diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 3277ef83..e66725c0 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ return {
     version = false, -- last release is way too old and doesn't work on Windows
     build = ":TSUpdate",
     event = { "LazyFile", "VeryLazy" },
+    init = function(plugin)
+      -- PERF: add nvim-treesitter queries to the rtp and it's custom query predicates early
+      -- This is needed because a bunch of plugins no longer `require("nvim-treesitter")`, which
+      -- no longer trigger the **nvim-treeitter** module to be loaded in time.
+      -- Luckily, the only thins that those plugins need are the custom queries, which we make available
+      -- during startup.
+      require("lazy.core.loader").add_to_rtp(plugin)
+      require("nvim-treesitter.query_predicates")
+    end,
     dependencies = {
       {
         "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects",