diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index 9396527ef4..6393bea03d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -412,6 +412,10 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      * Keep showing the spa-loading-template until suspense:resolve
      * @see [Nuxt Issues #24770](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/issues/21721)
      */
-    spaPreloaderOutside: false,
+    spaPreloaderOutside: {
+      $resolve: async (val, get) => {
+        return val ?? ((await get('future') as Record<string, unknown>).compatibilityVersion === 4)
+      },
+    },
   },
 })