diff --git a/.changeset/fancy-guests-appear.md b/.changeset/fancy-guests-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e07e1883e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fancy-guests-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte': patch
+---
+
+skip comment blocks when reporting compiler errors that might be caused by a preprocessor issue
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/error.js b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/error.js
index d34d72fa8..6f943ae06 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/error.js
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/error.js
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ export function enhanceCompileError(err, originalCode, preprocessors) {
 
 		let m;
 		while ((m = styleRe.exec(originalCode))) {
+			if (m[0]?.startsWith('<!--')) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			// Warn missing lang attribute
 			if (!m[1]?.includes('lang=')) {
 				additionalMessages.push('Did you forget to add a lang attribute to your style tag?');