diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts
index e954dc5460..97880e488e 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ export interface StartInfiniteQueryActionCreatorOptions {
   previous?: boolean
 }
 
+export interface StartInfiniteQueryActionCreatorOptions {
+  subscribe?: boolean
+  forceRefetch?: boolean | number
+  subscriptionOptions?: SubscriptionOptions
+  infiniteQueryOptions?: InfiniteQueryConfigOptions
+  direction?: "forward" | "backwards"
+  [forceQueryFnSymbol]?: () => QueryReturnValue
+  data?: InfiniteData<unknown>
+  param?: unknown
+  previous?: boolean
+}
+
 type StartQueryActionCreator<
   D extends QueryDefinition<any, any, any, any, any>,
 > = (
@@ -91,6 +103,15 @@ type StartInfiniteQueryActionCreator<
   options?: StartInfiniteQueryActionCreatorOptions
 ) => (dispatch: ThunkDispatch<any, any, UnknownAction>, getState: () => any) => InfiniteQueryActionCreatorResult<any>
 
+// placeholder type which
+// may attempt to derive the list of args to query in pagination
+type StartInfiniteQueryActionCreator<
+  D extends QueryDefinition<any, any, any, any, any>
+> = (
+  arg: QueryArgFrom<D>,
+  options?: StartInfiniteQueryActionCreatorOptions
+) => (dispatch: ThunkDispatch<any, any, UnknownAction>, getState: () => any) => InfiniteQueryActionCreatorResult<any>
+
 export type QueryActionCreatorResult<
   D extends QueryDefinition<any, any, any, any>,
 > = SafePromise<QueryResultSelectorResult<D>> & {
@@ -123,6 +144,22 @@ export type InfiniteQueryActionCreatorResult<
   queryCacheKey: string
 }
 
+export type InfiniteQueryActionCreatorResult<
+  D extends QueryDefinition<any, any, any, any>
+> = Promise<QueryResultSelectorResult<D>> & {
+  arg: QueryArgFrom<D>
+  requestId: string
+  subscriptionOptions: SubscriptionOptions | undefined
+  abort(): void
+  unwrap(): Promise<ResultTypeFrom<D>>
+  unsubscribe(): void
+  refetch(): QueryActionCreatorResult<D>
+  fetchNextPage(): QueryActionCreatorResult<D>
+  fetchPreviousPage(): QueryActionCreatorResult<D>
+  updateSubscriptionOptions(options: SubscriptionOptions): void
+  queryCacheKey: string
+}
+
 type StartMutationActionCreator<
   D extends MutationDefinition<any, any, any, any>,
 > = (
@@ -603,6 +640,145 @@ You must add the middleware for RTK-Query to function correctly!`,
     return infiniteQueryAction
   }
 
