diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
index 740474597b3b21..e8a70137cc4827 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/constants.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // on apiFetch this query is limited to 100.
 export const PRELOADED_NAVIGATION_MENUS_QUERY = {
 	per_page: 100,
-	status: 'publish',
+	status: [ 'publish', 'draft' ],
 	order: 'desc',
 	orderby: 'date',
 };