diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8167decf89..91c7342824 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
  - #3693, Prevent spread embedding to allow aggregates when they are disabled - @laurenceisla
  - #3693, A nested spread embedding now correctly groups by the fields of its top parent relationship - @laurenceisla
+ - #3693, Fix spread embedding errors when using the `count()` aggregate without a field - @laurenceisla
+   + Fixed `"column reference <col> is ambiguous"` error when selecting `?select=...table(col,count())`
+   + Fixed `"column <json_aggregate>.<alias> does not exist"` error when selecting `?select=...table(aias:count())`
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Plan.hs b/src/PostgREST/Plan.hs
index 64843d9490..926ab3f9e2 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Plan.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Plan.hs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ data ResolverContext = ResolverContext
   }
 
 resolveColumnField :: Column -> CoercibleField
-resolveColumnField col = CoercibleField (colName col) mempty False (colNominalType col) Nothing (colDefault col)
+resolveColumnField col = CoercibleField (colName col) mempty False (colNominalType col) Nothing (colDefault col) False
 
 resolveTableFieldName :: Table -> FieldName -> CoercibleField
 resolveTableFieldName table fieldName =
@@ -380,11 +380,19 @@ addAliases = Right . fmap addAliasToPlan
 
     aliasSelectField :: CoercibleSelectField -> CoercibleSelectField
     aliasSelectField field@CoercibleSelectField{csField=fieldDetails, csAggFunction=aggFun, csAlias=alias}
-      | isJust alias || isJust aggFun = field
+      | isJust alias = field
+      | isJust aggFun = fieldAliasForSpreadAgg field
       | isJsonKeyPath fieldDetails, Just key <- lastJsonKey fieldDetails = field { csAlias = Just key }
       | isTransformPath fieldDetails = field { csAlias = Just (cfName fieldDetails) }
       | otherwise = field
 
+    -- A request like: `/top_table?select=...middle_table(...nested_table(count()))` will `SELECT` the full row instead of `*`,
+    -- because doing a `COUNT(*)` in `top_table` would not return the desired results.
+    -- So we use the "count" alias if none is present since the field name won't be selected.
+    fieldAliasForSpreadAgg field
+      | cfFullRow (csField field) = field { csAlias = Just "count" }
+      | otherwise                 = field
+
     isJsonKeyPath CoercibleField{cfJsonPath=(_: _)} = True
     isJsonKeyPath _                                 = False
 
@@ -428,26 +436,30 @@ expandStars ctx rPlanTree = Right $ expandStarsForReadPlan False rPlanTree
     adjustContext context fromQI _ = context{qi=fromQI}
 
 expandStarsForTable :: ResolverContext -> Bool -> ReadPlan -> ReadPlan
-expandStarsForTable ctx@ResolverContext{representations, outputType} hasAgg rp@ReadPlan{select=selectFields}
+expandStarsForTable ctx@ResolverContext{representations, outputType} hasAgg rp@ReadPlan{select=selectFields, relIsSpread=isSpread}
   -- We expand if either of the below are true:
   -- * We have a '*' select AND there is an aggregate function in this ReadPlan's sub-tree.
   -- * We have a '*' select AND the target table has at least one data representation.
-  -- We ignore any '*' selects that have an aggregate function attached (i.e for COUNT(*)).
-  | hasStarSelect && (hasAgg || hasDataRepresentation) = rp{select = concatMap (expandStarSelectField knownColumns) selectFields}
+  -- We ignore '*' selects that have an aggregate function attached, unless it's a `COUNT(*)` for a Spread Embed,
+  -- we tag it as "full row" in that case.
+  | hasStarSelect && (hasAgg || hasDataRepresentation) = rp{select = concatMap (expandStarSelectField isSpread knownColumns) selectFields}
   | otherwise = rp
   where
     hasStarSelect = "*" `elem` map (cfName . csField) filteredSelectFields
-    filteredSelectFields = filter (isNothing . csAggFunction) selectFields
+    filteredSelectFields = filter (shouldExpandOrTag . csAggFunction) selectFields
+    shouldExpandOrTag aggFunc = isNothing aggFunc || (isSpread && aggFunc == Just Count)
     hasDataRepresentation = any hasOutputRep knownColumns
     knownColumns = knownColumnsInContext ctx
 
     hasOutputRep :: Column -> Bool
     hasOutputRep col = HM.member (colNominalType col, outputType) representations
 
