diff --git a/packages/form-core/src/mergeForm.ts b/packages/form-core/src/mergeForm.ts
index 9e43f0cab..107c98b64 100644
--- a/packages/form-core/src/mergeForm.ts
+++ b/packages/form-core/src/mergeForm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { FormApi } from './FormApi'
+import type { AnyFormApi } from './FormApi'
 
 function isValidKey(key: string | number | symbol): boolean {
   const dangerousProps = ['__proto__', 'constructor', 'prototype']
@@ -70,38 +70,19 @@ export function mutateMergeDeep(
   return target
 }
 
-export function mergeForm<TFormData>(
-  baseForm: FormApi<
-    NoInfer<TFormData>,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any,
-    any
-  >,
-  state: Partial<
-    FormApi<
-      TFormData,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any,
-      any
-    >['state']
-  >,
+export function mergeForm<TForm extends AnyFormApi>(
+  baseForm: TForm,
+  state: Partial<TForm['state']> | undefined,
 ) {
-  mutateMergeDeep(baseForm.state, state)
+  if (!state) return baseForm
+
+  const { errorMap, ...rest } = state as Partial<TForm['state']>
+
+  mutateMergeDeep(baseForm.state, rest)
+
+  if (errorMap !== undefined) {
+    baseForm.setErrorMap(errorMap as Parameters<TForm['setErrorMap']>[0])
+  }
+
   return baseForm
 }
diff --git a/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts b/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
index b3a8e695b..5375e6d79 100644
--- a/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { z } from 'zod'
-import { FieldApi, FormApi, formEventClient } from '../src/index'
+import { FieldApi, FormApi, formEventClient, mergeForm } from '../src/index'
 import { sleep } from './utils'
-import type { AnyFieldApi, AnyFormApi } from '../src/index'
+import type {
+  AnyFieldApi,
+  AnyFormApi,
+  FormValidationErrorMap,
+  GlobalFormValidationError,
+} from '../src/index'
 
 describe('form api', () => {
   it('should get default form state when default values are passed', () => {
@@ -55,6 +60,44 @@ describe('form api', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('should apply server validation errors to field meta when merging state', () => {
+    const form = new FormApi({
+      defaultValues: {
+        name: '',
+      },
+    })
+
+    form.mount()
+
+    const field = new FieldApi({
+      form,
+      name: 'name',
+    })
+
+    field.mount()
+
+    const serverError: GlobalFormValidationError<{ name: string }> = {
+      form: 'Form invalid',
+      fields: {
+        name: 'Name invalid',
+      },
+    }
+
+    const serverErrorMap = {
+      onServer: serverError,
+    } as FormValidationErrorMap
+
+    mergeForm(form as unknown as AnyFormApi, {
+      errorMap: serverErrorMap,
+      errors: ['Form invalid'],
+    })
+
+    expect(form.state.errorMap.onServer).toBe('Form invalid')
+    expect(field.state.meta.errorMap.onServer).toBe('Name invalid')
+    expect(field.state.meta.errorSourceMap.onServer).toBe('form')
+    expect(field.state.meta.errors).toContain('Name invalid')
+  })
+
   it('should reset the form state properly', () => {
     const form = new FormApi({
       defaultValues: {