diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
index 76eab5d8..fb7bfc43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
@@ -49,20 +49,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Version;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.KeyDeserializer;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy.PropertyNamingStrategyBase;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.HandlerInstantiator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ContextualDeserializer;
@@ -187,13 +175,12 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 				}
 
 				LinkRelation rel = prefixingRequired ? curieProvider.getNamespacedRelFrom(link) : link.getRel();
+				HalLinkRelation relation = transformingMapper.map(rel);
 
-				if (!link.hasRel(rel)) {
+				if (relation.isCuried()) {
 					curiedLinkPresent = true;
 				}
 
-				HalLinkRelation relation = transformingMapper.map(rel);
-
 				sortedLinks //
 						.computeIfAbsent(relation, key -> new ArrayList<>())//
 						.add(toHalLink(link, relation));
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
index 108914ed..51e88ed8 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.hateoas.mediatype.hal;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import net.minidev.json.JSONArray;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -610,6 +612,16 @@ class Jackson2HalIntegrationTest {
 		assertThat(result.getContent().name).isEqualTo("Dave");
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1399
+	void rendersCurieInformationIfCuriedLinkIsGiven() throws Exception {
+
+		RepresentationModel<?> model = new RepresentationModel<>().add(Link.of("/href", LinkRelation.of("foo:bar")));
+
+		DocumentContext document = JsonPath.parse(getCuriedObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(model));
+
+		assertThat(document.read("$._links.curies", JSONArray.class)).isNotEmpty();
+	}
+
 	@Relation(collectionRelation = "someSample")
 	static class SomeSample {
 		@JsonProperty String name;