diff --git a/.changeset/light-tomatoes-trade.md b/.changeset/light-tomatoes-trade.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918a534891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-tomatoes-trade.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@zag-js/svelte": patch
+---
+
+Fix style merging in svelte `mergeProps`
diff --git a/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/index.ts b/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/index.ts
index 22a1662eb8..396eddcb6c 100644
--- a/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export { mergeProps } from "@zag-js/core"
+export { mergeProps } from "./merge-props"
 export type { ContextFrom, EventFrom, StateFrom } from "@zag-js/core"
 export { normalizeProps } from "./normalize-props.js"
 export type { PropTypes } from "./normalize-props.js"
diff --git a/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/merge-props.ts b/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/merge-props.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97e1a20c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frameworks/svelte/src/merge-props.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { mergeProps as zagMergeProps } from "@zag-js/core"
+
+const CSS_REGEX = /((?:--)?(?:\w+-?)+)\s*:\s*([^;]*)/g
+
+type CSSObject = Record<string, string>
+
+const serialize = (style: string): CSSObject => {
+  const res: Record<string, string> = {}
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null
+  while ((match = CSS_REGEX.exec(style))) {
+    res[match[1]!] = match[2]!
+  }
+  return res
+}
+
+const css = (style: CSSObject | string | undefined): string => {
+  if (typeof style === "string") style = serialize(style)
+
+  const mergedString = Object.entries(style as CSSObject)
+    .map(([key, value]) => `${key}: ${value}`)
+    .join("; ")
+
+  return mergedString
+}
+
+export function mergeProps(...args: Record<string, any>[]) {
+  const merged = zagMergeProps(...args)
+
+  if ("style" in merged) {
+    merged.style = css(merged.style)
+  }
+
+  return merged
+}