diff --git a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/interaction_v2_parser.rb b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/interaction_v2_parser.rb
index cfc208c..fbc8b97 100644
--- a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/interaction_v2_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/interaction_v2_parser.rb
@@ -23,12 +23,22 @@ def self.call hash, options
     end
 
     def self.parse_request request_hash, options
-      if request_hash['query'].is_a?(String)
+      original_query_string = request_hash['query']
+      query_is_string = original_query_string.is_a?(String)
+      if query_is_string
         request_hash = request_hash.dup
         request_hash['query'] = Pact::Query.parse_string(request_hash['query'])
       end
+      # The query has to be a hash at this stage for the matching rules to be applied
       request_hash = Pact::MatchingRules.merge(request_hash, request_hash['matchingRules'], options)
-      Pact::Request::Expected.from_hash(request_hash)
+      # The original query string needs to be passed in to the constructor so it can be used
+      # when the request is replayed. Otherwise, we loose the square brackets because they get lost
+      # in the translation between string => structured object, as we don't know/store which
+      # query string convention was used.
+      if query_is_string
+        request_hash['query'] = Pact::QueryHash.new(request_hash['query'], original_query_string)
+      end
+      request = Pact::Request::Expected.from_hash(request_hash)
     end
 
     def self.parse_response response_hash, options
diff --git a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
index f8a78d5..ee7c6de 100644
--- a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ def self.create query
       end
     end
 
+    def self.is_a_query_object?(object)
+      object.is_a?(Pact::QueryHash) || object.is_a?(Pact::QueryString)
+    end
+
     def self.parse_string query_string
       parsed_query = parse_query(query_string)
 
diff --git a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_hash.rb b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_hash.rb
index e447d3c..e8e63de 100644
--- a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_hash.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_hash.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ class QueryHash
     include ActiveSupportSupport
     include SymbolizeKeys
 
-    def initialize(query)
+    attr_reader :original_string
+
+    def initialize(query, original_string = nil)
       @hash = query.nil? ? query : convert_to_hash_of_arrays(query)
+      @original_string = original_string
     end
 
     def as_json(opts = {})
diff --git a/lib/pact/reification.rb b/lib/pact/reification.rb
index bbfbc2c..a731dfe 100644
--- a/lib/pact/reification.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/reification.rb
@@ -27,15 +27,19 @@ def self.from_term(term)
       when Pact::QueryString
         from_term(term.query)
       when Pact::QueryHash
-        from_term(term.query).map { |k, v|
-          if v.nil?
-            k
-          elsif v.is_a?(Array) #For cases where there are multiple instance of the same parameter
-            v.map { |x| "#{k}=#{escape(x)}"}.join('&')
-          else
-            "#{k}=#{escape(v)}"
-          end
-        }.join('&')
+        if term.original_string
+          term.original_string
+        else
+          from_term(term.query).map { |k, v|
+            if v.nil?
+              k
+            elsif v.is_a?(Array) #For cases where there are multiple instance of the same parameter
+              v.map { |x| "#{k}=#{escape(x)}"}.join('&')
+            else
+              "#{k}=#{escape(v)}"
+            end
+          }.join('&')
+        end
       when Pact::StringWithMatchingRules
         String.new(term)
       else
diff --git a/lib/pact/shared/request.rb b/lib/pact/shared/request.rb
index ff74e0b..66f343d 100644
--- a/lib/pact/shared/request.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/shared/request.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def initialize(method, path, headers, body, query)
         @path = path
         @headers = Hash === headers ? Headers.new(headers) : headers # Could be a NullExpectation - TODO make this more elegant
         @body = body
-        @query = is_unspecified?(query) ? query : Pact::Query.create(query)
+        set_query(query)
       end
 
       def to_hash
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ def display_path
       def display_query
         (query.nil? || query.empty?) ? '' : "?#{Pact::Reification.from_term(query)}"
       end
+
+      def set_query(query)
+        @query = if is_unspecified?(query)
+          query
+        else
+          if Pact::Query.is_a_query_object?(query)
+            query
+          else
+            Pact::Query.create(query)
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
index f609b1c..d3545c7 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ module Pact
       end
     end
 
+    context "when Hash Query with an original_string" do
+      let(:query) { QueryHash.new( {param: 'hello', extra: 'world'}, "foo=bar")}
+
+      subject { Reification.from_term(query)}
+
+      it "returns the original string" do
+        expect(subject).to eq("foo=bar")
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when Hash Query with UTF-8 string" do
       subject { Reification.from_term(query)}
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/shared/request_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/shared/request_spec.rb
index f27795e..a91c186 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/shared/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/shared/request_spec.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ def self.key_not_found
             expect(subject).to eq("/something")
           end
         end
+
+        context "with a pre-parsed query that has an original_string" do
+          let(:query) { Pact::QueryHash.new({ "foo" => "bar", "meep" => "moop" }, "foo=bar") }
+
+          it "uses the original string" do
+            expect(subject).to eq ("/something?foo=bar")
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       describe "#method_and_path" do