diff --git a/.changeset/every-bears-clean.md b/.changeset/every-bears-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..846321177a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/every-bears-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow access to root-level issues in schema-less forms
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts b/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
index 3516689dce67..bfd1279cbfb1 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	AdapterEntry,
 	CspDirectives,
 	HttpMethod,
+	IsAny,
 	Logger,
 	MaybePromise,
 	Prerendered,
@@ -2058,7 +2059,16 @@ export type RemoteForm<Input extends RemoteFormInput | void, Output> = {
 	/** The number of pending submissions */
 	get pending(): number;
 	/** Access form fields using object notation */
-	fields: Input extends void ? never : RemoteFormFields<Input>;
+	fields: IsAny<Input> extends true
+		? RecursiveFormFields
+		: Input extends void
+			? {
+					/** Validation issues, if any */
+					issues(): RemoteFormIssue[] | undefined;
+					/** Validation issues belonging to this or any of the fields that belong to it, if any */
+					allIssues(): RemoteFormIssue[] | undefined;
+				}
+			: RemoteFormFields<Input>;
 	/** Spread this onto a `<button>` or `<input type="submit">` */
 	buttonProps: {
 		type: 'submit';
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/types/private.d.ts b/packages/kit/src/types/private.d.ts
index da512ed777c5..d5dbd64a80ff 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/types/private.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/types/private.d.ts
@@ -241,3 +241,5 @@ export interface RouteSegment {
 }
 
 export type TrailingSlash = 'never' | 'always' | 'ignore';
+
+export type IsAny<T> = 0 extends 1 & T ? true : false;
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/types/remote.test.ts b/packages/kit/test/types/remote.test.ts
index 760663fa9291..99609c6d16a9 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/types/remote.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/test/types/remote.test.ts
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ function form_tests() {
 			invalid.x('bar')
 		);
 	});
+	f8.fields.issues();
+	f8.fields.allIssues();
 	// @ts-expect-error
 	f8.fields.x;
 	// @ts-expect-error
diff --git a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
index 0ddf7ca08844..dba6762888cc 100644
--- a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
@@ -2034,7 +2034,16 @@ declare module '@sveltejs/kit' {
 		/** The number of pending submissions */
 		get pending(): number;
 		/** Access form fields using object notation */
-		fields: Input extends void ? never : RemoteFormFields<Input>;
+		fields: IsAny<Input> extends true
+			? RecursiveFormFields
+			: Input extends void
+				? {
+						/** Validation issues, if any */
+						issues(): RemoteFormIssue[] | undefined;
+						/** Validation issues belonging to this or any of the fields that belong to it, if any */
+						allIssues(): RemoteFormIssue[] | undefined;
+					}
+				: RemoteFormFields<Input>;
 		/** Spread this onto a `<button>` or `<input type="submit">` */
 		buttonProps: {
 			type: 'submit';
@@ -2376,6 +2385,8 @@ declare module '@sveltejs/kit' {
 	}
 
 	type TrailingSlash = 'never' | 'always' | 'ignore';
+
+	type IsAny<T> = 0 extends 1 & T ? true : false;
 	interface Asset {
 		file: string;
 		size: number;