diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
index caf63cb82fb7..2ae2243c54ab 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
 import { INode } from './interfaces';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
-import { regex_only_whitespaces } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import { validate_get_slot_names } from './SlotTemplateIfBlock';
+import { extract_children_to_slot_templates } from './extract_children_to_slot_templates';
 
 export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 	type: 'InlineComponent';
@@ -107,66 +107,9 @@ export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 			});
 		});
 
-		const children = [];
-		for (let i = info.children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-			const child = info.children[i];
-			if (child.type === 'SlotTemplate') {
-				children.push(child);
-				info.children.splice(i, 1);
-			} else if ((child.type === 'Element' || child.type === 'InlineComponent' || child.type === 'Slot') && child.attributes.find(attribute => attribute.name === 'slot')) {
-				const slot_template = {
-					start: child.start,
-					end: child.end,
-					type: 'SlotTemplate',
-					name: 'svelte:fragment',
-					attributes: [],
-					children: [child]
-				};
-
-				// transfer attributes
-				for (let i = child.attributes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-					const attribute = child.attributes[i];
-					if (attribute.type === 'Let') {
-						slot_template.attributes.push(attribute);
-						child.attributes.splice(i, 1);
-					} else if (attribute.type === 'Attribute' && attribute.name === 'slot') {
-						slot_template.attributes.push(attribute);
-					}
-				}
-				// transfer const
-				for (let i = child.children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-					const child_child = child.children[i];
-					if (child_child.type === 'ConstTag') {
-						slot_template.children.push(child_child);
-						child.children.splice(i, 1);
-					}
-				}
+		const children = extract_children_to_slot_templates(component, info, true);
 
-				children.push(slot_template);
-				info.children.splice(i, 1);
-			} else if (child.type === 'Comment' && children.length > 0) {
-				children[children.length - 1].children.unshift(child);
-				info.children.splice(i, 1);
-			} else if (child.type === 'IfBlock' && if_block_contains_slot_template(child)) {
-				children.push({
-					...child,
-					type: 'SlotTemplateIfBlock'
-				});
-				info.children.splice(i, 1);
-			}
-		}
-		if (info.children.some(node => not_whitespace_text(node))) {
-			children.push({
-				start: info.start,
-				end: info.end,
-				type: 'SlotTemplate',
-				name: 'svelte:fragment',
-				attributes: [],
-				children: info.children
-			});
-		}
-
-		this.children = map_children(component, this, this.scope, children.reverse());
+		this.children = map_children(component, this, this.scope, children);
 
 		this.validate_duplicate_slot_name();
 	}
@@ -180,10 +123,6 @@ export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 	}
 }
 
-function not_whitespace_text(node) {
-	return !(node.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(node.data));
-}
-
 function get_namespace(parent: Node, explicit_namespace: string) {
 	const parent_element = parent.find_nearest(/^Element/);
 
@@ -193,11 +132,3 @@ function get_namespace(parent: Node, explicit_namespace: string) {
 
 	return parent_element.namespace;
 }
-
-function if_block_contains_slot_template(node: TemplateNode) {
-	for (const child of node.children) {
-		if (child.type === 'SlotTemplate') return true;
-		if (child.type === 'IfBlock' && if_block_contains_slot_template(child)) return true; 
-	}
-	return false;
-}
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Slot.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Slot.ts
index c21a48f5d665..f1f3ffa2b941 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Slot.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Slot.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
 
 export default class Slot extends Element {
-	type: 'Element';
+	// @ts-ignore unable to override the type from Element, but this give us a right type
+	type: 'Slot';
 	name: string;
 	children: INode[];
 	slot_name: string;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/SlotTemplateIfBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/SlotTemplateIfBlock.ts
index 0386db17ab04..9a203155d7ad 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/SlotTemplateIfBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/SlotTemplateIfBlock.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
 import get_const_tags from './shared/get_const_tags';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import ConstTag from './ConstTag';
-import { regex_only_whitespaces } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import SlotTemplate from './SlotTemplate';
 import { INode } from './interfaces';
-
+import { extract_children_to_slot_templates } from './extract_children_to_slot_templates';
 
 export default class SlotTemplateIfBlock extends AbstractBlock {
 	type: 'SlotTemplateIfBlock';
@@ -30,23 +29,7 @@ export default class SlotTemplateIfBlock extends AbstractBlock {
 		super(component, parent, scope, info);
 		this.scope = scope.child();
 
