diff --git a/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go b/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
index 1acdc3048db1c51e82215ba48fa1eb14fcac2a7c..fc069a54766f9c5db006518dc122b3051dbcb713 100644
--- a/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
+++ b/query/graph/graphresponse.pb.go
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ func (*Value) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
 
 type Node struct {
 	Uid        uint64            `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=uid" json:"uid,omitempty"`
-	Attribute  string            `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=attribute" json:"attribute,omitempty"`
-	Properties map[string]*Value `protobuf:"bytes,3,rep,name=properties" json:"properties,omitempty" protobuf_key:"bytes,1,opt,name=key" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value"`
-	Children   []*Node           `protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=children" json:"children,omitempty"`
+	Xid        string            `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=xid" json:"xid,omitempty"`
+	Attribute  string            `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=attribute" json:"attribute,omitempty"`
+	Properties map[string]*Value `protobuf:"bytes,4,rep,name=properties" json:"properties,omitempty" protobuf_key:"bytes,1,opt,name=key" protobuf_val:"bytes,2,opt,name=value"`
+	Children   []*Node           `protobuf:"bytes,5,rep,name=children" json:"children,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Node) Reset()                    { *m = Node{} }
@@ -155,22 +156,22 @@ var _DGraph_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 }
 
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diff --git a/query/graph/graphresponse.proto b/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
index aeaebc54b5f035c45c05ff1888286a1784dd84ca..a9a4deee7d49efa6f6e2395b20134e55571a17f2 100644
--- a/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
+++ b/query/graph/graphresponse.proto
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ message Value {
 
 message Node {
   uint64 uid = 1;
-  string attribute = 2;
-  map<string, Value> properties = 3;
-  repeated Node children = 4; // Each node can have multiple children
+  string xid = 2;
+  string attribute = 3;
+  map<string, Value> properties = 4;
+  repeated Node children = 5; // Each node can have multiple children
 }
diff --git a/query/query.go b/query/query.go
index ff607a19069ddccf220d1a9587e638ecf46b4ba8..dd15bbdb7d28820450902bdf7d158ab2b7330bb4 100644
--- a/query/query.go
+++ b/query/query.go
@@ -271,18 +271,19 @@ func indexOf(uid uint64, q *task.Query) int {
 }
 
 // This method gets the values and children for a subgraph.
-func preTraverse(uid uint64, g *SubGraph) (map[string]*graph.Value, []*graph.Node, error) {
-	values := make(map[string]*graph.Value)
+func (g *SubGraph) preTraverse(uid uint64, dst *graph.Node) error {
+	properties := make(map[string]*graph.Value)
 	var children []*graph.Node
 
-	for _, predChild := range g.Children {
-		ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(predChild.result)
+	// We go through all predicate children of the subgraph.
+	for _, pc := range g.Children {
+		ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.result)
 		r := new(task.Result)
-		r.Init(predChild.result, ro)
+		r.Init(pc.result, ro)
 
-		uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(predChild.query)
+		uo := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(pc.query)
 		q := new(task.Query)
-		q.Init(predChild.query, uo)
+		q.Init(pc.query, uo)
 
 		idx := indexOf(uid, q)
 
@@ -290,15 +291,15 @@ func preTraverse(uid uint64, g *SubGraph) (map[string]*graph.Value, []*graph.Nod
 			glog.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 				"uid":            uid,
 				"attribute":      g.Attr,
-				"childAttribute": predChild.Attr,
+				"childAttribute": pc.Attr,
 			}).Fatal("Attribute with uid not found in child Query uids")
-			return values, children, fmt.Errorf("Attribute with uid not found")
+			return fmt.Errorf("Attribute with uid not found")
 		}
 
 		var ul task.UidList
 		var tv task.Value
 		if ok := r.Uidmatrix(&ul, idx); !ok {
-			return values, children, fmt.Errorf("While parsing UidList")
+			return fmt.Errorf("While parsing UidList")
 		}
 
 		if ul.UidsLength() > 0 {
@@ -306,28 +307,25 @@ func preTraverse(uid uint64, g *SubGraph) (map[string]*graph.Value, []*graph.Nod
 			// this predicate.
 			for i := 0; i < ul.UidsLength(); i++ {
 				uid := ul.Uids(i)
-				uidChild := new(graph.Node)
-				uidChild.Attribute = predChild.Attr
-				uidChild.Uid = uid
-
-				vals, ch, rerr := preTraverse(uid, predChild)
-				if rerr != nil {
+				uc := new(graph.Node)
+				uc.Attribute = pc.Attr
+				uc.Uid = uid
+				if rerr := pc.preTraverse(uid, uc); rerr != nil {
 					x.Err(glog, rerr).Error("Error while traversal")
-					return values, children, rerr
+					return rerr
 				}
 
-				uidChild.Properties, uidChild.Children = vals, ch
-				children = append(children, uidChild)
+				children = append(children, uc)
 			}
 		} else {
 			v := new(graph.Value)
 			if ok := r.Values(&tv, idx); !ok {
-				return values, children, fmt.Errorf("While parsing value")
+				return fmt.Errorf("While parsing value")
 			}
 
 			var ival interface{}
 			if err := posting.ParseValue(&ival, tv.ValBytes()); err != nil {
-				return values, children, err
+				return err
 			}
 
 			if ival == nil {
@@ -335,10 +333,14 @@ func preTraverse(uid uint64, g *SubGraph) (map[string]*graph.Value, []*graph.Nod
 			}
 
 			v.Binary = []byte(ival.(string))
-			values[predChild.Attr] = v
+			properties[pc.Attr] = v
 		}
 	}
-	return values, children, nil
+	if val, ok := properties["xid"]; ok {
+		dst.Xid = string(val.Binary)
+	}
+	dst.Properties, dst.Children = properties, children
+	return nil
 }
 
 // This method transforms the predicate based subgraph to an
@@ -358,8 +360,7 @@ func (g *SubGraph) ToProtocolBuffer(l *Latency) (n *graph.Node, rerr error) {
 	r.Uidmatrix(&ul, 0)
 	n.Uid = ul.Uids(0)
 
-	n.Properties, n.Children, rerr = preTraverse(n.Uid, g)
-	if rerr != nil {
+	if rerr = g.preTraverse(n.Uid, n); rerr != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, rerr).Error("Error while traversal")
 		return n, rerr
 	}
diff --git a/query/query_test.go b/query/query_test.go
index 22364ca7b3499b93e917cb1b506ee252335db945..3b4f5ac6858def07a3b85a6b306fc97e4c0b4bbb 100644
--- a/query/query_test.go
+++ b/query/query_test.go
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ func populateGraph(t *testing.T) (string, *store.Store) {
 	edge.Value = "Andrea"
 	addEdge(t, edge, posting.GetOrCreate(posting.Key(31, "name"), ps))
 
+	edge.Value = "mich"
+	addEdge(t, edge, posting.GetOrCreate(posting.Key(1, "xid"), ps))
+
 	return dir, ps
 }
 
@@ -327,6 +330,7 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	query := `
 		{
 			me(_uid_:0x01) {
+				xid
 				name
 				gender
 				status
@@ -367,8 +371,11 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	if gr.Uid != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected uid 1, Got: %v", gr.Uid)
 	}
-	if len(gr.Properties) != 3 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected values map to contain 3 properties, Got: %v",
+	if gr.Xid != "mich" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected xid mich, Got: %v", gr.Xid)
+	}
+	if len(gr.Properties) != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected values map to contain 4 properties, Got: %v",
 			len(gr.Properties))
 	}
 	if string(gr.Properties["name"].Binary) != "Michonne" {