diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-guests-hammer.md b/.changeset/nasty-guests-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6fa9cf614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-guests-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: webview preload tag can be any string
diff --git a/packages/svelte/elements.d.ts b/packages/svelte/elements.d.ts
index 8db6648c82..8746b29e25 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/elements.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/elements.d.ts
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ export interface HTMLWebViewAttributes extends HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> {
 	nodeintegration?: boolean | undefined | null;
 	partition?: string | undefined | null;
 	plugins?: boolean | undefined | null;
-	preload?: 'auto' | 'none' | 'metadata' | '' | undefined | null;
+	preload?: string | undefined | null; // in the DOM it's only 'auto' | 'none' | 'metadata' | '', but electron allows arbitrary values
 	src?: string | undefined | null;
 	useragent?: string | undefined | null;
 	webpreferences?: string | undefined | null;