diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
index 48486c1a3e..793effc1b7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ import { appManifest as isAppManifestEnabled } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:payload',
   setup (nuxtApp) {
-    // TODO: Support dev
-    if (import.meta.dev) { return }
-
     // Load payload after middleware & once final route is resolved
     useRouter().beforeResolve(async (to, from) => {
-      if (to.path === from.path) { return }
+      // Forcefully load payload in dev mode, to support payload extraction at page refresh.
+      if (to.path === from.path && !import.meta.dev) { return }
       const payload = await loadPayload(to.path)
       if (!payload) { return }
       Object.assign(nuxtApp.static.data, payload.data)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
index 0f65e66c1e..40c9958463 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ async function initNuxt (nuxt: Nuxt) {
   }
 
   // Add prerender payload support
-  if (!nuxt.options.dev && nuxt.options.experimental.payloadExtraction) {
+  if (nuxt.options.experimental.payloadExtraction) {
     addPlugin(resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, 'plugins/payload.client'))
   }
 
@@ -779,10 +779,6 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   nitro.options.replace['process.env.NUXT_PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION'] = String(!!nuxt.options.experimental.payloadExtraction)
   nitro.options._config.replace!['process.env.NUXT_PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION'] = String(!!nuxt.options.experimental.payloadExtraction)
 
-  if (!nuxt.options.dev && nuxt.options.experimental.payloadExtraction) {
-    addPlugin(resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, 'plugins/payload.client'))
-  }
-
   // Show compatibility version banner when Nuxt is running with a compatibility version
   // that is different from the current major version
   if (!(satisfies(nuxt._version, nuxt.options.future.compatibilityVersion + '.x'))) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index 4b8d1a792b..55463967f8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event): Promise<Partial<RenderResponse
   // Whether we are prerendering route
   const _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION = import.meta.prerender && process.env.NUXT_PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION && !ssrContext.noSSR && !isRenderingIsland
   const payloadURL = _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? joinURL(ssrContext.runtimeConfig.app.cdnURL || ssrContext.runtimeConfig.app.baseURL, url, process.env.NUXT_JSON_PAYLOADS ? '_payload.json' : '_payload.js') + '?' + ssrContext.runtimeConfig.app.buildId : undefined
-  if (import.meta.prerender) {
+
+  const pagePrerenderedInDev = import.meta.dev && (!!routeOptions.prerender || isRenderingPayload)
+  if (pagePrerenderedInDev || import.meta.prerender) {
     ssrContext.payload.prerenderedAt = Date.now()
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/app.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/app.test.ts
index 40ba3b75bf..0404a08137 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/app.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/app.test.ts
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ describe('resolveApp', () => {
           },
         ],
         "plugins": [
-          {
-            "mode": "client",
-            "src": "<repoRoot>/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts",
-          },
           {
             "mode": "client",
             "src": "<repoRoot>/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/navigation-repaint.client.ts",
@@ -63,6 +59,10 @@ describe('resolveApp', () => {
             "mode": "client",
             "src": "<repoRoot>/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/chunk-reload.client.ts",
           },
+          {
+            "mode": "client",
+            "src": "<repoRoot>/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts",
+          },
           {
             "filename": "components.plugin.mjs",
             "getContents": [Function],