diff --git a/doc/contributors.rst b/doc/contributors.rst
index bc60133f4..6c0b59a6e 100644
--- a/doc/contributors.rst
+++ b/doc/contributors.rst
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ The following is a list of people who have contributed to
 - Len Buckens (buckensl)
 - ultrabug
 - Shane Harvey (ShaneHarvey)
+- Cao Siyang (caosiyang)
diff --git a/pymongo/cursor.py b/pymongo/cursor.py
index 137f71e19..bfc229a08 100644
--- a/pymongo/cursor.py
+++ b/pymongo/cursor.py
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ class Cursor(object):
             clone = self.clone()
             clone.skip(index + self.__skip)
             clone.limit(-1)  # use a hard limit
+            clone.__query_flags &= ~CursorType.TAILABLE_AWAIT  # PYTHON-1371
             for doc in clone:
                 return doc
             raise IndexError("no such item for Cursor instance")
diff --git a/test/test_cursor.py b/test/test_cursor.py
index f11407d8d..520e8261c 100644
--- a/test/test_cursor.py
+++ b/test/test_cursor.py
@@ -1133,6 +1133,26 @@ class TestCursor(IntegrationTest):
 
         self.assertEqual(3, db.test.count())
 
+        # __getitem__(index)
+        for cursor in (db.test.find(cursor_type=CursorType.TAILABLE),
+                       db.test.find(cursor_type=CursorType.TAILABLE_AWAIT)):
+            self.assertEqual(4, cursor[0]["x"])
+            self.assertEqual(5, cursor[1]["x"])
+            self.assertEqual(6, cursor[2]["x"])
+
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([4], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[0:1]])
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([5], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[1:2]])
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([6], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[2:3]])
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([4, 5], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[0:2]])
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([5, 6], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[1:3]])
+            cursor.rewind()
+            self.assertEqual([4, 5, 6], [doc["x"] for doc in cursor[0:3]])
+
     def test_distinct(self):
         self.db.drop_collection("test")