diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
index dac40f4b97..1e55e2cda1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import plugins from '#build/plugins'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import RootComponent from '#build/root-component.mjs'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
-import { appId, multiApp, vueAppRootContainer } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
+import { appId, appSpaLoaderAttrs, multiApp, vueAppRootContainer } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
 
 let entry: (ssrContext?: CreateOptions['ssrContext']) => Promise<App<Element>>
 
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ if (import.meta.client) {
       if (vueApp.config.errorHandler === handleVueError) { vueApp.config.errorHandler = undefined }
     })
 
+    // Remove spa loader if present
+    nuxt.hook('app:suspense:resolve', () => {
+      if (!isSSR && appSpaLoaderAttrs.id) { document.getElementById(appSpaLoaderAttrs.id)?.remove() }
+    })
+
     try {
       await applyPlugins(nuxt, plugins)
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index 4a7037ae44..88b06d8526 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { renderSSRHeadOptions } from '#internal/unhead.config.mjs'
 
 import type { NuxtPayload, NuxtSSRContext } from '#app'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
-import { appHead, appId, appRootAttrs, appRootTag, appTeleportAttrs, appTeleportTag, componentIslands, multiApp } from '#internal/nuxt.config.mjs'
+import { appHead, appId, appRootAttrs, appRootTag, appSpaLoaderAttrs, appSpaLoaderTag, appTeleportAttrs, appTeleportTag, componentIslands, multiApp, spaPreloaderOutside } from '#internal/nuxt.config.mjs'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { buildAssetsURL, publicAssetsURL } from '#internal/nuxt/paths'
 
@@ -144,7 +144,15 @@ const getSPARenderer = lazyCachedFunction(async () => {
 
   // @ts-expect-error virtual file
   const spaTemplate = await import('#spa-template').then(r => r.template).catch(() => '')
-    .then(r => APP_ROOT_OPEN_TAG + r + APP_ROOT_CLOSE_TAG)
+    .then((r) => {
+      if (spaPreloaderOutside) {
+        const appTemplate = APP_ROOT_OPEN_TAG + APP_ROOT_CLOSE_TAG
+        const loaderTemplate = r ? APP_SPA_LOADER_OPEN_TAG + r + APP_SPA_LOADER_CLOSE_TAG : ''
+        return appTemplate + loaderTemplate
+      } else {
+        return APP_ROOT_OPEN_TAG + r + APP_ROOT_CLOSE_TAG
+      }
+    })
 
   const options = {
     manifest,
@@ -222,6 +230,9 @@ async function getIslandContext (event: H3Event): Promise<NuxtIslandContext> {
   return ctx
 }
 
+const APP_SPA_LOADER_OPEN_TAG = `<${appSpaLoaderTag}${propsToString(appSpaLoaderAttrs)}>`
+const APP_SPA_LOADER_CLOSE_TAG = `</${appSpaLoaderTag}>`
+
 const HAS_APP_TELEPORTS = !!(appTeleportTag && appTeleportAttrs.id)
 const APP_TELEPORT_OPEN_TAG = HAS_APP_TELEPORTS ? `<${appTeleportTag}${propsToString(appTeleportAttrs)}>` : ''
 const APP_TELEPORT_CLOSE_TAG = HAS_APP_TELEPORTS ? `</${appTeleportTag}>` : ''
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
index d4fe5166f8..1b44154291 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ export const nuxtConfigTemplate: NuxtTemplate = {
       `export const multiApp = ${!!ctx.nuxt.options.future.multiApp}`,
       `export const chunkErrorEvent = ${ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.emitRouteChunkError ? ctx.nuxt.options.builder === '@nuxt/vite-builder' ? '"vite:preloadError"' : '"nuxt:preloadError"' : 'false'}`,
       `export const crawlLinks = ${!!((ctx.nuxt as any)._nitro as Nitro).options.prerender.crawlLinks}`,
+      `export const spaPreloaderOutside = ${ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.spaPreloaderOutside}`,
     ].join('\n\n')
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
index 9f5d8aa0b5..406c0d6e54 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
     },
 
     /**
-     * Customize Nuxt root element tag.
+     * Customize Nuxt Teleport element tag.
      */
     teleportTag: {
       $resolve: val => val || 'div',
@@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
         })
       },
     },
+
+    /**
+     * Customize Nuxt SpaLoader element tag.
+     */
+    spaLoaderTag: {
+      $resolve: val => val || 'div',
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Customize Nuxt Nuxt SpaLoader element attributes.
+     * @type {typeof import('@unhead/schema').HtmlAttributes}
+     */
+    spaLoaderAttrs: {
+      $resolve: async (val: undefined | null | Record<string, unknown>, get) => {
+        const spaLoaderId = await get('app.spaLoaderId')
+        return defu(val, {
+          id: spaLoaderId === false ? undefined : (spaLoaderId || '__nuxt-spa-loader'),
+        })
+      },
+    },
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index 00ae9e2e0c..9396527ef4 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -407,5 +407,11 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
         return val ?? ((await get('future') as Record<string, unknown>).compatibilityVersion === 4)
       },
     },
+
+    /**
+     * Keep showing the spa-loading-template until suspense:resolve
+     * @see [Nuxt Issues #24770](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/issues/21721)
+     */
+    spaPreloaderOutside: false,
   },
 })
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ee6c70fec7..483f55b69b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1195,6 +1195,12 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../../packages/nuxt
 
