diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/basic_cost_calculator.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/basic_cost_calculator.rs
index f56eec5527c..d8a18f636b9 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/basic_cost_calculator.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/basic_cost_calculator.rs
@@ -408,19 +408,30 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(estimated_cost(schema, query), 0.0)
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn requires_adds_required_field_cost() {
+    #[test(tokio::test)]
+    async fn federated_query_with_requires() {
         let schema = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_schema.graphql");
         let query = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_required_query.graphql");
 
-        assert_eq!(estimated_cost(schema, query), 10200.0)
+        assert_eq!(estimated_cost(schema, query), 10200.0);
+        assert_eq!(planned_cost(schema, query).await, 10400.0);
     }
 
     #[test(tokio::test)]
-    async fn query_plan_cost() {
+    async fn federated_query_with_fragments() {
         let schema = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_schema.graphql");
-        let query = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_required_query.graphql");
+        let query = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_fragment_query.graphql");
+
+        assert_eq!(estimated_cost(schema, query), 300.0);
+        assert_eq!(planned_cost(schema, query).await, 400.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test(tokio::test)]
+    async fn federated_query_with_defer() {
+        let schema = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_schema.graphql");
+        let query = include_str!("./fixtures/federated_ships_deferred_query.graphql");
 
-        assert_eq!(planned_cost(schema, query).await, 10400.0)
+        assert_eq!(estimated_cost(schema, query), 10200.0);
+        assert_eq!(planned_cost(schema, query).await, 10400.0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_deferred_query.graphql b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_deferred_query.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c3696c4234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_deferred_query.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    ships {
+        name
+        ... @defer {
+            registrationFee
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_fragment_query.graphql b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_fragment_query.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d6d479fd8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/demand_control/fixtures/federated_ships_fragment_query.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+fragment nameAndLicense on User {
+    licenseNumber
+    name
+}
+
+{
+    ships {
+        owner {
+            ...nameAndLicense
+        }
+    }
+    users {
+        ...nameAndLicense
+    }
+}
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