-    expandStarSelectField :: [Column] -> CoercibleSelectField -> [CoercibleSelectField]
-    expandStarSelectField columns sel@CoercibleSelectField{csField=CoercibleField{cfName="*", cfJsonPath=[]}, csAggFunction=Nothing} =
+    expandStarSelectField :: Bool -> [Column] -> CoercibleSelectField -> [CoercibleSelectField]
+    expandStarSelectField _ columns sel@CoercibleSelectField{csField=CoercibleField{cfName="*", cfJsonPath=[]}, csAggFunction=Nothing} =
       map (\col -> sel { csField = withOutputFormat ctx $ resolveColumnField col }) columns
-    expandStarSelectField _ selectField = [selectField]
+    expandStarSelectField True _ sel@CoercibleSelectField{csField=fld@CoercibleField{cfName="*", cfJsonPath=[]}, csAggFunction=Just Count} =
+      [sel { csField = fld { cfFullRow = True } }]
+    expandStarSelectField _ _ selectField = [selectField]
 
 -- | Enforces the `max-rows` config on the result
 treeRestrictRange :: Maybe Integer -> Action -> ReadPlanTree -> Either ApiRequestError ReadPlanTree
@@ -823,7 +835,7 @@ addRelatedOrders (Node rp@ReadPlan{order,from} forest) = do
 --       where_ = [
 --         CoercibleStmnt (
 --           CoercibleFilter {
---            field = CoercibleField {cfName = "projects", cfJsonPath = [], cfToJson=False, cfIRType = "", cfTransform = Nothing, cfDefault = Nothing},
+--            field = CoercibleField {cfName = "projects", cfJsonPath = [], cfToJson=False, cfIRType = "", cfTransform = Nothing, cfDefault = Nothing, cfFullRow = False},
 --            opExpr = op
 --           }
 --         )
@@ -839,7 +851,7 @@ addRelatedOrders (Node rp@ReadPlan{order,from} forest) = do
 -- Don't do anything to the filter if there's no embedding (a subtree) on projects. Assume it's a normal filter.
 --
 -- >>> ReadPlan.where_ . rootLabel <$> addNullEmbedFilters (readPlanTree nullOp [])
--- Right [CoercibleStmnt (CoercibleFilter {field = CoercibleField {cfName = "projects", cfJsonPath = [], cfToJson = False, cfIRType = "", cfTransform = Nothing, cfDefault = Nothing}, opExpr = OpExpr True (Is TriNull)})]
+-- Right [CoercibleStmnt (CoercibleFilter {field = CoercibleField {cfName = "projects", cfJsonPath = [], cfToJson = False, cfIRType = "", cfTransform = Nothing, cfDefault = Nothing, cfFullRow = False}, opExpr = OpExpr True (Is TriNull)})]
 --
 -- If there's an embedding on projects, then change the filter to use the internal aggregate name (`clients_projects_1`) so the filter can succeed later.
 --
@@ -858,7 +870,7 @@ addNullEmbedFilters (Node rp@ReadPlan{where_=curLogic} forest) = do
     newNullFilters rPlans = \case
       (CoercibleExpr b lOp trees) ->
         CoercibleExpr b lOp <$> (newNullFilters rPlans `traverse` trees)
-      flt@(CoercibleStmnt (CoercibleFilter (CoercibleField fld [] _ _ _ _) opExpr)) ->
+      flt@(CoercibleStmnt (CoercibleFilter (CoercibleField fld [] _ _ _ _ _) opExpr)) ->
         let foundRP = find (\ReadPlan{relName, relAlias} -> fld == fromMaybe relName relAlias) rPlans in
         case (foundRP, opExpr) of
           (Just ReadPlan{relAggAlias}, OpExpr b (Is TriNull)) -> Right $ CoercibleStmnt $ CoercibleFilterNullEmbed b relAggAlias
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Plan/Types.hs b/src/PostgREST/Plan/Types.hs
index 97de469952..2d72c05419 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Plan/Types.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Plan/Types.hs
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ data CoercibleField = CoercibleField
   , cfIRType    :: Text                  -- ^ The native Postgres type of the field, the intermediate (IR) type before mapping.
   , cfTransform :: Maybe TransformerProc -- ^ The optional mapping from irType -> targetType.
   , cfDefault   :: Maybe Text
+  , cfFullRow   :: Bool                  -- ^ True if the field represents the whole selected row. Used in spread rels: instead of COUNT(*), it does a COUNT(<row>) in order to not mix with other spreaded resources.
   } deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 unknownField :: FieldName -> JsonPath -> CoercibleField
-unknownField name path = CoercibleField name path False "" Nothing Nothing
+unknownField name path = CoercibleField name path False "" Nothing Nothing False
 
