diff --git a/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts b/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
index f77222260d4b..674ecec3b153 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hydration/annotate.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {getComponentDef} from '../render3/definition';
 import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, LContainer} from '../render3/interfaces/container';
 import {TNode, TNodeType} from '../render3/interfaces/node';
 import {RElement} from '../render3/interfaces/renderer_dom';
-import {isComponentHost, isLContainer, isProjectionTNode, isRootView} from '../render3/interfaces/type_checks';
+import {hasI18n, isComponentHost, isLContainer, isProjectionTNode, isRootView} from '../render3/interfaces/type_checks';
 import {CONTEXT, FLAGS, HEADER_OFFSET, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, RENDERER, TView, TVIEW, TViewType} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
 import {unwrapRNode} from '../render3/util/view_utils';
 import {TransferState} from '../transfer_state';
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ function componentUsesShadowDomEncapsulation(lView: LView): boolean {
 function annotateHostElementForHydration(
     element: RElement, lView: LView, context: HydrationContext): void {
   const renderer = lView[RENDERER];
-  if ((lView[FLAGS] & LViewFlags.HasI18n) === LViewFlags.HasI18n ||
-      componentUsesShadowDomEncapsulation(lView)) {
+  if (hasI18n(lView) || componentUsesShadowDomEncapsulation(lView)) {
     // Attach the skip hydration attribute if this component:
     // - either has i18n blocks, since hydrating such blocks is not yet supported
     // - or uses ShadowDom view encapsulation, since Domino doesn't support
diff --git a/packages/core/src/hydration/skip_hydration.ts b/packages/core/src/hydration/skip_hydration.ts
index bb8de2557518..b3f0e3649be3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hydration/skip_hydration.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hydration/skip_hydration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {TNode, TNodeFlags} from '../render3/interfaces/node';
-import {LView} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
+import {RElement} from '../render3/interfaces/renderer_dom';
 
 /**
  * The name of an attribute that can be added to the hydration boundary node
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import {LView} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
 export const SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME = 'ngSkipHydration';
 
 /**
- * Helper function to check if a given node has the 'ngSkipHydration' attribute
+ * Helper function to check if a given TNode has the 'ngSkipHydration' attribute.
  */
-export function hasNgSkipHydrationAttr(tNode: TNode): boolean {
+export function hasSkipHydrationAttrOnTNode(tNode: TNode): boolean {
   const SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME_LOWER_CASE = SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME.toLowerCase();
 
   const attrs = tNode.mergedAttrs;
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ export function hasNgSkipHydrationAttr(tNode: TNode): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Helper function to check if a given RElement has the 'ngSkipHydration' attribute.
+ */
+export function hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement(rNode: RElement): boolean {
+  return rNode.hasAttribute(SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME);
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks whether a TNode has a flag to indicate that it's a part of
  * a skip hydration block.
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ export function hasInSkipHydrationBlockFlag(tNode: TNode): boolean {
 export function isInSkipHydrationBlock(tNode: TNode): boolean {
   let currentTNode: TNode|null = tNode.parent;
   while (currentTNode) {
-    if (hasNgSkipHydrationAttr(currentTNode)) {
+    if (hasSkipHydrationAttrOnTNode(currentTNode)) {
       return true;
     }
     currentTNode = currentTNode.parent;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
index a3638dc83dd7..450b1b5a66b4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {invalidSkipHydrationHost, validateMatchingNode, validateNodeExists} from '../../hydration/error_handling';
 import {locateNextRNode} from '../../hydration/node_lookup_utils';
-import {hasNgSkipHydrationAttr} from '../../hydration/skip_hydration';
+import {hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement, hasSkipHydrationAttrOnTNode} from '../../hydration/skip_hydration';
 import {getSerializedContainerViews, isDisconnectedNode, markRNodeAsClaimedByHydration, setSegmentHead} from '../../hydration/utils';
 import {assertDefined, assertEqual, assertIndexInRange} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertFirstCreatePass, assertHasParent} from '../assert';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {registerPostOrderHooks} from '../hooks';
 import {hasClassInput, hasStyleInput, TAttributes, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {Renderer} from '../interfaces/renderer';
 import {RElement} from '../interfaces/renderer_dom';
-import {isComponentHost, isContentQueryHost, isDirectiveHost} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
+import {hasI18n, isComponentHost, isContentQueryHost, isDirectiveHost} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
 import {HEADER_OFFSET, HYDRATION, LView, RENDERER, TView} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {assertTNodeType} from '../node_assert';
 import {appendChild, clearElementContents, createElementNode, setupStaticAttributes} from '../node_manipulation';
@@ -230,8 +230,11 @@ function locateOrCreateElementNodeImpl(
   }
 
