diff --git a/src/postgrest/tests/_async/test_request_builder.py b/src/postgrest/tests/_async/test_request_builder.py
index 9cdc0baa..5e077eee 100644
--- a/src/postgrest/tests/_async/test_request_builder.py
+++ b/src/postgrest/tests/_async/test_request_builder.py
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ def test_select_with_head(self, request_builder: AsyncRequestBuilder):
         assert builder.request.http_method == "HEAD"
         assert builder.request.json is None
 
+    def test_select_with_head_and_embedded_filter(
+        self, request_builder: AsyncRequestBuilder
+    ):
+        builder = (
+            request_builder
+            .select("*, ref!inner(*)", count=CountMethod.exact, head=True)
+            .eq("ref.foo", 123)
+        )
+
+        assert builder.request.params["select"] == "*,ref!inner(*)"
+        assert builder.request.params["ref.foo"] == "eq.123"
+        assert builder.request.headers["prefer"] == "count=exact"
+        assert builder.request.http_method == "HEAD"
+
     def test_select_as_csv(self, request_builder: AsyncRequestBuilder):
         builder = request_builder.select("*").csv()
 
diff --git a/src/postgrest/tests/_sync/test_request_builder.py b/src/postgrest/tests/_sync/test_request_builder.py
index 435f8ab5..ba9b4ba3 100644
--- a/src/postgrest/tests/_sync/test_request_builder.py
+++ b/src/postgrest/tests/_sync/test_request_builder.py
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ def test_select_with_head(self, request_builder: SyncRequestBuilder):
         assert builder.request.http_method == "HEAD"
         assert builder.request.json is None
 
+    def test_select_with_head_and_embedded_filter(
+        self, request_builder: SyncRequestBuilder
+    ):
+        builder = (
+            request_builder
+            .select("*, ref!inner(*)", count=CountMethod.exact, head=True)
+            .eq("ref.foo", 123)
+        )
+
+        assert builder.request.params["select"] == "*,ref!inner(*)"
+        assert builder.request.params["ref.foo"] == "eq.123"
+        assert builder.request.headers["prefer"] == "count=exact"
+        assert builder.request.http_method == "HEAD"
+
     def test_select_as_csv(self, request_builder: SyncRequestBuilder):
         builder = request_builder.select("*").csv()