diff --git a/ts/package.json b/ts/package.json
index b1f543cc9..0691eacea 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/ts/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@bazel/rollup": "=3.2.2",
         "@bazel/typescript": "=3.2.2",
+        "@bazel/worker": "=3.2.2",
         "@pyoner/svelte-types": "^3.4.4-2",
         "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^15.1.0",
         "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/ts/svelte/BUILD.bazel b/ts/svelte/BUILD.bazel
index 730042df6..185663b94 100644
--- a/ts/svelte/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ts/svelte/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
 
 nodejs_binary(
-    name = "typescript",
-    data = [
-        "@npm//typescript",
-    ],
-    entry_point = "@npm//:node_modules/typescript/lib/tsc.js",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-
-nodejs_binary(
-    name = "svelte",
+    name = "svelte_bin",
     data = [
         ":svelte.js",
+        "@npm//@bazel/worker",
         "@npm//sass",
         "@npm//svelte",
         "@npm//svelte-preprocess",
         "@npm//svelte2tsx",
+        "@npm//typescript",
     ],
     entry_point = ":svelte.js",
-    templated_args = ["--bazel_patch_module_resolver"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/ts/svelte/svelte.bzl b/ts/svelte/svelte.bzl
index 581305359..071871f36 100644
--- a/ts/svelte/svelte.bzl
+++ b/ts/svelte/svelte.bzl
@@ -1,65 +1,38 @@
 load("@npm//svelte-check:index.bzl", _svelte_check = "svelte_check_test")
-
-"Implementation of the svelte rule"
-
-load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:providers.bzl", "declaration_info")
-
-SvelteFilesInfo = provider("transitive_sources")
-
-def get_transitive_srcs(srcs, deps):
-    return depset(
-        srcs,
-        transitive = [dep[SvelteFilesInfo].transitive_sources for dep in deps],
-    )
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:providers.bzl", "declaration_info", "run_node")
 
 def _svelte(ctx):
-    base = ctx.attr.name + ".svelte"
-    temp = ctx.actions.declare_directory(base + ".temp")
-    temptsx = temp.path + "/" + base + ".tsx"
-    ctx.actions.run_shell(
-        mnemonic = "Svelte",
-        command = """\
-{svelte} {input} {output_js} {temp} && \
-{tsc} {tsc_args} {temptsx} {shims} && \
-mv {temp}/{base}.d.ts {output_def} && \
-rm {temptsx}""".format(
-            svelte = ctx.executable._svelte.path,
-            input = ctx.file.entry_point.path,
-            output_js = ctx.outputs.build.path,
-            tsc = ctx.executable._typescript.path,
-            output_def = ctx.outputs.buildDef.path,
-            temp = temp.path,
-            temptsx = temptsx,
-            base = base,
-            tsc_args = "--jsx preserve --emitDeclarationOnly --declaration --skipLibCheck",
-            shims = " ".join([f.path for f in ctx.files._shims]),
-        ),
-        outputs = [ctx.outputs.build, ctx.outputs.buildDef, temp],
+    args = ctx.actions.args()
+    args.use_param_file("@%s", use_always = True)
+    args.set_param_file_format("multiline")
+
+    temp_ts_path = ctx.actions.declare_file(ctx.attr.name + ".svelte.ts")
+
+    args.add(ctx.file.entry_point.path)
+    args.add(ctx.outputs.mjs.path)
+    args.add(ctx.outputs.dts.path)
+    args.add(temp_ts_path)
+    args.add_all(ctx.files._shims)
+
+    ctx.actions.run(
+        execution_requirements = {"supports-workers": "1"},
+        executable = ctx.executable._svelte_bin,
+        outputs = [ctx.outputs.mjs, ctx.outputs.dts, temp_ts_path],
         inputs = [ctx.file.entry_point] + ctx.files._shims,
-        tools = [ctx.executable._svelte, ctx.executable._typescript],
+        mnemonic = "Svelte",
+        arguments = [args],
     )
 
