diff --git a/src/generators/Generator.ts b/src/generators/Generator.ts
index 72edbe8d0e5c..25813e0c4b0f 100644
--- a/src/generators/Generator.ts
+++ b/src/generators/Generator.ts
@@ -845,6 +845,10 @@ export default class Generator {
 				if (node.type === 'Component' && node.name === ':Component') {
 					node.metadata = contextualise(node.expression, contextDependencies, indexes, false);
 				}
+
+				if (node.type === 'Spread') {
+					node.metadata = contextualise(node.expression, contextDependencies, indexes, false);
+				}
 			},
 
 			leave(node: Node, parent: Node) {
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/Attribute.ts b/src/generators/nodes/Attribute.ts
index 90031d261e19..904c971c1df3 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/Attribute.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/Attribute.ts
@@ -223,10 +223,9 @@ export default class Attribute {
 				);
 			}
 		} else {
-		const value =
-			this.value === true
+			const value = this.value === true
 				? 'true'
-				: this.value.length === 0 ? `''` : stringify(this.value[0].data);
+				: this.value.length === 0 ? `""` : stringify(this.value[0].data);
 
 			const statement = (
 				isLegacyInputType
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/Component.ts b/src/generators/nodes/Component.ts
index 481c7de0e392..a8c013b25897 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/Component.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/Component.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 import deindent from '../../utils/deindent';
-import { stringify } from '../../utils/stringify';
 import stringifyProps from '../../utils/stringifyProps';
 import CodeBuilder from '../../utils/CodeBuilder';
 import getTailSnippet from '../../utils/getTailSnippet';
 import getObject from '../../utils/getObject';
-import getExpressionPrecedence from '../../utils/getExpressionPrecedence';
-import isValidIdentifier from '../../utils/isValidIdentifier';
-import reservedNames from '../../utils/reservedNames';
+import quoteIfNecessary from '../../utils/quoteIfNecessary';
+import mungeAttribute from './shared/mungeAttribute';
 import Node from './shared/Node';
 import Block from '../dom/Block';
 import Attribute from './Attribute';
 
-function quoteIfNecessary(name, legacy) {
-	if (!isValidIdentifier || (legacy && reservedNames.has(name))) return `"${name}"`;
-	return name;
-}
-
 export default class Component extends Node {
 	type: 'Component';
 	name: string;
@@ -89,12 +82,13 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 		const allContexts = new Set();
 		const statements: string[] = [];
 
+		const name_initial_data = block.getUniqueName(`${name}_initial_data`);
+		const name_changes = block.getUniqueName(`${name}_changes`);
 		let name_updating: string;
-		let name_initial_data: string;
 		let beforecreate: string = null;
 
 		const attributes = this.attributes
-			.filter(a => a.type === 'Attribute')
+			.filter(a => a.type === 'Attribute' || a.type === 'Spread')
 			.map(a => mungeAttribute(a, block));
 
 		const bindings = this.attributes
@@ -110,180 +104,215 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 
 		const updates: string[] = [];
 
+		const usesSpread = !!attributes.find(a => a.spread);
+
+		const attributeObject = usesSpread
+			? '{}'
+			: stringifyProps(
+				attributes.map((attribute: Attribute) => `${attribute.name}: ${attribute.value}`)
+			);
+
 		if (attributes.length || bindings.length) {
-			const initialProps = attributes
-				.map((attribute: Attribute) => `${attribute.name}: ${attribute.value}`);
-
-			const initialPropString = stringifyProps(initialProps);
-
-			attributes
-				.filter((attribute: Attribute) => attribute.dynamic)
-				.forEach((attribute: Attribute) => {
-					if (attribute.dependencies.length) {
-						updates.push(deindent`
-							if (${attribute.dependencies
-								.map(dependency => `changed.${dependency}`)
-								.join(' || ')}) ${name}_changes.${attribute.name} = ${attribute.value};
-						`);
-					}
+			componentInitProperties.push(`data: ${name_initial_data}`);
+		}
 
-					else {
-						// TODO this is an odd situation to encounter – I *think* it should only happen with
-						// each block indices, in which case it may be possible to optimise this
-						updates.push(`${name}_changes.${attribute.name} = ${attribute.value};`);
-					}
-				});
+		if ((!usesSpread && attributes.filter(a => a.dynamic).length) || bindings.length) {
+			updates.push(`var ${name_changes} = {};`);
+		}
+
+		if (attributes.length) {
+			if (usesSpread) {
+				const levels = block.getUniqueName(`${this.var}_spread_levels`);
+
+				const initialProps = [];
+				const changes = [];
 
