diff --git a/packages/next-server/server/render.tsx b/packages/next-server/server/render.tsx
index a5b7affb56e4401a9fb632b75e9b09694c5dbf87..8aae08911615ca8fb3ac3386d6d7e9ddb0a84baa 100644
--- a/packages/next-server/server/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-server/server/render.tsx
@@ -496,7 +496,10 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
 
   if (amphtml && html) {
     // use replace to allow rendering directly to body in AMP mode
-    html = html.replace('__NEXT_AMP_RENDER_TARGET__', docProps.html)
+    html = html.replace(
+      '__NEXT_AMP_RENDER_TARGET__',
+      `<!-- __NEXT_DATA__ -->${docProps.html}`
+    )
     html = await optimizeAmp(html)
 
     if (renderOpts.ampValidator) {