diff --git a/etcdserver/apply.go b/etcdserver/apply.go
index ce4bfbfbcc9d..9c124cc22e0e 100644
--- a/etcdserver/apply.go
+++ b/etcdserver/apply.go
@@ -236,7 +236,77 @@ func (a *applierV3backend) DeleteRange(txn mvcc.TxnWrite, dr *pb.DeleteRangeRequ
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+func nextKey(key []byte) []byte {
+	for i := len(key) - 1; 0 <= i; i-- {
+		if key[i] < 0xff {
+			key[i]++
+			return key[:i+1]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return []byte{0}
+}
+
+func (a *applierV3backend) fineGrainedRange(r *pb.RangeRequest) (*pb.RangeResponse, error) {
+	resp := &pb.RangeResponse{}
+	resp.Header = &pb.ResponseHeader{}
+
+	var res mvcc.RangeResult
+	startKey := r.Key
+
+	res.Rev = r.Revision
+	rangeEnd := mkGteRange(r.RangeEnd)
+
+	lim := int64(100) // TODO: configurable
+	if r.Limit != 0 && r.Limit < lim {
+		lim = r.Limit
+	}
+	for bytes.Compare(rangeEnd, []byte{0}) != 0 || bytes.Compare(startKey, rangeEnd) == -1 {
+		txn := a.s.kv.Read()
+
+		ro := mvcc.RangeOptions{
+			Limit: lim,
+			Rev:   r.Revision,
+			Count: r.CountOnly,
+		}
+
+		rr, err := txn.Range(startKey, rangeEnd, ro)
+		txn.End()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if rr.Count == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		res.KVs = append(res.KVs, rr.KVs...)
+		res.Count += len(rr.KVs)
+
+		startKey = nextKey(rr.KVs[len(rr.KVs)-1].Key)
+		if bytes.Compare(startKey, []byte{0}) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	resp.Header.Revision = res.Rev
+	resp.Count = int64(res.Count)
+	resp.Kvs = make([]*mvccpb.KeyValue, len(res.KVs))
+	for i := range res.KVs {
+		if r.KeysOnly {
+			res.KVs[i].Value = nil
+		}
+		resp.Kvs[i] = &res.KVs[i]
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
 func (a *applierV3backend) Range(txn mvcc.TxnRead, r *pb.RangeRequest) (*pb.RangeResponse, error) {
+	if r.Serializable {
+		return a.fineGrainedRange(r)
+	}
+
 	resp := &pb.RangeResponse{}
 	resp.Header = &pb.ResponseHeader{}