diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/Renderer.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/Renderer.ts
index ae986315a9..f899d16fcb 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/Renderer.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/Renderer.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@ import { CompileOptions } from '../../interfaces';
 import Component from '../Component';
 import FragmentWrapper from './wrappers/Fragment';
 import CodeBuilder from '../utils/CodeBuilder';
+import SlotWrapper from './wrappers/Slot';
 
 export default class Renderer {
 	component: Component; // TODO Maybe Renderer shouldn't know about Component?
 	options: CompileOptions;
 
-	blocks: (Block | string)[];
-	readonly: Set<string>;
-	slots: Set<string>;
-	meta_bindings: CodeBuilder;
-	binding_groups: string[];
+	blocks: (Block | string)[] = [];
+	readonly: Set<string> = new Set();
+	slots: Map<string, { slot: SlotWrapper, block: Block }> = new Map();
+	meta_bindings: CodeBuilder = new CodeBuilder(); // initial values for e.g. window.innerWidth, if there's a <svelte:window> meta tag
+	binding_groups: string[] = [];
 
 	block: Block;
 	fragment: FragmentWrapper;
@@ -24,16 +25,8 @@ export default class Renderer {
 		this.options = options;
 		this.locate = component.locate; // TODO messy
 
-		this.readonly = new Set();
-		this.slots = new Set();
-
 		this.file_var = options.dev && this.component.get_unique_name('file');
 
-		// initial values for e.g. window.innerWidth, if there's a <svelte:window> meta tag
-		this.meta_bindings = new CodeBuilder();
-
-		this.binding_groups = [];
-
 		// main block
 		this.block = new Block({
 			renderer: this,
@@ -46,7 +39,6 @@ export default class Renderer {
 		});
 
 		this.block.has_update_method = true;
-		this.blocks = [];
 
 		this.fragment = new FragmentWrapper(
 			this,
diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 80a8308b93..50752c021b 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	render(block: Block, parent_node: string, parent_nodes: string) {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 
-		if (this.node.name === 'slot') {
-			renderer.slots.add((this.node as Slot).slot_name);
-		}
-
 		if (this.node.name === 'noscript') return;
 
 		if (this.slot_block) {
diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Slot.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
index 89a575910f..c4a8a83bb4 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Slot.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import add_to_set from '../../utils/add_to_set';
 import get_slot_data from '../../utils/get_slot_data';
 import { stringify_props } from '../../utils/stringify_props';
 import Expression from '../../nodes/shared/Expression';
+import Attribute from '../../nodes/Attribute';
 
 export default class SlotWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	node: Slot;
 	fragment: FragmentWrapper;
+	slot_values: Map<string, Attribute> = new Map();
 
 	var = 'slot';
 	dependencies: Set<string> = new Set(['$$scope']);
@@ -38,14 +40,44 @@ export default class SlotWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		);
 
 		this.node.attributes.forEach(attribute => {
-			add_to_set(this.dependencies, attribute.dependencies);
+			if (attribute.name !== 'name') this.slot_values.set(attribute.name, attribute);
 		});
 
-		block.add_dependencies(this.dependencies);
+		if (this.node.slot_name === 'default') {
+			// if this is the default slot, add our dependencies to any
+			// other slots (which inherit our slot values) that were
+			// previously encountered
+			renderer.slots.forEach(({ slot, block }) => {
+				this.slot_values.forEach((attribute, name) => {
+					if (!slot.slot_values.has(name)) {
+						slot.slot_values.set(name, attribute);
+
+						add_to_set(slot.dependencies, attribute.dependencies);
+						block.add_dependencies(attribute.dependencies);
+					}
+				});
+			});
+		} else if (renderer.slots.has('default')) {
+			// otherwise, go the other way — inherit values from
+			// a previously encountered default slot
+			const { slot: default_slot } = renderer.slots.get('default');
+			default_slot.slot_values.forEach((attribute, name) => {
+				if (!this.slot_values.has(name)) {
+					this.slot_values.set(name, attribute);
+				}
+			});
+		}
+
+		this.slot_values.forEach(attribute => {
+			add_to_set(this.dependencies, attribute.dependencies);
+			block.add_dependencies(attribute.dependencies);
+		});
 
 		// we have to do this, just in case
 		block.add_intro();
 		block.add_outro();
+
+		renderer.slots.set(this.node.slot_name, { slot: this, block });
 	}
 
 	render(
@@ -56,14 +88,13 @@ export default class SlotWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		const { renderer } = this;
 
 		const { slot_name } = this.node;
-		renderer.slots.add(slot_name);
 
 		let get_slot_changes;
 		let get_slot_context;
 
-		const attributes = this.node.attributes.filter(attribute => attribute.name !== 'name');
+		if (this.slot_values.size > 0) {
+			const attributes = Array.from(this.slot_values.values());
 
-		if (attributes.length > 0) {
 			get_slot_changes = renderer.component.get_unique_name(`get_${slot_name}_slot_changes`);
 			get_slot_context = renderer.component.get_unique_name(`get_${slot_name}_slot_context`);