+  test/fixtures/spa-loader:
+    dependencies:
+      nuxt:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../../packages/nuxt
+
   test/fixtures/suspense:
     dependencies:
       nuxt:
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index 515a94c924..0185be06ea 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.SKIP_BUNDLE_SIZE === 'true' || process.env.ECOSYSTEM
     const serverDir = join(rootDir, '.output/server')
 
     const serverStats = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"208k"`)
+    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"209k"`)
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes(['node_modules/**/*'], serverDir)
     expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(modules.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"1396k"`)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app.vue b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b654005857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+await useAsyncData(async () => {
+  await new Promise((r) => { setTimeout(r, 50) })
+  return 42
+})
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div data-testid="content">
+    app content
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+
+</style>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app/spa-loading-template.html b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app/spa-loading-template.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b683d1e597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/app/spa-loading-template.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div data-testid="loader">loading...</div>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/nuxt.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e40b0471eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  devtools: { enabled: false },
+  spaLoadingTemplate: true,
+  routeRules: {
+    '/spa': { ssr: false },
+    '/ssr': { ssr: true },
+  },
+  experimental: {
+    spaPreloaderOutside: false,
+  },
+  compatibilityDate: '2024-06-28',
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/package.json b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7316c14927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "nuxt-playground",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "nuxi dev",
+    "build": "nuxi build",
+    "start": "nuxi preview"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "nuxt": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/api/test.ts b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/api/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16be9e4121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/api/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default eventHandler((_event) => {
+  return 'Hello!'
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9ed69c19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../.nuxt/tsconfig.server.json"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/spa-loader/tsconfig.json b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b34df1571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/spa-loader/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./.nuxt/tsconfig.json"
+}
diff --git a/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-disabled.test.ts b/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-disabled.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83259d0ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-disabled.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { isWindows } from 'std-env'
+import { $fetch, getBrowser, setup, url } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
+
+const isWebpack =
+  process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'webpack' ||
+  process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'rspack'
+
+await setup({
+  rootDir: fileURLToPath(new URL('../fixtures/spa-loader', import.meta.url)),
+  dev: process.env.TEST_ENV === 'dev',
+  server: true,
+  browser: true,
+  setupTimeout: (isWindows ? 360 : 120) * 1000,
+  nuxtConfig: {
+    builder: isWebpack ? 'webpack' : 'vite',
+    spaLoadingTemplate: true,
+    experimental: {
+      spaPreloaderOutside: false,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+describe('spaPreloaderOutside flag is disabled', () => {
+  it('shoul be render loader inside appTag', async () => {
+    const html = await $fetch('/spa')
+    expect(html).toContain(`<div id="__nuxt"><div data-testid="loader">loading...</div>\n</div>`)
+  })
+
+  it('spa-loader does not appear while the app is mounting', async () => {
+    const browser = await getBrowser()
+    const page = await browser.newPage({})
+    await page.goto(url('/spa'), { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
+
+    const loader = page.getByTestId('__nuxt-spa-loader')
+    expect(await loader.isHidden()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    await page.close()
+  }, 60_000)
+})
diff --git a/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-enabled.test.ts b/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-enabled.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71c873bd74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spa-loader/spa-preloader-outside-enabled.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { isWindows } from 'std-env'
+import { getBrowser, setup, url } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
+
+const isWebpack = process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'webpack' || process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'rspack'
+
+await setup({
+  rootDir: fileURLToPath(new URL('../fixtures/spa-loader', import.meta.url)),
+  dev: process.env.TEST_ENV === 'dev',
+  server: true,
+  browser: true,
+  setupTimeout: (isWindows ? 360 : 120) * 1000,
+  nuxtConfig: {
+    builder: isWebpack ? 'webpack' : 'vite',
+    spaLoadingTemplate: true,
+    experimental: {
+      spaPreloaderOutside: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+describe('spaPreloaderOutside flag is enabled', () => {
+  it('should render spa-loader', async () => {
+    const browser = await getBrowser()
+    const page = await browser.newPage({})
+    await page.goto(url('/spa'), { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
+    const loader = page.getByTestId('loader')
+    expect(await loader.isVisible()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const content = page.getByTestId('content')
+    await content.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+    expect(await loader.isHidden()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    await page.close()
+  }, 60_000)
+
+  it('should render content without spa-loader', async () => {
+    const browser = await getBrowser()
+    const page = await browser.newPage({})
+    await page.goto(url('/ssr'), { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
+
+    const loader = page.getByTestId('__nuxt-spa-loader')
+    expect(await loader.isHidden()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const content = page.getByTestId('content')
+    await content.waitFor({ state: 'visible' })
+    expect(await loader.isHidden()).toBeTruthy()
+
+    await page.close()
+  }, 60_000)
+})