diff --git a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
index b0678e8..1bd7839 100644
--- a/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
+++ b/poppler/PDFDoc.cc
@@ -610,15 +610,15 @@ int PDFDoc::savePageAs(GooString *name, int pageNo)
   OutStream *outStr;
   XRef *yRef, *countRef;
   int rootNum = getXRef()->getNumObjects() + 1;
-
-  // Make sure that special flags are set, because we are going to read
-  // all objects, including Unencrypted ones.
-  xref->scanSpecialFlags();
-
-  Guchar *fileKey;
-  CryptAlgorithm encAlgorithm;
-  int keyLength;
-  xref->getEncryptionParameters(&fileKey, &encAlgorithm, &keyLength);
+
+  // Make sure that special flags are set, because we are going to read
+  // all objects, including Unencrypted ones.
+  xref->scanSpecialFlags();
+
+  Guchar *fileKey;
+  CryptAlgorithm encAlgorithm;
+  int keyLength;
+  xref->getEncryptionParameters(&fileKey, &encAlgorithm, &keyLength);
 
   if (pageNo < 1 || pageNo > getNumPages()) {
     error(errInternal, -1, "Illegal pageNo: {0:d}({1:d})", pageNo, getNumPages() );
@@ -1526,13 +1526,13 @@ void PDFDoc::markPageObjects(Dict *pageDict, XRef *xRef, XRef *countRef, Guint n
   }
 }
 
-Guint PDFDoc::writePageObjects(OutStream *outStr, XRef *xRef, Guint numOffset) 
+Guint PDFDoc::writePageObjects(OutStream *outStr, XRef *xRef, Guint numOffset, GBool combine) 
 {
   Guint objectsCount = 0; //count the number of objects in the XRef(s)
-  Guchar *fileKey;
-  CryptAlgorithm encAlgorithm;
-  int keyLength;
-  xRef->getEncryptionParameters(&fileKey, &encAlgorithm, &keyLength);
+  Guchar *fileKey;
+  CryptAlgorithm encAlgorithm;
+  int keyLength;
+  xRef->getEncryptionParameters(&fileKey, &encAlgorithm, &keyLength);
 
   for (int n = numOffset; n < xRef->getNumObjects(); n++) {
     if (xRef->getEntry(n)->type != xrefEntryFree) {
@@ -1543,11 +1543,13 @@ Guint PDFDoc::writePageObjects(OutStream *outStr, XRef *xRef, Guint numOffset)
       objectsCount++;
       getXRef()->fetch(ref.num - numOffset, ref.gen, &obj);
       Guint offset = writeObjectHeader(&ref, outStr);
-      if (xRef->getEntry(n)->getFlag(XRefEntry::Unencrypted)) {
-        writeObject(&obj, outStr, NULL, cryptRC4, 0, 0, 0);
-      } else {
-        writeObject(&obj, outStr, fileKey, encAlgorithm, keyLength, ref.num, ref.gen);
-      }
+      if (combine) {
+        writeObject(&obj, outStr, getXRef(), numOffset, NULL, cryptRC4, 0, 0, 0);
+      } else if (xRef->getEntry(n)->getFlag(XRefEntry::Unencrypted)) {
+        writeObject(&obj, outStr, NULL, cryptRC4, 0, 0, 0);
+      } else {
+        writeObject(&obj, outStr, fileKey, encAlgorithm, keyLength, ref.num, ref.gen);
+      }
       writeObjectFooter(outStr);
       xRef->add(ref.num, ref.gen, offset, gTrue);
       obj.free();
diff --git a/poppler/PDFDoc.h b/poppler/PDFDoc.h
index f3e9f68..c11e9ac 100644
--- a/poppler/PDFDoc.h
+++ b/poppler/PDFDoc.h
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public:
   void replacePageDict(int pageNo, int rotate, PDFRectangle *mediaBox, PDFRectangle *cropBox, Object *pageCTM);
   void markPageObjects(Dict *pageDict, XRef *xRef, XRef *countRef, Guint numOffset);
   // write all objects used by pageDict to outStr
-  Guint writePageObjects(OutStream *outStr, XRef *xRef, Guint numOffset);
+  Guint writePageObjects(OutStream *outStr, XRef *xRef, Guint numOffset, GBool combine = gFalse);
   static void writeObject (Object *obj, OutStream* outStr, XRef *xref, Guint numOffset, Guchar *fileKey,
                            CryptAlgorithm encAlgorithm, int keyLength, int objNum, int objGen);
   static void writeHeader(OutStream *outStr, int major, int minor);
diff --git a/utils/pdfunite.cc b/utils/pdfunite.cc
index 6502259..d34a635 100644
--- a/utils/pdfunite.cc
+++ b/utils/pdfunite.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
       Dict *pageDict = page.getDict();
       docs[i]->markPageObjects(pageDict, yRef, countRef, numOffset);
     }
-    objectsCount += docs[i]->writePageObjects(outStr, yRef, numOffset);
+    objectsCount += docs[i]->writePageObjects(outStr, yRef, numOffset, gTrue);
     numOffset = yRef->getNumObjects() + 1;
   }