diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/compiler/parse/state/tag.ts
index 799124b2bd..d63c319b94 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ export default function tag(parser: Parser) {
 		element.children = read_sequence(
 			parser,
 			() =>
-				parser.template.slice(parser.index, parser.index + 11) === '</textarea>'
+				/<\/textarea[>\s]/i.test(parser.template.slice(parser.index, parser.index + 11))
 		);
-		parser.read(/<\/textarea>/);
+		parser.read(/<\/textarea\s*>/i);
 		element.end = parser.index;
 	} else if (name === 'script' || name === 'style') {
 		// special case
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/input.svelte b/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8af5ac13a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<textarea>
+	<p>not actu </textar ally an element. {foo}</p>
+</textare
+
+
+> asdf</textarea
+
+
+
+
+>
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diff --git a/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/output.json b/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e11a55581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/textarea-end-tag/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+	"html": {
+		"start": 0,
+		"end": 94,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 0,
+				"end": 94,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "textarea",
+				"attributes": [],
+				"children": [
+					{
+						"start": 10,
+						"end": 51,
+						"type": "Text",
+						"raw": "\n\t<p>not actu </textar ally an element. ",
+						"data": "\n\t<p>not actu </textar ally an element. "
+					},
+					{
+						"start": 50,
+						"end": 55,
+						"type": "MustacheTag",
+						"expression": {
+							"type": "Identifier",
+							"start": 51,
+							"end": 54,
+							"loc": {
+								"start": {
+									"line": 2,
+									"column": 40
+								},
+								"end": {
+									"line": 2,
+									"column": 43
+								}
+							},
+							"name": "foo"
+						}
+					},
+					{
+						"start": 55,
+						"end": 78,
+						"type": "Text",
+						"raw": "</p>\n</textare\n\n\n> asdf",
+						"data": "</p>\n</textare\n\n\n> asdf"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}
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