diff --git a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/index.js b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/index.js
index abc552237..bb607b6ad 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { transforms } from '@sveltejs/sv-utils';
 import { defineAddon, defineAddonOptions } from 'sv';
+import { transforms } from './sv-utils.js';
 
 const options = defineAddonOptions()
 	.add('who', {
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/sv-utils.js b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/sv-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99df7b11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/src/sv-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// This file is a separate entry point (see tsdown.config.js) so that
+// the addon's utilities are published as their own module on npm.
+export * from '@sveltejs/sv-utils';
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/tsdown.config.js b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/tsdown.config.js
index 7f45e3cce..f6109f4c4 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/tsdown.config.js
+++ b/packages/sv/src/cli/tests/snapshots/@my-org/sv/tsdown.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'tsdown';
 
 export default defineConfig({
-	entry: ['src/index.js'],
+	entry: ['src/index.js', 'src/sv-utils.js'],
 	format: 'esm'
 });
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/index.js b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/index.js
index 28e4cac1d..138fcb96e 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { transforms } from '@sveltejs/sv-utils';
 import { defineAddon, defineAddonOptions } from 'sv';
+import { transforms } from './sv-utils.js';
 
 const options = defineAddonOptions()
 	.add('who', {
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/sv-utils.js b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/sv-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99df7b11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/src/sv-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// This file is a separate entry point (see tsdown.config.js) so that
+// the addon's utilities are published as their own module on npm.
+export * from '@sveltejs/sv-utils';
diff --git a/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/tsdown.config.js b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/tsdown.config.js
index 7f45e3cce..f6109f4c4 100644
--- a/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/tsdown.config.js
+++ b/packages/sv/src/create/templates/addon/tsdown.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'tsdown';
 
 export default defineConfig({
-	entry: ['src/index.js'],
+	entry: ['src/index.js', 'src/sv-utils.js'],
 	format: 'esm'
 });