diff --git a/.changeset/famous-games-film.md b/.changeset/famous-games-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2cfe70daf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-games-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@remix-run/dev": patch
+---
+
+ignore missing react-dom/client for react 17
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/config/defaults/entry.dev.ts b/packages/remix-dev/config/defaults/entry.dev.ts
index 036c6c04a9f..20d5e95db04 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/config/defaults/entry.dev.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/config/defaults/entry.dev.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default () => {
   import("react/jsx-dev-runtime");
   import("react/jsx-runtime");
   import("react-dom");
-  import("react-dom/client");
+  import("react-dom/client").catch();
   import("react-refresh/runtime");
   import("@remix-run/react");
   import("remix:hmr");