diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts b/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
index 49f11bc1f2..d448cda58e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ class Atrule {
 				if (type === 'Identifier') {
 					if (name.startsWith('-global-')) {
 						code.remove(start, start + 8);
+						this.children.forEach((rule: Rule) => {
+							rule.selectors.forEach(selector => {
+								selector.used = true;
+							});
+						});
 					} else {
 						code.overwrite(start, end, keyframes.get(name));
 					}
diff --git a/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/expected.css b/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/expected.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50a57ac471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/expected.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@keyframes why{0%{color:red}100%{color:blue}}
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diff --git a/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/input.svelte b/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09499df7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/global-keyframes-with-no-elements/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<style>
+	@keyframes -global-why {
+		0% { color: red; }
+		100% { color: blue; }
+	}
+</style>
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