diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/IScopedServiceProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/IScopedServiceProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b5bf7aebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/DependencyInjection/IScopedServiceProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.DependencyInjection
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides access to a request scoped service provider when available for cases where
+    /// IHttpContextAccessor is not available. e.g. No reference to AspNetCore.Http in core.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IScopedServiceProvider
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a request scoped service provider when available.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Can be null.
+        /// </remarks>
+        IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.CoreServices.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.CoreServices.cs
index 1ad30c6e8e..6385e3431d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.CoreServices.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilder.CoreServices.cs
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.DependencyInjection
             builder.Services.AddScoped<ITagQuery, TagQuery>();
 
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<IUmbracoTreeSearcherFields, UmbracoTreeSearcherFields>();
-            builder.Services.AddSingleton<IPublishedContentQueryAccessor, PublishedContentQueryAccessor>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<IPublishedContentQueryAccessor, PublishedContentQueryAccessor>(sp =>
+                new PublishedContentQueryAccessor(sp.GetRequiredService<IScopedServiceProvider>())
+            );
             builder.Services.AddScoped<IPublishedContentQuery>(factory =>
             {
                 var umbCtx = factory.GetRequiredService<IUmbracoContextAccessor>();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/IPublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/IPublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
index 68a15580e4..00adc5018b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/IPublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/IPublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure;
-
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core
 {
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Not intended for use in background threads where you should make use of <see cref="Umbraco.Cms.Core.Web.IUmbracoContextFactory.EnsureUmbracoContext"/>
+    /// and instead resolve IPublishedContentQuery from a <see cref="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceScope"/>
+    /// e.g. using <see cref="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceProviderServiceExtensions.CreateScope"/>
+    /// <example>
+    /// <code>
+    /// // Background thread example
+    /// using UmbracoContextReference _ = _umbracoContextFactory.EnsureUmbracoContext();
+    /// using IServiceScope serviceScope = _serviceProvider.CreateScope();
+    /// IPublishedContentQuery query = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService&lt;IPublishedContentQuery&gt;();
+    /// </code>
+    /// </example>
+    /// </remarks>
     public interface IPublishedContentQueryAccessor
     {
         bool TryGetValue(out IPublishedContentQuery publishedContentQuery);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
index 9f716365a0..d61900df95 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQueryAccessor.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 using System;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core
 {
     public class PublishedContentQueryAccessor : IPublishedContentQueryAccessor
     {
-        private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
+        private readonly IScopedServiceProvider _scopedServiceProvider;
 
-        public PublishedContentQueryAccessor(IServiceProvider serviceProvider) => _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
+        [Obsolete("Please use alternative constructor")]
+        public PublishedContentQueryAccessor(IServiceProvider serviceProvider) => _scopedServiceProvider = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IScopedServiceProvider>();
+
+        public PublishedContentQueryAccessor(IScopedServiceProvider scopedServiceProvider) => _scopedServiceProvider = scopedServiceProvider;
 
         public bool TryGetValue(out IPublishedContentQuery publishedContentQuery)
         {
-            publishedContentQuery = _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IPublishedContentQuery>();
+            publishedContentQuery = _scopedServiceProvider.ServiceProvider?.GetService<IPublishedContentQuery>();
 
             return publishedContentQuery is not null;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/ScopedServiceProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/ScopedServiceProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de660184f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/ScopedServiceProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.DependencyInjection
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    internal class ScopedServiceProvider : IScopedServiceProvider
+    {
+        private readonly IHttpContextAccessor _accessor;
+
+        public ScopedServiceProvider(IHttpContextAccessor accessor) => _accessor = accessor;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IServiceProvider ServiceProvider => _accessor.HttpContext?.RequestServices;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilderExtensions.cs
index e3e3462e6a..fda4d7ca32 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Common/DependencyInjection/UmbracoBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<ContentModelBinder>();
 
             builder.Services.AddSingleton<IUmbracoHelperAccessor, UmbracoHelperAccessor>();
+            builder.Services.AddSingleton<IScopedServiceProvider, ScopedServiceProvider>();
             builder.Services.AddScoped<UmbracoHelper>();
             builder.Services.AddScoped<IBackOfficeSecurity, BackOfficeSecurity>();
 
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Core/PublishedContentQueryAccessorTests.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Core/PublishedContentQueryAccessorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec62bb55fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.Integration/Umbraco.Core/PublishedContentQueryAccessorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.TestServerTest;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Tests.Integration.Umbraco.Core
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class PublishedContentQueryAccessorTests : UmbracoTestServerTestBase
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public async Task PublishedContentQueryAccessor_WithRequestScope_WillProvideQuery()
+        {
+            HttpResponseMessage result = await Client.GetAsync("/demo-published-content-query-accessor");
+            Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, result.StatusCode);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class PublishedContentQueryAccessorTestController : Controller
+    {
+        private readonly IPublishedContentQueryAccessor _accessor;
+
+        public PublishedContentQueryAccessorTestController(IPublishedContentQueryAccessor accessor)
+        {
+            _accessor = accessor;
+        }
+
+        [HttpGet("demo-published-content-query-accessor")]
+        public IActionResult Test()
+        {
+            var success = _accessor.TryGetValue(out IPublishedContentQuery query);
+
+            if (!success || query == null)
+            {
+                throw new ApplicationException("It doesn't work");
+            }
+
+            return Ok();
+        }
+    }
+}