diff --git a/.changeset/green-cameras-bake.md b/.changeset/green-cameras-bake.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..311e1b9744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/green-cameras-bake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: take snippets into account when scoping CSS
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-prune.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-prune.js
index 006e5b14d4..64cbf28891 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-prune.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-prune.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { get_attribute_chunks, is_text_attribute } from '../../../utils/ast.js';
  * @typedef {{
  *   stylesheet: Compiler.Css.StyleSheet;
  *   element: Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement;
+ *   from_render_tag: boolean;
  * }} State
  */
 /** @typedef {NODE_PROBABLY_EXISTS | NODE_DEFINITELY_EXISTS} NodeExistsValue */
@@ -53,10 +54,17 @@ const nesting_selector = {
 /**
  *
  * @param {Compiler.Css.StyleSheet} stylesheet
- * @param {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement} element
+ * @param {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement | Compiler.AST.RenderTag} element
  */
 export function prune(stylesheet, element) {
-	walk(stylesheet, { stylesheet, element }, visitors);
+	if (element.type === 'RenderTag') {
+		const parent = get_element_parent(element);
+		if (!parent) return;
+
+		walk(stylesheet, { stylesheet, element: parent, from_render_tag: true }, visitors);
+	} else {
+		walk(stylesheet, { stylesheet, element, from_render_tag: false }, visitors);
+	}
 }
 
 /** @type {Visitors<Compiler.Css.Node, State>} */
@@ -101,7 +109,37 @@ const visitors = {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (
+		if (context.state.from_render_tag) {
+			// We're searching for a match that crosses a render tag boundary. That means we have to both traverse up
+			// the element tree (to see if we find an entry point) but also remove selectors from the end (assuming
+			// they are part of the render tag we don't see). We do all possible combinations of both until we find a match.
+			/** @type {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement | null} */
+			let element = context.state.element;
+
+			while (element) {
+				const selectors_to_check = selectors.slice();
+
+				while (selectors_to_check.length > 0) {
+					selectors_to_check.pop();
+
+					if (
+						apply_selector(
+							selectors_to_check,
+							/** @type {Compiler.Css.Rule} */ (node.metadata.rule),
+							element,
+							context.state.stylesheet,
+							true
+						)
+					) {
+						mark(inner, element);
+						node.metadata.used = true;
+						return;
+					}
+				}
+
+				element = get_element_parent(element);
+			}
+		} else if (
 			apply_selector(
 				selectors,
 				/** @type {Compiler.Css.Rule} */ (node.metadata.rule),
@@ -230,6 +268,13 @@ function apply_combinator(
 					crossed_component_boundary = true;
 				}
 
+				if (parent.type === 'SnippetBlock') {
+					// We assume the snippet might be rendered in a place where the parent selectors match.
+					// (We could do more static analysis and check the render tag reference to see if this snippet block continues
+					// with elements that actually match the selector, but that would be a lot of work for little gain)
+					return true;
+				}
+
 				if (parent.type === 'RegularElement' || parent.type === 'SvelteElement') {
 					if (apply_selector(parent_selectors, rule, parent, stylesheet, check_has)) {
 						// TODO the `name === ' '` causes false positives, but removing it causes false negatives...
@@ -724,7 +769,7 @@ function unquote(str) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement} node
+ * @param {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement | Compiler.AST.RenderTag} node
  * @returns {Compiler.AST.RegularElement | Compiler.AST.SvelteElement | null}
  */
 function get_element_parent(node) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
index 51365a10ec..188b060813 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/index.js
@@ -691,6 +691,8 @@ export function analyze_component(root, source, options) {
 		}
 
 		outer: for (const element of analysis.elements) {
+			if (element.type === 'RenderTag') continue;
+
 			if (element.metadata.scoped) {
 				// Dynamic elements in dom mode always use spread for attributes and therefore shouldn't have a class attribute added to them
 				// TODO this happens during the analysis phase, which shouldn't know anything about client vs server
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/RenderTag.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/RenderTag.js
index 36aee8eade..244a4dd26c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/RenderTag.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/RenderTag.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { mark_subtree_dynamic } from './shared/fragment.js';
 export function RenderTag(node, context) {
 	validate_opening_tag(node, context.state, '@');
 
+	context.state.analysis.elements.push(node);
+
 	const callee = unwrap_optional(node.expression).callee;
 
 	node.metadata.dynamic =
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/types.d.ts
index 723e259412..f001a0c48c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/types.d.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export interface ComponentAnalysis extends Analysis {
 	root: ScopeRoot;
 	instance: Js;
 	template: Template;
-	elements: Array<AST.RegularElement | AST.SvelteElement>;
+	/** Used for CSS pruning and scoping */
+	elements: Array<AST.RegularElement | AST.SvelteElement | AST.RenderTag>;
 	runes: boolean;
 	exports: Array<{ name: string; alias: string | null }>;
 	/** Whether the component uses `$$props` */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8b3b4ca39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	warnings: [
+		{
+			code: 'css_unused_selector',
+			message: 'Unused CSS selector "span div"',
+			start: {
+				line: 31,
+				column: 1,
+				character: 461
+			},
+			end: {
+				line: 31,
+				column: 9,
+				character: 469
+			}
+		}
+	]
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.css b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ae5b4c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.css
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+	div.svelte-xyz > span:where(.svelte-xyz) {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	div.svelte-xyz span:where(.svelte-xyz) {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	div.svelte-xyz span {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	p.svelte-xyz span:where(.svelte-xyz) {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	p.svelte-xyz .foo:where(.svelte-xyz) {
+		color: purple; /* doesn't match, but our static analysis doesn't handle this currently */
+	}
+	/* (unused) span div {
+		color: red;
+	}*/
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cf44902b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<div class="svelte-xyz"><span class="svelte-xyz">Hello world</span></div>
+<p class="svelte-xyz"><strong><span class="svelte-xyz">Hello world</span></strong></p>
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diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b657e7e2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/snippets/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{#snippet my_snippet()}
+  <span>Hello world</span>
+{/snippet}
+
+<div>{@render my_snippet()}</div>
+
+<p>
+	{#snippet my_snippet()}
+		<span>Hello world</span>
+	{/snippet}
+
+	<strong>{@render my_snippet()}</strong>
+</p>
+
+<style>
+	div > span {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	div span {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	div :global(span) {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	p span {
+		color: green;
+	}
+	p .foo {
+		color: purple; /* doesn't match, but our static analysis doesn't handle this currently */
+	}
+	span div {
+		color: red;
+	}
+</style>
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