diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-maps-listen.md b/.changeset/twenty-maps-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f8ef3dd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-maps-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/renderer-preact': minor
+---
+
+Add `@astrojs/renderer-preact/compat` entry point
diff --git a/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/compat/index.js b/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/compat/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f79998fa40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/compat/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+export default {
+  name: '@astrojs/renderer-preact/compat',
+  client: '../client.js',
+  server: '../server.js',
+  jsxImportSource: 'react',
+  jsxTransformOptions: async () => {
+    const {
+      default: { default: jsx },
+    } = await import('@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx');
+    return {
+      plugins: [jsx({}, { runtime: 'automatic', importSource: 'preact/compat' })],
+    };
+  },
+  viteConfig() {
+    return {
+      alias: {
+        react: 'preact/compat',
+        'react-dom': 'preact/compat'
+      },
+      resolve: {
+        dedupe: ['react', 'react-dom'],
+      },
+      optimizeDeps: {
+        include: ['@astrojs/renderer-preact/client.js', 'preact/compat', 'preact/compat/jsx-runtime', 'preact-render-to-string'],
+      },
+      ssr: {
+        external: ['preact-render-to-string'],
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/package.json b/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/package.json
index 898b773593..ebd7c61dcb 100644
--- a/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/package.json
+++ b/packages/renderers/renderer-preact/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./index.js",
     "./*": "./*",
+    "./compat": "./compat/index.js",
     "./client.js": "./client.js",
     "./server.js": "./server.js",
     "./package.json": "./package.json"