diff --git a/.changeset/deep-points-peel.md b/.changeset/deep-points-peel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b93f6d332117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/deep-points-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow remote functions to return custom types serialized with `transport` hooks
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index 88424188f2dd..f655bef49ecd 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -190,10 +190,7 @@ let target;
 export let app;
 
 /** @type {Record<string, any>} */
-// we have to conditionally access the properties of `__SVELTEKIT_PAYLOAD__`
-// because it will be `undefined` when users import the exports from this module.
-// It's only defined when the server renders a page.
-export const remote_responses = __SVELTEKIT_PAYLOAD__?.data ?? {};
+export let remote_responses = {};
 
 /** @type {Array<((url: URL) => boolean)>} */
 const invalidated = [];
@@ -294,6 +291,10 @@ export async function start(_app, _target, hydrate) {
 		);
 	}
 
+	if (__SVELTEKIT_PAYLOAD__.data) {
+		remote_responses = __SVELTEKIT_PAYLOAD__?.data;
+	}
+
 	// detect basic auth credentials in the current URL
 	// https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/11179
 	// if so, refresh the page without credentials
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
index 2ad4908508d0..b9a9ffc4669c 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
@@ -408,29 +408,6 @@ export async function render_response({
 						}`);
 		}
 
-		const { remote_data } = event_state;
-
-		if (remote_data) {
-			/** @type {Record<string, any>} */
-			const remote = {};
-
-			for (const key in remote_data) {
-				remote[key] = await remote_data[key];
-			}
-
-			// TODO this is repeated in a few places — dedupe it
-			const replacer = (/** @type {any} */ thing) => {
-				for (const key in options.hooks.transport) {
-					const encoded = options.hooks.transport[key].encode(thing);
-					if (encoded) {
-						return `app.decode('${key}', ${devalue.uneval(encoded, replacer)})`;
-					}
-				}
-			};
-
-			properties.push(`data: ${devalue.uneval(remote, replacer)}`);
-		}
-
 		// create this before declaring `data`, which may contain references to `${global}`
 		blocks.push(`${global} = {
 						${properties.join(',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t')}
@@ -482,20 +459,45 @@ export async function render_response({
 			args.push(`{\n${indent}\t${hydrate.join(`,\n${indent}\t`)}\n${indent}}`);
 		}
 
+		const { remote_data } = event_state;
+
+		let serialized_remote_data = '';
+
+		if (remote_data) {
+			/** @type {Record<string, any>} */
+			const remote = {};
+
+			for (const key in remote_data) {
+				remote[key] = await remote_data[key];
+			}
+
+			// TODO this is repeated in a few places — dedupe it
+			const replacer = (/** @type {any} */ thing) => {
+				for (const key in options.hooks.transport) {
+					const encoded = options.hooks.transport[key].encode(thing);
+					if (encoded) {
+						return `app.decode('${key}', ${devalue.uneval(encoded, replacer)})`;
+					}
+				}
+			};
+
+			serialized_remote_data = `${global}.data = ${devalue.uneval(remote, replacer)};\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t`;
+		}
+
 		// `client.app` is a proxy for `bundleStrategy === 'split'`
 		const boot = client.inline
 			? `${client.inline.script}
 
-					__sveltekit_${options.version_hash}.app.start(${args.join(', ')});`
+					${serialized_remote_data}${global}.app.start(${args.join(', ')});`
 			: client.app
 				? `Promise.all([
 						import(${s(prefixed(client.start))}),
 						import(${s(prefixed(client.app))})
 					]).then(([kit, app]) => {
-						kit.start(app, ${args.join(', ')});
+						${serialized_remote_data}kit.start(app, ${args.join(', ')});
 					});`
 				: `import(${s(prefixed(client.start))}).then((app) => {
-						app.start(${args.join(', ')})
+						${serialized_remote_data}app.start(${args.join(', ')})
 					});`;
 
 		if (load_env_eagerly) {
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/+page.svelte b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..023c95be9909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<script>
+	import { greeting } from './data.remote.js';
+</script>
+
+<!-- TODO use `await` expression once async SSR lands -->
+{#await greeting() then x}
+	<h1>{x.bar()}</h1>
+{/await}
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/data.remote.ts b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/data.remote.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78261104279d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/remote/transport/data.remote.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { query } from '$app/server';
+import { Foo } from '$lib';
+
+export const greeting = query(() => new Foo('hello from remote function'));
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/client.test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/client.test.js
index 0d1c52235818..b5d9554e27ad 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/client.test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/client.test.js
@@ -2093,4 +2093,11 @@ test.describe('remote functions', () => {
 		await page.waitForTimeout(100); // allow all requests to finish
 		expect(request_count).toBe(1);
 	});
+
+	// TODO ditto
+	test('query works with transport', async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto('/remote/transport');
+
+		await expect(page.locator('h1')).toHaveText('hello from remote function!');
+	});
 });