diff --git a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/local/find.ts b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/local/find.ts
index 923e9b514..c0e676bdd 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/local/find.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/local/find.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ export async function findLocal<
     overrideAccess = true,
     page,
     pagination = true,
+    populate,
     select,
-    // select,
     showHiddenFields,
     sort,
     where,
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export async function findLocal<
     overrideAccess,
     page,
     pagination,
+    populate,
     req: await createLocalReq(options, payload),
     select,
     showHiddenFields,
diff --git a/test/select/int.spec.ts b/test/select/int.spec.ts
index 1ef65779a..07217d51f 100644
--- a/test/select/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/select/int.spec.ts
@@ -1817,6 +1817,25 @@ describe('Select', () => {
         id: aboutPage.id,
       })
 
+      const {
+        docs: [resultFind],
+      } = await payload.find({
+        collection: 'pages',
+        depth: 1,
+        populate: {
+          pages: {
+            additional: true,
+          },
+        },
+        where: {
+          id: {
+            equals: aboutPage.id,
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(resultFind).toStrictEqual(result)
+
       const {
         content: [
           {