diff --git a/e2e/cases/svelte/ts/tsconfig.json b/e2e/cases/svelte/ts/tsconfig.json
index 593e09c311..eb4b24a7e1 100644
--- a/e2e/cases/svelte/ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/cases/svelte/ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "@rsbuild/config/tsconfig",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "ESNext"
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-rsbuild/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-rsbuild/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
index 154e7ebc5f..b79fe1d7cc 100644
--- a/packages/create-rsbuild/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-rsbuild/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "strict": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
+    // svelte-preprocess cannot figure out whether you have a value or a type, so tell TypeScript
+    // to enforce using `import type` instead of `import` for Types.
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",