diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/sdk.ts b/packages/svelte/src/sdk.ts
index 59108e903151..4857163ec137 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/sdk.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { BrowserOptions, init as browserInit, SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/browser';
-
+import { addGlobalEventProcessor, BrowserOptions, init as browserInit, SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/browser';
+import type { EventProcessor } from '@sentry/types';
+import { getDomElement } from '@sentry/utils';
 /**
  * Inits the Svelte SDK
  */
@@ -17,4 +18,45 @@ export function init(options: BrowserOptions): void {
   };
 
   browserInit(options);
+
+  detectAndReportSvelteKit();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds a global event processor to detect if the SDK is initialized in a SvelteKit frontend,
+ * in which case we add SvelteKit an event.modules entry to outgoing events.
+ * SvelteKit detection is performed only once, when the event processor is called for the
+ * first time. We cannot perform this check upfront (directly when init is called) because
+ * at this time, the HTML element might not yet be accessible.
+ */
+export function detectAndReportSvelteKit(): void {
+  let detectedSvelteKit: boolean | undefined = undefined;
+
+  const svelteKitProcessor: EventProcessor = event => {
+    if (detectedSvelteKit === undefined) {
+      detectedSvelteKit = isSvelteKitApp();
+    }
+    if (detectedSvelteKit) {
+      event.modules = {
+        svelteKit: 'latest',
+        ...event.modules,
+      };
+    }
+    return event;
+  };
+  svelteKitProcessor.id = 'svelteKitProcessor';
+
+  addGlobalEventProcessor(svelteKitProcessor);
+}
+
+/**
+ * To actually detect a SvelteKit frontend, we search the DOM for a special
+ * div that's inserted by SvelteKit when the page is rendered. It's identifyed
+ * by its id, 'svelte-announcer', and it's used to improve page accessibility.
+ * This div is not present when only using Svelte without SvelteKit.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/issues/307 for more information
+ */
+export function isSvelteKitApp(): boolean {
+  return getDomElement('div#svelte-announcer') !== null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/test/sdk.test.ts b/packages/svelte/test/sdk.test.ts
index 8ca58bf93bca..8306cb1f3bd9 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/test/sdk.test.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/test/sdk.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-import { init as browserInitRaw, SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { addGlobalEventProcessor, init as browserInitRaw, SDK_VERSION } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { EventProcessor } from '@sentry/types';
 
-import { init as svelteInit } from '../src/sdk';
+import { detectAndReportSvelteKit, init as svelteInit, isSvelteKitApp } from '../src/sdk';
 
 const browserInit = browserInitRaw as jest.Mock;
+const addGlobalEventProcessorFunction = addGlobalEventProcessor as jest.Mock;
+let passedEventProcessor: EventProcessor | undefined;
+addGlobalEventProcessorFunction.mockImplementation(proc => {
+  passedEventProcessor = proc;
+});
+
 jest.mock('@sentry/browser');
 
 describe('Initialize Svelte SDk', () => {
@@ -29,3 +36,54 @@ describe('Initialize Svelte SDk', () => {
     expect(browserInit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining(expectedMetadata));
   });
 });
+
+describe('detectAndReportSvelteKit()', () => {
+  const originalHtmlBody = document.body.innerHTML;
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    document.body.innerHTML = originalHtmlBody;
+    passedEventProcessor = undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('registers a global event processor', async () => {
+    detectAndReportSvelteKit();
+
+    expect(addGlobalEventProcessorFunction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(passedEventProcessor?.id).toEqual('svelteKitProcessor');
+  });
+
+  it('adds "SvelteKit" as a module to the event, if SvelteKit was detected', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML += '<div id="svelte-announcer">Home</div>';
+    detectAndReportSvelteKit();
+
+    const processedEvent = passedEventProcessor && passedEventProcessor({} as unknown as any, {});
+
+    expect(processedEvent).toBeDefined();
+    expect(processedEvent).toEqual({ modules: { svelteKit: 'latest' } });
+  });
+
+  it("doesn't add anything to the event, if SvelteKit was not detected", () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '';
+    detectAndReportSvelteKit();
+
+    const processedEvent = passedEventProcessor && passedEventProcessor({} as unknown as any, {});
+
+    expect(processedEvent).toBeDefined();
+    expect(processedEvent).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  describe('isSvelteKitApp()', () => {
+    it('returns true if the svelte-announcer div is present', () => {
+      document.body.innerHTML += '<div id="svelte-announcer">Home</div>';
+      expect(isSvelteKitApp()).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it('returns false if the svelte-announcer div is not present (but similar elements)', () => {
+      document.body.innerHTML += '<div id="svelte-something">Home</div>';
+      expect(isSvelteKitApp()).toBe(false);
+    });
+    it('returns false if no div is present', () => {
+      document.body.innerHTML = '';
+      expect(isSvelteKitApp()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/tracing/src/browser/browsertracing.ts b/packages/tracing/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
index 27b788aaed85..20ff9effdb0e 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/src/browser/browsertracing.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import { Hub } from '@sentry/hub';
 import { EventProcessor, Integration, Transaction, TransactionContext } from '@sentry/types';
-import { getGlobalObject, logger, parseBaggageSetMutability } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { getDomElement, getGlobalObject, logger, parseBaggageSetMutability } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { startIdleTransaction } from '../hubextensions';
 import { DEFAULT_FINAL_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT } from '../idletransaction';
@@ -294,13 +294,6 @@ export function extractTraceDataFromMetaTags(): Partial<TransactionContext> | un
 
 /** Returns the value of a meta tag */
 export function getMetaContent(metaName: string): string | null {
-  const globalObject = getGlobalObject<Window>();
-
-  // DOM/querySelector is not available in all environments
-  if (globalObject.document && globalObject.document.querySelector) {
-    const el = globalObject.document.querySelector(`meta[name=${metaName}]`);
-    return el ? el.getAttribute('content') : null;
-  } else {
-    return null;
-  }
+  const metaTag = getDomElement(`meta[name=${metaName}]`);
+  return metaTag ? metaTag.getAttribute('content') : null;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/browser.ts b/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
index aeb6f9a33296..c11cf22950f8 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/browser.ts
@@ -122,3 +122,21 @@ export function getLocationHref(): string {
     return '';
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets a DOM element by using document.querySelector.
+ *
+ * This wrapper will first check for the existance of the function before
+ * actually calling it so that we don't have to take care of this check,
+ * every time we want to access the DOM.
+ * Reason: DOM/querySelector is not available in all environments
+ *
+ * @param selector the selector string passed on to document.querySelector
+ */
+export function getDomElement(selector: string): Element | null {
+  const global = getGlobalObject<Window>();
+  if (global.document && global.document.querySelector) {
+    return global.document.querySelector(selector);
+  }
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/browser.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/browser.test.ts
index 1b7978b75ba6..ca5513cc4f0b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/browser.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
 
-import { htmlTreeAsString } from '../src/browser';
+import { getDomElement, htmlTreeAsString } from '../src/browser';
 
 beforeAll(() => {
   const dom = new JSDOM();
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ describe('htmlTreeAsString', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('getDomElement', () => {
+  it('returns the element for a given query selector', () => {
+    document.head.innerHTML = '<div id="mydiv">Hello</div>';
+    const el = getDomElement('div#mydiv');
+    expect(el).toBeDefined();
+    expect(el?.tagName).toEqual('DIV');
+    expect(el?.id).toEqual('mydiv');
+  });
+});