diff --git a/example-project/component-library-react/src/components.server.ts b/example-project/component-library-react/src/components.server.ts
index d50c86b4..e78e16e4 100644
--- a/example-project/component-library-react/src/components.server.ts
+++ b/example-project/component-library-react/src/components.server.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const MyButton: StencilReactComponent<MyButtonElement, MyButtonEvents, Co
         target: 'target',
         type: 'type'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyButton as StencilReactComponent<MyButtonElement, MyButtonEvents, Components.MyButton>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const MyButtonScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyButtonScopedElement, MyButt
         target: 'target',
         type: 'type'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyButtonScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyButtonScopedElement, MyButtonScopedEvents, Components.MyButtonScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const MyCheckbox: StencilReactComponent<MyCheckboxElement, MyCheckboxEven
         justify: 'justify',
         alignment: 'alignment'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyCheckbox as StencilReactComponent<MyCheckboxElement, MyCheckboxEvents, Components.MyCheckbox>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export type MyComplexPropsEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyComplexProps: StencilReactComponent<MyComplexPropsElement, MyComplexPropsEvents, Components.MyComplexProps> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyComplexPropsElement, MyComplexPropsEvents, Components.MyComplexProps>({
     tagName: 'my-complex-props',
     properties: { grault: 'grault' },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComplexProps as StencilReactComponent<MyComplexPropsElement, MyComplexPropsEvents, Components.MyComplexProps>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export type MyComplexPropsScopedEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyComplexPropsScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyComplexPropsScopedElement, MyComplexPropsScopedEvents, Components.MyComplexPropsScoped> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyComplexPropsScopedElement, MyComplexPropsScopedEvents, Components.MyComplexPropsScoped>({
     tagName: 'my-complex-props-scoped',
     properties: { grault: 'grault' },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComplexPropsScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyComplexPropsScopedElement, MyComplexPropsScopedEvents, Components.MyComplexPropsScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export const MyComponent: StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentE
         middleName: 'middle-name',
         last: 'last'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComponent as StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentEvents, Components.MyComponent>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export type MyComponentDelegatesFocusEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyComponentDelegatesFocus: StencilReactComponent<MyComponentDelegatesFocusElement, MyComponentDelegatesFocusEvents, Components.MyComponentDelegatesFocus> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyComponentDelegatesFocusElement, MyComponentDelegatesFocusEvents, Components.MyComponentDelegatesFocus>({
     tagName: 'my-component-delegates-focus',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComponentDelegatesFocus as StencilReactComponent<MyComponentDelegatesFocusElement, MyComponentDelegatesFocusEvents, Components.MyComponentDelegatesFocus>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export const MyComponentScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyComponentScopedElement,
         middleName: 'middle-name',
         last: 'last'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComponentScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyComponentScopedElement, MyComponentScopedEvents, Components.MyComponentScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export type MyCounterEvents = { onCount: EventName<MyCounterCustomEvent<number>>
 export const MyCounter: StencilReactComponent<MyCounterElement, MyCounterEvents, Components.MyCounter> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyCounterElement, MyCounterEvents, Components.MyCounter>({
     tagName: 'my-counter',
     properties: { startValue: 'start-value' },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyCounter as StencilReactComponent<MyCounterElement, MyCounterEvents, Components.MyCounter>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export const MyInput: StencilReactComponent<MyInputElement, MyInputEvents, Compo
         type: 'type',
         value: 'value'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyInput as StencilReactComponent<MyInputElement, MyInputEvents, Components.MyInput>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export const MyInputScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyInputScopedElement, MyInputS
         type: 'type',
         value: 'value'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyInputScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyInputScopedElement, MyInputScopedEvents, Components.MyInputScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export type MyListEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyList: StencilReactComponent<MyListElement, MyListEvents, Components.MyList> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyListElement, MyListEvents, Components.MyList>({
     tagName: 'my-list',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyList as StencilReactComponent<MyListElement, MyListEvents, Components.MyList>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export type MyListItemEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyListItem: StencilReactComponent<MyListItemElement, MyListItemEvents, Components.MyListItem> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyListItemElement, MyListItemEvents, Components.MyListItem>({
     tagName: 'my-list-item',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyListItem as StencilReactComponent<MyListItemElement, MyListItemEvents, Components.MyListItem>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export type MyListItemScopedEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyListItemScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyListItemScopedElement, MyListItemScopedEvents, Components.MyListItemScoped> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyListItemScopedElement, MyListItemScopedEvents, Components.MyListItemScoped>({
     tagName: 'my-list-item-scoped',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyListItemScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyListItemScopedElement, MyListItemScopedEvents, Components.MyListItemScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export type MyListScopedEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyListScoped: StencilReactComponent<MyListScopedElement, MyListScopedEvents, Components.MyListScoped> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyListScopedElement, MyListScopedEvents, Components.MyListScoped>({
     tagName: 'my-list-scoped',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyListScoped as StencilReactComponent<MyListScopedElement, MyListScopedEvents, Components.MyListScoped>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export const MyPopover: StencilReactComponent<MyPopoverElement, MyPopoverEvents,
         translucent: 'translucent',
