diff --git a/src/Schema/DataObject/DataObjectModel.php b/src/Schema/DataObject/DataObjectModel.php
index 75b0cb22..b98fb3fe 100644
--- a/src/Schema/DataObject/DataObjectModel.php
+++ b/src/Schema/DataObject/DataObjectModel.php
@@ -323,13 +323,18 @@ public function getAllOperationIdentifiers(): array
      * get that field.
      *
      * @param string $fieldName
+     * @param string $class Optional class name for model fields which would result in database queries.
+     *                      The database is not always available when the schema is built (e.g. on deployment servers).
      * @return ModelType|null
      * @throws SchemaBuilderException
      */
-    public function getModelTypeForField(string $fieldName): ?ModelType
+    public function getModelTypeForField(string $fieldName, $class = null): ?ModelType
     {
-        $result = $this->getFieldAccessor()->accessField($this->dataObject, $fieldName);
-        $class = $this->getModelClass($result);
+        if (!$class) {
+            $result = $this->getFieldAccessor()->accessField($this->dataObject, $fieldName);
+            $class = $this->getModelClass($result);
+        }
+
         if (!$class) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/Schema/Field/Field.php b/src/Schema/Field/Field.php
index 0c396354..30dcc6b0 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Field/Field.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Field/Field.php
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public function applyConfig(array $config)
             'description',
             'resolver',
             'resolverContext',
+            'resolvedModelClass',
             'plugins',
         ]);
 
diff --git a/src/Schema/Field/ModelField.php b/src/Schema/Field/ModelField.php
index 52884444..9ff7ebc7 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Field/ModelField.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Field/ModelField.php
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class ModelField extends Field
      */
     private $modelTypeFields = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    private $resolvedModelClass = null;
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ class ModelField extends Field
      * ModelField constructor.
      * @param string $name
      * @param $config
-     * @param SchemaModelInterface $model
+     * @param SchemaModelInterface $model The model containing this field (different from the model this field might resolve to)
      * @throws SchemaBuilderException
      */
     public function __construct(string $name, $config, SchemaModelInterface $model)
@@ -78,6 +83,10 @@ public function applyConfig(array $config)
             $this->setResolver($this->getModel()->getDefaultResolver($this->getResolverContext()));
         }
 
+        if (isset($config['resolvedModelClass'])) {
+            $this->resolvedModelClass = $config['resolvedModelClass'];
+        }
+
         $this->modelTypeFields = $config['fields'] ?? null;
 
         unset($config['fields']);
@@ -105,7 +114,8 @@ public function getModelType(): ?ModelType
         if (Schema::isInternalType($type)) {
             return null;
         }
-        $model = $this->getModel()->getModelTypeForField($this->getName());
+
+        $model = $this->getModel()->getModelTypeForField($this->getName(), $this->resolvedModelClass);
         if ($model) {
             $config = [];
             if ($this->modelTypeFields) {