diff --git a/packages/void/src/runtime/handler.ts b/packages/void/src/runtime/handler.ts
index eab24f2c0..9804e091b 100644
--- a/packages/void/src/runtime/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/void/src/runtime/handler.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ declare module 'hono' {
 export type CloudContext = Context<CloudEnv>;
 
 type HandlerFn = (c: CloudContext) => unknown | Promise<unknown>;
+// `R` is the loader's data, so `defineHandler<Props>(async (c) => ...)` works.
+type LoaderFn<R> = (c: CloudContext) => R | Response | Promise<R | Response>;
+// For loaders that LoaderFn cannot infer, such as `cond ? loadA() : loadB()`.
+type LoaderOutput<F extends HandlerFn> = Exclude<Awaited<ReturnType<F>>, Response>;
 type MiddlewareFn = MiddlewareHandler<CloudEnv>;
 type BasicAuthOptionValue = string | (() => string);
 
@@ -209,35 +213,68 @@ export type TypedHandler<V extends ValidatorSlots = {}, R = unknown> = {
  * Multiple arguments: middleware chain + final handler, composed at runtime.
  */
 export function defineHandler<R>(
-  handler: (c: CloudContext) => R | Response | Promise<R | Response>,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
 ): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
-export function defineHandler(firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn, handler: HandlerFn): TypedHandler;
-export function defineHandler(
+export function defineHandler<R>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
+): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
+export function defineHandler<F extends HandlerFn>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: F,
+): TypedHandler<{}, LoaderOutput<F>>;
+export function defineHandler<R>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
+): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
+export function defineHandler<F extends HandlerFn>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: F,
+): TypedHandler<{}, LoaderOutput<F>>;
+export function defineHandler<R>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
+): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
+export function defineHandler<F extends HandlerFn>(
   firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
-  handler: HandlerFn,
-): TypedHandler;
-export function defineHandler(
+  thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: F,
+): TypedHandler<{}, LoaderOutput<F>>;
+export function defineHandler<R>(
   firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
-  handler: HandlerFn,
-): TypedHandler;
-export function defineHandler(
+  fourthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
+): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
+export function defineHandler<F extends HandlerFn>(
   firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   fourthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
-  handler: HandlerFn,
-): TypedHandler;
-export function defineHandler(
+  handler: F,
+): TypedHandler<{}, LoaderOutput<F>>;
+export function defineHandler<R>(
+  firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  fourthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  fifthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
+  handler: LoaderFn<R>,
+): TypedHandler<{}, Exclude<Awaited<R>, Response>>;
+export function defineHandler<F extends HandlerFn>(
   firstMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   secondMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   thirdMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   fourthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
   fifthMiddleware: MiddlewareFn,
-  handler: HandlerFn,
-): TypedHandler;
+  handler: F,
+): TypedHandler<{}, LoaderOutput<F>>;
 export function defineHandler(...args: Array<MiddlewareFn | HandlerFn>): TypedHandler {
   if (args.length === 1) {
     return args[0] as TypedHandler;
diff --git a/packages/void/test/unit/infer-props.typecheck.ts b/packages/void/test/unit/infer-props.typecheck.ts
index 7247e46ef..5aa263195 100644
--- a/packages/void/test/unit/infer-props.typecheck.ts
+++ b/packages/void/test/unit/infer-props.typecheck.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 import { describe, expectTypeOf, it } from 'vite-plus/test';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import type { InferProps } from '../../src/pages/defer.ts';
-import { defineHandler } from '../../src/runtime/handler.ts';
+import { defineHandler, defineMiddleware } from '../../src/runtime/handler.ts';
 
 type Book = { id: string; title: string };
+type Author = { id: string; name: string };
 
 declare function findBook(id: string): Promise<Book | undefined>;
+declare function findAuthor(id: string): Promise<Author>;
+declare const showAuthor: boolean;
 
 const validators = { params: z.object({ id: z.string() }) };
 
+const middleware = defineMiddleware(async (_c, next) => {
+  await next();
+});
+
 describe('InferProps', () => {
   it('unwraps an async plain loader and excludes Response', () => {
     const loader = defineHandler(async (c) => {
@@ -76,4 +83,44 @@ describe('InferProps', () => {
       book: Promise<Book | undefined>;
     }>();
   });
+  it('unwraps an async loader with middleware and excludes Response', () => {
+    const loader = defineHandler(middleware, async (c) => {
+      const book = await findBook('1');
+      if (!book) {
+        return c.notFound();
+      }
+      return { book };
+    });
+
+    expectTypeOf<InferProps<typeof loader>>().toEqualTypeOf<{ book: Book }>();
+  });
+
+  it('infers a loader with several middlewares', () => {
+    const loader = defineHandler(middleware, middleware, middleware, (_c) => ({ id: '1' }));
+
+    expectTypeOf<InferProps<typeof loader>>().toEqualTypeOf<{ id: string }>();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps every promise a non-async loader with middleware can return', () => {
+    const loader = defineHandler(middleware, (_c) =>
+      showAuthor
+        ? findAuthor('1').then((author) => ({ author }))
+        : findBook('1').then((book) => ({ book })),
+    );
+
+    expectTypeOf<InferProps<typeof loader>>().toEqualTypeOf<
+      { author: Author } | { book: Book | undefined }
+    >();
+  });
+
+  it('takes the props type as an explicit type argument', () => {
+    type Props = { title: string };
+    const loader = defineHandler<Props>(async () => ({ title: 'a' }));
+    const guarded = defineHandler<Props>(middleware, async (c) =>
+      c.req.query('missing') ? c.notFound() : { title: 'a' },
+    );
+
+    expectTypeOf<InferProps<typeof loader>>().toEqualTypeOf<Props>();
+    expectTypeOf<InferProps<typeof guarded>>().toEqualTypeOf<Props>();
+  });
 });