+  // Concept for the pagination thunk which queries for each page
+
+  function buildInitiateInfiniteQuery(
+    endpointName: string,
+    endpointDefinition: QueryDefinition<any, any, any, any>,
+    pages?: number,
+  ) {
+    const infiniteQueryAction: StartInfiniteQueryActionCreator<any> =
+      (
+        arg,
+        {
+          subscribe = true,
+          forceRefetch,
+          subscriptionOptions,
+          [forceQueryFnSymbol]: forceQueryFn,
+          direction,
+          data = { pages: [], pageParams: [] },
+          param = arg,
+          previous
+        } = {}
+      ) =>
+        (dispatch, getState) => {
+          const queryCacheKey = serializeQueryArgs({
+            queryArgs: param,
+            endpointDefinition,
+            endpointName,
+          })
+
+
+          const thunk = infiniteQueryThunk({
+            type: 'query',
+            subscribe,
+            forceRefetch: forceRefetch,
+            subscriptionOptions,
+            endpointName,
+            originalArgs: arg,
+            queryCacheKey,
+            [forceQueryFnSymbol]: forceQueryFn,
+            data,
+            param,
+            previous,
+            direction
+          })
+          const selector = (
+            api.endpoints[endpointName] as ApiEndpointQuery<any, any>
+          ).select(arg)
+
+          const thunkResult = dispatch(thunk)
+          const stateAfter = selector(getState())
+
+          middlewareWarning(dispatch)
+
+          const { requestId, abort } = thunkResult
+
+          const skippedSynchronously = stateAfter.requestId !== requestId
+
+          const runningQuery = runningQueries.get(dispatch)?.[queryCacheKey]
+          const selectFromState = () => selector(getState())
+
+          const statePromise: InfiniteQueryActionCreatorResult<any> = Object.assign(
+            forceQueryFn
+              ? // a query has been forced (upsertQueryData)
+                // -> we want to resolve it once data has been written with the data that will be written
+              thunkResult.then(selectFromState)
+              : skippedSynchronously && !runningQuery
+                ? // a query has been skipped due to a condition and we do not have any currently running query
+                  // -> we want to resolve it immediately with the current data
+                Promise.resolve(stateAfter)
+                : // query just started or one is already in flight
+                  // -> wait for the running query, then resolve with data from after that
+                Promise.all([runningQuery, thunkResult]).then(selectFromState),
+            {
+              arg,
+              requestId,
+              subscriptionOptions,
+              queryCacheKey,
+              abort,
+              async unwrap() {
+                const result = await statePromise
+
+                if (result.isError) {
+                  throw result.error
+                }
+
+                return result.data
+              },
+              refetch: () =>
+                dispatch(
+                  infiniteQueryAction(arg, { subscribe: false, forceRefetch: true })
+                ),
+              fetchNextPage: () =>
+                dispatch(
+                  infiniteQueryAction(arg, { subscribe: false, forceRefetch: true, direction: "forward"})
+                ),
+              fetchPreviousPage: () =>
+                dispatch(
+                  infiniteQueryAction(arg, {subscribe: false, forceRefetch: true, direction: "backwards"})
+                ),
+              unsubscribe() {
+                if (subscribe)
+                  dispatch(
+                    unsubscribeQueryResult({
+                      queryCacheKey,
+                      requestId,
+                    })
+                  )
+              },
+              updateSubscriptionOptions(options: SubscriptionOptions) {
+                statePromise.subscriptionOptions = options
+                dispatch(
+                  updateSubscriptionOptions({
+                    endpointName,
+                    requestId,
+                    queryCacheKey,
+                    options,
+                  })
+                )
+              },
+            }
+          )
+
+          if (!runningQuery && !skippedSynchronously && !forceQueryFn) {
+            const running = runningQueries.get(dispatch) || {}
+            running[queryCacheKey] = statePromise
+            runningQueries.set(dispatch, running)
+
+            statePromise.then(() => {
+              delete running[queryCacheKey]
+              if (!countObjectKeys(running)) {
+                runningQueries.delete(dispatch)
+              }
+            })
+          }
+          return statePromise
+
+        }
+    return infiniteQueryAction
+  }
+
   function buildInitiateMutation(
     endpointName: string,
   ): StartMutationActionCreator<any> {
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/cacheLifecycle.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/cacheLifecycle.ts
index 78850130be..01b9bb6d05 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/cacheLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/cacheLifecycle.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ declare module '../../endpointDefinitions' {
     ): Promise<void> | void
   }
 
+  // copying QueryDefinition to get past initial build
+  interface InfiniteQueryExtraOptions<
+    TagTypes extends string,
+    ResultType,
+    QueryArg,
+    BaseQuery extends BaseQueryFn,
+    ReducerPath extends string = string
+  > {
+    onCacheEntryAdded?(
+      arg: QueryArg,
+      api: QueryCacheLifecycleApi<QueryArg, BaseQuery, ResultType, ReducerPath>
+    ): Promise<void> | void
+  }
+
   interface MutationExtraOptions<
     TagTypes extends string,
     ResultType,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/queryLifecycle.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/queryLifecycle.ts
index 0d12dcdd12..d559011881 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/queryLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/queryLifecycle.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ declare module '../../endpointDefinitions' {
     ): Promise<void> | void
   }
 
+  // temporarily cloned QueryOptions again to just get the definition to build for now
+  interface InfiniteQueryExtraOptions<
+    TagTypes extends string,
+    ResultType,
+    QueryArg,
+    BaseQuery extends BaseQueryFn,
+    ReducerPath extends string = string
+  > {
+    onQueryStarted?(
+      arg: QueryArg,
+      api: QueryLifecycleApi<QueryArg, BaseQuery, ResultType, ReducerPath>
+    ): Promise<void> | void
+  }
+
   interface MutationExtraOptions<
     TagTypes extends string,
     ResultType,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSlice.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSlice.ts
index dc24c5bc2e..eb673ef492 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSlice.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSlice.ts
@@ -495,6 +495,39 @@ export function buildSlice({
   })
 
