diff --git a/src/Relation/BulkLoader.php b/src/Relation/BulkLoader.php
index 8705bd37..2138da44 100644
--- a/src/Relation/BulkLoader.php
+++ b/src/Relation/BulkLoader.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Cycle\ORM\ORMInterface;
 use Cycle\ORM\Reference\ReferenceInterface;
 use Cycle\ORM\SchemaInterface;
+use Cycle\ORM\Select\Options\LoadOptions;
 use Cycle\ORM\Select\UpdateLoader;
 use Cycle\ORM\Service\EntityFactoryInterface;
 use Cycle\ORM\Service\SourceProviderInterface;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function collect(object ...$entities): RelationLoaderInterface
     {
         if ($entities === []) {
             return new class implements RelationLoaderInterface {
-                public function load(string $relation, array $options = []): static
+                public function load(string $relation, LoadOptions|array $options = []): static
                 {
                     return $this;
                 }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public function run(): void {}
         return $clone;
     }
 
-    public function load(string $relation, array $options = []): static
+    public function load(string $relation, LoadOptions|array $options = []): static
     {
         $this->loader->loadRelation($relation, $options, load: true);
 
diff --git a/src/Relation/RelationLoaderInterface.php b/src/Relation/RelationLoaderInterface.php
index c2b606d9..f6fb4895 100644
--- a/src/Relation/RelationLoaderInterface.php
+++ b/src/Relation/RelationLoaderInterface.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Cycle\ORM\Relation;
 
 use Cycle\ORM\Select;
+use Cycle\ORM\Select\Options\LoadOptions;
 
 /**
  * Relations loader
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ interface RelationLoaderInterface
      * Define relation to be loaded.
      *
      * @param non-empty-string $relation Relation name
-     * @param array $options Relation loading options
+     * @param LoadOptions|array $options Relation loading options
      *
-     * @see Select::load() for available options\
+     * @see Select::load() for available options
      */
-    public function load(string $relation, array $options = []): static;
+    public function load(string $relation, LoadOptions|array $options = []): static;
 
     /**
      * Execute relation loading for all collected entities.
diff --git a/tests/ORM/Unit/Relation/BulkLoaderTest.php b/tests/ORM/Unit/Relation/BulkLoaderTest.php
index 22e08b5e..3bcdc3a9 100644
--- a/tests/ORM/Unit/Relation/BulkLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/ORM/Unit/Relation/BulkLoaderTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 use Cycle\ORM\Relation\BulkLoader;
 use Cycle\ORM\Relation\RelationLoaderInterface;
 use Cycle\ORM\Schema;
+use Cycle\ORM\Select\Options\HasOneLoadOptions;
+use Cycle\ORM\Select\Options\LoadOptions;
 use Cycle\ORM\Tests\Fixtures\OneWayUuidTypecast;
 use Cycle\ORM\Tests\Fixtures\Profile;
 use Cycle\ORM\Tests\Fixtures\User;
@@ -206,6 +208,53 @@ public function testLoadWithCustomOptions(): void
         $this->assertSame($loader, $result);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test load with LoadOptions DTO
+     */
+    public function testLoadWithLoadOptionsDTO(): void
+    {
+        $orm = $this->createORM();
+
+        $entity = new User();
+        $loader = new BulkLoader($orm);
+        $loader = $loader->collect($entity);
+        $result = $loader->load('profile', new LoadOptions());
+
+        $this->assertSame($loader, $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test load with HasOneLoadOptions DTO
+     */
+    public function testLoadWithHasOneLoadOptionsDTO(): void
+    {
+        $orm = $this->createORM();
+
+        $entity = new User();
+        $loader = new BulkLoader($orm);
+        $loader = $loader->collect($entity);
+        $result = $loader->load('profile', new HasOneLoadOptions(
+            where: ['id' => 1],
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertSame($loader, $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test empty collect returns loader that accepts LoadOptions DTO
+     */
+    public function testEmptyCollectLoadAcceptsLoadOptionsDTO(): void
+    {
+        $orm = $this->createORM();
+        $loader = (new BulkLoader($orm))->collect();
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(RelationLoaderInterface::class, $loader);
+        $result = $loader->load('profile', new HasOneLoadOptions());
+        self::assertSame($loader, $result);
+
+        $loader->run();
+    }
+
     /**
      * BulkLoader should handle Stringable PK values when typecast is one-directional.
      *