diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/DenseVectorField.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/DenseVectorField.java
index 773c1e6337d1..ea134f67e955 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/DenseVectorField.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/DenseVectorField.java
@@ -367,6 +367,11 @@ public ValueSource getValueSource(SchemaField field, QParser parser) {
 
   public Query getKnnVectorQuery(
       String fieldName, String vectorToSearch, int topK, Query filterQuery) {
+    return getKnnVectorQuery(fieldName, vectorToSearch, topK, filterQuery, null);
+  }
+
+  public Query getKnnVectorQuery(
+      String fieldName, String vectorToSearch, int topK, Query filterQuery, Query seedQuery) {
 
     DenseVectorParser vectorBuilder =
         getVectorBuilder(vectorToSearch, DenseVectorParser.BuilderPhase.QUERY);
@@ -374,9 +379,10 @@ public Query getKnnVectorQuery(
     switch (vectorEncoding) {
       case FLOAT32:
         return new KnnFloatVectorQuery(
-            fieldName, vectorBuilder.getFloatVector(), topK, filterQuery);
+            fieldName, vectorBuilder.getFloatVector(), topK, filterQuery /*, seedQuery */);
       case BYTE:
-        return new KnnByteVectorQuery(fieldName, vectorBuilder.getByteVector(), topK, filterQuery);
+        return new KnnByteVectorQuery(
+            fieldName, vectorBuilder.getByteVector(), topK, filterQuery /*, seedQuery */);
       default:
         throw new SolrException(
             SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/AbstractVectorQParserBase.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/AbstractVectorQParserBase.java
index 4cafb45744e1..b57b5f5fd2ec 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/AbstractVectorQParserBase.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/AbstractVectorQParserBase.java
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ protected static DenseVectorField getCheckedFieldType(SchemaField schemaField) {
     return (DenseVectorField) fieldType;
   }
 
+  protected Query getSeedQuery() throws SolrException, SyntaxError {
+    return null; // TODO
+  }
+
   protected Query getFilterQuery() throws SolrException, SyntaxError {
 
     // Default behavior of FQ wrapping, and suitability of some local params
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/KnnQParser.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/KnnQParser.java
index b6d9f2541cd0..97580a083eb3 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/KnnQParser.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/KnnQParser.java
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ public Query parse() throws SyntaxError {
     final int topK = localParams.getInt(TOP_K, DEFAULT_TOP_K);
 
     return denseVectorType.getKnnVectorQuery(
-        schemaField.getName(), vectorToSearch, topK, getFilterQuery());
+        schemaField.getName(), vectorToSearch, topK, getFilterQuery(), getSeedQuery());
   }
 }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/VectorSimilarityQParser.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/VectorSimilarityQParser.java
index e3ec2f242f76..074aaa17a4df 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/VectorSimilarityQParser.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/search/neural/VectorSimilarityQParser.java
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@ public Query parse() throws SyntaxError {
     switch (vectorEncoding) {
       case FLOAT32:
         return new FloatVectorSimilarityQuery(
-            fieldName, vectorBuilder.getFloatVector(), minTraverse, minReturn, getFilterQuery());
+            fieldName,
+            vectorBuilder.getFloatVector(),
+            minTraverse,
+            minReturn,
+            getFilterQuery() /*, getSeedQuery() */);
       case BYTE:
         return new ByteVectorSimilarityQuery(
-            fieldName, vectorBuilder.getByteVector(), minTraverse, minReturn, getFilterQuery());
+            fieldName,
+            vectorBuilder.getByteVector(),
+            minTraverse,
+            minReturn,
+            getFilterQuery() /*, getSeedQuery() */);
       default:
         throw new SolrException(
             SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR,