diff --git a/packages/payload/src/graphql/schema/buildObjectType.ts b/packages/payload/src/graphql/schema/buildObjectType.ts
index 77cb2ec444..391cb8e89a 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/graphql/schema/buildObjectType.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/graphql/schema/buildObjectType.ts
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ function buildObjectType({
           const locale = args.locale || context.req.locale
           const fallbackLocale = args.fallbackLocale || context.req.fallbackLocale
           const id = value
+          const draft = args.draft ?? context.req.query?.draft
 
           if (id) {
             const relatedDocument = await context.req.payloadDataLoader.load(
@@ -622,6 +623,7 @@ function buildObjectType({
                 fallbackLocale,
                 false,
                 false,
+                Boolean(draft),
               ]),
             )
 
diff --git a/test/collections-graphql/config.ts b/test/collections-graphql/config.ts
index 8a442089d0..c9b7f5583a 100644
--- a/test/collections-graphql/config.ts
+++ b/test/collections-graphql/config.ts
@@ -358,11 +358,27 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
           type: 'relationship',
           relationTo: ['cyclical-relationship'],
         },
+        {
+          type: 'upload',
+          name: 'media',
+          relationTo: 'media',
+        },
       ],
       versions: {
         drafts: true,
       },
     },
+    {
+      slug: 'media',
+      access: openAccess,
+      upload: true,
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'title',
+          type: 'text',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   graphQL: {
     queries: (GraphQL) => {
diff --git a/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts b/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
index cba62d48b5..a9eb910a59 100644
--- a/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/collections-graphql/int.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { GraphQLClient } from 'graphql-request'
+import path from 'path'
 
 import type { Post } from './payload-types'
 
 import payload from '../../packages/payload/src'
+import getFileByPath from '../../packages/payload/src/uploads/getFileByPath'
 import { mapAsync } from '../../packages/payload/src/utilities/mapAsync'
 import { initPayloadTest } from '../helpers/configHelpers'
 import { idToString } from '../helpers/idToString'
@@ -945,6 +947,42 @@ describe('collections-graphql', () => {
         expect(queriedDoc.title).toEqual('2')
         expect(queriedDoc.relationToSelf.title).toEqual('1')
       })
+
+      it('should query upload enabled docs', async () => {
+        const file = await getFileByPath(path.resolve(__dirname, '../uploads/test-image.jpg'))
+
+        const mediaDoc = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'media',
+          file,
+          data: {
+            title: 'example',
+          },
+        })
+
+        // doc with upload relation
+        const newDoc = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'cyclical-relationship',
+          data: {
+            media: mediaDoc.id,
+          },
+        })
+
+        const query = `{
+          CyclicalRelationship(id: ${
+            typeof newDoc.id === 'number' ? newDoc.id : `"${newDoc.id}"`
+          }) {
+            media {
+              id
+              title
+            }
+          }
+        }`
+        const response = (await client.request(query)) as any
+
+        const queriedDoc = response.CyclicalRelationship
+        expect(queriedDoc.media.id).toEqual(mediaDoc.id)
+        expect(queriedDoc.media.title).toEqual('example')
+      })
     })
   })