diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-donkeys-argue.md b/.changeset/breezy-donkeys-argue.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f2073d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-donkeys-argue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte': patch
+---
+
+do not transform imports tagged with ?url or ?raw (fixes #87)
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
index 46f5fa0bb..74ce3e304 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function svelte(inlineOptions?: Partial<Options>): Plugin {
 					}
 				}
 				// prevent vite asset plugin from loading files as url that should be compiled in transform
-				if (!query.url && !query.raw && viteConfig.assetsInclude(filename)) {
+				if (viteConfig.assetsInclude(filename)) {
 					log.debug(`load returns raw content for ${filename}`);
 					return fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf-8');
 				}
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/id.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/id.ts
index d80747be7..ef9f51aa8 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/id.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/id.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function parseToSvelteRequest(
 	root: string,
 	timestamp: number,
 	ssr: boolean
-): SvelteRequest {
+): SvelteRequest | undefined {
 	const query: RequestQuery = qs.parse(rawQuery) as RequestQuery;
 	for (const p of ['svelte', 'url', 'raw'] as Array<keyof RequestQuery>) {
 		if (query[p] != null) {
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ function parseToSvelteRequest(
 			query[p] = true;
 		}
 	}
-
+	if (query.url || query.raw) {
+		// skip requests with special vite tags
+		return;
+	}
 	const normalizedFilename = normalize(filename, root);
 	const cssId = createVirtualImportId(filename, root, 'style');