diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4c0da7fa..fb9c35da 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.8.X
 ================
+- Updated .only() behaviour - now like exclude it is chainable (#202)
 - Added with_limit_and_skip support to count() (#235)
 - Removed __len__ from queryset (#247)
 - Objects queryset manager now inherited (#256)
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.rst b/docs/upgrade.rst
index 4f549d61..c4273f01 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.rst
+++ b/docs/upgrade.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ explicit `queryset.count()` to update::
     # New code
     Animal.objects(type="mammal").count())
 
+
+.only() now inline with .exclude()
+----------------------------------
+
+The behaviour of `.only()` was highly ambious, now it works in the mirror fashion
+to `.exclude()`.  Chaining `.only()` calls will increase the fields required::
+
+    # Old code
+    Animal.objects().only(['type', 'name']).only('name', 'order')  # Would have returned just `name`
+
+    # New code
+    Animal.objects().only('name')
+    Animal.objects().only(['name']).only('order')  # Would return `name` and `order`
+
+
 Client
 ======
 PyMongo 2.4 came with a new connection client; MongoClient_ and started the
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset/field_list.py b/mongoengine/queryset/field_list.py
index 7b2b0cb5..73d3cc24 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset/field_list.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset/field_list.py
@@ -7,11 +7,20 @@ class QueryFieldList(object):
     ONLY = 1
     EXCLUDE = 0
 
-    def __init__(self, fields=[], value=ONLY, always_include=[]):
+    def __init__(self, fields=None, value=ONLY, always_include=None, _only_called=False):
+        """The QueryFieldList builder
+
+        :param fields: A list of fields used in `.only()` or `.exclude()`
+        :param value: How to handle the fields; either `ONLY` or `EXCLUDE`
+        :param always_include: Any fields to always_include eg `_cls`
+        :param _only_called: Has `.only()` been called?  If so its a set of fields
+           otherwise it performs a union.
+        """
         self.value = value
-        self.fields = set(fields)
-        self.always_include = set(always_include)
+        self.fields = set(fields or [])
+        self.always_include = set(always_include or [])
         self._id = None
+        self._only_called = _only_called
         self.slice = {}
 
     def __add__(self, f):
@@ -26,7 +35,10 @@ class QueryFieldList(object):
             self.slice = {}
         elif self.value is self.ONLY and f.value is self.ONLY:
             self._clean_slice()
-            self.fields = self.fields.intersection(f.fields)
+            if self._only_called:
+                self.fields = self.fields.union(f.fields)
+            else:
+                self.fields = f.fields
         elif self.value is self.EXCLUDE and f.value is self.EXCLUDE:
             self.fields = self.fields.union(f.fields)
             self._clean_slice()
@@ -46,6 +58,9 @@ class QueryFieldList(object):
                 self.fields = self.fields.union(self.always_include)
             else:
                 self.fields -= self.always_include
+
+        if getattr(f, '_only_called', False):
+            self._only_called = True
         return self
 
     def __nonzero__(self):
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset/queryset.py
index 37d07a8d..dcfb2402 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -624,19 +624,35 @@ class QuerySet(object):
 
             post = BlogPost.objects(...).only("title", "author.name")
 
+        .. note :: `only()` is chainable and will perform a union ::
+            So with the following it will fetch both: `title` and `author.name`::
+
+                post = BlogPost.objects.only("title").only("author.name")
+
+        :func:`~mongoengine.queryset.QuerySet.all_fields` will reset any
+        field filters.
+
         :param fields: fields to include
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.3
         .. versionchanged:: 0.5 - Added subfield support
         """
         fields = dict([(f, QueryFieldList.ONLY) for f in fields])
-        return self.fields(**fields)
+        return self.fields(True, **fields)
 
     def exclude(self, *fields):
         """Opposite to .only(), exclude some document's fields. ::
 
             post = BlogPost.objects(...).exclude("comments")
 
+        .. note :: `exclude()` is chainable and will perform a union ::
+            So with the following it will exclude both: `title` and `author.name`::
+
+                post = BlogPost.objects.exclude("title").exclude("author.name")
+
+        :func:`~mongoengine.queryset.QuerySet.all_fields` will reset any
+        field filters.
+
         :param fields: fields to exclude
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.5
@@ -644,7 +660,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         fields = dict([(f, QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE) for f in fields])
         return self.fields(**fields)
 