         animated: 'animated'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyPopover as StencilReactComponent<MyPopoverElement, MyPopoverEvents, Components.MyPopover>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export const MyRadio: StencilReactComponent<MyRadioElement, MyRadioEvents, Compo
         justify: 'justify',
         alignment: 'alignment'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyRadio as StencilReactComponent<MyRadioElement, MyRadioEvents, Components.MyRadio>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export const MyRadioGroup: StencilReactComponent<MyRadioGroupElement, MyRadioGro
         name: 'name',
         value: 'value'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyRadioGroup as StencilReactComponent<MyRadioGroupElement, MyRadioGroupEvents, Components.MyRadioGroup>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export const MyRange: StencilReactComponent<MyRangeElement, MyRangeEvents, Compo
         disabled: 'disabled',
         value: 'value'
     },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyRange as StencilReactComponent<MyRangeElement, MyRangeEvents, Components.MyRange>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export type MyToggleEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyToggle: StencilReactComponent<MyToggleElement, MyToggleEvents, Components.MyToggle> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyToggleElement, MyToggleEvents, Components.MyToggle>({
     tagName: 'my-toggle',
     properties: {},
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyToggle as StencilReactComponent<MyToggleElement, MyToggleEvents, Components.MyToggle>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export type MyToggleContentEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyToggleContent: StencilReactComponent<MyToggleContentElement, MyToggleContentEvents, Components.MyToggleContent> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyToggleContentElement, MyToggleContentEvents, Components.MyToggleContent>({
     tagName: 'my-toggle-content',
     properties: { visible: 'visible' },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyToggleContent as StencilReactComponent<MyToggleContentElement, MyToggleContentEvents, Components.MyToggleContent>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ export type MyTransformTestEvents = NonNullable<unknown>;
 export const MyTransformTest: StencilReactComponent<MyTransformTestElement, MyTransformTestEvents, Components.MyTransformTest> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyTransformTestElement, MyTransformTestEvents, Components.MyTransformTest>({
     tagName: 'my-transform-test',
     properties: { message: 'message' },
-    hydrateModule: import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('component-library/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyTransformTest as StencilReactComponent<MyTransformTestElement, MyTransformTestEvents, Components.MyTransformTest>,
     serializeShadowRoot,
     getTagTransformer
diff --git a/example-project/next-15-runtime-based/package.json b/example-project/next-15-runtime-based/package.json
index 4207576b..c8fb2cbd 100644
--- a/example-project/next-15-runtime-based/package.json
+++ b/example-project/next-15-runtime-based/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "next build",
-    "start": "next dev -p 3002",
+    "dev": "next dev -p 3002",
+    "start": "next start -p 3001",
     "lint": "next lint",
     "prettier": "prettier --write --print-width 80 \"*.mjs\" \"*.json\" \"src/**/*.tsx\" \"*.ts\"",
     "test": "wdio run ./wdio.conf.ts"
diff --git a/packages/react/src/create-component-wrappers.test.ts b/packages/react/src/create-component-wrappers.test.ts
index c4132440..f4386ab0 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/create-component-wrappers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/create-component-wrappers.test.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export const MyComponent: StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentE
       .toContain(`export const MyComponent: StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentEvents, Components.MyComponent> = /*@__PURE__*/ createComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentEvents, Components.MyComponent>({
     tagName: 'my-component',
     properties: { hasMaxLength: 'max-length' },
-    hydrateModule: import('my-package/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('my-package/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComponent as StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentEvents, Components.MyComponent>,
     serializeShadowRoot
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.test.ts b/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.test.ts
index fec67fb5..1bb4c4f8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.test.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('createStencilReactComponents', () => {
     );
     expect(result).toContain(`tagName: 'my-component',
     properties: { value: 'value' },
-    hydrateModule: import('my-package/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('my-package/hydrate') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.MyComponent as StencilReactComponent<MyComponentElement, MyComponentEvents, Components.MyComponent>,
     serializeShadowRoot`);
   });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.ts b/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.ts
index ef1594ae..2b592dcc 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/create-stencil-react-components.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ import type { Components } from "${stencilPackageName}/${customElementsDir}";
       .filter((prop) => Boolean(prop.attribute))
       .map((e) => `${e.name}: '${e.attribute}'`)
       .join(',\n')}},
-    hydrateModule: import('${hydrateModule}') as Promise<HydrateModule>,
+    hydrateModule: typeof window === 'undefined' ? (import('${hydrateModule}') as Promise<HydrateModule>) : undefined,
     clientModule: clientComponents.${reactTagName} as StencilReactComponent<${componentElement}, ${componentEventNamesType}, Components.${reactTagName}>,
     serializeShadowRoot${getTagTransformerParam}
   })`;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/runtime/ssr.tsx b/packages/react/src/runtime/ssr.tsx
index b0d6b7b9..edba609a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/runtime/ssr.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/runtime/ssr.tsx
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ type CreateComponentForSSROptions<
   E extends EventNames = {},
   C = Omit<I, keyof HTMLElement>,
 > = Omit<CreateComponentForServerSideRenderingOptions, 'renderToString' | 'serializeProperty' | 'transformTag'> & {
-  hydrateModule: Promise<HydrateModule>;
+  hydrateModule: Promise<HydrateModule> | undefined;
   transformTag?: (tag: string) => string;
   getTagTransformer?: () => ((tag: string) => string) | undefined;
   clientModule?: StencilReactComponent<I, E, C>;
@@ -498,6 +498,12 @@ export const createComponent = <I extends HTMLElement, E extends EventNames = {}
    * bundling them in the runtime and serving them in the browser.
    */
   return (async (props: WebComponentProps<I>) => {
+    if (!options.hydrateModule) {
+      throw new Error(
+        '`hydrateModule` is required when rendering a Stencil component on the server. ' +
+          'This indicates a misconfiguration of the Stencil React output target.'
+      );
+    }
     let firstTime = false;
     if (!hydrateModuleCache) {
       hydrateModuleCache = await options.hydrateModule;