diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/Druids.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/Druids.java
index 1576c01a1c79..e235a99d0220 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/Druids.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/Druids.java
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ public static class SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder
     private EnumSet<SegmentMetadataQuery.AnalysisType> analysisTypes;
     private Boolean merge;
     private Boolean lenientAggregatorMerge;
+    private Boolean usingDefaultInterval;
     private Map<String, Object> context;
 
     public SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder()
@@ -601,6 +602,7 @@ public SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder()
       analysisTypes = null;
       merge = null;
       lenientAggregatorMerge = null;
+      usingDefaultInterval = null;
       context = null;
     }
 
@@ -613,7 +615,7 @@ public SegmentMetadataQuery build()
           merge,
           context,
           analysisTypes,
-          false,
+          usingDefaultInterval,
           lenientAggregatorMerge
       );
     }
@@ -627,6 +629,7 @@ public static SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder copy(SegmentMetadataQuery query)
           .analysisTypes(query.getAnalysisTypes())
           .merge(query.isMerge())
           .lenientAggregatorMerge(query.isLenientAggregatorMerge())
+          .usingDefaultInterval(query.isUsingDefaultInterval())
           .context(query.getContext());
     }
 
@@ -696,6 +699,12 @@ public SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder lenientAggregatorMerge(boolean lenientAggrega
       return this;
     }
 
+    public SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder usingDefaultInterval(boolean usingDefaultInterval)
+    {
+      this.usingDefaultInterval = usingDefaultInterval;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder context(Map<String, Object> c)
     {
       context = c;
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChestTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChestTest.java
index 6a0e3c42a42b..359e39f6af2b 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChestTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChestTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import io.druid.jackson.DefaultObjectMapper;
 import io.druid.java.util.common.Intervals;
 import io.druid.query.CacheStrategy;
+import io.druid.query.Druids;
 import io.druid.query.TableDataSource;
 import io.druid.query.aggregation.AggregatorFactory;
 import io.druid.query.aggregation.DoubleMaxAggregatorFactory;
@@ -38,10 +39,14 @@
 import io.druid.query.metadata.metadata.SegmentMetadataQuery;
 import io.druid.query.spec.LegacySegmentSpec;
 import io.druid.segment.column.ValueType;
+import io.druid.timeline.LogicalSegment;
+import org.joda.time.Period;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChestTest
 {
@@ -271,6 +276,37 @@ public void testMergeAggregatorsConflict()
     );
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFilterSegments()
+  {
+    final SegmentMetadataQueryConfig config = new SegmentMetadataQueryConfig();
+    final SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChest toolChest = new SegmentMetadataQueryQueryToolChest(config);
+
+    final List<LogicalSegment> filteredSegments = toolChest.filterSegments(
+        Druids.newSegmentMetadataQueryBuilder().dataSource("foo").merge(true).build(),
+        ImmutableList
+            .of(
+                "2000-01-01/P1D",
+                "2000-01-04/P1D",
+                "2000-01-09/P1D",
+                "2000-01-09/P1D"
+            )
+            .stream()
+            .map(interval -> (LogicalSegment) () -> Intervals.of(interval))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList())
+    );
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(Period.weeks(1), config.getDefaultHistory());
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+        ImmutableList.of(
+            Intervals.of("2000-01-04/P1D"),
+            Intervals.of("2000-01-09/P1D"),
+            Intervals.of("2000-01-09/P1D")
+        ),
+        filteredSegments.stream().map(LogicalSegment::getInterval).collect(Collectors.toList())
+    );
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("ArgumentParameterSwap")
   @Test
   public void testMergeRollup()
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
index 6e688c7968bf..16eaedd9b272 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
@@ -895,6 +895,9 @@ public void testSerdeWithDefaultInterval() throws Exception
 
     // test serialize and deserialize
     Assert.assertEquals(query, MAPPER.readValue(MAPPER.writeValueAsString(query), Query.class));
+
+    // test copy
+    Assert.assertEquals(query, Druids.SegmentMetadataQueryBuilder.copy((SegmentMetadataQuery) query).build());
   }
 
   @Test