diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 96b8ce3f..3f393dd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- `search_datasets` now accepts a `has_granules` keyword argument. Use
+  `has_granules=False` to search for metadata about collections with no
+  associated granules. The default value set in `DataCollections` remains `True`.
+  ([#939](https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/issues/939))
+  ([**@juliacollins**](https://github.com/juliacollins))
+
 ## [v0.13.0] - 2025-01-28
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/earthaccess/api.py b/earthaccess/api.py
index 6b758aa2..b6ba1a38 100644
--- a/earthaccess/api.py
+++ b/earthaccess/api.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def search_datasets(count: int = -1, **kwargs: Any) -> List[DataCollection]:
             * **doi**: DOI for a dataset
             * **daac**: e.g. NSIDC or PODAAC
             * **provider**: particular to each DAAC, e.g. POCLOUD, LPDAAC etc.
+            * **has_granules**: if true, only return collections with granules
             * **temporal**: a tuple representing temporal bounds in the form
               `(date_from, date_to)`
             * **bounding_box**: a tuple representing spatial bounds in the form
diff --git a/earthaccess/search.py b/earthaccess/search.py
index 3a2b458d..ef9ea83f 100644
--- a/earthaccess/search.py
+++ b/earthaccess/search.py
@@ -291,6 +291,28 @@ def debug(self, debug: bool = True) -> Self:
         self._debug = debug
         return self
 
+    def has_granules(self, has_granules: bool | None = True) -> Self:
+        """Match only collections with granules, without granules, or either.
+
+        Parameters:
+            has_granules:
+                If `True`, only return collections with granules. If
+                `False`, only return collections without granules.
+                If `None`, return both types of collections.
+
+        Returns:
+            self
+        """
+        if has_granules is not None and not isinstance(has_granules, bool):
+            raise TypeError("has_granules must be of type bool or None")
+
+        if has_granules is None and "has_granules" in self.params:
+            del self.params["has_granules"]
+        else:
+            self.params["has_granules"] = has_granules
+
+        return self
+
     def cloud_hosted(self, cloud_hosted: bool = True) -> Self:
         """Only match granules that are hosted in the cloud. This is valid for public
         collections.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_collection_queries.py b/tests/unit/test_collection_queries.py
index 603784de..73f3e148 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_collection_queries.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_collection_queries.py
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ def test_querybuilder_can_handle_doi():
     assert query.params["doi"] == doi
 
 
+def test_querybuilder_can_handle_has_granules():
+    query = DataCollections().has_granules(False)
+    assert not query.params["has_granules"]
+    query = DataCollections().has_granules(True)
+    assert query.params["has_granules"]
+    query = DataCollections().has_granules(None)
+    assert "has_granules" not in query.params
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("start,end,expected", valid_single_dates)
 def test_query_can_parse_single_dates(start, end, expected):
     query = DataCollections().temporal(start, end)