diff --git a/.changeset/popular-ligers-perform.md b/.changeset/popular-ligers-perform.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e041720fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/popular-ligers-perform.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"svelte": patch
+---
+
+fix: handle TypeScript's optional parameter syntax in snippets
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/read/context.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/read/context.js
index 3759dd2049..054d60cb0d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/read/context.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/read/context.js
@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ import { error } from '../../../errors.js';
 
 /**
  * @param {import('../index.js').Parser} parser
+ * @param {boolean} [optional_allowed]
  * @returns {import('estree').Pattern}
  */
-export default function read_pattern(parser) {
+export default function read_pattern(parser, optional_allowed = false) {
 	const start = parser.index;
 	let i = parser.index;
 
 	const code = full_char_code_at(parser.template, i);
 	if (isIdentifierStart(code, true)) {
 		const name = /** @type {string} */ (parser.read_identifier());
-		const annotation = read_type_annotation(parser);
+		const annotation = read_type_annotation(parser, optional_allowed);
 
 		return {
 			type: 'Identifier',
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export default function read_pattern(parser) {
 			parse_expression_at(`${space_with_newline}(${pattern_string} = 1)`, parser.ts, start - 1)
 		).left;
 
-		expression.typeAnnotation = read_type_annotation(parser);
+		expression.typeAnnotation = read_type_annotation(parser, optional_allowed);
 		if (expression.typeAnnotation) {
 			expression.end = expression.typeAnnotation.end;
 		}
@@ -96,12 +97,19 @@ export default function read_pattern(parser) {
 
 /**
  * @param {import('../index.js').Parser} parser
+ * @param {boolean} [optional_allowed]
  * @returns {any}
  */
-function read_type_annotation(parser) {
+function read_type_annotation(parser, optional_allowed = false) {
 	const start = parser.index;
 	parser.allow_whitespace();
 
+	if (optional_allowed && parser.eat('?')) {
+		// Acorn-TS puts the optional info as a property on the surrounding node.
+		// We spare the work here because it doesn't matter for us anywhere else.
+		parser.allow_whitespace();
+	}
+
 	if (!parser.eat(':')) {
 		parser.index = start;
 		return undefined;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/tag.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/tag.js
index a457a82059..821c82d73a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/tag.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/tag.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function open(parser) {
 		const parameters = [];
 
 		while (!parser.match(')')) {
-			let pattern = read_pattern(parser);
+			let pattern = read_pattern(parser, true);
 
 			parser.allow_whitespace();
 			if (parser.eat('=')) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-optional-arguments/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-optional-arguments/main.svelte
index 03d3c29c45..251d738e0e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-optional-arguments/main.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-optional-arguments/main.svelte
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 {#snippet counter(c)}
 	{#if c}
-  	<button on:click={() => (c.value += 1)}>{c.value}</button>
+  		<button on:click={() => (c.value += 1)}>{c.value}</button>
 	{:else}
 		<p>fallback</p>
 	{/if}
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@
 
 {@render counter()}
 {@render counter(count)}
-
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..094be77b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: '1 2 3 4 5'
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9923b1d854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-typescript/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+</script>
+
+{#snippet counter1(c: number)}
+	{c}
+{/snippet}
+{#snippet counter2({ c }: {c: number})}
+	{c}
+{/snippet}
+{#snippet counter3(c?: number)}
+	{c}
+{/snippet}
+{#snippet counter4(c: number = 4)}
+	{c}
+{/snippet}
+{#snippet counter5(c?: number = 5)}
+	{c}
+{/snippet}
+
+{@render counter1(1)}
+{@render counter2({ c: 2 })}
+{@render counter3(3)}
+{@render counter4()}
+{@render counter5()}