diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index cc1a505446c06..a5d2e93170d49 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Allow to save records with polymorphic join tables that have inverse of specified.
+
+    *Markus Doits*
+
 *   Make Float distinguish between `float4` and `float8` in PostgreSQL.
 
     Fixes #52742
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index 50ebb7ca32354..7b8e000842e09 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ def build_record(attributes)
           @through_scope = scope
           record = super
 
-          inverse = source_reflection.inverse_of
+          inverse =
+            if source_reflection.polymorphic?
+              source_reflection.polymorphic_inverse_of(record.class)
+            else
+              source_reflection.inverse_of
+            end
+
           if inverse
             if inverse.collection?
               record.send(inverse.name) << build_through_record(record)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index c83c3b697b671..a1381f182f0fa 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 require "models/session"
 require "models/sharded"
 require "models/cpk"
+require "models/zine"
+require "models/interest"
+require "models/human"
 
 class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :posts, :readers, :people, :comments, :authors, :categories, :taggings, :tags,
@@ -1320,6 +1323,15 @@ def test_has_many_through_with_polymorphic_source
     assert_equal [tags(:general)], post.reload.tags
   end
 
+  def test_has_many_through_with_polymorhic_join_model
+    zine = Zine.create!
+
+    assert_nothing_raised { zine.polymorphic_humans.build.save! }
+
+    assert_equal 1, zine.polymorphic_humans.count
+    assert_equal 1, zine.interests.count
+  end
+
   def test_has_many_through_obeys_order_on_through_association
     owner = owners(:blackbeard)
     assert_includes owner.toys.to_sql, "pets.name desc"
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/zine.rb b/activerecord/test/models/zine.rb
index 6f361665efc7a..5d4e226267e96 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/zine.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/zine.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 class Zine < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :interests, inverse_of: :zine
+  has_many :polymorphic_humans, through: :interests, source_type: "Human"
 end