diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.js
index 56b215aa6f..1f59a1b4aa 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.js
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFST.v1_1_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
      */
     writers: {
         "wfs": OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
+            "GetFeature": function(options) {
+                var node = OpenLayers.Format.WFST.v1.prototype.writers["wfs"]["GetFeature"].apply(this, arguments);
+                options && options.resultType && this.setAttributes(node, {
+                    resultType: options.resultType
+                });
+                return node;
+            },
             "Query": function(options) {
                 options = OpenLayers.Util.extend({
                     featureNS: this.featureNS,
diff --git a/tests/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.html b/tests/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.html
index c5ab632c63..9678d580e0 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WFST/v1_1_0.html
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
             id: "getfeature0",
             writer: "wfs:GetFeature",
             arg: {
+                resultType: "hits",
                 propertyNames: ["STATE_NAME", "STATE_FIPS", "STATE_ABBR"]
             }
         }];
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
 </wfs:Query>
 --></div>
 <div id="getfeature0"><!--
-<wfs:GetFeature service="WFS" version="1.1.0" xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp"
+<wfs:GetFeature service="WFS" version="1.1.0" resultType="hits" xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp"
                 xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"
                 xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"