diff --git a/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb b/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
index ed4cac67c..b0e74ef03 100644
--- a/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/api/v1/crop_resource.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Api
 
       has_many :photos
 
-      has_one :parent, class_name: 'Crop'
+      has_one :parent, class_name: 'Crop', always_include_linkage_data: true
 
       attribute :name
       attribute :en_wikipedia_url