diff --git a/cursor_test.go b/cursor_test.go
index 08ef7755..c211245b 100644
--- a/cursor_test.go
+++ b/cursor_test.go
@@ -304,3 +304,89 @@ func TestScanMulti_fieldsError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, err, scanMulti(cur, keyField, keyType, cols))
 	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
+
+func TestScanMulti_multipleTimes(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		users    = make([][]User, 6)
+		cur      = &testCursor{}
+		keyField = "id"
+		keyType  = reflect.TypeOf(0)
+		cols     = map[interface{}][]slice{
+			10: {NewCollection(&users[0]), NewCollection(&users[1])},
+			11: {NewCollection(&users[2])},
+			12: {NewCollection(&users[3]), NewCollection(&users[4])},
+			13: {NewCollection(&users[5])},
+		}
+		now = Now()
+	)
+
+	cur.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Fields").Return([]string{"id", "name", "age", "created_at", "updated_at"}, nil).Once()
+
+	cur.On("Next").Return(true).Twice()
+	cur.MockScan(10, "Del Piero", nil, now, nil).Times(3)
+	cur.MockScan(11, "Nedved", 46, now, now).Twice()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(false).Once()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, scanMulti(cur, keyField, keyType, cols))
+	assert.Len(t, users[0], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        10,
+		Name:      "Del Piero",
+		CreatedAt: now,
+	}, users[0][0])
+	assert.Len(t, users[1], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        10,
+		Name:      "Del Piero",
+		CreatedAt: now,
+	}, users[1][0])
+	assert.Len(t, users[2], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        11,
+		Name:      "Nedved",
+		Age:       46,
+		CreatedAt: now,
+		UpdatedAt: now,
+	}, users[2][0])
+
+	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
+
+	// Continue with a new cursor but the same cols -> works only if the ids in
+	// the subsequent calls did not occur yet.
+	cur = &testCursor{}
+
+	cur.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Fields").Return([]string{"id", "name", "age", "created_at", "updated_at"}, nil).Once()
+
+	cur.On("Next").Return(true).Twice()
+	cur.MockScan(12, "Linus Torvalds", 52, now, nil).Times(3)
+	cur.MockScan(13, "Tim Cook", 61, now, now).Twice()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(false).Once()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, scanMulti(cur, keyField, keyType, cols))
+	assert.Len(t, users[3], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        12,
+		Name:      "Linus Torvalds",
+		Age:       52,
+		CreatedAt: now,
+	}, users[3][0])
+	assert.Len(t, users[4], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        12,
+		Age:       52,
+		Name:      "Linus Torvalds",
+		CreatedAt: now,
+	}, users[4][0])
+	assert.Len(t, users[5], 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{
+		ID:        13,
+		Name:      "Tim Cook",
+		Age:       61,
+		CreatedAt: now,
+		UpdatedAt: now,
+	}, users[5][0])
+
+	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
diff --git a/repository.go b/repository.go
index f4a4102d..437967fb 100644
--- a/repository.go
+++ b/repository.go
@@ -1030,25 +1030,49 @@ func (r repository) preload(cw contextWrapper, records slice, field string, quer
 		path                                             = strings.Split(field, ".")
 		targets, table, keyField, keyType, ddata, loaded = r.mapPreloadTargets(records, path)
 		ids                                              = r.targetIDs(targets)
-		query                                            = Build(table, append(queriers, In(keyField, ids...))...)
+		inClauseLength                                   = 999
 	)
 
-	if len(targets) == 0 || loaded && !bool(query.ReloadQuery) {
-		return nil
-	}
+	// Create separate queries if the amount of ids is more than inClauseLength.
+	for {
+		if len(ids) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
 
-	var (
-		cur, err = cw.adapter.Query(cw.ctx, r.withDefaultScope(ddata, query, false))
-	)
+		// necessary check to avoid slicing beyond
+		// slice capacity
+		if len(ids) < inClauseLength {
+			inClauseLength = len(ids)
+		}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+		idsChunk := ids[0:inClauseLength]
+		ids = ids[inClauseLength:]
 
-	scanFinish := r.instrumenter.Observe(cw.ctx, "rel-scan-multi", "scanning all records to multiple targets")
-	defer scanFinish(nil)
+		query := Build(table, append(queriers, In(keyField, idsChunk...))...)
+		if len(targets) == 0 || loaded && !bool(query.ReloadQuery) {
+			return nil
+		}
 
-	return scanMulti(cur, keyField, keyType, targets)
+		var (
+			cur, err = cw.adapter.Query(cw.ctx, r.withDefaultScope(ddata, query, false))
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		scanFinish := r.instrumenter.Observe(cw.ctx, "rel-scan-multi", "scanning all records to multiple targets")
+		// Note: Calling scanMulti multiple times with the same targets works
+		// only if the cursor of each execution only contains a new set of keys.
+		// That is here the case as each select is with a unique set of ids.
+		err = scanMulti(cur, keyField, keyType, targets)
+		scanFinish(err)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (r repository) MustPreload(ctx context.Context, records interface{}, field string, queriers ...Querier) {
diff --git a/repository_test.go b/repository_test.go
index ed7b1e66..57693407 100644
--- a/repository_test.go
+++ b/repository_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rel
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -3128,6 +3129,48 @@ func TestRepository_Preload_hasOne(t *testing.T) {
 	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
 
+func TestRepository_Preload_splitSelects(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		adapter = &testAdapter{}
+		repo    = New(adapter)
+		users   = make([]User, 1100)
+		cur     = &testCursor{}
+	)
+
+	for i := range users {
+		id := i + 1
+		users[i] = User{
+			ID:   id,
+			Name: fmt.Sprintf("name%v", id),
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Use mock.Anything instead of the actual select, as the order is random and not predictable
+	// as they are retrieved from map-keys.
+	// -> This test can only test if two selects were made, but not how they look like exactly.
+	adapter.On("Query", mock.Anything).Return(cur, nil).Once()
+
+	cur.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Fields").Return([]string{"id", "user_id"}, nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(true).Once()
+	cur.On("Scan", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(false).Once()
+
+	// Same here.
+	adapter.On("Query", mock.Anything).Return(cur, nil).Once()
+
+	cur.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Fields").Return([]string{"id", "user_id"}, nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(true).Once()
+	cur.On("Scan", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(false).Once()
+
+	assert.Nil(t, repo.Preload(context.TODO(), &users, "emails"))
+
+	adapter.AssertExpectations(t)
+	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
 func TestRepository_Preload_ptrHasOne(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		adapter = &testAdapter{}
@@ -3893,6 +3936,30 @@ func TestRepository_Preload_queryError(t *testing.T) {
 	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
 
+func TestRepository_Preload_scanErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		adapter           = &testAdapter{}
+		repo              = New(adapter)
+		user              = User{ID: 10}
+		address           = Address{ID: 100, UserID: &user.ID}
+		cur               = &testCursor{}
+		err               = errors.New("an error")
+		expected *Address = nil
+	)
+
+	adapter.On("Query", From("user_addresses").Where(In("user_id", 10).AndNil("deleted_at"))).Return(cur, nil).Once()
+
+	cur.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Fields").Return([]string{"id", "user_id"}, nil).Once()
+	cur.On("Next").Return(true).Once()
+	cur.MockScan(address.ID, *address.UserID).Return(err).Once()
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, repo.Preload(context.TODO(), &user, "work_address"), err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, user.WorkAddress)
+
+	adapter.AssertExpectations(t)
+	cur.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
 func TestRepository_MustPreload(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		adapter     = &testAdapter{}