diff --git a/ci/run_offline.py b/ci/run_offline.py
index 64dc44f..1c29b00 100644
--- a/ci/run_offline.py
+++ b/ci/run_offline.py
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ def deny(event,args):
 sys.path.insert(0,str(ROOT))
 suite=unittest.defaultTestLoader.discover(str(ROOT/'tests_offline'))
 r=unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
-assert r.testsRun==216, 'unexpected test count'
+assert r.testsRun==222, 'unexpected test count'
 sys.exit(not r.wasSuccessful())
diff --git a/src/cloudsigma/vmware_read.py b/src/cloudsigma/vmware_read.py
index 52f46c0..06debb4 100644
--- a/src/cloudsigma/vmware_read.py
+++ b/src/cloudsigma/vmware_read.py
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@ class VMwareRead:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.c = _RawReadClient(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def list(self):
-        return self.c.get('/vmware_servers/')
+    def list(self, query_params=None):
+        """Read one page with optional explicit limit/offset values.
+
+        Omitted parameters preserve the service default; limit=0 requests all
+        objects. No automatic traversal or new filter support is implied.
+        """
+        return self.c.get('/vmware_servers/', query_params=query_params)
diff --git a/tests_offline/test_vmware_pagination.py b/tests_offline/test_vmware_pagination.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f3c43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_offline/test_vmware_pagination.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+"""Explicit VMware pages preserve the existing complete/Decimal read contract."""
+import copy
+import unittest
+from decimal import Decimal
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
+import requests
+from cloudsigma.vmware_read import VMwareRead
+from cloudsigma import errors
+
+BASE = 'https://fixture.invalid/api/2.0/'
+
+
+class Adapter(requests.adapters.BaseAdapter):
+    def __init__(self, indices, status=200, failure=None):
+        self.indices, self.status, self.failure = indices, status, failure
+        self.seen = []
+
+    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
+        self.seen.append((request, kwargs))
+        if self.failure:
+            raise self.failure
+        response = requests.Response()
+        response.status_code = self.status
+        objects = ','.join('{"id":"%s","name":"synthetic VMware server",'
+                           '"numeric":9007199254740993.00001,"nullable":null}' % i
+                           for i in self.indices)
+        response._content = ('{"meta":{"total_count":5},"objects":[' +
+                             objects + '],"extension":null}').encode('ascii')
+        response.headers['X-REQUEST-ID'] = 'synthetic-vmware-page'
+        response.request = request
+        return response
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class VMwarePaginationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def invoke(self, params, indices, omitted=False, status=200,
+               failure=None, error=None):
+        original = copy.deepcopy(params)
+        adapter = Adapter(indices, status, failure)
+        with requests.Session() as session:
+            session.mount('https://', adapter)
+            resource = VMwareRead(api_endpoint=BASE, username='fixture',
+                                  password='synthetic', session=session)
+            kwargs = {} if omitted else {'query_params': params}
+            if error:
+                with self.assertRaises(error) as caught:
+                    resource.list(**kwargs)
+                if failure:
+                    self.assertIs(caught.exception, failure)
+                else:
+                    self.assertEqual(caught.exception.status_code, status)
+                    self.assertEqual(caught.exception.request_id, 'synthetic-vmware-page')
+            else:
+                result = resource.list(**kwargs)
+                self.assertEqual(result, {
+                    'meta': {'total_count': 5}, 'extension': None,
+                    'objects': [{'id': str(i), 'name': 'synthetic VMware server',
+                                 'numeric': Decimal('9007199254740993.00001'),
+                                 'nullable': None} for i in indices]})
+                for obj in result['objects']:
+                    self.assertIs(type(obj['numeric']), Decimal)
+            self.assertEqual(params, original)
+            self.assertEqual(len(adapter.seen), 1)
+            request, options = adapter.seen[0]
+            query = '?' + urlencode(params) if params else ''
+            self.assertEqual(request.url, BASE + 'vmware_servers/' + query)
+            self.assertEqual(request.method, 'GET')
+            self.assertIn(request.body, (None, b'', ''))
+            self.assertEqual(request.headers['Authorization'], 'Basic Zml4dHVyZTpzeW50aGV0aWM=')
+            self.assertEqual(options['timeout'], 15)
+
+    def test_explicit_pages(self):
+        # Literal expected members: fixture ordering is not a server guarantee.
+        for params, indices in [({'limit': 2, 'offset': 0}, [0, 1]),
+                                ({'limit': 2, 'offset': 2}, [2, 3]),
+                                ({'limit': 2, 'offset': 4}, [4]),
+                                ({'limit': 2, 'offset': 5}, [])]:
+            with self.subTest(params=params):
+                self.invoke(params, indices)
+
+    def test_unlimited_and_offset_only(self):
+        self.invoke({'limit': 0}, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+        self.invoke({'offset': 4}, [4])
+
+    def test_legacy_default(self):
+        self.invoke(None, [0], omitted=True)
+
+    def test_none_and_empty(self):
+        self.invoke(None, [])
+        self.invoke({}, [])
+
+    def test_errors_without_traversal(self):
+        for status, error in ((403, errors.PermissionError),
+                              (404, errors.ClientError), (500, errors.ServerError),
+                              (302, errors.ApiClientError)):
+            with self.subTest(status=status):
+                self.invoke({'limit': 2, 'offset': 4}, [], status=status, error=error)
+
+    def test_transport_error_identity(self):
+        failure = requests.exceptions.Timeout('synthetic VMware server page failure')
+        self.invoke({'limit': 2}, [], failure=failure,
+                    error=requests.exceptions.Timeout)