diff --git a/src/Schema/Directives/RelationDirective.php b/src/Schema/Directives/RelationDirective.php
index 0368ca6de..66f812525 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Directives/RelationDirective.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Directives/RelationDirective.php
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ public function resolveField(FieldValue $fieldValue): callable
             ) {
                 $relationBatchLoader = BatchLoaderRegistry::instance(
                     $this->qualifyPath($args, $resolveInfo),
-                    static fn (): RelationBatchLoader => new RelationBatchLoader(
+                    static fn(): RelationBatchLoader => new RelationBatchLoader(
                         $paginationArgs === null
-                            ? new SimpleModelsLoader($relationName, $decorateBuilder)
-                            : new PaginatedModelsLoader($relationName, $decorateBuilder, $paginationArgs),
+                        ? new SimpleModelsLoader($relationName, $decorateBuilder)
+                        : new PaginatedModelsLoader($relationName, $decorateBuilder, $paginationArgs),
                     ),
                 );
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ protected function edgeType(DocumentAST $documentAST): ?ObjectTypeDefinitionNode
     {
         if ($edgeTypeName = $this->directiveArgValue('edgeType')) {
             $edgeType = $documentAST->types[$edgeTypeName] ?? null;
-            if (! $edgeType instanceof ObjectTypeDefinitionNode) {
+            if (!$edgeType instanceof ObjectTypeDefinitionNode) {
                 throw new DefinitionException("The `edgeType` argument of @{$this->name()} on {$this->nodeName()} must reference an existing object type definition.");
             }
 
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ protected function paginationDefaultCount(): ?int
     /** @param  \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation<\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model>  $relation */
     protected function isSameConnection(Relation $relation): bool
     {
+        if ($this->lighthouseConfig['batchload_relations_only_on_same_connections'] === false) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         $default = $this->database->getDefaultConnection();
 
         $parent = $relation->getParent()->getConnectionName() ?? $default;
diff --git a/src/lighthouse.php b/src/lighthouse.php
index fdf19b54b..be63d66bb 100644
--- a/src/lighthouse.php
+++ b/src/lighthouse.php
@@ -367,11 +367,14 @@
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
     | If set to true, relations marked with directives like @hasMany or @belongsTo
-    | will be optimized by combining the queries through the BatchLoader.
+    | will be optimized by combining the queries through the BatchLoader. By default
+    | this optimization is limited to models on same connections but this can be 
+    | changed.
     |
     */
 
     'batchload_relations' => true,
+    'batchload_relations_only_on_same_connections' => true,
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------