-		const children = [];
-		for (const child of info.children) {
-			if (child.type === 'SlotTemplate' || child.type === 'ConstTag') {
-				children.push(child);
-			} else if (child.type === 'Comment') {
-				// ignore
-			} else if (child.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(child.data)) {
-				// ignore
-			} else if (child.type === 'IfBlock') {
-				children.push({
-					...child,
-					type: 'SlotTemplateIfBlock'
-				});
-			} else {
-				this.component.error(child, compiler_errors.invalid_mix_element_and_conditional_slot);
-			}
-		}
+		const children = extract_children_to_slot_templates(component, info, false);
 
 		this.expression = new Expression(component, this, this.scope, info.expression);
 		([this.const_tags, this.children] = get_const_tags(children, component, this, this));
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/extract_children_to_slot_templates.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/extract_children_to_slot_templates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..246468f361a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/extract_children_to_slot_templates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { x } from 'code-red';
+import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
+import { regex_only_whitespaces } from '../../utils/patterns';
+import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
+import Component from '../Component';
+
+export function extract_children_to_slot_templates(component: Component, node: TemplateNode, extract_default_slot: boolean) {
+	const result = [];
+	for (let i = node.children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		const child = node.children[i];
+		if (child.type === 'SlotTemplate') {
+			result.push(child);
+			node.children.splice(i, 1);
+		} else if ((child.type === 'Element' || child.type === 'InlineComponent' || child.type === 'Slot') && child.attributes.find(attribute => attribute.name === 'slot')) {
+			let slot_template = {
+				start: child.start,
+				end: child.end,
+				type: 'SlotTemplate',
+				name: 'svelte:fragment',
+				attributes: [],
+				children: [child]
+			};
+
+			// transfer attributes
+			for (let i = child.attributes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+				const attribute = child.attributes[i];
+				if (attribute.type === 'Let') {
+					slot_template.attributes.push(attribute);
+					child.attributes.splice(i, 1);
+				} else if (attribute.type === 'Attribute' && attribute.name === 'slot') {
+					slot_template.attributes.push(attribute);
+				}
+			}
+			// transfer const
+			for (let i = child.children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+				const child_child = child.children[i];
+				if (child_child.type === 'ConstTag') {
+					slot_template.children.push(child_child);
+					child.children.splice(i, 1);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// if the <slot slot="x"> does not have any fallback
+			// then we make <slot slot="x" name="b" />
+			// into {#if $$slots.x}<slot slot="x" name="b" />{/if}
+			// this makes the slots forwarding to passthrough
+			if (child.type === 'Slot' && child.children.length === 0) {
+				const slot_template_name = child.attributes.find(attribute => attribute.name === 'name')?.value[0].data ?? 'default';
+				slot_template = {
+					start: slot_template.start,
+					end: slot_template.end,
+					type: 'SlotTemplateIfBlock',
+					expression: x`$$slots.${slot_template_name}`,
+					children: [slot_template]
+				} as any;
+			}
+
+			result.push(slot_template);
+			node.children.splice(i, 1);
+		} else if (child.type === 'Comment' && result.length > 0) {
+			result[result.length - 1].children.unshift(child);
+			node.children.splice(i, 1);
+		} else if (child.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(child.data)) {
+			// ignore
+		} else if (child.type === 'ConstTag') {
+			if (!extract_default_slot) {
+				result.push(child);
+			}
+		} else if (child.type === 'IfBlock' && if_block_contains_slot_template(child)) {
+			result.push({
+				...child,
+				type: 'SlotTemplateIfBlock'
+			});
+			node.children.splice(i, 1);
+		} else if (!extract_default_slot) {
+			component.error(child, compiler_errors.invalid_mix_element_and_conditional_slot);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (extract_default_slot) {
+		if (node.children.some(node => not_whitespace_text(node))) {
+			result.push({
+				start: node.start,
+				end: node.end,
+				type: 'SlotTemplate',
+				name: 'svelte:fragment',
+				attributes: [],
+				children: node.children
+			});
+		}
+	}
+	return result.reverse();
+}
+
+
+function not_whitespace_text(node) {
+	return !(node.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(node.data));
+}
+
+function if_block_contains_slot_template(node: TemplateNode) {
+	for (const child of node.children) {
+		if (child.type === 'SlotTemplate') return true;
+		if (child.type === 'IfBlock' && if_block_contains_slot_template(child)) return true;
+		if ((child.type === 'Element' || child.type === 'InlineComponent' || child.type === 'Slot') && child.attributes.find(attribute => attribute.name === 'slot')) return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/Foo.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/Foo.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b570a157ca7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/Foo.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<slot name="a">default a</slot>
+<hr/>
