diff --git a/packages/next/taskfile.js b/packages/next/taskfile.js
index c47ef9ed019f..aa662f9432a9 100644
--- a/packages/next/taskfile.js
+++ b/packages/next/taskfile.js
@@ -2223,7 +2223,11 @@ export async function nextbuildstatic(task, opts) {
 export async function pages_app(task, opts) {
   await task
     .source('pages/_app.tsx')
-    .swc('client', { dev: opts.dev, keepImportAssertions: true })
+    .swc('client', {
+      dev: opts.dev,
+      keepImportAssertions: true,
+      interopClientDefaultExport: true,
+    })
     .target('dist/pages')
 }