diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/client/AsyncStoreClientUtis.java b/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/client/AsyncStoreClientUtis.java
index f35ec05..444149a 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/client/AsyncStoreClientUtis.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/client/AsyncStoreClientUtis.java
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ public static Scan buildScan(ScanData scanData, Map<String, KeyDistributor> keyD
 
     byte[] startRowKey = keyDistributor.enrichKey(scanData.getStartRow(), scanData.getPartitionKey());
     byte[] stopRowKey = keyDistributor.enrichKey(scanData.getStopRow(), scanData.getPartitionKey());
-    scan.setStartRow(startRowKey);
-    scan.setStopRow(stopRowKey);
+    scan.withStartRow(startRowKey, scanData.shouldIncludeStartRow());
+    scan.withStopRow(stopRowKey, scanData.shouldIncludeStopRow());
 
     if (scanData.getCaching() == -1 || (scanData.getLimit() != -1 && scanData.getCaching() > scanData.getLimit())) {
       scan.setCaching(scanData.getLimit());
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/models/ScanData.java b/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/models/ScanData.java
index ef69b94..892a45e 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/models/ScanData.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/flipkart/yak/models/ScanData.java
@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ public class ScanData {
   private List<ColTupple> columnfamilies = new ArrayList<>();
   private final String tableName;
   private byte[] partitionKey;
+  private boolean includeStopRow = false;
+  private boolean includeStartRow = true;
+
+  public boolean shouldIncludeStopRow() {
+      return includeStopRow;
+  }
+
+  public void setIncludeStopRow(boolean includeStopRow) {
+      this.includeStopRow = includeStopRow;
+  }
+
+  public boolean shouldIncludeStartRow() {
+      return includeStartRow;
+  }
+
+  public void setIncludeStartRow(boolean includeStartRow) {
+      this.includeStartRow = includeStartRow;
+  }
+
 
   public ScanData(String tableName) {
     this.tableName = tableName;