _querySpec, _fieldSpec ).sort( _sortSpec ).limit(_limit);
+            if (_skip > 0) {
+                _cursor.skip(_skip);
+            }
             if (_notimeout) _cursor.setOptions( Bytes.QUERYOPTION_NOTIMEOUT );
             _cursor.slaveOk();
         }
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ BSONDecoder getBSONDecoder(){
 
     @Override
     public String toString(){
-        return "MongoInputSplit{URI=" + _mongoURI + ", keyField=" + _keyField + ", query=" + _querySpec + ", sort=" + _sortSpec + ", fields=" + _fieldSpec + '}';
+        return "MongoInputSplit{URI=" + _mongoURI + ", keyField=" + _keyField + ", query=" + _querySpec + ", sort=" + _sortSpec + ", fields=" + _fieldSpec + ", limit=" + _limit + ", skip=" + _skip +'}';
     }
 
     public MongoInputSplit(){ }