diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 058eab2b4..4001e0868 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ You can find and compare releases at the [GitHub release page](https://github.co
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+
+- Classes passed to `DirectiveLocator::setResolved()` take precedence in `DirectiveLocator::classes()` and `DirectiveLocator::definitions()` https://github.com/nuwave/lighthouse/pull/2787
+
 ## v6.69.2
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/Schema/DirectiveLocator.php b/src/Schema/DirectiveLocator.php
index 3242c81a3..5b66df01a 100644
--- a/src/Schema/DirectiveLocator.php
+++ b/src/Schema/DirectiveLocator.php
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class DirectiveLocator
     /**
      * A map from short directive names to full class names.
      *
+     * Takes precedence over the namespaces.
+     *
      * E.g.
      * [
      *   'create' => 'Nuwave\Lighthouse\Schema\Directives\CreateDirective',
@@ -77,8 +79,6 @@ public function namespaces(): array
      */
     public function classes(): array
     {
-        $directives = [];
-
         foreach ($this->namespaces() as $directiveNamespace) {
             /** @var array<class-string> $classesInNamespace */
             $classesInNamespace = ClassFinder::getClassesInNamespace($directiveNamespace);
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ public function classes(): array
                 }
 
                 // Only add the first directive that was found
-                $directives[self::directiveName($class)] ??= $class;
+                $this->resolvedClassnames[self::directiveName($class)] ??= $class;
             }
         }
 
-        return $directives;
+        return $this->resolvedClassnames;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Schema/DirectiveLocatorTest.php b/tests/Unit/Schema/DirectiveLocatorTest.php
index e62bb3a06..e1b3f83ac 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Schema/DirectiveLocatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Schema/DirectiveLocatorTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Nuwave\Lighthouse\Support\Contracts\FieldMiddleware;
 use Nuwave\Lighthouse\Support\Contracts\FieldResolver;
 use Nuwave\Lighthouse\Support\Utils;
+use Tests\Integration\Events\FieldDirective as AlternateFieldDirective;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 final class DirectiveLocatorTest extends TestCase
@@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ public function handleField(FieldValue $fieldValue): void {}
         $this->assertNotInstanceOf(BaseDirective::class, $directive);
     }
 
+    public function testResolvesExplicitlySetClassInsteadOfScannedNamespaces(): void
+    {
+        $this->directiveLocator->setResolved('field', AlternateFieldDirective::class);
+
+        $this->assertSame(AlternateFieldDirective::class, $this->directiveLocator->classes()['field']);
+    }
+
     public function testThrowsIfDirectiveNameCanNotBeResolved(): void
     {
         $this->expectException(DirectiveException::class);