diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
index f64223e41..873693a34 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
@@ -841,6 +841,25 @@ impl EmbedderOptions {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn has_fragments(&self) -> bool {
+        match &self {
+            EmbedderOptions::HuggingFace(_)
+            | EmbedderOptions::OpenAi(_)
+            | EmbedderOptions::Ollama(_)
+            | EmbedderOptions::UserProvided(_) => false,
+            EmbedderOptions::Rest(embedder_options) => {
+                !embedder_options.indexing_fragments.is_empty()
+            }
+            EmbedderOptions::Composite(embedder_options) => {
+                if let SubEmbedderOptions::Rest(embedder_options) = &embedder_options.index {
+                    !embedder_options.indexing_fragments.is_empty()
+                } else {
+                    false
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for EmbedderOptions {