diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-socks-glow.md b/.changeset/shaggy-socks-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..409d02908560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-socks-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a view transition issue on webKit browsers that prevented scrolling to #fragments 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
index a97abfcf77a2..6ff0efc01d3b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ const moveToLocation = (to: URL, from: URL, options: Options, historyState?: Sta
 				to.href
 			);
 		}
-		history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
 	}
 	// now we are on the new page for non-history navigations!
 	// (with history navigation page change happens before popstate is fired)
@@ -213,12 +212,14 @@ const moveToLocation = (to: URL, from: URL, options: Options, historyState?: Sta
 			// because we are already on the target page ...
 			// ... what comes next is a intra-page navigation
 			// that won't reload the page but instead scroll to the fragment
+			history.scrollRestoration = 'auto';
 			location.href = to.href;
 		} else {
 			if (!scrolledToTop) {
 				scrollTo({ left: 0, top: 0, behavior: 'instant' });
 			}
 		}
+		history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
 	}
 };