diff --git a/src/compile/Component.ts b/src/compile/Component.ts
index a0ee6a5564..f1bf634786 100644
--- a/src/compile/Component.ts
+++ b/src/compile/Component.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Stats from '../Stats';
 import { globals, reserved } from '../utils/names';
 import { namespaces, valid_namespaces } from '../utils/namespaces';
 import create_module from './create_module';
-import { create_scopes, extract_names, Scope } from './utils/scope';
+import { create_scopes, extract_names, Scope, extract_identifiers } from './utils/scope';
 import Stylesheet from './css/Stylesheet';
 import { test } from '../config';
 import Fragment from './nodes/Fragment';
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import TemplateScope from './nodes/shared/TemplateScope';
 import fuzzymatch from '../utils/fuzzymatch';
 import { remove_indentation, add_indentation } from '../utils/indentation';
 import get_object from './utils/get_object';
+import unwrap_parens from './utils/unwrap_parens';
 
 type ComponentOptions = {
 	namespace?: string;
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export default class Component {
 	node_for_declaration: Map<string, Node> = new Map();
 	partly_hoisted: string[] = [];
 	fully_hoisted: string[] = [];
-	reactive_declarations: Array<{ assignees: Set<string>, dependencies: Set<string>, node: Node, injected: boolean }> = [];
+	reactive_declarations: Array<{ assignees: Set<string>, dependencies: Set<string>, node: Node, declaration: Node }> = [];
 	reactive_declaration_nodes: Set<Node> = new Set();
 	has_reactive_assignments = false;
 	injected_reactive_declaration_vars: Set<string> = new Set();
@@ -590,9 +591,11 @@ export default class Component {
 		script.content.body.forEach(node => {
 			if (node.type !== 'LabeledStatement') return;
 			if (node.body.type !== 'ExpressionStatement') return;
-			if (node.body.expression.type !== 'AssignmentExpression') return;
 
-			extract_names(node.body.expression.left).forEach(name => {
+			const expression = unwrap_parens(node.body.expression);
+			if (expression.type !== 'AssignmentExpression') return;
+
+			extract_names(expression.left).forEach(name => {
 				if (!this.var_lookup.has(name) && name[0] !== '$') {
 					this.injected_reactive_declaration_vars.add(name);
 				}
@@ -1058,15 +1061,10 @@ export default class Component {
 						}
 
 						if (node.type === 'AssignmentExpression') {
-							if (node.left.type === 'MemberExpression' || node.left.type === 'Identifier') {
-								const identifier = get_object(node.left)
-								assignee_nodes.add(identifier);
-								assignees.add(identifier.name);
-							} else {
-								extract_names(node.left).forEach(name => {
-									assignees.add(name);
-								});
-							}
+							extract_identifiers(get_object(node.left)).forEach(node => {
+								assignee_nodes.add(node);
+								assignees.add(node.name);
+							});
 						} else if (node.type === 'UpdateExpression') {
 							const identifier = get_object(node.argument);
 							assignees.add(identifier.name);
@@ -1096,18 +1094,10 @@ export default class Component {
 
 				add_indentation(this.code, node.body, 2);
 
-				unsorted_reactive_declarations.push({
-					assignees,
-					dependencies,
-					node,
-					injected: (
-						node.body.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
-						node.body.expression.type === 'AssignmentExpression' &&
-						extract_names(node.body.expression.left).every(name => {
-							return name[0] !== '$' && this.var_lookup.get(name).injected;
-						})
-					)
-				});
+				const expression = node.body.expression && unwrap_parens(node.body.expression);
+				const declaration = expression && expression.left;
+
+				unsorted_reactive_declarations.push({ assignees, dependencies, node, declaration });
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/src/compile/render-ssr/index.ts b/src/compile/render-ssr/index.ts
index 1566962f6d..10f82beb5e 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-ssr/index.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-ssr/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Component from '../Component';
 import { CompileOptions } from '../../interfaces';
 import { stringify } from '../utils/stringify';
 import Renderer from './Renderer';
+import { extract_names } from '../utils/scope';
 
 export default function ssr(
 	component: Component,
@@ -63,8 +64,32 @@ export default function ssr(
 		: [];
 
 	const reactive_declarations = component.reactive_declarations.map(d => {
-		const snippet = `[✂${d.node.body.start}-${d.node.end}✂]`;
-		return d.injected ? `let ${snippet}` : snippet;
+		let snippet = `[✂${d.node.body.start}-${d.node.end}✂]`;
+
+		if (d.declaration) {
+			const declared = extract_names(d.declaration);
+			const injected = declared.filter(name => {
+				return name[0] !== '$' && component.var_lookup.get(name).injected;
+			});
+
+			const self_dependencies = injected.filter(name => d.dependencies.has(name));
+
+			if (injected.length) {
+				// in some cases we need to do `let foo; [expression]`, in
+				// others we can do `let [expression]`
+				const separate = (
+					self_dependencies.length > 0 ||
+					declared.length > injected.length ||
+					d.node.body.expression.type === 'ParenthesizedExpression'
+				);
+
+				snippet = separate
+					? `let ${injected.join(', ')}; ${snippet}`
+					: `let ${snippet}`;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return snippet;
 	});
 
