diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-analyze.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-analyze.js
index 7b1f064f91..79cbbb733b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-analyze.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/css/css-analyze.js
@@ -207,10 +207,11 @@ const css_visitors = {
 	Rule(node, context) {
 		node.metadata.parent_rule = context.state.rule;
 
-		// if this rule has a ComplexSelector whose RelativeSelector children
-		// are all `:global(...)`
+		// if this rule has a ComplexSelector whose RelativeSelector children are all
+		// `:global(...)`, and the rule contains declarations (rather than just
+		// nested rules) then the component as a whole includes global CSS
 		context.state.has_global.value ||=
-			node.block.children.length > 0 &&
+			node.block.children.filter((child) => child.type === 'Declaration').length > 0 &&
 			node.prelude.children.some((selector) => selector.children.every(is_global)) &&
 			is_unscoped_global(context.path);
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a7796ebac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	hasGlobal: false
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/expected.css b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/expected.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eadf2b948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/expected.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+	div.svelte-xyz {
+		.whatever {
+			color: green;
+		}
+	}
+
+	.whatever {
+		div.svelte-xyz {
+			color: green;
+		}
+	}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60210be753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-local-nested/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div>{@html whatever}</div>
+
+<style>
+	div {
+		:global(.whatever) {
+			color: green;
+		}
+	}
+
+	:global(.whatever) {
+		div {
+			color: green;
+		}
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-with-nesting/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-with-nesting/_config.js
index e8080368cc..6cec7c2360 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-with-nesting/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-with-nesting/_config.js
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { test } from '../../test';
 export default test({
 	warnings: [],
 
-	hasGlobal: true
+	hasGlobal: false
 });