 
+  const infiniteQuerySlice = createSlice({
+    name: `${reducerPath}/infinitequeries`,
+    initialState: initialState as QueryState<any>,
+    reducers: {
+      changeDirection: {
+        reducer(
+          draft,
+          { payload: { queryCacheKey } }: PayloadAction<QuerySubstateIdentifier>
+        ) {
+        },
+        prepare: prepareAutoBatched<QuerySubstateIdentifier>(),
+      },
+      combineArgsFromSelection: {
+        reducer(
+          draft,
+          {
+            payload: { queryCacheKey, patches },
+          }: PayloadAction<
+            QuerySubstateIdentifier & { patches: readonly Patch[] }
+          >
+        ) {
+          updateQuerySubstateIfExists(draft, queryCacheKey, (substate) => {
+            substate.originalArgs = substate
+          })
+        },
+        prepare: prepareAutoBatched<
+          QuerySubstateIdentifier & { patches: readonly Patch[] }
+        >(),
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
+
   // Dummy slice to generate actions
   const subscriptionSlice = createSlice({
     name: `${reducerPath}/subscriptions`,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
index 687d071c8e..fb80447b49 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryThunkArg
   direction?: 'forward' | "backwards"
 }
 
+export interface InfiniteQueryThunkArg
+  extends QuerySubstateIdentifier,
+    StartInfiniteQueryActionCreatorOptions {
+  type: `query`
+  originalArgs: unknown
+  endpointName: string
+  data: InfiniteData<unknown>
+  param: unknown
+  previous?: boolean
+  direction?: 'forward' | "backwards"
+}
+
 export interface MutationThunkArg {
   type: 'mutation'
   originalArgs: unknown
@@ -308,6 +320,16 @@ export function buildThunks<
     return max && newItems.length > max ? newItems.slice(1) : newItems
   }
 
+  function addToStart<T>(items: Array<T>, item: T, max = 0): Array<T> {
+    const newItems = [item, ...items]
+    return max && newItems.length > max ? newItems.slice(0, -1) : newItems
+  }
+
+  function addToEnd<T>(items: Array<T>, item: T, max = 0): Array<T> {
+    const newItems = [...items, item]
+    return max && newItems.length > max ? newItems.slice(1) : newItems
+  }
+
   const updateQueryData: UpdateQueryDataThunk<EndpointDefinitions, State> =
     (endpointName, args, updateRecipe, updateProvided = true) =>
     (dispatch, getState) => {
@@ -774,6 +796,65 @@ In the case of an unhandled error, no tags will be "provided" or "invalidated".`
     dispatchConditionRejection: true,
   })
 
+  const infiniteQueryThunk = createAsyncThunk<
+    ThunkResult,
+    InfiniteQueryThunkArg,
+    ThunkApiMetaConfig & { state: RootState<any, string, ReducerPath> }
+  >(`${reducerPath}/executeQuery`, executeEndpoint, {
+    getPendingMeta() {
+      return { startedTimeStamp: Date.now(), [SHOULD_AUTOBATCH]: true }
+    },
+    condition(queryThunkArgs, { getState }) {
+      const state = getState()
+
+      const requestState =
+        state[reducerPath]?.queries?.[queryThunkArgs.queryCacheKey]
+      const fulfilledVal = requestState?.fulfilledTimeStamp
+      const currentArg = queryThunkArgs.originalArgs
+      const previousArg = requestState?.originalArgs
+      const endpointDefinition =
+        endpointDefinitions[queryThunkArgs.endpointName]
+
+      // Order of these checks matters.
+      // In order for `upsertQueryData` to successfully run while an existing request is in flight,
+      /// we have to check for that first, otherwise `queryThunk` will bail out and not run at all.
+      // if (isUpsertQuery(queryThunkArgs)) {
+      //   return true
+      // }
+
+      // Don't retry a request that's currently in-flight
+      if (requestState?.status === 'pending') {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      // if this is forced, continue
+      // if (isForcedQuery(queryThunkArgs, state)) {
+      //   return true
+      // }
+
+      if (
+        isQueryDefinition(endpointDefinition) &&
+        endpointDefinition?.forceRefetch?.({
+          currentArg,
+          previousArg,
+          endpointState: requestState,
+          state,
+        })
+      ) {
+        return true
+      }
+
+      // Pull from the cache unless we explicitly force refetch or qualify based on time
+      if (fulfilledVal) {
+        // Value is cached and we didn't specify to refresh, skip it.
+        return false
+      }
+
+      return true
+    },
+    dispatchConditionRejection: true,
+  })
+
   const mutationThunk = createAsyncThunk<
     ThunkResult,
     MutationThunkArg,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
index b7bee0d754..fe97bad78d 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
@@ -644,6 +644,16 @@ export const coreModule = ({
             },
             buildMatchThunkActions(queryThunk, endpointName)
           )
+        } if (isInfiniteQueryDefinition(definition)) {
+          safeAssign(
+            anyApi.endpoints[endpointName],
+            {
+              name: endpointName,
+              select: buildInfiniteQuerySelector(endpointName, definition),
+              initiate: buildInitiateInfiniteQuery(endpointName, definition),
+            },
+            buildMatchThunkActions(queryThunk, endpointName)
+          )
         }
       },
     }