diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts b/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
index c0819a233f..c7a1d8c3b1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export default class Selector {
 					index !== 0 &&
 					selector.children &&
 					selector.children.length > 0 &&
-					!/[.:#\s]/.test(selector.children[0].value)
+					!/[.:#\s]/.test(selector.children[0].value[0])
 				) {
 					component.error(selector, compiler_errors.css_invalid_global_selector_position);
 				}
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/errors.json b/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de4e3f79e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[{
+	"code": "css-invalid-global-selector-position",
+	"message": ":global(...) not at the start of a selector sequence should not contain type or universal selectors",
+	"start": {
+		"line": 2,
+		"column": 5
+	},
+	"end": {
+		"line": 2,
+		"column": 21
+	}
+}]
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diff --git a/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/input.svelte b/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbd4f3a4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/css-invalid-global-placement-5/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<style>
+	.foo:global(div.bar) {
+		color: red;
+	}
+</style>
+
+<div class="foo" />
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