diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
index 01d76716d7..67291aad07 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts
@@ -475,36 +475,51 @@ In the case of an unhandled error, no tags will be "provided" or "invalidated".`
     getPendingMeta() {
       return { startedTimeStamp: Date.now() }
     },
-    condition(arg, { getState }) {
+    condition(queryThunkArgs, { getState }) {
       const state = getState()
-      const requestState = state[reducerPath]?.queries?.[arg.queryCacheKey]
+
+      const requestState =
+        state[reducerPath]?.queries?.[queryThunkArgs.queryCacheKey]
       const fulfilledVal = requestState?.fulfilledTimeStamp
-      const endpointDefinition = endpointDefinitions[arg.endpointName]
+      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(arg)) return true
+      if (isUpsertQuery(queryThunkArgs)) {
+        return true
+      }
 
       // Don't retry a request that's currently in-flight
-      if (requestState?.status === 'pending') return false
+      if (requestState?.status === 'pending') {
+        return false
+      }
 
       // if this is forced, continue
-      if (isForcedQuery(arg, state)) return true
+      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)
+      if (fulfilledVal) {
         // Value is cached and we didn't specify to refresh, skip it.
         return false
+      }
 
       return true
     },
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/endpointDefinitions.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/endpointDefinitions.ts
index 59eda3c7fa..f0bc6c7534 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/endpointDefinitions.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/endpointDefinitions.ts
@@ -339,7 +339,32 @@ export interface QueryExtraOptions<
     responseData: ResultType
   ): ResultType | void
 
+  /**
+   * Check to see if the endpoint should force a refetch in cases where it normally wouldn't.
+   * This is primarily useful for "infinite scroll" / pagination use cases where
+   * RTKQ is keeping a single cache entry that is added to over time, in combination
+   * with `serializeQueryArgs` returning a fixed cache key and a `merge` callback
+   * set to add incoming data to the cache entry each time.
+   *
+   * Example:
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * forceRefetch({currentArg, previousArg}) {
+   *   // Assume these are page numbers
+   *   return currentArg !== previousArg
+   * },
+   * serializeQueryArgs({endpointName}) {
+   *   return endpointName
+   * },
+   * merge(currentCacheData, responseData) {
+   *   currentCacheData.push(...responseData)
+   * }
+   *
+   * ```
+   */
   forceRefetch?(params: {
+    currentArg: QueryArg | undefined
+    previousArg: QueryArg | undefined
     state: RootState<any, any, string>
     endpointState?: QuerySubState<any>
   }): boolean
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/createApi.test.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/createApi.test.ts
index ed0c0e9cb7..ba7671dead 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/createApi.test.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/createApi.test.ts
@@ -866,6 +866,18 @@ describe('custom serializeQueryArgs per endpoint', () => {
         query: (arg) => `${arg}`,
         serializeQueryArgs: serializer1,
       }),
+      listItems: build.query<string[], number>({
+        query: (pageNumber) => `/listItems?page=${pageNumber}`,
+        serializeQueryArgs: ({ endpointName }) => {
+          return endpointName
+        },
+        merge: (currentCache, newItems) => {
+          currentCache.push(...newItems)
+        },
+        forceRefetch({ currentArg, previousArg }) {
+          return currentArg !== previousArg
+        },
+      }),
     }),
   })
 
@@ -918,4 +930,39 @@ describe('custom serializeQueryArgs per endpoint', () => {
       ]
     ).toBeTruthy()
   })
+
+  test('serializeQueryArgs + merge allows refetching as args change with same cache key', async () => {
+    const allItems = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'i']
+    const PAGE_SIZE = 3
+
+    function paginate<T>(array: T[], page_size: number, page_number: number) {
+      // human-readable page numbers usually start with 1, so we reduce 1 in the first argument
+      return array.slice((page_number - 1) * page_size, page_number * page_size)
+    }
+
+    server.use(
+      rest.get('https://example.com/listItems', (req, res, ctx) => {
+        const pageString = req.url.searchParams.get('page')
+        console.log('Page string: ', pageString)
+        const pageNum = parseInt(pageString || '0')
+
+        const results = paginate(allItems, PAGE_SIZE, pageNum)
+        console.log('Page num: ', pageNum, 'Results: ', results)
+        return res(ctx.json(results))
+      })
+    )
+
+    // Page number shouldn't matter here, because the cache key ignores that.
+    // We just need to select the only cache entry.
+    const selectListItems = api.endpoints.listItems.select(0)
+
+    await storeRef.store.dispatch(api.endpoints.listItems.initiate(1))
+
+    const initialEntry = selectListItems(storeRef.store.getState())
+    expect(initialEntry.data).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c'])
+
+    await storeRef.store.dispatch(api.endpoints.listItems.initiate(2))
+    const updatedEntry = selectListItems(storeRef.store.getState())
+    expect(updatedEntry.data).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'])
+  })
 })