diff --git a/.changeset/healthy-mangos-brush.md b/.changeset/healthy-mangos-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eeada7ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/healthy-mangos-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: add touch events on microtask to avoid Chromium bug
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
index c01055d016..2c9a63436d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/events.js
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ export function create_event(event_name, dom, handler, options) {
 	// Chrome has a bug where pointer events don't work when attached to a DOM element that has been cloned
 	// with cloneNode() and the DOM element is disconnected from the document. To ensure the event works, we
 	// defer the attachment till after it's been appended to the document. TODO: remove this once Chrome fixes
-	// this bug. The same applies to wheel events.
-	if (event_name.startsWith('pointer') || event_name === 'wheel') {
+	// this bug. The same applies to wheel events and touch events.
+	if (
+		event_name.startsWith('pointer') ||
+		event_name.startsWith('touch') ||
+		event_name === 'wheel'
+	) {
 		queue_micro_task(() => {
 			dom.addEventListener(event_name, target_handler, options);
 		});