-    trans_srcs = get_transitive_srcs(ctx.files.srcs + [ctx.outputs.build, ctx.outputs.buildDef], ctx.attr.deps)
-
     return [
-        declaration_info(depset([ctx.outputs.buildDef]), deps = [ctx.attr._shims]),
-        SvelteFilesInfo(transitive_sources = trans_srcs),
-        DefaultInfo(files = trans_srcs),
+        declaration_info(depset([ctx.outputs.dts]), deps = [ctx.attr._shims]),
     ]
 
 svelte = rule(
     implementation = _svelte,
     attrs = {
         "entry_point": attr.label(allow_single_file = True),
-        "deps": attr.label_list(),
-        "srcs": attr.label_list(allow_files = True),
-        "_svelte": attr.label(
-            default = Label("//ts/svelte:svelte"),
-            executable = True,
-            cfg = "host",
-        ),
-        "_typescript": attr.label(
-            default = Label("//ts/svelte:typescript"),
+        "_svelte_bin": attr.label(
+            default = Label("//ts/svelte:svelte_bin"),
             executable = True,
             cfg = "host",
         ),
@@ -69,8 +42,8 @@ svelte = rule(
         ),
     },
     outputs = {
-        "build": "%{name}.svelte.mjs",
-        "buildDef": "%{name}.svelte.d.ts",
+        "mjs": "%{name}.svelte.mjs",
+        "dts": "%{name}.svelte.d.ts",
     },
 )
 
diff --git a/ts/svelte/svelte.js b/ts/svelte/svelte.js
index b4d9dbf02..7798b2a59 100644
--- a/ts/svelte/svelte.js
+++ b/ts/svelte/svelte.js
@@ -1,55 +1,120 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const process = require("process");
 const path = require("path");
-
-const input = process.argv[2];
-const outputJs = process.argv[3];
-const temp = process.argv[4];
-
+const worker = require("@bazel/worker");
 const svelte = require("svelte/compiler.js");
-
-const source = fs.readFileSync(input, "utf8");
-
-const preprocessOptions = require("svelte-preprocess")({});
-preprocessOptions.filename = input;
-
 const svelte2tsx = require("svelte2tsx");
+const preprocess = require("svelte-preprocess");
+const ts = require("typescript");
 
-let tsoutput = svelte2tsx(source, {
-  filename: input,
-  strictMode: true,
-  isTsFile: true,
-});
-let codeLines = tsoutput.code.split("\n");
-// replace the "///<reference types="svelte" />" with a line
-// turning off checking, as we'll use svelte-check for that
-codeLines[0] = "// @ts-nocheck";
-const outputBase = path.basename(outputJs.replace(".mjs", ".tsx"));
-const outputTs = path.join(temp, outputBase);
-fs.writeFileSync(outputTs, codeLines.join("\n"));
+const tsOptions = {
+    jsx: "preserve",
+    declaration: true,
+    emitDeclarationOnly: true,
+    skipLibCheck: true,
+};
+const tsHost = ts.createCompilerHost(tsOptions);
+
+function writeFile(file, data) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        fs.writeFile(file, data, (err) => {
+            if (err) {
+                reject(err);
+                return;
+            }
+            resolve();
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+function readFile(file) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        fs.readFile(file, "utf8", (err, data) => {
+            if (err) {
+                reject(err);
+                return;
+            }
+            resolve(data);
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+function buildDeclarations(svelteTsFile, shims) {
+    const createdFiles = {}; //test2
+    tsHost.writeFile = (fileName, contents) => (createdFiles[fileName] = contents);
+    const program = ts.createProgram([svelteTsFile, ...shims], tsOptions, tsHost);
+    program.emit();
+    const dtsSource = createdFiles[svelteTsFile.replace(".ts", ".d.ts")];
+    return dtsSource;
+}
+
+async function writeDts(tsPath, dtsPath, shims) {
+    const dtsSource = buildDeclarations(tsPath, shims);
+    await writeFile(dtsPath, dtsSource);
+}
+
+async function writeTs(svelteSource, sveltePath, tsPath) {
+    let tsSource = svelte2tsx(svelteSource, {
+        filename: sveltePath,
+        strictMode: true,
+        isTsFile: true,
+    });
+    let codeLines = tsSource.code.split("\n");
+    // replace the "///<reference types="svelte" />" with a line
+    // turning off checking, as we'll use svelte-check for that
+    codeLines[0] = "// @ts-nocheck";
+    await writeFile(tsPath, codeLines.join("\n"));
+}
+
+//test
+async function writeJs(source, inputFilename, outputPath) {
+    const preprocessOptions = preprocess({});
+    preprocessOptions.filename = inputFilename;
 
