diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93a8262121..cbab1872dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Svelte changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* Fix attaching of JS debugging comments to HTML comments ([#4565](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4565))
+
 ## 3.20.1
 
 * Fix compiler regression with slots ([#4562](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4562))
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
index 11f1feb841..1bdc473df0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function create_debugging_comment(
 			while (source[d] !== '>') d += 1;
 			d += 1;
 		}
-	} else if (node.type === 'Text') {
+	} else if (node.type === 'Text' || node.type === 'Comment') {
 		d = node.end;
 	} else {
 		// @ts-ignore
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/Inner.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/Inner.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9eb3ef1401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/Inner.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<slot name="a"><!-- placeholder--></slot>
+<slot name="b"><!-- placeholder--> </slot>
+<slot name="c"><!-- placeholder--> foobar </slot>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7c2b63ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default {
+	html: `
+	foobar
+	`,
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..206ce21def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-slot-fallback-4/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script>
+	import Inner from "./Inner.svelte";
+</script>
+
+<Inner></Inner>