diff --git a/.changeset/sweet-islands-sell.md b/.changeset/sweet-islands-sell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4fbbf182c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sweet-islands-sell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: avoid auto-parenthesis for special-keywords-only `MediaQuery`
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/reactivity/media-query.js b/packages/svelte/src/reactivity/media-query.js
index 22310df18d..d286709719 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/reactivity/media-query.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/reactivity/media-query.js
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ import { ReactiveValue } from './reactive-value.js';
 
 const parenthesis_regex = /\(.+\)/;
 
+// these keywords are valid media queries but they need to be without parenthesis
+//
+// eg: new MediaQuery('screen')
+//
+// however because of the auto-parenthesis logic in the constructor since there's no parentehesis
+// in the media query they'll be surrounded by parenthesis
+//
+// however we can check if the media query is only composed of these keywords
+// and skip the auto-parenthesis
+//
+// https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/15930
+const non_parenthesized_keywords = new Set(['all', 'print', 'screen', 'and', 'or', 'not', 'only']);
+
 /**
  * Creates a media query and provides a `current` property that reflects whether or not it matches.
  *
@@ -27,7 +40,12 @@ export class MediaQuery extends ReactiveValue {
 	 * @param {boolean} [fallback] Fallback value for the server
 	 */
 	constructor(query, fallback) {
-		let final_query = parenthesis_regex.test(query) ? query : `(${query})`;
+		let final_query =
+			parenthesis_regex.test(query) ||
+			// we need to use `some` here because technically this `window.matchMedia('random,screen')` still returns true
+			query.split(/[\s,]+/).some((keyword) => non_parenthesized_keywords.has(keyword.trim()))
+				? query
+				: `(${query})`;
 		const q = window.matchMedia(final_query);
 		super(
 			() => q.matches,
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/_config.js
index f7a4ca05f5..d8b202955a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/_config.js
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ export default test({
 	async test({ window }) {
 		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('(max-width: 599px), (min-width: 900px)');
 		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('(min-width: 900px)');
+		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('screen');
+		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('not print');
+		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('screen,print');
+		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('screen,      print');
+		expect(window.matchMedia).toHaveBeenCalledWith('screen,      random');
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/main.svelte
index 446a9213dd..fe07ed8ab0 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/main.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/media-query/main.svelte
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@
 
 	const mq = new MediaQuery("(max-width: 599px), (min-width: 900px)");
 	const mq2 = new MediaQuery("min-width: 900px");
+	const mq3 = new MediaQuery("screen");
+	const mq4 = new MediaQuery("not print");
+	const mq5 = new MediaQuery("screen,print");
+	const mq6 = new MediaQuery("screen,      print");
+	const mq7 = new MediaQuery("screen,      random");
 </script>