diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md b/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cb711491b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: disregard `popover` elements when determining whether an element has content
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
index 50b107d068..f5f4982ed2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
@@ -824,6 +824,10 @@ function has_content(element) {
 		}
 
 		if (node.type === 'RegularElement' || node.type === 'SvelteElement') {
+			if (node.attributes.some((a) => a.type === 'Attribute' && a.name === 'popover')) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if (
 				node.name === 'img' &&
 				node.attributes.some((node) => node.type === 'Attribute' && node.name === 'alt')
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fafa0a10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<button interestfor="my-hint">
+	<div id="my-hint" popover="hint">hello</div>
+</button>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5fd09c89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[
+	{
+		"code": "a11y_consider_explicit_label",
+		"message": "Buttons and links should either contain text or have an `aria-label`, `aria-labelledby` or `title` attribute",
+		"start": {
+			"line": 1,
+			"column": 0
+		},
+		"end": {
+			"line": 3,
+			"column": 9
+		}
+	}
+]