diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/ssr.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
index f4fcf88309..9cd19c3801 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ export function useRequestHeaders (include?) {
   if (process.client) { return {} }
   const headers: Record<string, string> = useNuxtApp().ssrContext?.req.headers ?? {}
   if (!include) { return headers }
-  return Object.fromEntries(include.map(key => [key, headers[key]]))
+  return Object.fromEntries(include.filter(key => headers[key]).map(key => [key, headers[key]]))
 }