diff --git a/.changeset/salty-ways-call.md b/.changeset/salty-ways-call.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a75ce603569a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/salty-ways-call.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+Fix `wrangler setup` not automatically selecting `workers` as the target for new SvelteKit apps
+
+The Sveltekit `adapter:cloudflare` adapter now accepts two different targets `workers` or `pages`. Since the wrangler auto configuration only targets workers, wrangler should instruct the adapter to use the `workers` variant. (The auto configuration process would in any case not work if the user were to target `pages`.)
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/autoconfig/frameworks/sveltekit.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/autoconfig/frameworks/sveltekit.ts
index d7da94cff542..5346d52570c7 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/autoconfig/frameworks/sveltekit.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/autoconfig/frameworks/sveltekit.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ export class SvelteKit extends Framework {
 					"add",
 					"--no-install",
 					"--no-git-check",
-					"sveltekit-adapter=adapter:cloudflare",
+					"sveltekit-adapter=adapter:cloudflare+cfTarget:workers",
 				],
 				{
 					silent: true,
 					startText: "Installing adapter",
 					doneText: `${brandColor("installed")} ${dim(
-						`via \`${dlx} sv add sveltekit-adapter=adapter:cloudflare\``
+						`via \`${dlx.join(" ")} sv add sveltekit-adapter=adapter:cloudflare+cfTarget:workers\``
 					)}`,
 				}
 			);