 	const main = renderer.has_bindings
diff --git a/src/compile/utils/get_object.ts b/src/compile/utils/get_object.ts
index 4888328562..641ebdcb9c 100644
--- a/src/compile/utils/get_object.ts
+++ b/src/compile/utils/get_object.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Node } from '../../interfaces';
+import unwrap_parens from './unwrap_parens';
 
 export default function get_object(node: Node) {
-	while (node.type === 'ParenthesizedExpression') node = node.expression;
+	node = unwrap_parens(node);
 	while (node.type === 'MemberExpression') node = node.object;
 	return node;
 }
diff --git a/src/compile/utils/scope.ts b/src/compile/utils/scope.ts
index 6c9371b243..d4427c44ff 100644
--- a/src/compile/utils/scope.ts
+++ b/src/compile/utils/scope.ts
@@ -101,37 +101,41 @@ export class Scope {
 }
 
 export function extract_names(param: Node) {
-	const names: string[] = [];
-	extractors[param.type](names, param);
-	return names;
+	return extract_identifiers(param).map(node => node.name);
+}
+
+export function extract_identifiers(param: Node) {
+	const nodes: Node[] = [];
+	extractors[param.type](nodes, param);
+	return nodes;
 }
 
 const extractors = {
-	Identifier(names: string[], param: Node) {
-		names.push(param.name);
+	Identifier(nodes: Node[], param: Node) {
+		nodes.push(param);
 	},
 
-	ObjectPattern(names: string[], param: Node) {
+	ObjectPattern(nodes: Node[], param: Node) {
 		param.properties.forEach((prop: Node) => {
 			if (prop.type === 'RestElement') {
-				names.push(prop.argument.name);
+				nodes.push(prop.argument);
 			} else {
-				extractors[prop.value.type](names, prop.value);
+				extractors[prop.value.type](nodes, prop.value);
 			}
 		});
 	},
 
-	ArrayPattern(names: string[], param: Node) {
+	ArrayPattern(nodes: Node[], param: Node) {
 		param.elements.forEach((element: Node) => {
-			if (element) extractors[element.type](names, element);
+			if (element) extractors[element.type](nodes, element);
 		});
 	},
 
-	RestElement(names: string[], param: Node) {
-		extractors[param.argument.type](names, param.argument);
+	RestElement(nodes: Node[], param: Node) {
+		extractors[param.argument.type](nodes, param.argument);
 	},
 
-	AssignmentPattern(names: string[], param: Node) {
-		extractors[param.left.type](names, param.left);
+	AssignmentPattern(nodes: Node[], param: Node) {
+		extractors[param.left.type](nodes, param.left);
 	}
 };
diff --git a/src/compile/utils/unwrap_parens.ts b/src/compile/utils/unwrap_parens.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71a03b2b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compile/utils/unwrap_parens.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { Node } from '../../interfaces';
+
+export default function unwrap_parens(node: Node) {
+	while (node.type === 'ParenthesizedExpression') node = node.expression;
+	return node;
+}
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/_config.js
index f5e6b1784c..80e4b8ea44 100644
--- a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/_config.js
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/_config.js
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 export default {
 	props: {
-		coords: [0, 0]
+		coords: [0, 0],
+		numbers: { answer: 42 }
 	},
 
 	html: `
 		<p>0,0</p>
+		<p>42</p>
 	`,
 
 	test({ assert, component, target }) {
 		component.coords = [1, 2];
 		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
 			<p>1,2</p>
+			<p>42</p>
+		`);
+
+		component.numbers = { answer: 43 };
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			<p>1,2</p>
+			<p>43</p>
 		`);
 	}
 };
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/main.svelte
index 0f49ebb590..abf5f01471 100644
--- a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/main.svelte
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-destructured/main.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <script>
 	export let coords;
+	export let numbers;
 
 	$: [x, y] = coords;
+	$: ({ answer } = numbers);
 </script>
 
-<p>{x},{y}</p>
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+<p>{x},{y}</p>
+<p>{answer}</p>
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7f2bbf920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export default {
+	show: 1,
+	html: `
+		<p>1 / 1</p>
+	`,
+
+	test({ assert, component, target }) {
+		component.num = 3;
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			<p>3 / 3</p>
+		`);
+
+		component.num = 2;
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			<p>2 / 3</p>
+		`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..378b71d326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/reactive-values-implicit-self-dependency/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	export let num = 1;
+
+	$: max = Math.max(num, max || 0);
+</script>
+
+<p>{num} / {max}</p>
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