diff --git a/.changeset/poor-flies-serve.md b/.changeset/poor-flies-serve.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ac13a88abea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-flies-serve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow await in svelte:boundary without pending
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SvelteBoundary.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SvelteBoundary.js
index b914c96f4e31..39e6912be07d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SvelteBoundary.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SvelteBoundary.js
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 /** @import { AST } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import { ComponentContext } from '../types' */
 import * as b from '#compiler/builders';
-import { block_close, block_open, block_open_else, build_attribute_value } from './shared/utils.js';
+import {
+	block_close,
+	block_open,
+	block_open_else,
+	build_attribute_value,
+	create_async_block
+} from './shared/utils.js';
 
 /**
  * @param {AST.SvelteBoundary} node
@@ -37,6 +43,9 @@ export function SvelteBoundary(node, context) {
 		context.state.template.push(block_open_else, pending, block_close);
 	} else {
 		const block = /** @type {BlockStatement} */ (context.visit(node.fragment));
-		context.state.template.push(block_open, block, block_close);
+		const statement = node.fragment.metadata.has_await
+			? create_async_block(b.block([block]))
+			: block;
+		context.state.template.push(block_open, statement, block_close);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/_expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/_expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5be0be37f235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/_expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div>this should work</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4cde60119c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/server-side-rendering/samples/async-svelte-boundary/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<svelte:boundary>
+    {@const x = await 'this should work'}
+    <div>{x}</div>
+</svelte:boundary>
\ No newline at end of file