diff --git a/.changeset/brown-drinks-leave.md b/.changeset/brown-drinks-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261342ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brown-drinks-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+public assets should always take priority over page routes in SSR deployments
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
index 4a15e549e..518c1fc58 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ export class App {
 	}
 	match(request: Request): RouteData | undefined {
 		const url = new URL(request.url);
+		// ignore requests matching public assets
+		if (this.#manifest.assets.has(url.pathname)) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
 		return matchRoute(url.pathname, this.#manifestData);
 	}
 	async render(request: Request, routeData?: RouteData): Promise<Response> {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-dynamic/public/favicon.ico b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-dynamic/public/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..578ad458b
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-dynamic/public/favicon.ico differ
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/ssr-dynamic.test.js b/packages/astro/test/ssr-dynamic.test.js
index 8c200f1c5..f2795794f 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/ssr-dynamic.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/ssr-dynamic.test.js
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ describe('Dynamic pages in SSR', () => {
 		await fixture.build();
 	});
 
+	async function matchRoute(path) {
+		const app = await fixture.loadTestAdapterApp();
+		const request = new Request('https://example.com' + path);
+		return app.match(request);
+	}
+
 	async function fetchHTML(path) {
 		const app = await fixture.loadTestAdapterApp();
 		const request = new Request('http://example.com' + path);
@@ -50,4 +56,9 @@ describe('Dynamic pages in SSR', () => {
 		const json = await fetchJSON('/api/products/33');
 		expect(json.id).to.equal('33');
 	});
+
+	it('Public assets take priority', async () => {
+		const favicon = await matchRoute('/favicon.ico');
+		expect(favicon).to.equal(undefined);
+	});
 });