diff --git a/.changeset/gold-moles-hunt.md b/.changeset/gold-moles-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37ce21cc7de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-moles-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+add global.d.ts to js version
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
index 895109de864a..67b592bc670f 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/scripts/build-templates.js
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ async function generate_templates() {
 		const js = { meta, files: [] };
 
 		for (const file of ts.files) {
-			if (file.name.endsWith('.d.ts')) continue;
+			// The global.d.ts file makes TS/JS aware of some ambient modules, which are
+			// also needed for JS projects if people turn on "checkJs" in their jsonfig
+			if (file.name.endsWith('.d.ts') && !file.name.endsWith('global.d.ts')) continue;
 
 			if (file.name.endsWith('.ts')) {
 				const transformed = transform(file.contents, {