diff --git a/.changeset/strong-needles-accept.md b/.changeset/strong-needles-accept.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4546d988b171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strong-needles-accept.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Allow fallback animations on html element
diff --git a/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro b/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
index 7fa33676825a..33741d535b4e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
@@ -220,23 +220,15 @@ const { fallback = 'animate' } = Astro.props as Props;
 		links.length && (await Promise.all(links));
 
 		if (fallback === 'animate') {
-			let isAnimating = false;
-			addEventListener('animationstart', () => (isAnimating = true), { once: true });
-
 			// Trigger the animations
 			document.documentElement.dataset.astroTransitionFallback = 'old';
+			const finished = Promise.all(document.getAnimations().map(a => a.finished));
 			const fallbackSwap = () => {
-				removeEventListener('animationend', fallbackSwap);
-				clearTimeout(timeout);
 				swap();
 				document.documentElement.dataset.astroTransitionFallback = 'new';
 			};
-			// If there are any animations, want for the animationend event.
-			addEventListener('animationend', fallbackSwap, { once: true });
-			// If there are no animations, go ahead and swap on next tick
-			// This is necessary because we do not know if there are animations.
-			// The setTimeout is a fallback in case there are none.
-			let timeout = setTimeout(() => !isAnimating && fallbackSwap());
+			await finished;
+			fallbackSwap();
 		} else {
 			swap();
 		}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/transition.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/transition.ts
index 88a41d9ae9cb..4a13c8126f95 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/transition.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/transition.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ export function renderTransition(
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (animationName === 'none') {
-		sheet.addAnimationRaw('old', 'animation: none; opacity: 0; mix-blend-mode: normal;');
+		sheet.addFallback('old', 'animation: none; mix-blend-mode: normal;');
+		sheet.addModern('old', 'animation: none; opacity: 0; mix-blend-mode: normal;');
 		sheet.addAnimationRaw('new', 'animation: none; mix-blend-mode: normal;');
 	}
 
@@ -88,11 +89,22 @@ class ViewTransitionStyleSheet {
 	}
 
 	addAnimationRaw(image: 'old' | 'new' | 'group', animation: string) {
-		const { scope, name } = this;
+		this.addModern(image, animation);
+		this.addFallback(image, animation);
+	}
+
+	addModern(image: 'old' | 'new' | 'group', animation: string) {
+		const { name } = this;
 		this.addRule('modern', `::view-transition-${image}(${name}) { ${animation} }`);
+	}
+
+	addFallback(image: 'old' | 'new' | 'group', animation: string) {
+		const { scope } = this;
 		this.addRule(
 			'fallback',
-			`[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"] [data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"] { ${animation} }`
+			// Two selectors here, the second in case there is an animation on the root.
+			`[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"] [data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"],
+			[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"][data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"] { ${animation} }`
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +119,8 @@ class ViewTransitionStyleSheet {
 		this.addRule('modern', `${prefix}::view-transition-${image}(${name}) { ${animation} }`);
 		this.addRule(
 			'fallback',
-			`${prefix}[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"] [data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"] { ${animation} }`
+			`${prefix}[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"] [data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"],
+			${prefix}[data-astro-transition-fallback="${image}"][data-astro-transition-scope="${scope}"] { ${animation} }`
 		);
 	}
 }