diff --git a/src/generators/Generator.ts b/src/generators/Generator.ts
index 5a8faea178..f8b0446a68 100644
--- a/src/generators/Generator.ts
+++ b/src/generators/Generator.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { parseExpressionAt } from 'acorn';
 import MagicString, { Bundle } from 'magic-string';
 import isReference from 'is-reference';
 import { walk, childKeys } from 'estree-walker';
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import getName from '../utils/getName';
 import Stylesheet from '../css/Stylesheet';
 import { test } from '../config';
 import Fragment from './nodes/Fragment';
+import shared from './dom/shared'; // TODO move this file
 import { Node, GenerateOptions, ShorthandImport, Ast, CompileOptions, CustomElementOptions } from '../interfaces';
 
 interface Computation {
@@ -210,10 +212,84 @@ export default class Generator {
 		return this.aliases.get(name);
 	}
 
-	generate(result: string, options: CompileOptions, { banner = '', sharedPath, helpers, name, format }: GenerateOptions ) {
+	generate(result: string, options: CompileOptions, { banner = '', helpers, name, format }: GenerateOptions ) {
 		const pattern = /\[✂(\d+)-(\d+)$/;
 
-		const module = wrapModule(result, format, name, options, banner, sharedPath, helpers, this.imports, this.shorthandImports, this.source);
+		let importedHelpers;
+
+		if (options.shared) {
+			if (format !== 'es' && format !== 'cjs') {
+				throw new Error(`Components with shared helpers must be compiled with \`format: 'es'\` or \`format: 'cjs'\``);
+			}
+
+			importedHelpers = Array.from(helpers).sort().map(name => {
+				const alias = this.alias(name);
+				return { name, alias };
+			});
+		} else {
+			let inlineHelpers = '';
+
+			const compiler = this;
+
+			importedHelpers = [];
+
+			helpers.forEach(key => {
+				const str = shared[key];
+				const code = new MagicString(str);
+				const expression = parseExpressionAt(str, 0);
+
+				let { scope } = annotateWithScopes(expression);
+
+				walk(expression, {
+					enter(node: Node, parent: Node) {
+						if (node._scope) scope = node._scope;
+
+						if (
+							node.type === 'Identifier' &&
+							isReference(node, parent) &&
+							!scope.has(node.name)
+						) {
+							if (node.name in shared) {
+								// this helper function depends on another one
+								const dependency = node.name;
+								helpers.add(dependency);
+
+								const alias = compiler.alias(dependency);
+								if (alias !== node.name) {
+									code.overwrite(node.start, node.end, alias);
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					},
+
+					leave(node: Node) {
+						if (node._scope) scope = scope.parent;
+					},
+				});
+
+				if (key === 'transitionManager') {
+					// special case
+					const global = `_svelteTransitionManager`;
+
+					inlineHelpers += `\n\nvar ${this.alias('transitionManager')} = window.${global} || (window.${global} = ${code});\n\n`;
+				} else {
+					const alias = this.alias(expression.id.name);
+					if (alias !== expression.id.name) {
+						code.overwrite(expression.id.start, expression.id.end, alias);
+					}
+
+					inlineHelpers += `\n\n${code}`;
+				}
+			});
+
+			result += inlineHelpers;
+		}
+
+		const sharedPath = options.shared === true
+			? 'svelte/shared.js'
+			: options.shared || '';
+
+		const module = wrapModule(result, format, name, options, banner, sharedPath, importedHelpers, this.imports, this.shorthandImports, this.source);
 
 		const parts = module.split('✂]');
 		const finalChunk = parts.pop();
diff --git a/src/generators/dom/index.ts b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
index 56bf7cca8d..b3ae1581d8 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ export default function dom(
 		${immutable && `${name}.prototype._differs = @_differsImmutable;`}
 	`);
 
-	const usedHelpers = new Set();
+	const helpers = new Set();
 
 	let result = builder
 		.toString()
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export default function dom(
 			if (sigil === '@') {
 				if (name in shared) {
 					if (options.dev && `${name}Dev` in shared) name = `${name}Dev`;
-					usedHelpers.add(name);
+					helpers.add(name);
 				}
 
 				return generator.alias(name);
@@ -382,70 +382,6 @@ export default function dom(
 			return sigil.slice(1) + name;
 		});
 
