diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
index 5247eacdb698..1978cba0d7d0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Text.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ function should_skip(node: Text) {
 	if (parent_element.type === 'Head') return true;
 	if (parent_element.type === 'InlineComponent') return parent_element.children.length === 1 && node === parent_element.children[0];
 
+	// svg namespace exclusions
+	if (/svg$/.test(parent_element.namespace)) {
+		if (node.prev && node.prev.type === "Element" && node.prev.name === "tspan") return false;
+	}
+
 	return parent_element.namespace || elements_without_text.has(parent_element.name);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..283af0a2b0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default {
+	html: `<svg><text x=0 y=50><tspan>foo</tspan> bar<tspan>foo</tspan> bar</text></svg>`,
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df43d575a906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/svg-tspan-preserve-space/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg><text x=0 y=50><tspan>foo</tspan> {"bar"}<tspan>foo</tspan> bar</text></svg>
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