diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/Component.ts b/src/compiler/compile/Component.ts
index 4402a4a947..aee214602d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/Component.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/Component.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ export default class Component {
 			const subscribable_name = name.slice(1);
 
 			const variable = this.var_lookup.get(subscribable_name);
-			if (variable) variable.subscribable = true;
+			if (variable)
+			{
+				variable.referenced   = true;
+				variable.subscribable = true;
+			}
 		} else {
 			this.used_names.add(name);
 		}
diff --git a/test/vars/samples/store-referenced/_config.js b/test/vars/samples/store-referenced/_config.js
index cb92b67ea4..bac35d1dba 100644
--- a/test/vars/samples/store-referenced/_config.js
+++ b/test/vars/samples/store-referenced/_config.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default {
 				module: false,
 				mutated: false,
 				reassigned: false,
-				referenced: false,
+				referenced: true,
 				referenced_from_script: false,
 				writable: true
 			},