diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilder.java
index 2793780f..8d43e3e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilder.java
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public class HalModelBuilder {
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public <T extends RepresentationModel<T>> RepresentationModel<T> build() {
-		return (T) new HalRepresentationModel<>(model, CollectionModel.of(embeddeds), links);
+		return (T) new HalRepresentationModel<>(model, embeddeds, links);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -381,16 +381,16 @@ public class HalModelBuilder {
 	private static class HalRepresentationModel<T> extends EntityModel<T> {
 
 		private final @Nullable T entity;
-		private final CollectionModel<?> embeddeds;
+		private final List<Object> embeddeds;
 
-		public HalRepresentationModel(@Nullable T entity, CollectionModel<T> embeddeds, Links links) {
+		public HalRepresentationModel(@Nullable T entity, List<Object> embeddeds, Links links) {
 
 			this(entity, embeddeds);
 
 			add(links);
 		}
 
-		private HalRepresentationModel(@Nullable T entity, CollectionModel<?> embeddeds) {
+		private HalRepresentationModel(@Nullable T entity, List<Object> embeddeds) {
 
 			Assert.notNull(embeddeds, "Embedds must not be null!");
 
@@ -409,8 +409,21 @@ public class HalModelBuilder {
 		}
 
 		@JsonUnwrapped
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 		public CollectionModel<?> getEmbeddeds() {
-			return embeddeds;
+
+			return new CollectionModel<Object>(embeddeds) {
+
+				/**
+				 * Overriding this to make sure that the marker link added to signal the need for curie-ing is added to the
+				 * outer representation model.
+				 */
+				@Override
+				public CollectionModel<Object> add(Link link) {
+					HalRepresentationModel.this.add(link);
+					return this;
+				}
+			};
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilderUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilderUnitTest.java
index 4bb4bc1a..4df71282 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilderUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalModelBuilderUnitTest.java
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.LinkRelation;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.MappingTestUtils.ContextualMapper;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RepresentationModel;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.UriTemplate;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.mediatype.MessageResolver;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.server.core.EvoInflectorLinkRelationProvider;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
@@ -360,6 +362,22 @@ public class HalModelBuilderUnitTest {
 		assertEmptyEmbed(halModel().embed(Stream.empty(), LinkRelation.of("products")).build(), "products");
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1540
+	void doesNotRenderAdditionalLinksBlockForCuriedEmbeds() throws Exception {
+
+		this.mapper.setHandlerInstantiator(new Jackson2HalModule.HalHandlerInstantiator( //
+				new EvoInflectorLinkRelationProvider(), //
+				new DefaultCurieProvider("foo", UriTemplate.of("http://localhost/foo/{rel}")), //
+				MessageResolver.DEFAULTS_ONLY));
+
+		RepresentationModel<?> model = halModel() //
+				.embed(new Staff("Frodo Baggins", "ring bearer")) //
+				.build();
+
+		assertThat(StringUtils.countOccurrencesOf(mapper.writeValueAsString(model), "_links")) //
+				.isEqualTo(1);
+	}
+
 	private void assertEmptyEmbed(RepresentationModel<?> model, String name) throws Exception {
 
 		DocumentContext context = JsonPath.parse(mapper.writeValueAsString(model));