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+package org.hibernate.orm.test.mapping.where;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Where;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.EntityManagerFactoryScope;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jpa;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Inheritance;
+import jakarta.persistence.InheritanceType;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+
+@Jpa(
+		annotatedClasses = {
+				WhereAnnotationAndJoinedInheritanceTest.Parent.class,
+				WhereAnnotationAndJoinedInheritanceTest.Child.class,
+				WhereAnnotationAndJoinedInheritanceTest.PrimaryObject.class
+		}
+)
+@Jira("HHH-16967")
+public class WhereAnnotationAndJoinedInheritanceTest {
+
+	private final static String PRIMARY_OBJECT_WITH_DELETED_CHILD = "with deleted child";
+	private final static String DELETED_CHILD = "deleted child";
+	private final static String NOT_DELETED_CHILD = "not deleted child";
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				entityManager -> {
+					Child child = new Child( 1l, NOT_DELETED_CHILD, null );
+					Child deletedChild = new Child( 2l, DELETED_CHILD, "deleted" );
+
+					PrimaryObject primaryObject = new PrimaryObject( 3l, child, "with not deleted child" );
+					PrimaryObject primaryObjectWithDeletedChild = new PrimaryObject(
+							4l,
+							deletedChild,
+							PRIMARY_OBJECT_WITH_DELETED_CHILD
+					);
+					entityManager.persist( child );
+					entityManager.persist( deletedChild );
+					entityManager.persist( primaryObject );
+					entityManager.persist( primaryObjectWithDeletedChild );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCriteriaQuery(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<PrimaryObject> query = builder.createQuery( PrimaryObject.class );
+					Root<PrimaryObject> root = query.from( PrimaryObject.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									root.get( "child" ).get( "primaryObjects" ).get( "data" ),
+									PRIMARY_OBJECT_WITH_DELETED_CHILD
+							) );
+
+					// the child
+					List<PrimaryObject> resultList = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 0 );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCriteriaQueryWithoutWhereClause(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<PrimaryObject> query = builder.createQuery( PrimaryObject.class );
+					Root<PrimaryObject> root = query.from( PrimaryObject.class );
+
+					// the child
+					List<PrimaryObject> resultList = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 2 );
+
+					resultList.forEach(
+							primaryObject -> {
+								Child child = primaryObject.getChild();
+								if ( primaryObject.getData().equals( PRIMARY_OBJECT_WITH_DELETED_CHILD ) ) {
+									assertThat( child ).isNull();
+								}
+								else {
+									assertThat( child ).isNotNull();
+								}
+							}
+					);
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCriteriaQuery2(EntityManagerFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction(
+				entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<PrimaryObject> query = builder.createQuery( PrimaryObject.class );
+					Root<PrimaryObject> root = query.from( PrimaryObject.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									root.get( "child" ).get( "data" ), DELETED_CHILD ) );
+
+					List<PrimaryObject> resultList = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 0 );
+
+					builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					query = builder.createQuery( PrimaryObject.class );
+					root = query.from( PrimaryObject.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									root.get( "child" ).get( "data" ), NOT_DELETED_CHILD ) );
+
+					resultList = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( resultList.size() ).isEqualTo( 1 );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	@Entity(name = "Parent")
+	@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
+	@Where(clause = "deleted_column is null")
+	public static abstract class Parent {
+
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String data;
+
+		@Column(name = "deleted_column")
+		private String deleted;
+
+		public Parent() {
+		}
+
+		public Parent(Long id, String data, String deleted) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.data = data;
+			this.deleted = deleted;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Child")
+	public static class Child extends Parent {
+
+		@Column(name = "child_data")
+		private String childData;
+
+		@OneToMany(mappedBy = "child")
+		private List<PrimaryObject> primaryObjects = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public Child() {
+		}
+
+		public Child(Long id, String data, String deleted) {
+			super( id, data, deleted );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "PrimaryObject")
+	public static class PrimaryObject {
+
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		@ManyToOne
+		private Child child;
+
+		private String data;
+
+		public PrimaryObject() {
+		}
+
+		public PrimaryObject(Long id, Child child, String data) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.child = child;
+			this.data = data;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public Child getChild() {
+			return child;
+		}
+
+		public String getData() {
+			return data;
+		}
+	}
+
+}