diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-drinks-tan.md b/.changeset/spotty-drinks-tan.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2150c8cffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-drinks-tan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow for duplicate `var` declarations
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index f46adf4900..7d9f90982a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -161,8 +161,12 @@ export class Scope {
 		}
 
 		if (this.declarations.has(node.name)) {
-			// This also errors on var/function types, but that's arguably a good thing
-			e.declaration_duplicate(node, node.name);
+			const binding = this.declarations.get(node.name);
+			if (binding && binding.declaration_kind !== 'var' && declaration_kind !== 'var') {
+				// This also errors on function types, but that's arguably a good thing
+				// declaring function twice is also caught by acorn in the parse phase
+				e.declaration_duplicate(node, node.name);
+			}
 		}
 
 		const binding = new Binding(this, node, kind, declaration_kind, initial);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/errors.json b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe51488c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19a8ef7722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/multiple-var-same-name/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<script>
+	var test = "";
+	var test = 42;
+</script>
+
+{test}
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