diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/edit.js
index c2be62707b2c56..8849d2fb32e6f1 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/edit.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export default function QueryLoopEdit( {
 				query.exclude = exclude;
 			}
 			if ( sticky ) {
-				query.sticky = sticky;
+				query.sticky = sticky === 'show';
 			}
 			return {
 				posts: getEntityRecords( 'postType', postType, query ),
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/index.php
index e8a0e0e4c9e203..a6bf2b5134a0ea 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query-loop/index.php
@@ -19,18 +19,27 @@ function render_block_core_query_loop( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 	$page     = empty( $_GET[ $page_key ] ) ? 1 : filter_var( $_GET[ $page_key ], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT );
 
 	$query = array(
-		'post_type' => 'post',
-		'offset'    => 0,
-		'order'     => 'DESC',
-		'orderby'   => 'date',
+		'post_type'    => 'post',
+		'offset'       => 0,
+		'order'        => 'DESC',
+		'orderby'      => 'date',
+		'post__not_in' => array(),
 	);
 
 	if ( isset( $block->context['query'] ) ) {
 		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['postType'] ) ) {
 			$query['post_type'] = $block->context['query']['postType'];
 		}
+		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['sticky'] ) && ! empty( $block->context['query']['sticky'] ) ) {
+			$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
+			if ( 'show' === $block->context['query']['sticky'] ) {
+				$query['post__in'] = $sticky;
+			} else {
+				$query['post__not_in'] = array_merge( $query['post__not_in'], $sticky );
+			}
+		}
 		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['exclude'] ) ) {
-			$query['post__not_in'] = $block->context['query']['exclude'];
+			$query['post__not_in'] = array_merge( $query['post__not_in'], $block->context['query']['exclude'] );
 		}
 		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['perPage'] ) ) {
 			$query['offset'] = ( $block->context['query']['perPage'] * ( $page - 1 ) ) + $block->context['query']['offset'];
@@ -56,9 +65,6 @@ function render_block_core_query_loop( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['search'] ) ) {
 			$query['s'] = $block->context['query']['search'];
 		}
-		if ( isset( $block->context['query']['sticky'] ) && $block->context['query']['sticky'] ) {
-			$query['post__in'] = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
-		}
 	}
 
 	$posts = get_posts( $query );
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/query/block.json
index a89d52eba01168..f01c6b66081e35 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query/block.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 				"author": "",
 				"search": "",
 				"exclude": [],
-				"sticky": false
+				"sticky": ""
 			}
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query/edit/query-inspector-controls.js b/packages/block-library/src/query/edit/query-inspector-controls.js
index 100fab36493937..8029ce9c46961c 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query/edit/query-inspector-controls.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query/edit/query-inspector-controls.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 	TextControl,
 	FormTokenField,
 	SelectControl,
-	ToggleControl,
 } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { InspectorControls } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ export default function QueryInspectorControls( { query, setQuery } ) {
 			updateQuery.tagIds = [];
 		}
 		if ( newValue !== 'post' ) {
-			updateQuery.sticky = false;
+			updateQuery.sticky = '';
 		}
 		setQuery( updateQuery );
 	};
@@ -125,6 +124,14 @@ export default function QueryInspectorControls( { query, setQuery } ) {
 		onChangeDebounced();
 		return onChangeDebounced.cancel;
 	}, [ querySearch, onChangeDebounced ] );
+	const stickyOptions = useMemo( () => [
+		{
+			label: __( 'All posts' ),
+			value: '',
+		},
+		{ label: __( 'Only sticky posts' ), value: 'show' },
+		{ label: __( 'Exclude sticky posts' ), value: 'exclude' },
+	] );
 	return (
 		<InspectorControls>
 			<PanelBody title={ __( 'Filtering and Sorting' ) }>
@@ -176,11 +183,11 @@ export default function QueryInspectorControls( { query, setQuery } ) {
 					onChange={ setQuerySearch }
 				/>
 				{ showSticky && (
-					<ToggleControl
+					<SelectControl
+						options={ stickyOptions }
+						value={ sticky }
 						label={ __( 'Sticky' ) }
-						checked={ sticky }
 						onChange={ ( value ) => setQuery( { sticky: value } ) }
-						help={ __( 'Limit results to items that are sticky.' ) }
 					/>
 				) }
 			</PanelBody>
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/fixtures/blocks/core__query.json b/packages/e2e-tests/fixtures/blocks/core__query.json
index ad4fdc294296ab..3e90d6a3f9c0f9 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/fixtures/blocks/core__query.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/fixtures/blocks/core__query.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 "author": "",
                 "search": "",
                 "exclude": [],
-                "sticky": false
+                "sticky": ""
             }
         },
         "innerBlocks": [],