diff --git a/src/components/popover/Popover.js b/src/components/popover/Popover.js
index 092113c59..872edca8c 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/Popover.js
+++ b/src/components/popover/Popover.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     isNotEmpty() {
-      return this.title || this.content || this.$slots.popover
+      return this.title || this.content || this.$scopedSlots.popover
     },
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/components/popover/Popover.spec.js b/src/components/popover/Popover.spec.js
index 1c497b84f..5957dd32c 100644
--- a/src/components/popover/Popover.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/popover/Popover.spec.js
@@ -608,4 +608,31 @@ This is a very very long text. This is a very very long text. This is a very ver
     await sleep(600)
     expect(document.querySelectorAll('.popover').length).toEqual(1)
   })
+
+  it('should be able to open popover programmatically with vue latest slot syntax and without title and content passed', async () => {
+    const wrapper = createWrapper(
+      `
+          <div>
+            <popover v-model="show">
+              <btn type="primary" id="btn">Popover</btn>
+              <template #popover>
+                <h1>Hello world!</h1>
+              </template>
+            </popover>
+          </div>
+        `,
+      {
+        show: false,
+      }
+    )
+    const vm = wrapper.vm
+    await vm.$nextTick()
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll('.popover').length).toEqual(0)
+    vm.show = true
+    await sleep(300)
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll('.popover').length).toEqual(1)
+    vm.show = false
+    await sleep(300)
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll('.popover').length).toEqual(0)
+  })
 })