-			if (bindings.length) {
-				generator.hasComplexBindings = true;
+				attributes
+					.forEach(munged => {
+						const { spread, name, dynamic, value, dependencies } = munged;
 
-				name_updating = block.alias(`${name}_updating`);
-				name_initial_data = block.getUniqueName(`${name}_initial_data`);
+						if (spread) {
+							initialProps.push(value);
 
-				block.addVariable(name_updating, '{}');
-				statements.push(`var ${name_initial_data} = ${initialPropString};`);
+							const condition = dependencies && dependencies.map(d => `changed.${d}`).join(' || ');
+							changes.push(condition ? `${condition} && ${value}` : value);
+						} else {
+							const obj = `{ ${quoteIfNecessary(name, this.generator.legacy)}: ${value} }`;
+							initialProps.push(obj);
 
-				let hasLocalBindings = false;
-				let hasStoreBindings = false;
+							const condition = dependencies && dependencies.map(d => `changed.${d}`).join(' || ');
+							changes.push(condition ? `${condition} && ${obj}` : obj);
+						}
+					});
 
-				const builder = new CodeBuilder();
+				statements.push(deindent`
+					var ${levels} = [
+						${initialProps.join(',\n')}
+					];
 
-				bindings.forEach((binding: Binding) => {
-					let { name: key } = getObject(binding.value);
+					for (var #i = 0; #i < ${levels}.length; #i += 1) {
+						${name_initial_data} = @assign(${name_initial_data}, ${levels}[#i]);
+					}
+				`);
 
-					binding.contexts.forEach(context => {
-						allContexts.add(context);
+				updates.push(deindent`
+					var ${name_changes} = @getSpreadUpdate(${levels}, [
+						${changes.join(',\n')}
+					]);
+				`);
+			} else {
+				attributes
+					.filter((attribute: Attribute) => attribute.dynamic)
+					.forEach((attribute: Attribute) => {
+						if (attribute.dependencies.length) {
+							updates.push(deindent`
+								if (${attribute.dependencies
+									.map(dependency => `changed.${dependency}`)
+									.join(' || ')}) ${name_changes}.${attribute.name} = ${attribute.value};
+							`);
+						}
+
+						else {
+							// TODO this is an odd situation to encounter – I *think* it should only happen with
+							// each block indices, in which case it may be possible to optimise this
+							updates.push(`${name_changes}.${attribute.name} = ${attribute.value};`);
+						}
 					});
+				}
+		}
 
-					let setFromChild;
+		if (bindings.length) {
+			generator.hasComplexBindings = true;
 
-					if (block.contexts.has(key)) {
-						const computed = isComputed(binding.value);
-						const tail = binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression' ? getTailSnippet(binding.value) : '';
+			name_updating = block.alias(`${name}_updating`);
+			block.addVariable(name_updating, '{}');
 
-						const list = block.listNames.get(key);
-						const index = block.indexNames.get(key);
+			let hasLocalBindings = false;
+			let hasStoreBindings = false;
 
-						setFromChild = deindent`
-							${list}[${index}]${tail} = childState.${binding.name};
+			const builder = new CodeBuilder();
+
+			bindings.forEach((binding: Binding) => {
+				let { name: key } = getObject(binding.value);
+
+				binding.contexts.forEach(context => {
+					allContexts.add(context);
+				});
+
+				let setFromChild;
 
-							${binding.dependencies
-								.map((name: string) => {
-									const isStoreProp = generator.options.store && name[0] === '$';
-									const prop = isStoreProp ? name.slice(1) : name;
-									const newState = isStoreProp ? 'newStoreState' : 'newState';
+				if (block.contexts.has(key)) {
+					const computed = isComputed(binding.value);
+					const tail = binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression' ? getTailSnippet(binding.value) : '';
 
-									if (isStoreProp) hasStoreBindings = true;
-									else hasLocalBindings = true;
+					const list = block.listNames.get(key);
+					const index = block.indexNames.get(key);
 
