diff --git a/src/EloquentBuilderTrait.php b/src/EloquentBuilderTrait.php
index bc10dad..c8cdf2c 100644
--- a/src/EloquentBuilderTrait.php
+++ b/src/EloquentBuilderTrait.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ protected function applyResourceOptions($queryBuilder, array $options = [])
                 throw new InvalidArgumentException('Includes should be an array.');
             }
 
-            $queryBuilder->with($includes);
+            if (!empty($includes)) {
+                $queryBuilder->with($includes);
+            }
         }
 
         if (isset($filter_groups)) {