   // Checks if the skip hydration attribute is present during hydration so we know to
-  // skip attempting to hydrate this block.
-  if (hydrationInfo && hasNgSkipHydrationAttr(tNode)) {
+  // skip attempting to hydrate this block. We check both TNode and RElement for an
+  // attribute: the RElement case is needed for i18n cases, when we add it to host
+  // elements during the annotation phase (after all internal data structures are setup).
+  if (hydrationInfo &&
+      (hasSkipHydrationAttrOnTNode(tNode) || hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement(native))) {
     if (isComponentHost(tNode)) {
       enterSkipHydrationBlock(tNode);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 327372a6f88c..477d2bb10424 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {Injector} from '../../di/injector';
 import {ErrorHandler} from '../../error_handler';
 import {RuntimeError, RuntimeErrorCode} from '../../errors';
 import {DehydratedView} from '../../hydration/interfaces';
-import {hasInSkipHydrationBlockFlag, SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME} from '../../hydration/skip_hydration';
+import {hasInSkipHydrationBlockFlag, hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement, SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME} from '../../hydration/skip_hydration';
 import {PRESERVE_HOST_CONTENT, PRESERVE_HOST_CONTENT_DEFAULT} from '../../hydration/tokens';
 import {processTextNodeMarkersBeforeHydration} from '../../hydration/utils';
 import {DoCheck, OnChanges, OnInit} from '../../interface/lifecycle_hooks';
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ let _applyRootElementTransformImpl: typeof applyRootElementTransformImpl =
  * @param rootElement the app root HTML Element
  */
 export function applyRootElementTransformImpl(rootElement: HTMLElement) {
-  if (rootElement.hasAttribute(SKIP_HYDRATION_ATTR_NAME)) {
+  if (hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement(rootElement)) {
     // Handle a situation when the `ngSkipHydration` attribute is applied
     // to the root node of an application. In this case, we should clear
     // the contents and render everything from scratch.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer_dom.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer_dom.ts
index 216df00a039d..f4ead6176b1f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer_dom.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer_dom.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export interface RElement extends RNode {
   className: string;
   tagName: string;
   textContent: string|null;
+  hasAttribute(name: string): boolean;
   getAttribute(name: string): string|null;
   setAttribute(name: string, value: string|TrustedHTML|TrustedScript|TrustedScriptURL): void;
   removeAttribute(name: string): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/type_checks.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/type_checks.ts
index e9fb3c94bac7..5d2a67434e89 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/type_checks.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/type_checks.ts
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ export function isRootView(target: LView): boolean {
 export function isProjectionTNode(tNode: TNode): boolean {
   return (tNode.type & TNodeType.Projection) === TNodeType.Projection;
 }
+
+export function hasI18n(lView: LView): boolean {
+  return (lView[FLAGS] & LViewFlags.HasI18n) === LViewFlags.HasI18n;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 2d01939370ae..35a0b4e30e49 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -905,6 +905,9 @@
   {
     "name": "hasInSkipHydrationBlockFlag"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "hasSkipHydrationAttrOnRElement"
+  },
   {
     "name": "hostReportError"
   },
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/hydration_spec.ts b/packages/platform-server/test/hydration_spec.ts
index 0b54159d4cd4..557e6a2f114e 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/hydration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/hydration_spec.ts
@@ -1842,6 +1842,46 @@ describe('platform-server hydration integration', () => {
            verifyAllNodesClaimedForHydration(clientRootNode);
            verifyClientAndSSRContentsMatch(ssrContents, clientRootNode);
          });
+
+      it('should exclude components with i18n from hydration automatically', async () => {
+        @Component({
+          standalone: true,
+          selector: 'nested',
+          template: `
+            <div i18n>Hi!</div>
+          `,
+        })
+        class NestedComponent {
+        }
+
+        @Component({
+          standalone: true,
+          imports: [NestedComponent],
+          selector: 'app',
+          template: `
+            Nested component with i18n inside
+            (the content of this component would be excluded from hydration):
+            <nested />
+          `,
+        })
+        class SimpleComponent {
+        }
+
+        const html = await ssr(SimpleComponent);
+        const ssrContents = getAppContents(html);
+
+        expect(ssrContents).toContain('<app ngh');
+
+        resetTViewsFor(SimpleComponent);
+
+        const appRef = await hydrate(html, SimpleComponent);
+        const compRef = getComponentRef<SimpleComponent>(appRef);
+        appRef.tick();
+
+        const clientRootNode = compRef.location.nativeElement;
+        verifyAllNodesClaimedForHydration(clientRootNode);
+        verifyClientAndSSRContentsMatch(ssrContents, clientRootNode);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('ShadowDom encapsulation', () => {