diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-tips-divide.md b/.changeset/selfish-tips-divide.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac7e76767543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/selfish-tips-divide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Run svelte-kit sync before svelte-check in check scripts
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/package.json b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/package.json
index 465f674b811b..7b5612f977ae 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"scripts": {
-		"check": "svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json",
-		"check:watch": "svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --watch"
+		"check": "svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json",
+		"check:watch": "svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --watch"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"typescript": "^4.7.4",