diff --git a/php/class-wp-customize-posts.php b/php/class-wp-customize-posts.php
index 4e904c7..59f5da3 100644
--- a/php/class-wp-customize-posts.php
+++ b/php/class-wp-customize-posts.php
@@ -842,6 +842,10 @@ public function insert_auto_draft_post( $post_type ) {
 			'post_date_gmt' => $date_gmt,
 			'post_modified' => $date_local,
 			'post_modified_gmt' => $date_gmt,
+			'meta_input' => array(
+				// Dummy postmeta so that snapshot meta queries won't fail in \WP_Customize_Posts_Preview::get_previewed_posts_for_query().
+				'_snapshot_auto_draft' => true,
+			),
 		);
 		$r = wp_insert_post( wp_slash( $args ), true );
 		remove_filter( 'wp_insert_post_empty_content', '__return_false', 100 );