diff --git a/src/compile/nodes/Document.ts b/src/compile/nodes/Document.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48e985291c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compile/nodes/Document.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Node from './shared/Node';
+import EventHandler from './EventHandler';
+
+export default class Document extends Node {
+	type: 'Document';
+	handlers: EventHandler[];
+
+	constructor(component, parent, scope, info) {
+		super(component, parent, scope, info);
+
+		this.handlers = [];
+
+		info.attributes.forEach(node => {
+			if (node.type === 'EventHandler') {
+				this.handlers.push(new EventHandler(component, this, scope, node));
+			}
+
+			else {
+				// TODO there shouldn't be anything else here...
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/compile/nodes/shared/mapChildren.ts b/src/compile/nodes/shared/mapChildren.ts
index 31133c6a51..a59705a8a7 100644
--- a/src/compile/nodes/shared/mapChildren.ts
+++ b/src/compile/nodes/shared/mapChildren.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import AwaitBlock from '../AwaitBlock';
 import Comment from '../Comment';
+import Document from '../Document';
 import EachBlock from '../EachBlock';
 import Element from '../Element';
 import Head from '../Head';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ function getConstructor(type): typeof Node {
 	switch (type) {
 		case 'AwaitBlock': return AwaitBlock;
 		case 'Comment': return Comment;
+		case 'Document': return Document;
 		case 'EachBlock': return EachBlock;
 		case 'Element': return Element;
 		case 'Head': return Head;
diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Document.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Document.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b707c63ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Document.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import Renderer from '../Renderer';
+import Block from '../Block';
+import Node from '../../nodes/shared/Node';
+import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
+import deindent from '../../../utils/deindent';
+import Document from '../../nodes/Document';
+
+export default class DocumentWrapper extends Wrapper {
+	node: Document;
+
+	constructor(renderer: Renderer, block: Block, parent: Wrapper, node: Node) {
+		super(renderer, block, parent, node);
+	}
+
+	render(block: Block, parentNode: string, parentNodes: string) {
+		const { renderer } = this;
+		const { component } = renderer;
+
+		this.node.handlers.forEach(handler => {
+			// TODO verify that it's a valid callee (i.e. built-in or declared method)
+			component.addSourcemapLocations(handler.expression);
+
+			const isCustomEvent = component.events.has(handler.name);
+
+			let usesState = handler.dependencies.size > 0;
+
+			handler.render(component, block, 'document', false); // TODO hoist?
+
+			const handlerName = block.getUniqueName(`onwindow${handler.name}`);
+			const handlerBody = deindent`
+				${usesState && `var ctx = #component.get();`}
+				${handler.snippet};
+			`;
+
+			if (isCustomEvent) {
+				// TODO dry this out
+				block.addVariable(handlerName);
+
+				block.builders.hydrate.addBlock(deindent`
+					${handlerName} = %events-${handler.name}.call(#component, document, function(event) {
+						${handlerBody}
+					});
+				`);
+
+				block.builders.destroy.addLine(deindent`
+					${handlerName}.destroy();
+				`);
+			} else {
+				block.builders.init.addBlock(deindent`
+					function ${handlerName}(event) {
+						${handlerBody}
+					}
+					document.addEventListener("${handler.name}", ${handlerName});
+				`);
+
+				block.builders.destroy.addBlock(deindent`
+					document.removeEventListener("${handler.name}", ${handlerName});
+				`);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
index ec1c83d1d9..a766fd002a 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Wrapper from './shared/Wrapper';
 import AwaitBlock from './AwaitBlock';
 import DebugTag from './DebugTag';
+import Document from './Document';
 import EachBlock from './EachBlock';
 import Element from './Element';
 import Head from './Head';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import Block from '../Block';
 const wrappers = {
 	AwaitBlock,
 	Comment: null,
+	Document,
 	DebugTag,
 	EachBlock,
 	Element,
diff --git a/src/compile/render-ssr/Renderer.ts b/src/compile/render-ssr/Renderer.ts
index 525bd4e1ce..4f99b9de62 100644
--- a/src/compile/render-ssr/Renderer.ts
+++ b/src/compile/render-ssr/Renderer.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const handlers: Record<string, Handler> = {
 	AwaitBlock,
 	Comment,
 	DebugTag,
+	Document: noop,
 	EachBlock,
 	Element,
 	Head,
diff --git a/src/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
index 4dba778c88..f35cb204f3 100644
--- a/src/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Node } from '../../interfaces';
 const validTagName = /^\!?[a-zA-Z]{1,}:?[a-zA-Z0-9\-]*/;
 
 const metaTags = new Map([
+	['svelte:document', 'Document'],
 	['svelte:window', 'Window'],
 	['svelte:head', 'Head']
 ]);
@@ -96,9 +97,12 @@ export default function tag(parser: Parser) {
 	if (metaTags.has(name)) {
 		const slug = metaTags.get(name).toLowerCase();
 		if (isClosingTag) {
-			if (name === 'svelte:window' && parser.current().children.length) {
+			if (
+				(name === 'svelte:window' || name === 'svelte:document') &&
+				parser.current().children.length
+			) {
 				parser.error({
-					code: `invalid-window-content`,
+					code: `invalid-${name.slice(7)}-content`,
 					message: `<${name}> cannot have children`
 				}, parser.current().children[0].start);
 			}
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/document-event/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/document-event/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..946ba63ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/document-event/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export default {
+	test(assert, component, target, window) {
+		assert.equal(component.get().events.toString(), '');
+		const event1 = new window.Event('mouseenter');
+		window.document.dispatchEvent(event1);
+		assert.equal(component.get().events.toString(), 'enter');
+		const event2 = new window.Event('mouseleave');
+		window.document.dispatchEvent(event2);
+		assert.equal(component.get().events.toString(), 'enter,leave');
+	},
+};
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/document-event/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/document-event/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e6aa93512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/document-event/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<svelte:document on:mouseenter='log("enter")' on:mouseleave='log("leave")'/>
+
+<script>
+	export default {
+		data: () => ({ events: [] }),
+		methods: {
+			log(event) {
+				this.set({ events: this.get().events.concat(event) });
+			},
+		},
+	};
+</script>
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