diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index dcf53155a2..5f80a1d6ca 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -1758,6 +1758,7 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 						context.visit(b.spread(b.call('$.shallow_thunk', arg.argument)))
 					)
 				);
+				return;
 			}
 			args.push(b.thunk(/** @type {import('estree').Expression} */ (context.visit(arg))));
 		});
@@ -2454,7 +2455,7 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 
 		node.context.elements.forEach((argument, i) => {
 			if (!argument) return;
-			const arg_alias = `$$arg${i}`;
+			let arg_alias = `$$arg${i}`;
 			/** @type {import('estree').Identifier | undefined} */
 			let identifier;
 			/** @type {import('estree').Identifier | import('estree').RestElement | string} */
@@ -2478,16 +2479,24 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 			}
 
 			if (argument.type === 'RestElement' && argument.argument.type === 'Identifier') {
-				// this is a "simple" rest argument (not destructured), so we just need to thunkify it
-				const binding = /** @type {import('#compiler').Binding} */ (
-					context.state.scope.get(argument.argument.name)
-				);
-				binding.expression = b.call(argument.argument.name);
+				// this is a "simple" rest argument (not destructured), so we just need to proxy it
+				// const binding = /** @type {import('#compiler').Binding} */ (
+				// 	context.state.scope.get(argument.argument.name)
+				// );
+				// binding.expression = b.call(argument.argument.name);
 				// TODO: where does `context.visit` go here? does it matter? i don't understand what it's for :thinkies:
-				declarations.push(b.let(argument.argument.name, b.thunk(b.id(`$$arg${i}`))));
+				declarations.push(
+					b.let(argument.argument.name, b.call('$.proxy_rest_array', b.id(arg_alias)))
+				);
 				return;
 			}
 
+			if (argument.type === 'RestElement') {
+				const new_arg_alias = `$$proxied_arg${i}`;
+				declarations.push(b.let(new_arg_alias, b.call('$.proxy_rest_array', b.id(arg_alias))));
+				arg_alias = new_arg_alias;
+			}
+
 			// If, on the other hand, it's a destructuring expression, which could be
 			// a rest destructure (eg. `...[foo, bar, { baz }, ...rest]`, which, absurdly, is all valid syntax),
 			// we need to follow the destructuring expression to figure out what variables are being extracted.
@@ -2501,7 +2510,11 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 						path.node,
 						b.thunk(
 							/** @type {import('estree').Expression} */ (
-								context.visit(path.expression?.(b.call(`$$arg${i}`)))
+								context.visit(
+									path.expression?.(
+										argument.type === 'RestElement' ? b.id(arg_alias) : b.call(arg_alias)
+									)
+								)
 							)
 						)
 					)
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 6fb4cc927a..4fb93502c8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -1899,3 +1899,37 @@ if (DEV) {
 	throw_rune_error('$inspect');
 	throw_rune_error('$props');
 }
+
+/**
+ * @template {Iterable<unknown>} T
+ * @param {T} iterable
+ * @returns {{ [P in keyof T]: () => T[P] }}
+ */
+export function shallow_thunk(iterable) {
+	const thunks = [];
+	for (const item of iterable) {
+		thunks.push(() => item);
+	}
+	// @ts-expect-error -- for obvious reasons
+	return thunks;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @template {unknown[]} T
+ * @param {T} items
+ * @returns {T}
+ */
+export function proxy_rest_array(items) {
+	return new Proxy(items, {
+		get(target, property) {
+			// @ts-expect-error -- It thinks arrays can't have properties that aren't numeric
+			if (typeof property === 'symbol') return target[property];
+			if (!isNaN(parseInt(property))) {
+				// @ts-expect-error -- It thinks arrays can't have properties that aren't numeric
+				return target[property]();
+			}
+			// @ts-expect-error -- It thinks arrays can't have properties that aren't numeric
+			return target[property];
+		}
+	});
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/utils.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/utils.js
index 79e5b3d79d..627d2b34fb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/utils.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/utils.js
@@ -16,18 +16,3 @@ export var get_descriptors = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors;
 export function is_function(thing) {
 	return typeof thing === 'function';
 }
-
-/**
- * TODO: Do the types matter on this? If so, can we improve them so that
- * `shallow_thunk(['one', 2])` returns a tuple type instead of a union?
- * @template {unknown} T
- * @param {Iterable<T>} iterable
- * @returns {(() => T)[]}
- */
-function shallow_thunk(iterable) {
-	const thunks = [];
-	for (const item of iterable) {
-		thunks.push(() => item);
-	}
-	return thunks;
-}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
index 048105d0f9..56fd9031a1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export {
 	effect_active,
 	user_root_effect,
 	inspect,
-	unwrap
+	unwrap,
+	proxy_rest_array,
+	shallow_thunk
 } from './client/runtime.js';
 
 export * from './client/each.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82418110df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: `
+		<p>clicks: 0, doubled: 0, tripled: 0, quadrupled: 0, something else: 0</p>
+		<button>click me</button>
+	`,
+
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		const btn = target.querySelector('button');
+
+		await btn?.click();
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`
+				<p>clicks: 1, doubled: 2, tripled: 3, quadrupled: 4, something else: 5</p>
+				<button>click me</button>
+			`
+		);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f2ae13e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/snippet-spread-args/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	function box(v) {
+		let state = $state(v)
+		return {
+			get value() {
+				return state;
+			},
+			set value(v) {
+				state = v;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	function derivedBox(v, multiplier) {
+		let state = $derived(v.value * multiplier);
+		return {
+			get value() {
+				return state;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	let count = box(0);
+	let doubled = derivedBox(count, 2);
+	let tripled = derivedBox(count, 3);
+	let quadrupled = derivedBox(count, 4);
+	let whatever_comes_after_that = derivedBox(count, 5);
+</script>
+
+{#snippet foo(n: number, ...[doubled, { tripled }, ...rest]: number[])}
+	<p>clicks: {n.value}, doubled: {doubled.value}, tripled: {tripled.value}, quadrupled: {rest[0].value}, something else: {rest[1].value}</p>
+{/snippet}
+
+{@render foo(...[count, doubled, {tripled}, quadrupled, whatever_comes_after_that])}
+
+<button on:click={() => count.value += 1}>
+	click me
+</button>