-    def fields(self, **kwargs):
+    def fields(self, _only_called=False, **kwargs):
         """Manipulate how you load this document's fields.  Used by `.only()`
         and `.exclude()` to manipulate which fields to retrieve.  Fields also
         allows for a greater level of control for example:
@@ -678,7 +694,8 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         for value, group in itertools.groupby(fields, lambda x: x[1]):
             fields = [field for field, value in group]
             fields = queryset._fields_to_dbfields(fields)
-            queryset._loaded_fields += QueryFieldList(fields, value=value)
+            queryset._loaded_fields += QueryFieldList(fields, value=value, _only_called=_only_called)
+
         return queryset
 
     def all_fields(self):
diff --git a/tests/queryset/field_list.py b/tests/queryset/field_list.py
index 4a8a72b3..2bdfce1f 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/field_list.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/field_list.py
@@ -20,47 +20,47 @@ class QueryFieldListTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_include_include(self):
         q = QueryFieldList()
-        q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': True, 'b': True})
+        q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY, _only_called=True)
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 1, 'b': 1})
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'b': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1})
 
     def test_include_exclude(self):
         q = QueryFieldList()
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': True, 'b': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 1, 'b': 1})
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 1})
 
     def test_exclude_exclude(self):
         q = QueryFieldList()
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': False, 'b': False})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 0, 'b': 0})
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': False, 'b': False, 'c': False})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 0, 'b': 0, 'c': 0})
 
     def test_exclude_include(self):
         q = QueryFieldList()
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': False, 'b': False})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'a': 0, 'b': 0})
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'c': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'c': 1})
 
     def test_always_include(self):
         q = QueryFieldList(always_include=['x', 'y'])
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b', 'x'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': True, 'y': True, 'c': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': 1, 'y': 1, 'c': 1})
 
     def test_reset(self):
         q = QueryFieldList(always_include=['x', 'y'])
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['a', 'b', 'x'], value=QueryFieldList.EXCLUDE)
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': True, 'y': True, 'c': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': 1, 'y': 1, 'c': 1})
         q.reset()
         self.assertFalse(q)
         q += QueryFieldList(fields=['b', 'c'], value=QueryFieldList.ONLY)
-        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': True, 'y': True, 'b': True, 'c': True})
+        self.assertEqual(q.as_dict(), {'x': 1, 'y': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1})
 
     def test_using_a_slice(self):
         q = QueryFieldList()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class OnlyExcludeAllTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         qs = MyDoc.objects.fields(**dict(((i, 1) for i in include)))
         self.assertEqual(qs._loaded_fields.as_dict(),
-            {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1, 'd': 1, 'e': 1})
+                         {'a': 1, 'b': 1, 'c': 1, 'd': 1, 'e': 1})
         qs = qs.only(*only)
         self.assertEqual(qs._loaded_fields.as_dict(), {'b': 1, 'c': 1})
         qs = qs.exclude(*exclude)
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ class OnlyExcludeAllTest(unittest.TestCase):
         qs = qs.only(*only)
         qs = qs.fields(slice__b=5)
         self.assertEqual(qs._loaded_fields.as_dict(),
-            {'b': {'$slice': 5}, 'c': 1})
+                         {'b': {'$slice': 5}, 'c': 1})
 
         qs = qs.fields(slice__c=[5, 1])
         self.assertEqual(qs._loaded_fields.as_dict(),
-            {'b': {'$slice': 5}, 'c': {'$slice': [5, 1]}})
+                         {'b': {'$slice': 5}, 'c': {'$slice': [5, 1]}})
 
         qs = qs.exclude('c')
         self.assertEqual(qs._loaded_fields.as_dict(),
-            {'b': {'$slice': 5}})
+                         {'b': {'$slice': 5}})
 
     def test_only(self):
         """Ensure that QuerySet.only only returns the requested fields.
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class OnlyExcludeAllTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         Numbers.drop_collection()
 
-        numbers = Numbers(n=[0,1,2,3,4,5,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1])
+        numbers = Numbers(n=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1])
         numbers.save()
 
         # first three
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class OnlyExcludeAllTest(unittest.TestCase):
         Numbers.drop_collection()
 
         numbers = Numbers()
-        numbers.embedded = EmbeddedNumber(n=[0,1,2,3,4,5,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1])
+        numbers.embedded = EmbeddedNumber(n=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1])
         numbers.save()
 
         # first three