diff --git a/.api-reports/api-report-react_internal.api.md b/.api-reports/api-report-react_internal.api.md
index 95a7366593c..77a4d29c2f8 100644
--- a/.api-reports/api-report-react_internal.api.md
+++ b/.api-reports/api-report-react_internal.api.md
@@ -493,6 +493,11 @@ class Concast<T> extends Observable<T> {
 // @public (undocumented)
 type ConcastSourcesIterable<T> = Iterable<Source<T>>;
 
+// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PreloadQueryFunction" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+//
+// @public
+function createQueryPreloader(client: ApolloClient<any>): PreloadQueryFunction;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 namespace DataProxy {
     // (undocumented)
@@ -1252,6 +1257,11 @@ const OBSERVED_CHANGED_OPTIONS: readonly ["canonizeResults", "context", "errorPo
 // @public (undocumented)
 type ObservedOptions = Pick<WatchQueryOptions, (typeof OBSERVED_CHANGED_OPTIONS)[number]>;
 
+// @public
+type OnlyRequiredProperties<T> = {
+    [K in keyof T as {} extends Pick<T, K> ? never : K]: T[K];
+};
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 type OnQueryUpdated<TResult> = (observableQuery: ObservableQuery<any>, diff: Cache_2.DiffResult<any>, lastDiff: Cache_2.DiffResult<any> | undefined) => boolean | TResult;
 
@@ -1291,6 +1301,50 @@ export interface PreloadedQueryRef<TData = unknown, TVariables = unknown> extend
     toPromise(): Promise<PreloadedQueryRef<TData, TVariables>>;
 }
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+type PreloadQueryFetchPolicy = Extract<WatchQueryFetchPolicy, "cache-first" | "network-only" | "no-cache" | "cache-and-network">;
+
+// @public
+interface PreloadQueryFunction {
+    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PreloadQueryOptions" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PreloadQueryOptionsArg" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+    <TData, TVariables extends OperationVariables, TOptions extends Omit<PreloadQueryOptions, "variables">>(query: DocumentNode | TypedDocumentNode<TData, TVariables>, ...[options]: PreloadQueryOptionsArg<NoInfer_2<TVariables>, TOptions>): PreloadedQueryRef<TOptions["errorPolicy"] extends "ignore" | "all" ? TOptions["returnPartialData"] extends true ? DeepPartial<TData> | undefined : TData | undefined : TOptions["returnPartialData"] extends true ? DeepPartial<TData> : TData, TVariables>;
+    <TData = unknown, TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables>(query: DocumentNode | TypedDocumentNode<TData, TVariables>, options: PreloadQueryOptions<NoInfer_2<TVariables>> & {
+        returnPartialData: true;
+        errorPolicy: "ignore" | "all";
+    }): PreloadedQueryRef<DeepPartial<TData> | undefined, TVariables>;
+    <TData = unknown, TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables>(query: DocumentNode | TypedDocumentNode<TData, TVariables>, options: PreloadQueryOptions<NoInfer_2<TVariables>> & {
+        errorPolicy: "ignore" | "all";
+    }): PreloadedQueryRef<TData | undefined, TVariables>;
+    <TData = unknown, TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables>(query: DocumentNode | TypedDocumentNode<TData, TVariables>, options: PreloadQueryOptions<NoInfer_2<TVariables>> & {
+        returnPartialData: true;
+    }): PreloadedQueryRef<DeepPartial<TData>, TVariables>;
+    <TData = unknown, TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables>(query: DocumentNode | TypedDocumentNode<TData, TVariables>, ...[options]: PreloadQueryOptionsArg<NoInfer_2<TVariables>>): PreloadedQueryRef<TData, TVariables>;
+}
+
+// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "VariablesOption" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+type PreloadQueryOptions<TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables> = {
+    canonizeResults?: boolean;
+    context?: DefaultContext;
+    errorPolicy?: ErrorPolicy;
+    fetchPolicy?: PreloadQueryFetchPolicy;
+    returnPartialData?: boolean;
+    refetchWritePolicy?: RefetchWritePolicy;
+} & VariablesOption<TVariables>;
+
+// Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "OnlyRequiredProperties" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+//
+// @public (undocumented)
+type PreloadQueryOptionsArg<TVariables extends OperationVariables, TOptions = unknown> = [TVariables] extends [never] ? [
+options?: PreloadQueryOptions<never> & TOptions
+] : {} extends OnlyRequiredProperties<TVariables> ? [
+options?: PreloadQueryOptions<NoInfer_2<TVariables>> & Omit<TOptions, "variables">
+] : [
+options: PreloadQueryOptions<NoInfer_2<TVariables>> & Omit<TOptions, "variables">
+];
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 type Primitive = null | undefined | string | number | boolean | symbol | bigint;
 
