diff --git a/wagtail/api/v2/endpoints.py b/wagtail/api/v2/endpoints.py
index 490410f1b5..b4d24e2492 100644
--- a/wagtail/api/v2/endpoints.py
+++ b/wagtail/api/v2/endpoints.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
 from wagtail.wagtailimages.models import get_image_model
 from wagtail.wagtaildocs.models import Document
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import resolve_model_string
 
 from .filters import (
     FieldsFilter, OrderingFilter, SearchFilter,
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ from .filters import (
 )
 from .pagination import WagtailPagination
 from .serializers import BaseSerializer, PageSerializer, DocumentSerializer, ImageSerializer, get_serializer_class
-from .utils import BadRequestError
+from .utils import BadRequestError, page_models_from_string, filter_page_type
 
 
 class BaseAPIEndpoint(GenericViewSet):
@@ -204,19 +203,24 @@ class PagesAPIEndpoint(BaseAPIEndpoint):
         request = self.request
 
         # Allow pages to be filtered to a specific type
-        if 'type' not in request.GET:
-            model = Page
+        try:
+            models = page_models_from_string(request.GET.get('type', 'wagtailcore.Page'))
+        except (LookupError, ValueError):
+            raise BadRequestError("type doesn't exist")
+
+        if not models:
+            models = [Page]
+
+        if len(models) == 1:
+            queryset = models[0].objects.all()
         else:
-            model_name = request.GET['type']
-            try:
-                model = resolve_model_string(model_name)
-            except LookupError:
-                raise BadRequestError("type doesn't exist")
-            if not issubclass(model, Page):
-                raise BadRequestError("type doesn't exist")
+            queryset = Page.objects.all()
+
+            # Filter pages by specified models
+            queryset = filter_page_type(queryset, models)
 
         # Get live pages that are not in a private section
-        queryset = model.objects.public().live()
+        queryset = queryset.public().live()
 
         # Filter by site
         queryset = queryset.descendant_of(request.site.root_page, inclusive=True)
diff --git a/wagtail/api/v2/tests/test_pages.py b/wagtail/api/v2/tests/test_pages.py
index 83a4f24a70..f9c04b21af 100644
--- a/wagtail/api/v2/tests/test_pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/api/v2/tests/test_pages.py
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ class TestPageListing(TestCase):
         for page in content['results']:
             self.assertEqual(page['meta']['type'], 'demosite.BlogEntryPage')
 
+            # All fields in specific type available
+            self.assertEqual(set(page.keys()), {'id', 'meta', 'title', 'related_links', 'date', 'body', 'tags', 'feed_image', 'carousel_items'})
+
     def test_type_filter_total_count(self):
         response = self.get_response(type='demosite.BlogEntryPage')
         content = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
@@ -95,6 +98,27 @@ class TestPageListing(TestCase):
         # Total count must be reduced as this filters the results
         self.assertEqual(content['total_count'], 3)
 
+    def test_type_filter_multiple(self):
+        response = self.get_response(type='demosite.BlogEntryPage,demosite.EventPage')
+        content = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
+
+        blog_page_seen = False
+        event_page_seen = False
+
+        for page in content['results']:
+            self.assertIn(page['meta']['type'], ['demosite.BlogEntryPage', 'demosite.EventPage'])
+
+            if page['meta']['type'] == 'demosite.BlogEntryPage':
+                blog_page_seen = True
+            elif page['meta']['type'] == 'demosite.EventPage':
+                event_page_seen = True
+
+            # Only generic fields available
+            self.assertEqual(set(page.keys()), {'id', 'meta', 'title'})
+
+        self.assertTrue(blog_page_seen, "No blog pages were found in the results")
+        self.assertTrue(event_page_seen, "No event pages were found in the results")
+
     def test_non_existant_type_gives_error(self):
         response = self.get_response(type='demosite.IDontExist')
         content = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
diff --git a/wagtail/api/v2/utils.py b/wagtail/api/v2/utils.py
index 629b1dc643..3d2fc3d93e 100644
--- a/wagtail/api/v2/utils.py
+++ b/wagtail/api/v2/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import resolve_model_string
 
 
 class BadRequestError(Exception):
@@ -27,3 +28,26 @@ def pages_for_site(site):
     pages = Page.objects.public().live()
     pages = pages.descendant_of(site.root_page, inclusive=True)
     return pages
+
+
+def page_models_from_string(string):
+    page_models = []
+
+    for sub_string in string.split(','):
+        page_model = resolve_model_string(sub_string)
+
+        if not issubclass(page_model, Page):
+            raise ValueError("Model is not a page")
+
+        page_models.append(page_model)
+
+    return tuple(page_models)
+
+
+def filter_page_type(queryset, page_models):
+    qs = queryset.none()
+
+    for model in page_models:
+        qs |= queryset.type(model)
+
+    return qs