-	let helpers;
-
-	if (sharedPath) {
-		if (format !== 'es' && format !== 'cjs') {
-			throw new Error(`Components with shared helpers must be compiled with \`format: 'es'\` or \`format: 'cjs'\``);
-		}
-		const used = Array.from(usedHelpers).sort();
-		helpers = used.map(name => {
-			const alias = generator.alias(name);
-			return { name, alias };
-		});
-	} else {
-		let inlineHelpers = '';
-
-		usedHelpers.forEach(key => {
-			const str = shared[key];
-			const code = new MagicString(str);
-			const expression = parseExpressionAt(str, 0);
-
-			let { scope } = annotateWithScopes(expression);
-
-			walk(expression, {
-				enter(node: Node, parent: Node) {
-					if (node._scope) scope = node._scope;
-
-					if (
-						node.type === 'Identifier' &&
-						isReference(node, parent) &&
-						!scope.has(node.name)
-					) {
-						if (node.name in shared) {
-							// this helper function depends on another one
-							const dependency = node.name;
-							usedHelpers.add(dependency);
-
-							const alias = generator.alias(dependency);
-							if (alias !== node.name)
-								code.overwrite(node.start, node.end, alias);
-						}
-					}
-				},
-
-				leave(node: Node) {
-					if (node._scope) scope = scope.parent;
-				},
-			});
-
-			if (key === 'transitionManager') {
-				// special case
-				const global = `_svelteTransitionManager`;
-
-				inlineHelpers += `\n\nvar ${generator.alias('transitionManager')} = window.${global} || (window.${global} = ${code});\n\n`;
-			} else {
-				const alias = generator.alias(expression.id.name);
-				if (alias !== expression.id.name)
-					code.overwrite(expression.id.start, expression.id.end, alias);
-
-				inlineHelpers += `\n\n${code}`;
-			}
-		});
-
-		result += inlineHelpers;
-	}
-
 	const filename = options.filename && (
 		typeof process !== 'undefined' ? options.filename.replace(process.cwd(), '').replace(/^[\/\\]/, '') : options.filename
 	);
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
index 5c34939387..9e56deb2bf 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 				}
 			});
 
-			openingTag += "${__spread([" + args.join(', ') + "])}";
+			openingTag += "${@spread([" + args.join(', ') + "])}";
 		} else {
 			this.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
 				if (attribute.type !== 'Attribute') return;
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
index 02e722b3d0..dfbd68259b 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ export default function ssr(
 
 	initialState.push('ctx');
 
+	const helpers = new Set();
+
 	// TODO concatenate CSS maps
 	const result = deindent`
 		${generator.javascript}
@@ -206,31 +208,17 @@ export default function ssr(
 				};
 			`
 		}
-
-		${
-			/__spread/.test(generator.renderCode) && deindent`
-				function __spread(args) {
-					const attributes = Object.assign({}, ...args);
-					let str = '';
-
-					Object.keys(attributes).forEach(name => {
-						const value = attributes[name];
-						if (value === undefined) return;
-						if (value === true) str += " " + name;
-						str += " " + name + "=" + JSON.stringify(value);
-					});
-
-					return str;
-				}
-			`
-		}
 	`.replace(/(@+|#+|%+)(\w*(?:-\w*)?)/g, (match: string, sigil: string, name: string) => {
-		if (sigil === '@') return generator.alias(name);
+		if (sigil === '@') {
+			helpers.add(name);
+			return generator.alias(name);
+		}
+
 		if (sigil === '%') return generator.templateVars.get(name);
 		return sigil.slice(1) + name;
 	});
 
-	return generator.generate(result, options, { name, format });
+	return generator.generate(result, options, { name, format, helpers });
 }
 
 function trim(nodes) {
diff --git a/src/generators/wrapModule.ts b/src/generators/wrapModule.ts
index d8fee62f0b..65b63c2077 100644
--- a/src/generators/wrapModule.ts
+++ b/src/generators/wrapModule.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function es(
 	shorthandImports: ShorthandImport[],
 	source: string
 ) {
-	const importHelpers = helpers && (
+	const importHelpers = helpers.length > 0 && (
 		`import { ${helpers.map(h => h.name === h.alias ? h.name : `${h.name} as ${h.alias}`).join(', ')} } from ${JSON.stringify(sharedPath)};`
 	);
 
@@ -145,11 +145,9 @@ function cjs(
 	helpers: { name: string, alias: string }[],
 	dependencies: Dependency[]
 ) {
-	const helperDeclarations = helpers && (
-		helpers.map(h => `${h.alias === h.name ? h.name : `${h.name}: ${h.alias}`}`).join(', ')
-	);
+	const helperDeclarations = helpers.map(h => `${h.alias === h.name ? h.name : `${h.name}: ${h.alias}`}`).join(', ');
 
-	const helperBlock = helpers && (
+	const helperBlock = helpers.length > 0 && (
 		`var { ${helperDeclarations} } = require(${JSON.stringify(sharedPath)});\n`
 	);
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index 414b1f368a..2405e81758 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export interface GenerateOptions {
 	format: ModuleFormat;
 	banner?: string;
 	sharedPath?: string;
-	helpers?: { name: string, alias: string }[];
+	helpers: Set<string>;
 }
 
 export interface ShorthandImport {
diff --git a/src/shared/ssr.js b/src/shared/ssr.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2253f6d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/ssr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export function spread(args) {
+	const attributes = Object.assign({}, ...args);
+	let str = '';
+
+	Object.keys(attributes).forEach(name => {
+		const value = attributes[name];
+		if (value === undefined) return;
+		if (value === true) str += " " + name;
+		str += " " + name + "=" + JSON.stringify(value);
+	});
+
+	return str;
+}
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