@@ -1692,7 +1746,6 @@ interface SharedWatchQueryOptions<TVariables extends OperationVariables, TData>
     // @deprecated
     partialRefetch?: boolean;
     pollInterval?: number;
-    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "RefetchWritePolicy" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
     refetchWritePolicy?: RefetchWritePolicy;
     returnPartialData?: boolean;
     skipPollAttempt?: () => boolean;
@@ -2049,6 +2102,17 @@ interface UseSuspenseQueryResult<TData = unknown, TVariables extends OperationVa
     subscribeToMore: SubscribeToMoreFunction<TData, TVariables>;
 }
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+type VariablesOption<TVariables extends OperationVariables> = [
+TVariables
+] extends [never] ? {
+    variables?: Record<string, never>;
+} : {} extends OnlyRequiredProperties<TVariables> ? {
+    variables?: TVariables;
+} : {
+    variables: TVariables;
+};
+
 // @public
 interface WatchFragmentOptions<TData, TVars> {
     // @deprecated (undocumented)
@@ -2081,6 +2145,10 @@ interface WatchQueryOptions<TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVar
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 interface WrappableHooks {
+    // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "createQueryPreloader" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+    //
+    // (undocumented)
+    createQueryPreloader: typeof createQueryPreloader;
     // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "useBackgroundQuery" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
     //
     // (undocumented)
@@ -2141,6 +2209,8 @@ export function wrapQueryRef<TData, TVariables extends OperationVariables>(inter
 // src/react/hooks/useBackgroundQuery.ts:38:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SubscribeToMoreFunction" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // src/react/hooks/useBackgroundQuery.ts:54:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "FetchMoreFunction" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // src/react/hooks/useBackgroundQuery.ts:78:4 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "RefetchFunction" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+// src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts:145:3 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "PreloadQueryFetchPolicy" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
+// src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts:167:5 - (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "RefetchWritePolicy" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 
diff --git a/.changeset/thin-lies-begin.md b/.changeset/thin-lies-begin.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc258c65cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thin-lies-begin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@apollo/client": patch
+---
+
+Allow wrapping `createQueryPreloader`
diff --git a/.size-limits.json b/.size-limits.json
index 28452c40fd4..e794acb3beb 100644
--- a/.size-limits.json
+++ b/.size-limits.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "dist/apollo-client.min.cjs": 40015,
+  "dist/apollo-client.min.cjs": 40030,
   "import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, HttpLink } from \"dist/index.js\" (production)": 32903
 }
diff --git a/src/react/hooks/internal/wrapHook.ts b/src/react/hooks/internal/wrapHook.ts
index c22ec726e9d..59b112c3216 100644
--- a/src/react/hooks/internal/wrapHook.ts
+++ b/src/react/hooks/internal/wrapHook.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import type {
 import type { QueryManager } from "../../../core/QueryManager.js";
 import type { ApolloClient } from "../../../core/ApolloClient.js";
 import type { ObservableQuery } from "../../../core/ObservableQuery.js";
+import type { createQueryPreloader } from "../../query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.js";
 
 const wrapperSymbol = Symbol.for("apollo.hook.wrappers");
 
 interface WrappableHooks {
+  createQueryPreloader: typeof createQueryPreloader;
   useQuery: typeof useQuery;
   useSuspenseQuery: typeof useSuspenseQuery;
   useBackgroundQuery: typeof useBackgroundQuery;
diff --git a/src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts b/src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts
index 226723dab9a..6389992519c 100644
--- a/src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts
+++ b/src/react/query-preloader/createQueryPreloader.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type {
 import { InternalQueryReference, wrapQueryRef } from "../internal/index.js";
 import type { PreloadedQueryRef } from "../internal/index.js";
 import type { NoInfer } from "../index.js";
+import { wrapHook } from "../hooks/internal/index.js";
 
 type VariablesOption<TVariables extends OperationVariables> =
   [TVariables] extends [never] ?
@@ -168,6 +169,14 @@ export interface PreloadQueryFunction {
 export function createQueryPreloader(
   client: ApolloClient<any>
 ): PreloadQueryFunction {
+  return wrapHook(
+    "createQueryPreloader",
+    _createQueryPreloader,
+    client
+  )(client);
+}
+
+const _createQueryPreloader: typeof createQueryPreloader = (client) => {
   return function preloadQuery<
     TData = unknown,
     TVariables extends OperationVariables = OperationVariables,
@@ -189,4 +198,4 @@ export function createQueryPreloader(
 
     return wrapQueryRef(queryRef) as PreloadedQueryRef<TData, TVariables>;
   };
-}
+};