diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
index 9990a8302d..c78f434527 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 	bindings: Binding[] = [];
 	handlers: EventHandler[] = [];
 	lets: Let[] = [];
+	css_custom_properties: Attribute[] = [];
 	children: INode[];
 	scope: TemplateScope;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 					});
 
 				case 'Attribute':
+					if (node.name.startsWith('--')) {
+						this.css_custom_properties.push(new Attribute(component, this, scope, node));
+						break;
+					}
 					// fallthrough
 				case 'Spread':
 					this.attributes.push(new Attribute(component, this, scope, node));
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
index c6299321f4..2ea149a848 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/InlineComponent/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { extract_names } from 'periscopic';
 import mark_each_block_bindings from '../shared/mark_each_block_bindings';
 import { string_to_member_expression } from '../../../utils/string_to_member_expression';
 import SlotTemplate from '../../../nodes/SlotTemplate';
+import { is_head } from '../shared/is_head';
 
 type SlotDefinition = { block: Block; scope: TemplateScope; get_context?: Node; get_changes?: Node };
 
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			}
 		});
 
+		this.node.css_custom_properties.forEach(attr => {
+			block.add_dependencies(attr.dependencies);
+		});
+
 		this.var = {
 			type: 'Identifier',
 			name: (
@@ -146,6 +151,12 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			}
 		}
 
+		const has_css_custom_properties = this.node.css_custom_properties.length > 0;
+		const css_custom_properties_wrapper = has_css_custom_properties ? block.get_unique_name('div') : null;
+		if (has_css_custom_properties) {
+			block.add_variable(css_custom_properties_wrapper);
+		}
+
 		const initial_props = this.slots.size > 0
 			? [
 				p`$$slots: {
@@ -491,17 +502,64 @@ export default class InlineComponentWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				${munged_handlers}
 			`);
 
+			if (has_css_custom_properties) {
+				block.chunks.create.push(b`${css_custom_properties_wrapper} = @element("div");`);
+				block.chunks.hydrate.push(b`@set_style(${css_custom_properties_wrapper}, "display", "contents");`);
+				this.node.css_custom_properties.forEach(attr => {
+					const dependencies = attr.get_dependencies();
+					const should_cache = attr.should_cache();
+					const last = should_cache && block.get_unique_name(`${attr.name.replace(/[^a-zA-Z_$]/g, '_')}_last`);
+					if (should_cache) block.add_variable(last);
+					const value = attr.get_value(block);
+					const init = should_cache ? x`${last} = ${value}` : value;
+
+					block.chunks.hydrate.push(b`@set_style(${css_custom_properties_wrapper}, "${attr.name}", ${init});`);
+					if (dependencies.length > 0) {
+						let condition = block.renderer.dirty(dependencies);
+						if (should_cache) condition = x`${condition} && (${last} !== (${last} = ${value}))`;
+
+						block.chunks.update.push(b`
+							if (${condition}) {
+								@set_style(${css_custom_properties_wrapper}, "${attr.name}", ${should_cache ? last : value});
+							}
+						`);
+					}
+				});
+			}
 			block.chunks.create.push(b`@create_component(${name}.$$.fragment);`);
 
 			if (parent_nodes && this.renderer.options.hydratable) {
+				let nodes = parent_nodes;
+				if (has_css_custom_properties) {
+					nodes = block.get_unique_name(`${css_custom_properties_wrapper.name}_nodes`);
+					block.chunks.claim.push(b`
+						${css_custom_properties_wrapper} = @claim_element(${parent_nodes}, "DIV", { style: true })
+						var ${nodes} = @children(${css_custom_properties_wrapper});
+					`);
+				}
 				block.chunks.claim.push(
-					b`@claim_component(${name}.$$.fragment, ${parent_nodes});`
+					b`@claim_component(${name}.$$.fragment, ${nodes});`
 				);
 			}
 
-			block.chunks.mount.push(
-				b`@mount_component(${name}, ${parent_node || '#target'}, ${parent_node ? 'null' : '#anchor'});`
-			);
+			if (has_css_custom_properties) {
+				if (parent_node) {
+					block.chunks.mount.push(b`@append(${parent_node}, ${css_custom_properties_wrapper})`);
+					if (is_head(parent_node)) {
+						block.chunks.destroy.push(b`@detach(${css_custom_properties_wrapper});`);
+					}
+				} else {
+					block.chunks.mount.push(b`@insert(#target, ${css_custom_properties_wrapper}, #anchor);`);
+					// TODO we eventually need to consider what happens to elements
+					// that belong to the same outgroup as an outroing element...
+					block.chunks.destroy.push(b`if (detaching) @detach(${css_custom_properties_wrapper});`);
+				}
+				block.chunks.mount.push(b`@mount_component(${name}, ${css_custom_properties_wrapper}, null);`);
+			} else {
+				block.chunks.mount.push(
+					b`@mount_component(${name}, ${parent_node || '#target'}, ${parent_node ? 'null' : '#anchor'});`
+				);
+			}
 
 			block.chunks.intro.push(b`
 				@transition_in(${name}.$$.fragment, #local);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/InlineComponent.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/InlineComponent.ts
index c4116e6591..7fb1067dba 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/InlineComponent.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/InlineComponent.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { string_literal } from '../../utils/stringify';
+import { get_attribute_value } from './shared/get_attribute_value';
 import Renderer, { RenderOptions } from '../Renderer';
 import InlineComponent from '../../nodes/InlineComponent';
 import { p, x } from 'code-red';
@@ -86,5 +87,21 @@ export default function(node: InlineComponent, renderer: Renderer, options: Rend
 		${slot_fns}
 	}`;
 
+	if (node.css_custom_properties.length > 0) {
+		renderer.add_string('<div style="display: contents; ');
+		node.css_custom_properties.forEach((attr, index) => {
+			renderer.add_string(attr.name);
+			renderer.add_string(':');
+			renderer.add_expression(get_attribute_value(attr));
+			renderer.add_string(';');
+			if (index < node.css_custom_properties.length - 1) renderer.add_string(' ');
+		});
+		renderer.add_string('">');
+	}
+
 	renderer.add_expression(x`@validate_component(${expression}, "${node.name}").$$render($$result, ${props}, ${bindings}, ${slots})`);
+
+	if (node.css_custom_properties.length > 0) {
+		renderer.add_string('</div>');
+	}
 }