diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
index b32310512..583969944 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
@@ -701,6 +701,18 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
         return isset($this->_hints[$name]) ? $this->_hints[$name] : false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the query has a hint
+     *
+     * @param  string $name The name of the hint
+     *
+     * @return bool False if the query does not have any hint
+     */
+    public function hasHint($name)
+    {
+        return isset($this->_hints[$name]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the key value map of query hints that are currently set.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/Paginator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/Paginator.php
index 80438e03c..b9e8c5298 100755
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/Paginator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/Paginator.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Paginator implements \Countable, \IteratorAggregate
             /* @var $countQuery Query */
             $countQuery = $this->cloneQuery($this->query);
 
-            if ( ! $countQuery->getHint(CountWalker::HINT_DISTINCT)) {
+            if ( ! $countQuery->hasHint(CountWalker::HINT_DISTINCT)) {
                 $countQuery->setHint(CountWalker::HINT_DISTINCT, true);
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/QueryTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/QueryTest.php
index 9617fa873..adef91d4a 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/QueryTest.php
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class QueryTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('bar', $q->getHint('foo'));
         $this->assertEquals('baz', $q->getHint('bar'));
         $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'baz'), $q->getHints());
+        $this->assertTrue($q->hasHint('foo'));
+        $this->assertFalse($q->hasHint('barFooBaz'));
     }
 
     /**