diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-cats-clean.md b/.changeset/lazy-cats-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b5015d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-cats-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+fix #6020
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index ea3e5cd3c..868ba7fc2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ export interface RouteData {
 	pattern: RegExp;
 	segments: RoutePart[][];
 	type: RouteType;
+	prerender: boolean;
 }
 
 export type SerializedRouteData = Omit<RouteData, 'generate' | 'pattern'> & {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
index 615be50aa..c9ec49bd3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 	createLinkStylesheetElementSet,
 	createModuleScriptElement,
 } from '../render/ssr-element.js';
-import { matchAssets, matchRoute } from '../routing/match.js';
+import { matchRoute } from '../routing/match.js';
 export { deserializeManifest } from './common.js';
 
 export const pagesVirtualModuleId = '@astrojs-pages-virtual-entry';
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ export class App {
 		let routeData = matchRoute(pathname, this.#manifestData);
 
 		if (routeData) {
-			const asset = matchAssets(routeData, this.#manifest.assets);
-			if (asset) return undefined;
+			if (routeData.prerender) return undefined;
 			return routeData;
 		} else if (matchNotFound) {
 			return matchRoute('/404', this.#manifestData);
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-prerender.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-prerender.ts
index 911f153ba..449fc2bc5 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-prerender.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-prerender.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function vitePluginPrerender(
 						// prerendered pages should be split into their own chunk
 						// Important: this can't be in the `pages/` directory!
 						if (meta.getModuleInfo(id)?.meta.astro?.pageOptions?.prerender) {
+							pageInfo.route.prerender = true;
 							return 'prerender';
 						}
 						// dynamic pages should all go in their own chunk in the pages/* directory
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/create.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/create.ts
index fda9b7e58..7e9738e43 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/create.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/create.ts
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ export function createRouteManifest(
 					component,
 					generate,
 					pathname: pathname || undefined,
+					prerender: false
 				});
 			}
 		});
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ export function createRouteManifest(
 				component,
 				generate,
 				pathname: pathname || void 0,
+				prerender: false
 			});
 		});
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/serialization.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/serialization.ts
index 866c0d7bb..361c60cba 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/serialization.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/manifest/serialization.ts
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ export function deserializeRouteData(rawRouteData: SerializedRouteData): RouteDa
 		generate: getRouteGenerator(rawRouteData.segments, rawRouteData._meta.trailingSlash),
 		pathname: rawRouteData.pathname || undefined,
 		segments: rawRouteData.segments,
+		prerender: rawRouteData.prerender
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/match.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/match.ts
index b7694bec2..84b65fd6f 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/routing/match.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/routing/match.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ export function matchRoute(pathname: string, manifest: ManifestData): RouteData
 	return manifest.routes.find((route) => route.pattern.test(decodeURI(pathname)));
 }
 
-/** Find matching static asset from pathname */
-export function matchAssets(route: RouteData, assets: Set<string>): string | undefined {
-	for (const asset of assets) {
-		if (!asset.endsWith('.html')) continue;
-		if (route.pattern.test(asset)) {
-			return asset;
-		}
-		if (route.pattern.test(asset.replace(/index\.html$/, ''))) {
-			return asset;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 /** Finds all matching routes from pathname */
 export function matchAllRoutes(pathname: string, manifest: ManifestData): RouteData[] {
 	return manifest.routes.filter((route) => route.pattern.test(pathname));
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-prerender/src/pages/[...params].astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-prerender/src/pages/[...params].astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ffc0a6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-prerender/src/pages/[...params].astro
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+  <p>Rest route. Should not give 404</p>
+</div>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender.test.js b/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender.test.js
index 6e5d854b6..86328e22a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/ssr-prerender.test.js
@@ -49,4 +49,18 @@ describe('SSR: prerender', () => {
 			expect($('.user').text()).to.equal('houston');
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe('New prerender option breaks catch-all route on root when using preview', () => {
+		// bug id #6020
+		it('fix bug id #6020', async () => {
+			const app = await fixture.loadTestAdapterApp();
+			const request = new Request('http://example.com/some');
+			const response = await app.render(request);
+			expect(response.status).to.equal(200);
+			const html = await response.text();
+			const $ = cheerio.load(html);
+			expect($('p').text()).to.include('not give 404')
+
+		});
+	})
 });