diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
index 48852c27ea..b1bd650bf7 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 				);
 			} else {
 				block.builders.create.addLine(
-					`${name}.innerHTML = ${stringify(this.children.map(toHTML).join(''))};`
+					`${name}.innerHTML = ${stringify(this.children.map(node => toHTML(node, false)).join(''))};`
 				);
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -414,8 +414,10 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 			);
 		}
 
-		function toHTML(node: Element | Text) {
-			if (node.type === 'Text') return escapeHTML(node.data);
+		function toHTML(node: Element | Text, dontEscapeText: Boolean) {
+			if (node.type === 'Text') {
+				return dontEscapeText ? node.data : escapeHTML(node.data);
+			}
 
 			let open = `<${node.name}`;
 
@@ -433,11 +435,9 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 
 			if (isVoidElementName(node.name)) return open + '>';
 
-			if (node.name === 'script' || node.name === 'style') {
-				return `${open}>${node.data}</${node.name}>`;
-			}
+			const shouldNotEscapeText = node.name === 'script' || node.name === 'style';
 
-			return `${open}>${node.children.map(toHTML).join('')}</${node.name}>`;
+			return `${open}>${node.children.map(node => toHTML(node, shouldNotEscapeText)).join('')}</${node.name}>`;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
index 486f0f01a3..21ec923e3d 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ export default function visitElement(
 
 	if (node.name === 'textarea' && textareaContents !== undefined) {
 		generator.append(textareaContents);
-	} else if (node.name === 'script' || node.name === 'style') {
-		generator.append(escape(node.data));
 	} else {
 		node.children.forEach((child: Node) => {
 			visit(generator, block, child);
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Text.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Text.ts
index 44b1665b2b..4d305f73da 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Text.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Text.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,14 @@ export default function visitText(
 	block: Block,
 	node: Node
 ) {
-	generator.append(escapeHTML(escape(node.data).replace(/(\${|`|\\)/g, '\\$1')));
+	let text = escape(node.data).replace(/(\${|`|\\)/g, '\\$1');
+	if (
+		!node.parent ||
+		node.parent.type !== 'Element' ||
+		(node.parent.name !== 'script' && node.parent.name !== 'style')
+	) {
+		// unless this Text node is inside a <script> or <style> element, escape &,<,>
+		text = escapeHTML(text);
+	}
+	generator.append(text);
 }
diff --git a/src/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
index a659dc6d3d..8b701cae1d 100644
--- a/src/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -224,10 +224,22 @@ export default function tag(parser: Parser) {
 		);
 		parser.read(/<\/textarea>/);
 		element.end = parser.index;
-	} else if (name === 'script' || name === 'style') {
+	} else if (name === 'script') {
 		// special case
-		element.data = parser.readUntil(new RegExp(`</${name}>`));
-		parser.eat(`</${name}>`, true);
+		const start = parser.index;
+		const data = parser.readUntil(/<\/script>/);
+		const end = parser.index;
+		element.children.push({ start, end, type: 'Text', data });
+		parser.eat('</script>', true);
+		element.end = parser.index;
+	} else if (name === 'style') {
+		// special case
+		element.children = readSequence(
+			parser,
+			() =>
+				parser.template.slice(parser.index, parser.index + 8) === '</style>'
+		);
+		parser.read(/<\/style>/);
 		element.end = parser.index;
 	} else {
 		parser.stack.push(element);