diff --git a/packages/stitch/src/createDelegationPlanBuilder.ts b/packages/stitch/src/createDelegationPlanBuilder.ts
index f315eb77d..753df35a7 100644
--- a/packages/stitch/src/createDelegationPlanBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/stitch/src/createDelegationPlanBuilder.ts
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ export function createDelegationPlanBuilder(
   });
 }
 
-function optimizeDelegationMap(
+export function optimizeDelegationMap(
   delegationMap: Map<Subschema, SelectionSetNode>,
   typeName: string,
   fragments: Record<string, FragmentDefinitionNode>,
diff --git a/packages/stitch/tests/createDelegationPlanBuilder.test.ts b/packages/stitch/tests/createDelegationPlanBuilder.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec49b7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stitch/tests/createDelegationPlanBuilder.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import { Subschema } from '@graphql-tools/delegate';
+import { makeExecutableSchema } from '@graphql-tools/schema';
+import { FragmentDefinitionNode, Kind } from 'graphql';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { optimizeDelegationMap } from '../src/createDelegationPlanBuilder';
+
+/**
+ * Tests for fragment handling in delegation optimization.
+ * These tests verify that the delegation plan builder correctly handles GraphQL fragments
+ * when optimizing the delegation map across multiple subschemas.
+ */
+describe('fragment handling in delegation optimization', () => {
+  /**
+   * First test schema representing a basic User type with profile information.
+   * This schema lacks the email field in Profile to test partial field availability.
+   */
+  const schema1 = makeExecutableSchema({
+    typeDefs: /* GraphQL */ `
+      type User {
+        id: ID!
+        name: String!
+        profile: Profile!
+      }
+      type Profile {
+        bio: String!
+        location: String!
+      }
+      type Query {
+        user(id: ID!): User
+      }
+    `,
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Second test schema with an extended Profile type that includes an email field.
+   * Used to test fragment spreading across schemas with different capabilities.
+   */
+  const schema2 = makeExecutableSchema({
+    typeDefs: /* GraphQL */ `
+      type User {
+        id: ID!
+        name: String!
+        profile: Profile!
+      }
+      type Profile {
+        bio: String!
+        location: String!
+        email: String!
+      }
+      type Query {
+        user(id: ID!): User
+      }
+    `,
+  });
+
+  const subschema1 = new Subschema({ schema: schema1 });
+  const subschema2 = new Subschema({ schema: schema2 });
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the delegation map optimization correctly handles fragments
+   * by merging fragment fields into the appropriate subschema selections.
+   */
+  it('should optimize delegation map considering fragments', async () => {
+    // Define a fragment that selects basic User fields
+    const fragments: Record<string, FragmentDefinitionNode> = {
+      UserFields: {
+        kind: Kind.FRAGMENT_DEFINITION,
+        name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'UserFields' },
+        typeCondition: {
+          kind: Kind.NAMED_TYPE,
+          name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'User' },
+        },
+        selectionSet: {
+          kind: Kind.SELECTION_SET,
+          selections: [
+            {
+              kind: Kind.FIELD,
+              name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'id' },
+            },
+            {
+              kind: Kind.FIELD,
+              name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'name' },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    // Set up initial delegation map with fragment spread and profile selection
+    const delegationMap = new Map();
+    delegationMap.set(subschema1, {
+      kind: Kind.SELECTION_SET,
+      selections: [
+        {
+          kind: Kind.FRAGMENT_SPREAD,
+          name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'UserFields' },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    delegationMap.set(subschema2, {
+      kind: Kind.SELECTION_SET,
+      selections: [
+        {
+          kind: Kind.FIELD,
+          name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'profile' },
+          selectionSet: {
+            kind: Kind.SELECTION_SET,
+            selections: [
+              {
+                kind: Kind.FIELD,
+                name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'email' },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    optimizeDelegationMap(delegationMap, 'User', fragments);
+    // Verify optimization results
+    expect(delegationMap.size).toBe(1);
+    expect(delegationMap.has(subschema2)).toBe(true);
+    const schema2Selections = delegationMap.get(subschema2)!.selections;
+    expect(schema2Selections).toEqual([
+      {
+        kind: Kind.FIELD,
+        name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'profile' },
+        selectionSet: {
+          kind: Kind.SELECTION_SET,
+          selections: [
+            {
+              kind: Kind.FIELD,
+              name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'email' },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        kind: Kind.FRAGMENT_SPREAD,
+        name: { kind: Kind.NAME, value: 'UserFields' },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});