 -- | Like an API request LogicTree, but with coercible field information.
 data CoercibleLogicTree
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Query/QueryBuilder.hs b/src/PostgREST/Query/QueryBuilder.hs
index 96701be252..602ae27ef1 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Query/QueryBuilder.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Query/QueryBuilder.hs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ callPlanToQuery (FunctionCall qi params arguments returnsScalar returnsSetOfScal
       KeyParams []    -> "FROM " <> callIt mempty
       KeyParams prms  -> case arguments of
         DirectArgs args -> "FROM " <> callIt (fmtArgs prms args)
-        JsonArgs json   -> fromJsonBodyF json ((\p -> CoercibleField (ppName p) mempty False (ppTypeMaxLength p) Nothing Nothing) <$> prms) False True False <> ", " <>
+        JsonArgs json   -> fromJsonBodyF json ((\p -> CoercibleField (ppName p) mempty False (ppTypeMaxLength p) Nothing Nothing False) <$> prms) False True False <> ", " <>
                          "LATERAL " <> callIt (fmtParams prms)
 
     callIt :: SQL.Snippet -> SQL.Snippet
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Query/SqlFragment.hs b/src/PostgREST/Query/SqlFragment.hs
index 39b869d5d9..b2e5884140 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Query/SqlFragment.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Query/SqlFragment.hs
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ pgFmtCallUnary :: Text -> SQL.Snippet -> SQL.Snippet
 pgFmtCallUnary f x = SQL.sql (encodeUtf8 f) <> "(" <> x <> ")"
 
 pgFmtField :: QualifiedIdentifier -> CoercibleField -> SQL.Snippet
+pgFmtField table CoercibleField{cfFullRow=True}                                          = fromQi table
 pgFmtField table CoercibleField{cfName=fn, cfJsonPath=[]}                                = pgFmtColumn table fn
 pgFmtField table CoercibleField{cfName=fn, cfToJson=doToJson, cfJsonPath=jp} | doToJson  = "to_jsonb(" <> pgFmtColumn table fn <> ")" <> pgFmtJsonPath jp
                                                                              | otherwise = pgFmtColumn table fn <> pgFmtJsonPath jp
diff --git a/test/spec/Feature/Query/AggregateFunctionsSpec.hs b/test/spec/Feature/Query/AggregateFunctionsSpec.hs
index f505ec3ad8..def85cbd52 100644
--- a/test/spec/Feature/Query/AggregateFunctionsSpec.hs
+++ b/test/spec/Feature/Query/AggregateFunctionsSpec.hs
@@ -224,6 +224,73 @@ allowed =
             {"name": "Sarah", "process_supervisor": [{"category": "Batch", "cost_sum": 180.00}]}]|]
           { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
 
