diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index a495c4f58a..a4a22a39f6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import map_children from './shared/map_children';
 import { dimensions } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import fuzzymatch from '../../utils/fuzzymatch';
 import list from '../../utils/list';
-import { string_literal } from '../utils/stringify';
-import { Literal } from 'estree';
 import Let from './Let';
 import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
 import { INode } from './interfaces';
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ function get_namespace(parent: Element, element: Element, explicit_namespace: st
 }
 
 export default class Element extends Node {
-	type: 'Element';
+	type: 'Element' | 'DynamicElement';
 	name: string;
 	scope: TemplateScope;
 	attributes: Attribute[] = [];
@@ -134,21 +132,18 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 	children: INode[];
 	namespace: string;
 	needs_manual_style_scoping: boolean;
-	// If tag is <svelte:element>, it will be set.
 	dynamic_tag_expr?: Expression = null;
 
-	get is_dynamic_tag(): boolean {
-		return this.name === 'svelte:element';
-	}
-
 	constructor(component: Component, parent: Node, scope: TemplateScope, info: any) {
 		super(component, parent, scope, info);
 		this.name = info.name;
 
 		if (this.name === 'svelte:element') {
 			if (typeof info.tag === 'string') {
-				this.dynamic_tag_expr = new Expression(component, this, scope, string_literal(info.tag) as Literal);
+				this.type = 'Element';
+				this.name = info.tag;
 			} else {
+				this.type = 'DynamicElement';
 				this.dynamic_tag_expr = new Expression(component, this, scope, info.tag);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index e4039b4663..62fab592d0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			}
 		});
 
-		if (node.is_dynamic_tag) {
+		if (node.type === 'DynamicElement') {
 			block.add_dependencies(node.dynamic_tag_expr.dependencies);
 		}
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			b`${node} = ${render_statement};`
 		);
 
-		if (this.node.is_dynamic_tag && this.renderer.options.dev) {
+		if (this.node.type === 'DynamicElement' && this.renderer.options.dev) {
 			block.chunks.create.push(b`@validate_dynamic_element(${this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.manipulate(block)});`);
 
 			if (renderer.options.hydratable) {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		this.add_classes(block);
 		this.add_manual_style_scoping(block);
 
-		if (this.node.is_dynamic_tag) {
+		if (this.node.type === 'DynamicElement') {
 			const dependencies = this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.dynamic_dependencies();
 			if (dependencies.length) {
 				const condition = block.renderer.dirty(
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			return x`@element_is("${name}", ${is.render_chunks(block).reduce((lhs, rhs) => x`${lhs} + ${rhs}`)})`;
 		}
 
-		const reference = this.node.is_dynamic_tag ? this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.manipulate(block) : `"${name}"`;
+		const reference = this.node.type === 'DynamicElement' ? this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.manipulate(block) : `"${name}"`;
 		return x`@element(${reference})`;
 	}
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		const name = this.node.namespace
 			? this.node.name
 			: this.node.name.toUpperCase();
-		const reference = this.node.is_dynamic_tag ? this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.manipulate(block) : `"${name}"`;
+		const reference = this.node.type === 'DynamicElement' ? this.node.dynamic_tag_expr.manipulate(block) : `"${name}"`;
 
 		if (this.node.namespace === namespaces.svg) {
 			return x`@claim_svg_element(${nodes}, ${reference}, { ${attributes} })`;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
index e1b14b760f..8d84ea0bc0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default function(node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOption
 		node.attributes.some((attribute) => attribute.name === 'contenteditable')
 	);
 
-	if (node.is_dynamic_tag) {
+	if (node.type === 'DynamicElement') {
 		renderer.add_string('<');
 		renderer.add_expression(node.dynamic_tag_expr.node as ESExpression);
 	} else {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default function(node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOption
 		}
 
 		if (!is_void(node.name)) {
-			if (node.is_dynamic_tag) {
+			if (node.type === 'DynamicElement') {
 				renderer.add_string('</');
 				renderer.add_expression(node.dynamic_tag_expr.node as ESExpression);
 				renderer.add_string('>');
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export default function(node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOption
 		renderer.render(children, options);
 
 		if (!is_void(node.name)) {
-			if (node.is_dynamic_tag) {
+			if (node.type === 'DynamicElement') {
 				renderer.add_string('</');
 				renderer.add_expression(node.dynamic_tag_expr.node as ESExpression);
 				renderer.add_string('>');
diff --git a/src/compiler/interfaces.ts b/src/compiler/interfaces.ts
index b999fbd803..85feb72ce0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/interfaces.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ interface BaseDirective extends BaseNode {
 }
 
 export interface Element extends BaseNode {
-	type: 'InlineComponent' | 'SlotTemplate' | 'Title' | 'Slot' | 'Element' | 'Head' | 'Options' | 'Window' | 'Body';
+	type: 'InlineComponent' | 'SlotTemplate' | 'Title' | 'Slot' | 'Element' | 'DynamicElement' | 'Head' | 'Options' | 'Window' | 'Body';
 	attributes: Array<BaseDirective | Attribute | SpreadAttribute>;
 	name: string;
 }