diff --git a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/indexing/MSQWorkerTask.java b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/indexing/MSQWorkerTask.java
index d0dd70b0dd9..95abc6b03a6 100644
--- a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/indexing/MSQWorkerTask.java
+++ b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/indexing/MSQWorkerTask.java
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ public class MSQWorkerTask extends AbstractTask
     return getContextValue(Tasks.PRIORITY_KEY, Tasks.DEFAULT_BATCH_INDEX_TASK_PRIORITY);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean supportsQueries()
+  {
+    // Even though we don't have a QueryResource, we do embed a query stack, and so we need preloaded resources
+    // such as broadcast tables.
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o)
   {
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/Task.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/Task.java
index 1cc2d329c88..5c3186ef392 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/Task.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/Task.java
@@ -182,7 +182,12 @@ public interface Task
   <T> QueryRunner<T> getQueryRunner(Query<T> query);
 
   /**
-   * @return true if this Task type is queryable, such as streaming ingestion tasks
+   * True if this task type embeds a query stack, and therefore should preload resources (like broadcast tables)
+   * that may be needed by queries.
+   *
+   * If true, {@link #getQueryRunner(Query)} does not necessarily return nonnull query runners. For example,
+   * MSQWorkerTask returns true from this method (because it embeds a query stack for running multi-stage queries)
+   * even though it is not directly queryable via HTTP.
    */
   boolean supportsQueries();