diff --git a/src/generators/dom/preprocess.ts b/src/generators/dom/preprocess.ts
index b945c902b9..e9aff13652 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/preprocess.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/preprocess.ts
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ function preprocessChildren(
 	lastChild = null;
 
 	cleaned.forEach((child: Node, i: number) => {
+		child.parent = node;
+
 		const preprocessor = preprocessors[child.type];
 		if (preprocessor) preprocessor(generator, block, state, child, inEachBlock, elementStack, componentStack, stripWhitespace, cleaned[i + 1] || nextSibling);
 
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts b/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
index 333c29ce6b..e0d941511e 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/visitors/EachBlock.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default function visitEachBlock(
 	const iterations = block.getUniqueName(`${each_block}_iterations`);
 	const params = block.params.join(', ');
 
-	const needsAnchor = node.next ? !isDomNode(node.next) : !state.parentNode;
+	const needsAnchor = node.next ? !isDomNode(node.next, generator) : !state.parentNode;
 	const anchor = needsAnchor
 		? block.getUniqueName(`${each_block}_anchor`)
 		: (node.next && node.next.var) || 'null';
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts b/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
index 7f4f80fc18..0deaf6b395 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/visitors/IfBlock.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default function visitIfBlock(
 ) {
 	const name = node.var;
 
-	const needsAnchor = node.next ? !isDomNode(node.next) : !state.parentNode;
+	const needsAnchor = node.next ? !isDomNode(node.next, generator) : !state.parentNode || !isDomNode(node.parent, generator);
 	const anchor = needsAnchor
 		? block.getUniqueName(`${name}_anchor`)
 		: (node.next && node.next.var) || 'null';
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default function visitIfBlock(
 	const dynamic = branches[0].hasUpdateMethod; // can use [0] as proxy for all, since they necessarily have the same value
 	const hasOutros = branches[0].hasOutroMethod;
 
-	const vars = { name, anchor, params, if_name, hasElse };
+	const vars = { name, needsAnchor, anchor, params, if_name, hasElse };
 
 	if (node.else) {
 		if (hasOutros) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function simple(
 	node: Node,
 	branch,
 	dynamic,
-	{ name, anchor, params, if_name }
+	{ name, needsAnchor, anchor, params, if_name }
 ) {
 	block.builders.init.addBlock(deindent`
 		var ${name} = (${branch.condition}) && ${branch.block}(${params}, #component);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function simple(
 		`if (${name}) ${name}.${mountOrIntro}(${targetNode}, ${anchorNode});`
 	);
 
-	const parentNode = state.parentNode || `${anchor}.parentNode`;
+	const parentNode = (state.parentNode && !needsAnchor) ? state.parentNode : `${anchor}.parentNode`;
 
 	const enter = dynamic
 		? branch.hasIntroMethod
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function compound(
 	node: Node,
 	branches,
 	dynamic,
-	{ name, anchor, params, hasElse, if_name }
+	{ name, needsAnchor, anchor, params, hasElse, if_name }
 ) {
 	const select_block_type = generator.getUniqueName(`select_block_type`);
 	const current_block_type = block.getUniqueName(`current_block_type`);
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function compound(
 		`${if_name}${name}.${mountOrIntro}(${targetNode}, ${anchorNode});`
 	);
 
-	const parentNode = state.parentNode || `${anchor}.parentNode`;
+	const parentNode = (state.parentNode && !needsAnchor) ? state.parentNode : `${anchor}.parentNode`;
 
 	const changeBlock = deindent`
 		${hasElse
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ function compoundWithOutros(
 	node: Node,
 	branches,
 	dynamic,
-	{ name, anchor, params, hasElse }
+	{ name, needsAnchor, anchor, params, hasElse }
 ) {
 	const select_block_type = block.getUniqueName(`select_block_type`);
 	const current_block_type_index = block.getUniqueName(`current_block_type_index`);
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ function compoundWithOutros(
 		`${if_current_block_type_index}${if_blocks}[${current_block_type_index}].${mountOrIntro}(${targetNode}, ${anchorNode});`
 	);
 
-	const parentNode = state.parentNode || `${anchor}.parentNode`;
+	const parentNode = (state.parentNode && !needsAnchor) ? state.parentNode : `${anchor}.parentNode`;
 
 	const destroyOldBlock = deindent`
 		${name}.outro(function() {
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/visitors/shared/isDomNode.ts b/src/generators/dom/visitors/shared/isDomNode.ts
index 256aa65f4e..18304e3ff1 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/visitors/shared/isDomNode.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/visitors/shared/isDomNode.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { DomGenerator } from '../../index';
 import { Node } from '../../../../interfaces';
 
-export default function isDomNode(node: Node) {
-	return node.type === 'Element' || node.type === 'Text' || node.type === 'MustacheTag';
+export default function isDomNode(node: Node, generator: DomGenerator) {
+	if (node.type === 'Element') return !generator.components.has(node.name);
+	return node.type === 'Text' || node.type === 'MustacheTag';
 }
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/Nested.html b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/Nested.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8213363fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/Nested.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+	<slot/>
+</div>
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..126ca78b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export default {
+	html: `
+		<div>
+			<p>unconditional</p>
+		</div>`,
+
+	test(assert, component, target) {
+		component.set({ foo: true });
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			<div>
+				<p>unconditional</p>
+				<p>conditional</p>
+			</div>
+		`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95f975000a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-if-block/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Nested>
+	<p>unconditional</p>
+
+	{{#if foo}}
+		<p>conditional</p>
+	{{/if}}
+</Nested>
+
+<script>
+	import Nested from './Nested.html';
+
+	export default {
+		components: {
+			Nested
+		}
+	};
+</script>
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