diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/EachBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/EachBlock.ts
index c03128c388..e83a862227 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/EachBlock.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Node } from 'estree';
 import Component from '../Component';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
+import { INode } from './interfaces';
 
 export default class EachBlock extends AbstractBlock {
 	type: 'EachBlock';
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ export default class EachBlock extends AbstractBlock {
 		this.children = map_children(component, this, this.scope, info.children);
 
 		if (this.has_animation) {
+			this.children = this.children.filter(child => !isEmptyNode(child));
+
 			if (this.children.length !== 1) {
 				const child = this.children.find(child => !!(child as Element).animation);
 				component.error((child as Element).animation, compiler_errors.invalid_animation_sole);
@@ -74,3 +77,7 @@ export default class EachBlock extends AbstractBlock {
 			: null;
 	}
 }
+
+function isEmptyNode(node: INode) {
+	return node.type === 'Text' && node.data.trim() === '';
+}
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diff --git a/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/input.svelte b/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca12ffa82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div>{#each [] as n (n)} <div animate:flip /> {/each}</div>
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diff --git a/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/output.json b/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9d7feb9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/animation-each-with-whitespace/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+	"html": {
+		"start": 0,
+		"end": 59,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 0,
+				"end": 59,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "div",
+				"attributes": [],
+				"children": [
+					{
+						"start": 5,
+						"end": 53,
+						"type": "EachBlock",
+						"expression": {
+							"type": "ArrayExpression",
+							"start": 12,
+							"end": 14,
+							"loc": {
+								"start": {
+									"line": 1,
+									"column": 12
+								},
+								"end": {
+									"line": 1,
+									"column": 14
+								}
+							},
+							"elements": []
+						},
+						"children": [
+							{
+								"start": 24,
+								"end": 25,
+								"type": "Text",
+								"raw": " ",
+								"data": " "
+							},
+							{
+								"start": 25,
+								"end": 45,
+								"type": "Element",
+								"name": "div",
+								"attributes": [
+									{
+										"start": 30,
+										"end": 42,
+										"type": "Animation",
+										"name": "flip",
+										"modifiers": [],
+										"expression": null
+									}
+								],
+								"children": []
+							},
+							{
+								"start": 45,
+								"end": 46,
+								"type": "Text",
+								"raw": " ",
+								"data": " "
+							}
+						],
+						"context": {
+							"type": "Identifier",
+							"name": "n",
+							"start": 18,
+							"end": 19
+						},
+						"key": {
+							"type": "Identifier",
+							"start": 21,
+							"end": 22,
+							"loc": {
+								"start": {
+									"line": 1,
+									"column": 21
+								},
+								"end": {
+									"line": 1,
+									"column": 22
+								}
+							},
+							"name": "n"
+						}
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/test/parser/samples/ssswell/input.svelte b/test/parser/samples/ssswell/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d24d5b4576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/ssswell/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<style>
+
+</style>
+
+sssweet
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