diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
index 9194cdb354..ce7905b42f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
@@ -149,6 +149,24 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
                 item = user == null ? _libraryManager.RootFolder : user.RootFolder;
             }
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Ids))
+            {
+                var query = GetItemsQuery(request, user);
+                var specificItems = _libraryManager.GetItemList(query).ToArray();
+                if (query.SortBy.Length == 0)
+                {
+                    var ids = query.ItemIds.ToList();
+
+                    // Try to preserve order
+                    specificItems = specificItems.OrderBy(i => ids.IndexOf(i.Id.ToString("N"))).ToArray();
+                }
+                return new QueryResult<BaseItem>
+                {
+                    Items = specificItems.ToArray(),
+                    TotalRecordCount = specificItems.Length
+                };
+            }
+
             // Default list type = children
 
             var folder = item as Folder;
@@ -157,16 +175,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
                 folder = user == null ? _libraryManager.RootFolder : _libraryManager.GetUserRootFolder();
             }
 
-            if (request.Recursive || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Ids))
+            if (request.Recursive || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Ids) || user == null)
             {
                 return await folder.GetItems(GetItemsQuery(request, user)).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            if (user == null)
-            {
-                return await folder.GetItems(GetItemsQuery(request, null)).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-
             var userRoot = item as UserRootFolder;
 
             if (userRoot == null)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
index a5e6c1b92d..cc3a7e41f8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Library/LibraryManager.cs
@@ -1465,7 +1465,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Library
 
         private void AddUserToQuery(InternalItemsQuery query, User user)
         {
-            if (query.AncestorIds.Length == 0 && !query.ParentId.HasValue && query.ChannelIds.Length == 0 && query.TopParentIds.Length == 0 && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey))
+            if (query.AncestorIds.Length == 0 && 
+                !query.ParentId.HasValue && 
+                query.ChannelIds.Length == 0 && 
+                query.TopParentIds.Length == 0 && 
+                string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(query.AncestorWithPresentationUniqueKey)
+                && query.ItemIds.Length == 0)
             {
                 var userViews = _userviewManager().GetUserViews(new UserViewQuery
                 {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Persistence/SqliteItemRepository.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Persistence/SqliteItemRepository.cs
index f04b9f50a4..2ac625ebc7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Persistence/SqliteItemRepository.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Persistence/SqliteItemRepository.cs
@@ -3152,17 +3152,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Persistence
             }
             if (query.ItemIds.Length > 0)
             {
-                var excludeIds = new List<string>();
+                var includeIds = new List<string>();
 
                 var index = 0;
                 foreach (var id in query.ItemIds)
                 {
-                    excludeIds.Add("Guid = @IncludeId" + index);
+                    includeIds.Add("Guid = @IncludeId" + index);
                     cmd.Parameters.Add(cmd, "@IncludeId" + index, DbType.Guid).Value = new Guid(id);
                     index++;
                 }
 
-                whereClauses.Add(string.Join(" OR ", excludeIds.ToArray()));
+                whereClauses.Add(string.Join(" OR ", includeIds.ToArray()));
             }
             if (query.ExcludeItemIds.Length > 0)
             {