diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
index 11a9de0951..6cc51b034b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ export default function element(parser) {
 						svg: false,
 						mathml: false,
 						scoped: false,
-						has_spread: false
+						has_spread: false,
+						auto_opens: null
 					},
 					parent: null
 				}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
index 5dc893ced9..c4b0d2f6fb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
@@ -622,15 +622,23 @@ const validation = {
 						ancestor.type === 'RegularElement' &&
 						ancestor.name === context.state.parent_element
 					) {
+						past_parent = true;
+
 						if (!is_tag_valid_with_parent(node.name, context.state.parent_element)) {
-							if (only_warn) {
+							if (node.name === 'tr' && ancestor.name === 'table') {
+								// Handle this and do what the browser does: auto-open a <tbody> prior to the first child
+								ancestor.metadata.auto_opens = '<tbody>';
+								// Note that we don't properly handle cases like <table><tbody></tbody><tr><tr>, but that's a rare edge case
+							} else if (node.name === 'td' && ancestor.name === 'table') {
+								// Handle this and do what the browser does: auto-open a <tbody><tr> prior to the first child
+								ancestor.metadata.auto_opens = '<tbody><tr>';
+								// Note that we don't properly handle cases like <table><tr><tr><td></td></table>, but that's a rare edge case
+							} else if (only_warn) {
 								w.node_invalid_placement_ssr(node, `<${node.name}>`, context.state.parent_element);
 							} else {
 								e.node_invalid_placement(node, `<${node.name}>`, context.state.parent_element);
 							}
 						}
-
-						past_parent = true;
 					}
 				} else if (ancestor.type === 'RegularElement') {
 					if (!is_tag_valid_with_ancestor(node.name, ancestor.name)) {
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 3e8fff654f..feb93ac54a 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
@@ -2196,6 +2196,10 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 
 		context.state.template.push('>');
 
+		if (node.metadata.auto_opens !== null) {
+			context.state.template.push(node.metadata.auto_opens);
+		}
+
 		/** @type {SourceLocation[]} */
 		const child_locations = [];
 
@@ -2248,10 +2252,22 @@ export const template_visitors = {
 			child_state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.reset', arg)));
 		}
 
-		process_children(trimmed, () => b.call('$.child', arg), true, {
-			...context,
-			state: child_state
-		});
+		process_children(
+			trimmed,
+			// TODO: this doesn't work when the table is a sibling, as the expression is then not used
+			() => {
+				let call = b.call('$.child', arg);
+				for (let i = (node.metadata.auto_opens?.split('<').length ?? 1) - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+					call = b.call('$.child', call);
+				}
+				return call;
+			},
+			true,
+			{
+				...context,
+				state: child_state
+			}
+		);
 
 		if (needs_reset) {
 			child_state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.reset', context.state.node)));
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/RegularElement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/RegularElement.js
index 622e8138a2..67d7cb71c9 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/RegularElement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/RegularElement.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (node.metadata.auto_opens !== null) {
+		context.state.template.push(b.literal(node.metadata.auto_opens));
+	}
+
 	const { hoisted, trimmed } = clean_nodes(
 		node,
 		node.fragment.nodes,
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/template.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/template.d.ts
index ec35a08227..300838f92b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/template.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/types/template.d.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ export interface RegularElement extends BaseElement {
 		mathml: boolean;
 		/** `true` if contains a SpreadAttribute */
 		has_spread: boolean;
+		/** `true` if should get a hash on the `class` attribute  */
 		scoped: boolean;
+		/** Contains a string of the tag(s) that are implicitly opened after this element */
+		auto_opens: string | null;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fd3ad36aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+let console_error = console.error;
+
+/**
+ * @type {any[]}
+ */
+const log = [];
+
+export default test({
+	solo: true,
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true // enable validation to ensure it doesn't throw
+	},
+
+	html: `
+		<table>
+			<tbody>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works1</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+		</table>
+
+		<table>
+			<tbody>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works2</td>
+				</tr>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works3</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+		</table>
+
+		<table>
+			<tbody>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works4</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+			<tbody>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works5</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+		</table>
+
+		<table>
+			<tbody>
+				<tr>
+					<td>works6</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+		</table>
+`
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0465cc2719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/invalid-html-table-autorepair/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<table>
+	<tr>
+		<td>works1</td>
+	</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table>
+	{#each ['works2', 'works3'] as cell}
+		<tr>
+			<td>{cell}</td>
+		</tr>
+	{/each}
+</table>
+
+<table>
+	<tr>
+		<td>works4</td>
+	</tr>
+	<tbody>
+		<tr>
+			<td>works5</td>
+		</tr>
+	</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<table>
+	<td>works6</td>
+</table>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
index b393174e0f..5361e0da4e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1728,7 +1728,10 @@ declare module 'svelte/compiler' {
 			mathml: boolean;
 			/** `true` if contains a SpreadAttribute */
 			has_spread: boolean;
+			/** `true` if should get a hash on the `class` attribute  */
 			scoped: boolean;
+			/** Contains a string of the tag(s) that are implicitly opened after this element */
+			auto_opens: string | null;
 		};
 	}