diff --git a/.changeset/mean-pets-confess.md b/.changeset/mean-pets-confess.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51349c5c70f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-pets-confess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Add DOM to lib in tsconfig
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
index 925722459a9e..773bd1f7d212 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"moduleResolution": "node",
 		"module": "es2020",
-		"lib": ["es2020"],
+		"lib": ["es2020", "DOM"],
 		"target": "es2019",
 		/**
 			svelte-preprocess cannot figure out whether you have a value or a type, so tell TypeScript