-svelte.preprocess(source, preprocessOptions).then(
-  (processed) => {
-    let result;
     try {
-      result = svelte.compile(processed.toString(), {
-        format: "esm",
-        generate: "dom",
-        filename: outputJs,
-      });
+        const processed = await svelte.preprocess(source, preprocessOptions);
+        const result = svelte.compile(processed.toString(), {
+            format: "esm",
+            generate: "dom",
+            filename: outputPath,
+        });
+        // warnings are an error
+        if (result.warnings.length > 0) {
+            console.log(`warnings during compile: ${result.warnings}`);
+            return;
+        }
+        const outputSource = result.js.code;
+        await writeFile(outputPath, outputSource);
     } catch (err) {
-      console.log(`compile failed: ${err}`);
-      return;
-    }
-    if (result.warnings.length > 0) {
-      console.log(`warnings during compile: ${result.warnings}`);
-      return;
+        console.log(`compile failed: ${err}`);
+        return;
     }
+}
 
-    let code = result.js.code;
-    fs.writeFileSync(outputJs, code);
-  },
-  (error) => {
-    console.log(`preprocess failed: ${error}`);
-  }
-);
+async function compileSvelte(args) {
+    const [sveltePath, mjsPath, dtsPath, tempTsPath, ...shims] = args;
+    const svelteSource = await readFile(sveltePath);
+
+    await writeTs(svelteSource, sveltePath, tempTsPath);
+    await writeDts(tempTsPath, dtsPath, shims);
+    await writeJs(svelteSource, sveltePath, mjsPath);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+function main(args) {
+    if (worker.runAsWorker(process.argv)) {
+        worker.log("Svelte running as a Bazel worker");
+        worker.runWorkerLoop(compileSvelte);
+    } else {
+        const paramFile = process.argv[2].replace(/^@/, "");
+        const commandLineArgs = fs.readFileSync(paramFile, "utf-8").trim().split("\n");
+        console.log("Svelte running as a standalone process");
+        compileSvelte(commandLineArgs);
+    }
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+    main(process.argv.slice(2));
+    process.exitCode = 0;
+}
diff --git a/ts/yarn.lock b/ts/yarn.lock
index cc0e1b5ea..9c3a2df64 100644
--- a/ts/yarn.lock
+++ b/ts/yarn.lock
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
     source-map-support "0.5.9"
     tsutils "2.27.2"
 
+"@bazel/worker@=3.2.2":
+  version "3.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bazel/worker/-/worker-3.2.2.tgz#16bb809aaa59bf077836da5860bfbc478c66b835"
+  integrity sha512-fFEdePL4r2LWOzaIVOHOP89HUHZ/cEVZCb1d7SW55uaNEIo0l9iNOx+5thpAn0Woga51LBsMADuYNPk/hmSeIg==
+  dependencies:
+    protobufjs "6.8.8"
+
 "@fluent/bundle@^0.15.1":
   version "0.15.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@fluent/bundle/-/bundle-0.15.1.tgz#95d3b9f836ac138b6ee8480ef8d0547dd59195b1"