diff --git a/.changeset/orange-sheep-exist.md b/.changeset/orange-sheep-exist.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe10bb0132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/orange-sheep-exist.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: insert comment before text in an each block, to prevent glued nodes
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
index d8b1bb9c5e..a1cefe90d8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/utils.js
@@ -287,10 +287,11 @@ export function clean_nodes(
 					!first.attributes.some(
 						(attribute) => attribute.type === 'Attribute' && attribute.name.startsWith('--')
 					))),
-		/** if a component or snippet starts with text, we need to add an anchor comment so that its text node doesn't get fused with its surroundings */
+		/** if a component/snippet/each block starts with text, we need to add an anchor comment so that its text node doesn't get fused with its surroundings */
 		is_text_first:
 			(parent.type === 'Fragment' ||
 				parent.type === 'SnippetBlock' ||
+				parent.type === 'EachBlock' ||
 				parent.type === 'SvelteComponent' ||
 				parent.type === 'Component' ||
 				parent.type === 'SvelteSelf') &&
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-preserve-whitespace/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-preserve-whitespace/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e70605d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-preserve-whitespace/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svelte:options preserveWhitespace />
+
+{#each 'abc' as l}
+	<div>{l}</div>
+{/each}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-text-only/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-text-only/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb7d7b45cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/each-text-only/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{#each 'abc' as l}
+	{l}
+{/each}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
index 8152445ec3..81c06f23ec 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/client/index.svelte.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export default function Each_string_template($$anchor) {
 	var node = $.first_child(fragment);
 
 	$.each(node, 0, () => ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'], $.index, ($$anchor, thing) => {
+		$.next();
+
 		var text = $.text();
 
 		$.template_effect(() => $.set_text(text, `${thing ?? ""}, `));
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/server/index.svelte.js b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/server/index.svelte.js
index bb6b737b8e..577152729b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/server/index.svelte.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/each-string-template/_expected/server/index.svelte.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default function Each_string_template($$payload) {
 	for (let $$index = 0, $$length = each_array.length; $$index < $$length; $$index++) {
 		const thing = each_array[$$index];
 
-		$$payload.out += `${$.escape(thing)}, `;
+		$$payload.out += `<!---->${$.escape(thing)}, `;
 	}
 
 	$$payload.out += `<!--]-->`;