+      context "supports count() aggregate without specifying a field" $ do
+        it "works by itself in the embedded resource" $ do
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=supervisor_id,...processes(count())&order=supervisor_id" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"supervisor_id": 1, "count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 2, "count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 3, "count": 3},
+              {"supervisor_id": 4, "count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=supervisor_id,...processes(processes_count:count())&order=supervisor_id" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"supervisor_id": 1, "processes_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 2, "processes_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 3, "processes_count": 3},
+              {"supervisor_id": 4, "processes_count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+        it "works alongside other columns in the embedded resource" $ do
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=...supervisors(id,count())&order=supervisors(id)" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"id": 1, "count": 2},
+              {"id": 2, "count": 2},
+              {"id": 3, "count": 3},
+              {"id": 4, "count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=...supervisors(supervisor:id,supervisor_count:count())&order=supervisors(supervisor)" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"supervisor": 1, "supervisor_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor": 2, "supervisor_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor": 3, "supervisor_count": 3},
+              {"supervisor": 4, "supervisor_count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+        it "works on nested resources" $ do
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=supervisor_id,...processes(...process_costs(count()))&order=supervisor_id" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"supervisor_id": 1, "count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 2, "count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 3, "count": 2},
+              {"supervisor_id": 4, "count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=supervisor:supervisor_id,...processes(...process_costs(process_costs_count:count()))&order=supervisor_id" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"supervisor": 1, "process_costs_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor": 2, "process_costs_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor": 3, "process_costs_count": 2},
+              {"supervisor": 4, "process_costs_count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+        it "works on nested resources grouped by spreaded fields" $ do
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=...processes(factory_id,...process_costs(count()))&order=processes(factory_id)" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"factory_id": 1, "count": 2},
+              {"factory_id": 2, "count": 4},
+              {"factory_id": 3, "count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=...processes(factory:factory_id,...process_costs(process_costs_count:count()))&order=processes(factory)" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"factory": 1, "process_costs_count": 2},
+              {"factory": 2, "process_costs_count": 4},
+              {"factory": 3, "process_costs_count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+        it "works on different levels of the nested resources at the same time" $
+          get "/process_supervisor?select=...processes(factory:factory_id,processes_count:count(),...process_costs(process_costs_count:count()))&order=processes(factory)" `shouldRespondWith`
+            [json|[
+              {"factory": 1, "processes_count": 2, "process_costs_count": 2},
+              {"factory": 2, "processes_count": 4, "process_costs_count": 4},
+              {"factory": 3, "processes_count": 2, "process_costs_count": 1}]|]
+            { matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson] }
+
 disallowed :: SpecWith ((), Application)
 disallowed =
   describe "attempting to use an aggregate when aggregate functions are disallowed" $ do
diff --git a/test/spec/fixtures/data.sql b/test/spec/fixtures/data.sql
index 8d9a324594..f6adbdff53 100644
--- a/test/spec/fixtures/data.sql
+++ b/test/spec/fixtures/data.sql
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ INSERT INTO processes VALUES (2, 'Process A2', 1, 2);
 INSERT INTO processes VALUES (3, 'Process B1', 2, 1);
 INSERT INTO processes VALUES (4, 'Process B2', 2, 1);
 INSERT INTO processes VALUES (5, 'Process C1', 3, 2);
+INSERT INTO processes VALUES (6, 'Process C2', 3, 2);
 
 TRUNCATE TABLE process_costs CASCADE;
 INSERT INTO process_costs VALUES (1, 150.00);
@@ -922,3 +923,4 @@ INSERT INTO process_supervisor VALUES (3, 4);
 INSERT INTO process_supervisor VALUES (4, 1);
 INSERT INTO process_supervisor VALUES (4, 2);
 INSERT INTO process_supervisor VALUES (5, 3);
+INSERT INTO process_supervisor VALUES (6, 3);