diff --git a/routers/api/packages/api.go b/routers/api/packages/api.go
index bc79669d51..214651fc2d 100644
--- a/routers/api/packages/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/packages/api.go
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ func CommonRoutes() *web.Route {
 			r.Group("/{packagename}/{packageversion}", func() {
 				r.Delete("", reqPackageAccess(perm.AccessModeWrite), generic.DeletePackage)
 				r.Group("/{filename}", func() {
+					r.Head("", generic.CheckPackageFileExistence)
 					r.Get("", generic.DownloadPackageFile)
 					r.Group("", func() {
 						r.Put("", enforcePackagesQuota(), generic.UploadPackage)
diff --git a/routers/api/packages/generic/generic.go b/routers/api/packages/generic/generic.go
index d61a9b4cbd..adffdcbe87 100644
--- a/routers/api/packages/generic/generic.go
+++ b/routers/api/packages/generic/generic.go
@@ -29,6 +29,38 @@ func apiError(ctx *context.Context, status int, obj any) {
 	})
 }
 
+func CheckPackageFileExistence(ctx *context.Context) {
+	pv, err := packages_model.GetVersionByNameAndVersion(
+		ctx,
+		ctx.Package.Owner.ID,
+		packages_model.TypeGeneric,
+		ctx.Params("packagename"),
+		ctx.Params("packageversion"),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == packages_model.ErrPackageNotExist {
+			apiError(ctx, http.StatusNotFound, err)
+			return
+		}
+		apiError(ctx, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+	}
+
+	pf, err := packages_model.GetFileForVersionByName(ctx, pv.ID, ctx.Params("filename"), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == packages_model.ErrPackageFileNotExist {
+			apiError(ctx, http.StatusNotFound, err)
+			return
+		}
+		apiError(ctx, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+	}
+
+	ctx.SetServeHeaders(&context.ServeHeaderOptions{
+		Filename:     pf.Name,
+		LastModified: pf.CreatedUnix.AsLocalTime(),
+	})
+	ctx.Status(http.StatusOK)
+}
+
 // DownloadPackageFile serves the specific generic package.
 func DownloadPackageFile(ctx *context.Context) {
 	s, u, pf, err := packages_service.GetFileStreamByPackageNameAndVersion(
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_packages_generic_test.go b/tests/integration/api_packages_generic_test.go
index ab65b76f15..2853bdde18 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_packages_generic_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/api_packages_generic_test.go
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ func TestPackageGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 
 		checkDownloadCount(0)
 
-		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/"+filename)
+		req := NewRequest(t, "HEAD", url+"/"+filename)
+		MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+
+		req = NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/"+filename)
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 
 		assert.Equal(t, content, resp.Body.Bytes())
@@ -131,7 +134,10 @@ func TestPackageGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("NotExists", func(t *testing.T) {
 			defer tests.PrintCurrentTest(t)()
 
-			req := NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/not.found")
+			req := NewRequest(t, "HEAD", url+"/not.found")
+			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNotFound)
+
+			req = NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/not.found")
 			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNotFound)
 		})
 
@@ -143,6 +149,9 @@ func TestPackageGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 				setting.Service.RequireSignInView = false
 			}()
 
+			req = NewRequest(t, "HEAD", url+"/dummy.bin")
+			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusUnauthorized)
+
 			req = NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/dummy.bin")
 			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		})
@@ -164,7 +173,10 @@ func TestPackageGeneric(t *testing.T) {
 				setting.Packages.Storage.MinioConfig.ServeDirect = true
 			}
 
-			req := NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/"+filename)
+			req := NewRequest(t, "HEAD", url+"/"+filename)
+			MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+
+			req = NewRequest(t, "GET", url+"/"+filename)
 			resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusSeeOther)
 
 			checkDownloadCount(3)