diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/component.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/component.js
index 216bf08b5c..1f732fb9f7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/component.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/component.js
@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ export function build_component(node, component_name, loc, context) {
 		};
 	}
 
+	if (context.state.analysis.custom_renderer) {
+		const prev = fn;
+		fn = (node_id) => {
+			return b.call('$.without_renderer', b.arrow([], prev(node_id)));
+		};
+	}
+
 	if (node.type !== 'SvelteSelf') {
 		// Component name itself could be blocked on async values
 		memoizer.check_blockers(node.metadata.expression);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/custom-renderer/state.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/custom-renderer/state.js
index 123e333edd..a46e03f3eb 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/custom-renderer/state.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/custom-renderer/state.js
@@ -28,3 +28,19 @@ export function push_renderer($renderer) {
 		renderer = old_renderer;
 	};
 }
+
+/**
+ * @template T
+ * @param {() => T} fn
+ * @returns {T}
+ */
+export function without_renderer(fn) {
+	if (renderer === null) return fn();
+	let old_renderer = renderer;
+	renderer = null;
+	try {
+		return fn();
+	} finally {
+		renderer = old_renderer;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
index 436240ce7a..5fc98fe48b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ export {
 export { strict_equals, equals } from './dev/equality.js';
 export { log_if_contains_state } from './dev/console-log.js';
 export { invoke_error_boundary } from './error-handling.js';
-export { push_renderer } from './custom-renderer/state.js';
+export { push_renderer, without_renderer } from './custom-renderer/state.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/renderer.js b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/renderer.js
index cec57ccc53..a92161d4f6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/renderer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { createRenderer } from '../../src/renderer/index.js';
 /**
  * @typedef {{ type: 'element', name: string, attributes: Record<string, string>, children: ObjNode[], listeners: Record<string, Array<{handler: any, options?: any}>>, parent: ObjNode | null }} ObjElement
  * @typedef {{ type: 'text', value: string, parent: ObjNode | null }} ObjText
- * @typedef {{ type: 'comment', value: string, parent: ObjNode | null }} ObjComment
+ * @typedef {{ type: 'comment', value: string, parent: ObjNode | null, before: (node: any)=> void }} ObjComment
  * @typedef {{ type: 'fragment', children: ObjNode[], parent: ObjNode | null }} ObjFragment
  * @typedef {ObjElement | ObjText | ObjComment | ObjFragment} ObjNode
  */
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ function remove_from_parent(node) {
 	children.splice(idx, 1);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @type {Array<DocumentFragment | Node>}
+ */
+export const dom_elements = [];
+
 const renderer = createRenderer({
 	createFragment() {
 		return /** @type {ObjFragment} */ ({
@@ -93,7 +98,12 @@ const renderer = createRenderer({
 		return /** @type {ObjComment} */ ({
 			type: 'comment',
 			value: data,
-			parent: null
+			parent: null,
+			// adding this allows for this renderer to interleave with a DOM-based renderer
+			// the argument will be the DOM node that represent a DOM Component being mounted
+			before(node) {
+				dom_elements.push(node);
+			}
 		});
 	},
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/Child.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/Child.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..189c1a8a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/Child.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<svelte:options customRenderer={null} />
+
+<script>
+	let { message } = $props();
+</script>
+
+<div>
+	<span>{message}</span>
+</div>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21ff9d835e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { test } from '../../test-dom.test';
+
+export default test({
+	// this is the custom rendered component...it doesn't have anything inside because the part of the renderer
+	// responsible for the interleaving is the `before` function on the comment node which only push into `dom_elements` in this case
+	html: '<custom></custom>',
+	test({ assert, dom_elements }) {
+		// we then get the element out of dom_elements
+		const [div] = dom_elements;
+		// check that is an actual DOM element and that it has the expected content
+		assert.instanceOf(div, HTMLDivElement);
+		assert.equal(div.outerHTML, '<div><span>hello from child</span></div>');
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87fac4cc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/samples-dom/dom-child-component/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	import Child from './Child.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<custom>
+	<Child message="hello from child"></Child>
+</custom>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/shared.ts b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/shared.ts
index c8d735c9aa..8213e7624b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/shared.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { assert } from 'vitest';
 import { compile_directory } from '../helpers.js';
 import { suite_with_variants, type BaseTest } from '../suite.js';
 import type { CompileOptions } from '#compiler';
-import renderer, { create_root, serialize, dispatch_event } from './renderer.js';
+import renderer, { create_root, serialize, dispatch_event, dom_elements } from './renderer.js';
 import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
 export interface CustomRendererTest extends BaseTest {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export interface CustomRendererTest extends BaseTest {
 		renderer: typeof renderer;
 		serialize: typeof serialize;
 		dispatch_event: typeof dispatch_event;
+		dom_elements: Array<DocumentFragment | Node>;
 	}) => void | Promise<void>;
 }
 
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ async function run_test(cwd: string, config: CustomRendererTest, compile_options
 
 		let unmount: (() => void) | undefined;
 		let component: Record<string, any> | undefined;
-
 		try {
+			dom_elements.length = 0;
 			const result = renderer.render(mod.default, {
 				target,
 				props: config.props ?? {},
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ async function run_test(cwd: string, config: CustomRendererTest, compile_options
 					warnings,
 					renderer: renderer,
 					serialize,
-					dispatch_event
+					dispatch_event,
+					dom_elements
 				});
 			}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/test-dom.test.ts b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/test-dom.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1029614bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/custom-renderers/test-dom.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { custom_renderer_suite, ok } from './shared';
+
+const { test, run } = custom_renderer_suite();
+
+export { test, ok };
+
+await run(__dirname, 'samples-dom');