diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-days-help.md b/.changeset/rotten-days-help.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d6986e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-days-help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@vanilla-extract/vite-plugin': patch
+---
+
+Whitelist `vite-plugin-svelte` to enable emitting CSS on the server
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts b/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
index 21195e75d..b87c24408 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ export function vanillaExtractPlugin({
 
       if (
         config.plugins.some((plugin) =>
-          ['astro:build', 'solid-start-server', 'vite-plugin-qwik'].includes(
-            plugin.name,
-          ),
+          [
+            'astro:build',
+            'solid-start-server',
+            'vite-plugin-qwik',
+            'vite-plugin-svelte',
+          ].includes(plugin.name),
         )
       ) {
         forceEmitCssInSsrBuild = true;