diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index b149a94f19..e8e9720d85 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -755,6 +755,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseFeatures(object):
 
     uppercases_column_names = False
 
+    # Does the backend support "select for update" queries with limit (and offset)?
+    supports_select_for_update_with_limit = True
+
     def __init__(self, connection):
         self.connection = connection
 
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index 3260eee0bd..4e055133a0 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     closed_cursor_error_class = InterfaceError
     bare_select_suffix = " FROM DUAL"
     uppercases_column_names = True
+    # select for update with limit can be achieved on Oracle, but not with the current backend.
+    supports_select_for_update_with_limit = False
 
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index a0967f0fd9..942ee7efa3 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         clone = self.filter(*args, **kwargs)
         if self.query.can_filter():
             clone = clone.order_by()
-        clone = clone[:MAX_GET_RESULTS + 1]
+        if (not clone.query.select_for_update or
+            connections[self.db].features.supports_select_for_update_with_limit):
+            clone = clone[:MAX_GET_RESULTS + 1]
         num = len(clone)
         if num == 1:
             return clone._result_cache[0]
diff --git a/tests/select_for_update/tests.py b/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
index 5d126844d2..3fae8c9ffe 100644
--- a/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
+++ b/tests/select_for_update/tests.py
@@ -292,3 +292,9 @@ class SelectForUpdateTests(TransactionTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(router.db_for_write(Person), query.db)
         finally:
             router.routers = old_routers
+
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('has_select_for_update')
+    def test_select_for_update_with_get(self):
+        with transaction.atomic():
+            person = Person.objects.select_for_update().get(name='Reinhardt')
+        self.assertEqual(person.name, 'Reinhardt')