diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index 3a9b594b..980a974b 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Changelog
 ------------------
 
  * Add ``indices.flush_synced`` API
+ * ``helpers.reindex`` now supports reindexing parent/child documents
 
 1.5.0 (2015-05-18)
 ------------------
diff --git a/elasticsearch/helpers/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/helpers/__init__.py
index 1f431fe8..98aeac6b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/helpers/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/helpers/__init__.py
@@ -292,10 +292,18 @@ def reindex(client, source_index, target_index, query=None, target_client=None,
     """
     target_client = client if target_client is None else target_client
 
-    docs = scan(client, query=query, index=source_index, scroll=scroll, **scan_kwargs)
+    docs = scan(client,
+        query=query,
+        index=source_index,
+        scroll=scroll,
+        fields=('_source', '_parent', '_routing', '_timestamp'),
+        **scan_kwargs
+    )
     def _change_doc_index(hits, index):
         for h in hits:
             h['_index'] = index
+            if 'fields' in h:
+                h.update(h.pop('fields'))
             yield h
 
     kwargs = {
diff --git a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers.py b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers.py
index 7f3ae970..7f045393 100644
--- a/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_helpers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from elasticsearch import helpers, TransportError
 
 from . import ElasticsearchTestCase
@@ -244,3 +246,75 @@ class TestReindex(ElasticsearchTestCase):
         self.assertEquals(50, self.client.count(index='prod_index', doc_type='answers')['count'])
 
         self.assertEquals({"answer": 42, "correct": True}, self.client.get(index="prod_index", doc_type="answers", id=42)['_source'])
+
+class TestParentChildReindex(ElasticsearchTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestParentChildReindex, self).setUp()
+        body={
+            'settings': {"number_of_shards": 1, "number_of_replicas": 0},
+            'mappings': {
+                'question': {
+                    '_timestamp': {'enabled': True, 'store': True},
+                },
+                'answer': {
+                    '_parent': {'type': 'question'},
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self.client.indices.create(index='test-index', body=body)
+        self.client.indices.create(index='real-index', body=body)
+
+        self.client.index(
+            index='test-index',
+            doc_type='question',
+            id=42,
+            body={},
+            timestamp=datetime(2015, 1, 1)
+        )
+        self.client.index(
+            index='test-index',
+            doc_type='answer',
+            id=47,
+            body={'some': 'data'},
+            parent=42
+        )
+        self.client.indices.refresh(index='test-index')
+
+    def test_children_are_reindexed_correctly(self):
+        helpers.reindex(self.client, 'test-index', 'real-index')
+
+        self.assertEquals(
+            {
+                '_id': '42',
+                '_index': 'real-index',
+                '_source': {},
+                '_type': 'question',
+                '_version': 1,
+                'fields': {'_timestamp': 1420070400000},
+                'found': True
+            },
+            self.client.get(
+                index='real-index',
+                doc_type='question',
+                id=42,
+                fields=['_source', '_timestamp']
+            )
+        )
+        self.assertEquals(
+            {
+                '_id': '47',
+                '_index': 'test-index',
+                '_source': {'some': 'data'},
+                '_type': 'answer',
+                '_version': 1,
+                'fields': {'_parent': '42'},
+                'found': True
+            },
+            self.client.get(
+                index='test-index',
+                doc_type='answer',
+                id=47,
+                parent=42,
+                fields=['_source', '_parent']
+            )
+        )