diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
index b18cc84a38..af9b922034 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
     }
   }
 }) as unknown as DefineComponent<{
-  name: unknown extends PageMeta['layout'] ? MaybeRef<string | false> : PageMeta['layout']
+  name?: unknown extends PageMeta['layout'] ? MaybeRef<string | false> : PageMeta['layout']
 }>
 
 const LayoutProvider = defineComponent({