diff --git a/.changeset/rare-pears-whisper.md b/.changeset/rare-pears-whisper.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05dc333b319b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-pears-whisper.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+feat: add $effect.root rune
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
index e799c38851a7..e871808c2cc0 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/validation.js
@@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ function validate_call_expression(node, scope, path) {
 			error(node, 'invalid-rune-args-length', '$effect.active', [0]);
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (rune === '$effect.root') {
+		if (node.arguments.length !== 1) {
+			error(node, 'invalid-rune-args-length', '$effect.root', [1]);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/javascript-runes.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/javascript-runes.js
index 1aa78b14af20..f3b0d2b90842 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/javascript-runes.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/javascript-runes.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export const javascript_visitors_runes = {
 		for (const declarator of node.declarations) {
 			const init = declarator.init;
 			const rune = get_rune(init, state.scope);
-			if (!rune || rune === '$effect.active') {
+			if (!rune || rune === '$effect.active' || rune === '$effect.root') {
 				if (init != null && is_hoistable_function(init)) {
 					const hoistable_function = visit(init);
 					state.hoisted.push(
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ export const javascript_visitors_runes = {
 				// TODO
 				continue;
 			}
-
 			const args = /** @type {import('estree').CallExpression} */ (declarator.init).arguments;
 			const value =
 				args.length === 0
@@ -292,13 +291,20 @@ export const javascript_visitors_runes = {
 
 		context.next();
 	},
-	CallExpression(node, { state, next }) {
+	CallExpression(node, { state, next, visit }) {
 		const rune = get_rune(node, state.scope);
 
 		if (rune === '$effect.active') {
 			return b.call('$.effect_active');
 		}
 
+		if (rune === '$effect.root') {
+			const args = /** @type {import('estree').Expression[]} */ (
+				node.arguments.map((arg) => visit(arg))
+			);
+			return b.call('$.user_root_effect', ...args);
+		}
+
 		next();
 	}
 };
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/constants.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/constants.js
index 0b06c5eda09c..c646016f8d6e 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/constants.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/constants.js
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ export const ElementBindings = [
 	'indeterminate'
 ];
 
-export const Runes = ['$state', '$props', '$derived', '$effect', '$effect.pre', '$effect.active'];
+export const Runes = [
+	'$state',
+	'$props',
+	'$derived',
+	'$effect',
+	'$effect.pre',
+	'$effect.active',
+	'$effect.root'
+];
 
 /**
  * Whitespace inside one of these elements will not result in
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index db5cf7be30e3..961051556355 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -1184,6 +1184,17 @@ export function user_effect(init) {
 	return effect;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {() => void | (() => void)} init
+ * @returns {() => void}
+ */
+export function user_root_effect(init) {
+	const effect = managed_render_effect(init);
+	return () => {
+		destroy_signal(effect);
+	};
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {() => void | (() => void)} init
  * @returns {import('./types.js').EffectSignal}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
index be6459b7dff6..d179a3ec9e9f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export {
 	pop,
 	push,
 	reactive_import,
-	effect_active
+	effect_active,
+	user_root_effect
 } from './client/runtime.js';
 
 export * from './client/validate.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/main/ambient.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/main/ambient.d.ts
index f32f1863e94a..214d89e4f31a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/main/ambient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/main/ambient.d.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,34 @@ declare namespace $effect {
 	 * https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/runes#$effect-active
 	 */
 	export function active(): boolean;
+
+	/**
+	 * The `$effect.root` rune is an advanced feature that creates a non-tracked scope that doesn't auto-cleanup. This is useful for
+	 * nested effects that you want to manually control. This rune also allows for creation of effects outside of the component
+	 * initialisation phase.
+	 *
+	 * Example:
+	 * ```svelte
+	 * <script>
+	 *   let count = $state(0);
+	 *
+	 *   const cleanup = $effect.root(() => {
+	 *	    $effect(() => {
+	 *				console.log(count);
+	 *			})
+	 *
+	 *      return () => {
+	 *        console.log('effect root cleanup');
+	 * 			}
+	 *   });
+	 * </script>
+	 *
+	 * <button onclick={() => cleanup()}>cleanup</button>
+	 * ```
+	 *
+	 * https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/runes#$effect-root
+	 */
+	export function root(fn: () => void | (() => void)): () => void;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5e2a1a8086f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { flushSync } from 'svelte';
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	get props() {
+		return { log: [] };
+	},
+
+	async test({ assert, target, component }) {
+		const [b1, b2, b3] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+		flushSync(() => {
+			b1.click();
+			b2.click();
+		});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(component.log, [0, 1]);
+
+		flushSync(() => {
+			b3.click();
+		});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(component.log, [0, 1, 'cleanup 1', 'cleanup 2']);
+
+		flushSync(() => {
+			b1.click();
+			b2.click();
+		});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(component.log, [0, 1, 'cleanup 1', 'cleanup 2']);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d646bea2c49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/effect-root/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<script>
+	let { log} = $props();
+
+	let x = $state(0);
+	let y = $state(0);
+
+	const cleanup = $effect.root(() => {
+		$effect(() => {
+			log.push(x);
+		});
+
+		const nested_cleanup = $effect.root(() => {
+			return () => {
+				log.push('cleanup 2')	;
+			}
+		});
+
+		return () => {
+			log.push('cleanup 1');
+			nested_cleanup();
+		}
+	});
+</script>
+
+<button on:click={() => x++}>{x}</button>
+<button on:click={() => y++}>{y}</button>
+<button on:click={() => cleanup()}>cleanup</button>
diff --git a/sites/svelte-5-preview/src/routes/docs/content/01-api/02-runes.md b/sites/svelte-5-preview/src/routes/docs/content/01-api/02-runes.md
index 7c3ee0953aef..058a480d1ac7 100644
--- a/sites/svelte-5-preview/src/routes/docs/content/01-api/02-runes.md
+++ b/sites/svelte-5-preview/src/routes/docs/content/01-api/02-runes.md
@@ -186,6 +186,27 @@ The `$effect.active` rune is an advanced feature that tells you whether or not t
 
 This allows you to (for example) add things like subscriptions without causing memory leaks, by putting them in child effects.
 
+## `$effect.root`
+
+The `$effect.root` rune is an advanced feature that creates a non-tracked scope that doesn't auto-cleanup. This is useful for
+nested effects that you want to manually control. This rune also allows for creation of effects outside of the component initialisation phase.
+
+```svelte
+<script>
+	let count = $state(0);
+
+	const cleanup = $effect.root(() => {
+		$effect(() => {
+			console.log(count);
+		});
+
+		return () => {
+			console.log('effect root cleanup');
+		};
+	});
+</script>
+```
+
 ## `$props`
 
 To declare component props, use the `$props` rune: