diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
index dcd17e018..f3325f1e3 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from './utils/options';
 import { VitePluginSvelteCache } from './utils/vite-plugin-svelte-cache';
 
-import { setupWatchers } from './utils/watch';
+import { ensureWatchedFile, setupWatchers } from './utils/watch';
 import { resolveViaPackageJsonSvelte } from './utils/resolve';
 import { addExtraPreprocessors } from './utils/preprocess';
 import { PartialResolvedId } from 'rollup';
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ export function svelte(inlineOptions?: Partial<Options>): Plugin {
 			logCompilerWarnings(compileData.compiled.warnings, options);
 			cache.update(compileData);
 			if (compileData.dependencies?.length && options.server) {
-				compileData.dependencies.forEach((d) => this.addWatchFile(d));
+				compileData.dependencies.forEach((d) => {
+					ensureWatchedFile(options.server!.watcher, d, options.root);
+				});
 			}
 			log.debug(`transform returns compiled js for ${filename}`);
 			return compileData.compiled.js;
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/watch.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/watch.ts
index 9d5cd7971..fed37dd51 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/watch.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/watch.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { IdParser } from './id';
 import { ResolvedOptions } from './options';
 import { knownSvelteConfigNames } from './load-svelte-config';
 import path from 'path';
+import { FSWatcher } from 'vite';
 
 export function setupWatchers(
 	options: ResolvedOptions,
@@ -71,22 +72,35 @@ export function setupWatchers(
 	};
 
 	// collection of watcher listeners by event
-	const listeners = {
-		add: [],
+	const listenerCollection = {
+		add: [] as Array<Function>,
 		change: [emitChangeEventOnDependants],
 		unlink: [removeUnlinkedFromCache, emitChangeEventOnDependants]
 	};
 	if (svelteConfigFile) {
-		listeners.change.push(restartOnConfigChange);
-		listeners.unlink.push(restartOnConfigChange);
+		listenerCollection.change.push(restartOnConfigChange);
+		listenerCollection.unlink.push(restartOnConfigChange);
 	} else {
-		// @ts-ignore
-		listeners.add.push(restartOnConfigAdd);
+		listenerCollection.add.push(restartOnConfigAdd);
 	}
 
-	Object.entries(listeners).forEach(([evt, listeners]) => {
+	Object.entries(listenerCollection).forEach(([evt, listeners]) => {
 		if (listeners.length > 0) {
 			watcher.on(evt, (filename) => listeners.forEach((listener) => listener(filename)));
 		}
 	});
 }
+// taken from vite utils
+export function ensureWatchedFile(watcher: FSWatcher, file: string | null, root: string): void {
+	if (
+		file &&
+		// only need to watch if out of root
+		!file.startsWith(root + '/') &&
+		// some rollup plugins use null bytes for private resolved Ids
+		!file.includes('\0') &&
+		fs.existsSync(file)
+	) {
+		// resolve file to normalized system path
+		watcher.add(path.resolve(file));
+	}
+}