+<slot name="b">default b</slot>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cca76d7831a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export default {
+	html: `
+		default a
+		<hr>
+		<div slot="b">hello b</div>
+	`,
+	test({ assert, component, target }) {
+		component.condition = true;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			<div slot="a">hello a</div>
+			<hr>
+			<div slot="b">hello b</div>
+		`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2d8e8ccf33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-11-slot-attribute/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<script>
+	import Foo from "./Foo.svelte";
+	export let condition = false;
+</script>
+
+<Foo>
+	{#if condition}
+		<div slot="a">hello a</div>
+	{/if}
+	<div slot="b">hello b</div>
+</Foo>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2577fb1d28e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+x: <slot name="x">fallback x</slot>
+y: <slot name="y">fallback y</slot>
+z: <slot name="z">fallback z</slot>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fefd89a050e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<script>
+  import Bar from './Bar.svelte';
+  export let condition1 = false;
+  export let condition2 = true;
+</script>
+
+<Bar>
+  <slot name="a" slot="x">Fallback a</slot>
+  {#if condition1}
+    <slot name="b" slot="y">Fallback b</slot>
+  {/if}
+  {#if condition2}
+    <slot name="c" slot="z">Fallback c</slot>
+  {/if}
+</Bar>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60928a9a903d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export default {
+	html: `
+		x: Fallback a
+		y: fallback y
+		z: <div slot="c">hello c</div>
+	`,
+	test({ assert, component, target }) {
+		component.condition1 = true;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			x: Fallback a
+			y: <div slot="b">hello b</div>
+			z: <div slot="c">hello c</div>
+		`);
+
+		component.condition3 = true;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			x: <div slot="a">hello a</div>
+			y: <div slot="b">hello b</div>
+			z: <div slot="c">hello c</div>
+		`);
+
+		component.condition4 = false;
+		component.condition1 = false;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			x: <div slot="a">hello a</div>
+			y: fallback y
+			z: <div slot="c">hello c</div>
+		`);
+
+		component.condition2 = false;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			x: <div slot="a">hello a</div>
+			y: fallback y
+			z: fallback z
+		`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2daa8363746d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-12-slot-fowarding/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<script>
+	import Foo from "./Foo.svelte";
+	export let condition1;
+	export let condition2;
+	export let condition3 = false;
+	export let condition4 = true;
+</script>
+
+<Foo {condition1} {condition2}>
+	{#if condition3}
+		<div slot="a">hello a</div>
+	{/if}
+	{#if condition4}
+		<div slot="b">hello b</div>
+	{/if}
+	<div slot="c">hello c</div>
+</Foo>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2577fb1d28e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Bar.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+x: <slot name="x">fallback x</slot>
+y: <slot name="y">fallback y</slot>
+z: <slot name="z">fallback z</slot>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38bffe757c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/Foo.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<script>
+  import Bar from './Bar.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<Bar>
+  <slot name="a" slot="x" />
+  <slot name="b" slot="y" />
+  <slot name="c" slot="z" />
+</Bar>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe0ae82314d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export default {
+	html: `
+		x: fallback x
+		y: <div slot="b">hello b</div>
+	  z: fallback z
+	`,
+	test({ assert, component, target }) {
+		component.condition = true;
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `
+			x: <div slot="a">hello a</div>
+			y: <div slot="b">hello b</div>
+			z: fallback z
+		`);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2d8e8ccf33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/component-conditional-slot-13-slot-fowarding/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<script>
+	import Foo from "./Foo.svelte";
+	export let condition = false;
+</script>
+
+<Foo>
+	{#if condition}
+		<div slot="a">hello a</div>
+	{/if}
+	<div slot="b">hello b</div>
+</Foo>
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/errors.json b/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/errors.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ae07c1b3b90..000000000000
--- a/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/errors.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-[{
-	"code": "invalid-slotted-content",
-	"message": "Element with a slot='...' attribute must be a child of a component or a descendant of a custom element",
-	"start": {
-		"line": 7,
-		"column": 7,
-		"character": 88
-	},
-	"end": {
-		"line": 7,
-		"column": 17,
-		"character": 98
-	},
-	"pos": 88
-}]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/input.svelte b/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/input.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index d9159dfd60fd..000000000000
--- a/test/validator/samples/component-slotted-if-block/input.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-	import Nested from './Nested.svelte';
-</script>
-
-<Nested>
-	{#if thing}
-		<div slot='foo'>{thing}</div>
-	{/if}
-</Nested>
\ No newline at end of file