diff --git a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
index 5f537a8672..433278527e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/base_controller/renderer.rb
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def expand_subcollection?(sc, target)
 
       # Expand if: expand='resources' && no attributes specified && subcollection is configured
       def expand_resources?(sc)
-        @req.expand?('resources') && @req.attributes.empty? && collection_config.show?(sc)
+        collection_config.show?(sc) && (@req.collection_id || @req.expand?('resources')) && @req.attributes.empty?
       end
 
       # Expand if: resource is being returned and subcollection is configured
diff --git a/spec/requests/roles_spec.rb b/spec/requests/roles_spec.rb
index b1dd0e20de..f25915347a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/roles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/roles_spec.rb
@@ -74,10 +74,9 @@ def test_features_query(role, role_url, klass, attr = :id)
   end
 
   describe "Features" do
+    let(:role) { FactoryGirl.create(:miq_user_role, :name => "Test Role", :miq_product_features => @product_features) }
+
     it "query available features" do
-      role = FactoryGirl.create(:miq_user_role,
-                                :name                 => "Test Role",
-                                :miq_product_features => @product_features)
       test_features_query(role, api_role_url(nil, role), MiqProductFeature, :identifier)
     end
 
@@ -89,6 +88,27 @@ def test_features_query(role, role_url, klass, attr = :id)
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
       response.parsed_body['resources'].each { |res| expect_hash_to_have_only_keys(res, %w(href id name)) }
     end
+
+    it 'returns features by default when expanding the collection resources' do
+      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:roles, :read, :collection_actions, :get)
+
+      get(api_roles_url, :params => { :expand => 'resources' })
+
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect_result_resources_to_include_keys('resources', %w(features))
+    end
+
+    it 'returns features by default for a role resource' do
+      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:roles, :read, :resource_actions, :get)
+
+      get(api_role_url(nil, role))
+
+      expected = {
+        'features' => a_collection_including('href' => a_string_including(api_role_features_url(nil, role, nil)))
+      }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "Roles create" do