diff --git a/.changeset/chubby-wasps-marry.md b/.changeset/chubby-wasps-marry.md
index e92f4c44c..0362f25b5 100644
--- a/.changeset/chubby-wasps-marry.md
+++ b/.changeset/chubby-wasps-marry.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-"svelte-check": patch
-"svelte2tsx": patch
+'svelte-check': patch
+'svelte2tsx': patch
 ---
 
 fix: properly handle props with the name `slot` inside Svelte 5 snippets
diff --git a/.changeset/metal-hotels-film.md b/.changeset/metal-hotels-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..918957b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-hotels-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'svelte-check': minor
+'svelte2tsx': patch
+---
+
+feat: support Svelte 5 declaration tags
diff --git a/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.json b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aab95978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+[
+    {
+        "range": {
+            "start": { "line": 11, "character": 9 },
+            "end": { "line": 11, "character": 14 }
+        },
+        "severity": 1,
+        "source": "ts",
+        "message": "Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'number'.",
+        "code": 2322,
+        "tags": []
+    },
+    {
+        "range": {
+            "start": { "line": 12, "character": 11 },
+            "end": { "line": 12, "character": 18 }
+        },
+        "severity": 1,
+        "source": "ts",
+        "message": "Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'.",
+        "code": 2322,
+        "tags": []
+    },
+    {
+        "range": {
+            "start": { "line": 14, "character": 8 },
+            "end": { "line": 14, "character": 21 }
+        },
+        "severity": 1,
+        "source": "ts",
+        "message": "This comparison appears to be unintentional because the types 'string' and 'number' have no overlap.",
+        "code": 2367,
+        "tags": []
+    },
+    {
+        "range": {
+            "start": { "line": 14, "character": 24 },
+            "end": { "line": 14, "character": 41 }
+        },
+        "severity": 1,
+        "source": "ts",
+        "message": "This comparison appears to be unintentional because the types 'number' and 'string' have no overlap.",
+        "code": 2367,
+        "tags": []
+    }
+]
diff --git a/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01db9ebea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/diagnostics/fixtures/declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    type Box = { width: number; height: number };
+
+    let boxes: Box[] = [
+        { width: 3, height: 4 },
+        { width: 5, height: 7 }
+    ];
+</script>
+
+{#each boxes as box}
+    {const area = box.width * box.height}
+    {let label: number = $state(`${area} square pixels`)}
+    {const doubled: string = area * 2}
+
+    <p>{doubled === 1} {label === 'large'}</p>
+    <div>
+        {const area = 'nested'}
+        {area}
+    </div>
+{/each}
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/index.ts b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/index.ts
index 8fbda3710..e93b98217 100644
--- a/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/index.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ import MagicString from 'magic-string';
 import { walk } from 'estree-walker';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { TemplateNode, Text } from 'svelte/types/compiler/interfaces';
-import { Attribute, BaseNode, BaseDirective, StyleDirective, ConstTag } from '../interfaces';
+import {
+    Attribute,
+    BaseNode,
+    BaseDirective,
+    StyleDirective,
+    ConstTag,
+    DeclarationTag
+} from '../interfaces';
 import { parseHtmlx } from '../utils/htmlxparser';
 import { handleActionDirective } from './nodes/Action';
 import { handleAnimateDirective } from './nodes/Animation';
@@ -16,6 +23,7 @@ import {
     handleTrailingEndComment
 } from './nodes/Comment';
 import { handleConstTag } from './nodes/ConstTag';
+import { handleDeclarationTag } from './nodes/DeclarationTag';
 import { handleDebug } from './nodes/DebugTag';
 import { handleEach } from './nodes/EachBlock';
 import { Element } from './nodes/Element';
@@ -371,6 +379,9 @@ export function convertHtmlxToJsx(
                     case 'ConstTag':
                         handleConstTag(str, node as ConstTag);
                         break;
+                    case 'DeclarationTag':
+                        handleDeclarationTag(str, node as DeclarationTag);
+                        break;
                     case 'RenderTag':
                         handleRenderTag(str, node);
                         break;
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/nodes/DeclarationTag.ts b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/nodes/DeclarationTag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9536b0531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/htmlxtojsx_v2/nodes/DeclarationTag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import MagicString from 'magic-string';
+import { DeclarationTag } from '../../interfaces';
+
+/**
+ * `{let x = y}` --> `let x = y;`
+ */
+export function handleDeclarationTag(str: MagicString, declarationTag: DeclarationTag): void {
+    str.remove(declarationTag.start, declarationTag.declaration.start);
+    str.overwrite(declarationTag.declaration.end, declarationTag.end, ';');
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/src/interfaces.ts b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/interfaces.ts
index ebdfe4d93..d64a77e8d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte2tsx/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ArrayPattern, Identifier, ObjectPattern, Node } from 'estree';
+import { ArrayPattern, Identifier, ObjectPattern, Node, VariableDeclaration } from 'estree';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { DirectiveType, TemplateNode } from 'svelte/types/compiler/interfaces';
 
