diff --git a/packages/item/package.json b/packages/item/package.json
index 99cdeab82d..a619d276fc 100644
--- a/packages/item/package.json
+++ b/packages/item/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
   "type": "module",
   "files": [
     "src",
-    "!src/vaadin-lit-item.d.ts",
-    "!src/vaadin-lit-item.js",
     "theme",
     "vaadin-*.d.ts",
     "vaadin-*.js",
@@ -43,7 +41,8 @@
     "@vaadin/component-base": "24.6.0-alpha4",
     "@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles": "24.6.0-alpha4",
     "@vaadin/vaadin-material-styles": "24.6.0-alpha4",
-    "@vaadin/vaadin-themable-mixin": "24.6.0-alpha4"
+    "@vaadin/vaadin-themable-mixin": "24.6.0-alpha4",
+    "lit": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@vaadin/chai-plugins": "24.6.0-alpha4",
diff --git a/packages/item/theme/lumo/vaadin-lit-item.js b/packages/item/theme/lumo/vaadin-lit-item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a6654124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/item/theme/lumo/vaadin-lit-item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import './vaadin-item-styles.js';
+import '../../src/vaadin-lit-item.js';
diff --git a/packages/item/theme/material/vaadin-lit-item.js b/packages/item/theme/material/vaadin-lit-item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a6654124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/item/theme/material/vaadin-lit-item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import './vaadin-item-styles.js';
+import '../../src/vaadin-lit-item.js';
diff --git a/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.d.ts b/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c70556a136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './src/vaadin-item.js';
diff --git a/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.js b/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b96a3d5ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/item/vaadin-lit-item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import './theme/lumo/vaadin-lit-item.js';
+export * from './src/vaadin-lit-item.js';