diff --git a/docker/client.py b/docker/client.py
index ccd4a774..47ca4cd3 100644
--- a/docker/client.py
+++ b/docker/client.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
             'AttachStderr': stderr,
             'Detach': detach,
             'Cmd': cmd
-            }
+        }
 
         # create the command
         url = self._url('/containers/{0}/exec'.format(container))
@@ -738,13 +738,15 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
         if isinstance(container, dict):
             container = container.get('Id')
         if utils.compare_version('1.11', self._version) >= 0:
-            if tail != 'all' and (not isinstance(tail, int) or tail <= 0):
-                tail = 'all'
             params = {'stderr': stderr and 1 or 0,
                       'stdout': stdout and 1 or 0,
                       'timestamps': timestamps and 1 or 0,
                       'follow': stream and 1 or 0,
-                      'tail': tail}
+                      }
+            if utils.compare_version('1.13', self._version) >= 0:
+                if tail != 'all' and (not isinstance(tail, int) or tail <= 0):
+                    tail = 'all'
+                params['tail'] = tail
             url = self._url("/containers/{0}/logs".format(container))
             res = self._get(url, params=params, stream=stream)
             if stream:
diff --git a/tests/integration_test.py b/tests/integration_test.py
index 65d974b5..f6f2c457 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration_test.py
@@ -292,6 +292,22 @@ class TestLogs(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(logs, (snippet + '\n').encode(encoding='ascii'))
 
 
+class TestLogsWithTailOption(BaseTestCase):
+    def runTest(self):
+        snippet = '''Line1
+Line2'''
+        container = self.client.create_container(
+            'busybox', 'echo "{0}"'.format(snippet)
+        )
+        id = container['Id']
+        self.client.start(id)
+        self.tmp_containers.append(id)
+        exitcode = self.client.wait(id)
+        self.assertEqual(exitcode, 0)
+        logs = self.client.logs(id, tail=1)
+        self.assertEqual(logs, ('Line2\n').encode(encoding='ascii'))
+
+
 # class TestLogsStreaming(BaseTestCase):
 #     def runTest(self):
 #         snippet = 'Flowering Nights (Sakuya Iyazoi)'
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
index 8291b26a..b7fe0ab4 100644
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/test.py
@@ -1069,6 +1069,20 @@ class DockerClientTest(Cleanup, unittest.TestCase):
             stream=True
         )
 
+    def test_log_tail(self):
+        try:
+            self.client.logs(fake_api.FAKE_CONTAINER_ID, stream=False, tail=10)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail('Command should not raise exception: {0}'.format(e))
+
+        fake_request.assert_called_with(
+            url_prefix + 'containers/3cc2351ab11b/logs',
+            params={'timestamps': 0, 'follow': 0, 'stderr': 1, 'stdout': 1,
+                    'tail': 10},
+            timeout=docker.client.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            stream=False
+        )
+
     def test_diff(self):
         try:
             self.client.diff(fake_api.FAKE_CONTAINER_ID)