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export interface ConstTag extends NodeRange {
     expression: any;
 }
 
+export interface DeclarationTag extends NodeRange {
+    type: 'DeclarationTag';
+    declaration: VariableDeclaration & NodeRange & { kind: 'let' | 'const' };
+}
+
 // Copied from the Svelte type definitions
 export interface BaseNode {
     start: number;
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/expectedv2.ts b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/expectedv2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36a98316d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/expectedv2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+///<reference types="svelte" />
+;function $$render() {
+
+    type Box = { width: number; height: number };
+
+    let boxes: Box[] = [
+        { width: 3, height: 4 },
+        { width: 5, height: 7 }
+    ];
+;
+async () => {
+
+  for(let box of __sveltets_2_ensureArray(boxes)){
+      const foo/*Ωignore_positionΩ*/ = ()/*Ωignore_startΩ*/: ReturnType<import('svelte').Snippet>/*Ωignore_endΩ*/ => { async ()/*Ωignore_positionΩ*/ => {
+        const area = await 'snippet';
+        area;
+    };return __sveltets_2_any(0)};const area = box.width * box.height;
+    let label = $state(await `${area} square pixels`);
+
+     { svelteHTML.createElement("p", {});label; }
+     { svelteHTML.createElement("div", {});
+        const area = await 'nested';
+        area;
+     }
+
+    
+}};
+return { props: /** @type {Record<string, never>} */ ({}), exports: {}, bindings: __sveltets_$$bindings(''), slots: {}, events: {} }}
+const Input__SvelteComponent_ = __sveltets_2_fn_component($$render());
+/*Ωignore_startΩ*/type Input__SvelteComponent_ = ReturnType<typeof Input__SvelteComponent_>;
+/*Ωignore_endΩ*/export default Input__SvelteComponent_;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/input.svelte b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a29e6b447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/declaration-tag-async.v5/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    type Box = { width: number; height: number };
+
+    let boxes: Box[] = [
+        { width: 3, height: 4 },
+        { width: 5, height: 7 }
+    ];
+</script>
+
+{#each boxes as box}
+    {const area = box.width * box.height}
+    {let label = $state(await `${area} square pixels`)}
+
+    <p>{label}</p>
+    <div>
+        {const area = await 'nested'}
+        {area}
+    </div>
+
+    {#snippet foo()}
+        {const area = await 'snippet'}
+        {area}
+    {/snippet}
+{/each}
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.ts b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7545db73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/expectedv2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+///<reference types="svelte" />
+;function $$render() {
+
+    type Box = { width: number; height: number };
+
+    let boxes: Box[] = [
+        { width: 3, height: 4 },
+        { width: 5, height: 7 }
+    ];
+;
+async () => {
+
+  for(let box of __sveltets_2_ensureArray(boxes)){
+    const area = box.width * box.height;
+    let label = $state(`${area} square pixels`);
+    const doubled = area * 2;
+
+     { svelteHTML.createElement("p", {});doubled; label; }
+     { svelteHTML.createElement("div", {});
+        const area = 'nested';
+        area;
+     }
+}};
+return { props: {} as Record<string, never>, exports: {}, bindings: __sveltets_$$bindings(''), slots: {}, events: {} }}
+const Input__SvelteComponent_ = __sveltets_2_fn_component($$render());
+/*Ωignore_startΩ*/type Input__SvelteComponent_ = ReturnType<typeof Input__SvelteComponent_>;
+/*Ωignore_endΩ*/export default Input__SvelteComponent_;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa5a1729b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte2tsx/test/svelte2tsx/samples/ts-declaration-tag.v5/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    type Box = { width: number; height: number };
+
+    let boxes: Box[] = [
+        { width: 3, height: 4 },
+        { width: 5, height: 7 }
+    ];
+</script>
+
+{#each boxes as box}
+    {const area = box.width * box.height}
+    {let label = $state(`${area} square pixels`)}
+    {const doubled = area * 2}
+
+    <p>{doubled} {label}</p>
+    <div>
+        {const area = 'nested'}
+        {area}
+    </div>
+{/each}