diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-horses-rush.md b/.changeset/tiny-horses-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d8ae2ded4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-horses-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/adapter-node': patch
+---
+
+Check if directory exists, before compressing
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/index.js b/packages/adapter-node/index.js
index 863fdba5072f..9d7f400090b3 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createReadStream, createWriteStream, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { pipeline } from 'stream';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ export default function ({
  * @param {string} directory
  */
 async function compress(directory) {
+	if (!existsSync(directory)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	const files = await glob('**/*.{html,js,json,css,svg,xml}', {
 		cwd: directory,
 		dot: true,