-									return `${newState}.${prop} = state.${name};`;
-								})
-								.join('\n')}
+					setFromChild = deindent`
+						${list}[${index}]${tail} = childState.${binding.name};
+
+						${binding.dependencies
+							.map((name: string) => {
+								const isStoreProp = generator.options.store && name[0] === '$';
+								const prop = isStoreProp ? name.slice(1) : name;
+								const newState = isStoreProp ? 'newStoreState' : 'newState';
+
+								if (isStoreProp) hasStoreBindings = true;
+								else hasLocalBindings = true;
+
+								return `${newState}.${prop} = state.${name};`;
+							})}
+					`;
+				}
+
+				else {
+					const isStoreProp = generator.options.store && key[0] === '$';
+					const prop = isStoreProp ? key.slice(1) : key;
+					const newState = isStoreProp ? 'newStoreState' : 'newState';
+
+					if (isStoreProp) hasStoreBindings = true;
+					else hasLocalBindings = true;
+
+					if (binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression') {
+						setFromChild = deindent`
+							${binding.snippet} = childState.${binding.name};
+							${newState}.${prop} = state.${key};
 						`;
 					}
 
 					else {
-						const isStoreProp = generator.options.store && key[0] === '$';
-						const prop = isStoreProp ? key.slice(1) : key;
-						const newState = isStoreProp ? 'newStoreState' : 'newState';
-
-						if (isStoreProp) hasStoreBindings = true;
-						else hasLocalBindings = true;
-
-						if (binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression') {
-							setFromChild = deindent`
-								${binding.snippet} = childState.${binding.name};
-								${newState}.${prop} = state.${key};
-							`;
-						}
-
-						else {
-							setFromChild = `${newState}.${prop} = childState.${binding.name};`;
-						}
+						setFromChild = `${newState}.${prop} = childState.${binding.name};`;
 					}
+				}
 
-					statements.push(deindent`
-						if (${binding.prop} in ${binding.obj}) {
-							${name_initial_data}.${binding.name} = ${binding.snippet};
-							${name_updating}.${binding.name} = true;
-						}`
-					);
-
-					builder.addConditional(
-						`!${name_updating}.${binding.name} && changed.${binding.name}`,
-						setFromChild
-					);
-
-					// TODO could binding.dependencies.length ever be 0?
-					if (binding.dependencies.length) {
-						updates.push(deindent`
-							if (!${name_updating}.${binding.name} && ${binding.dependencies.map((dependency: string) => `changed.${dependency}`).join(' || ')}) {
-								${name}_changes.${binding.name} = ${binding.snippet};
-								${name_updating}.${binding.name} = true;
-							}
-						`);
-					}
-				});
+				statements.push(deindent`
+					if (${binding.prop} in ${binding.obj}) {
+						${name_initial_data}.${binding.name} = ${binding.snippet};
+						${name_updating}.${binding.name} = true;
+					}`
+				);
 
-				componentInitProperties.push(`data: ${name_initial_data}`);
-
-				const initialisers = [
-					'state = #component.get()',
-					hasLocalBindings && 'newState = {}',
-					hasStoreBindings && 'newStoreState = {}',
-				].filter(Boolean).join(', ');
-
-				componentInitProperties.push(deindent`
-					_bind: function(changed, childState) {
-						var ${initialisers};
-						${builder}
-						${hasStoreBindings && `#component.store.set(newStoreState);`}
-						${hasLocalBindings && `#component._set(newState);`}
-						${name_updating} = {};
+				builder.addConditional(
+					`!${name_updating}.${binding.name} && changed.${binding.name}`,
+					setFromChild
+				);
+
+				updates.push(deindent`
+					if (!${name_updating}.${binding.name} && ${binding.dependencies.map((dependency: string) => `changed.${dependency}`).join(' || ')}) {
+						${name_changes}.${binding.name} = ${binding.snippet};
+						${name_updating}.${binding.name} = true;
 					}
 				`);
+			});
 
-				beforecreate = deindent`
-					#component.root._beforecreate.push(function() {
-						${name}._bind({ ${bindings.map(b => `${b.name}: 1`).join(', ')} }, ${name}.get());
-					});
-				`;
-			} else if (initialProps.length) {
-				componentInitProperties.push(`data: ${initialPropString}`);
-			}
-		}
-
-		const isDynamicComponent = this.name === ':Component';
+			componentInitProperties.push(`data: ${name_initial_data}`);
+
+			const initialisers = [
+				'state = #component.get()',
+				hasLocalBindings && 'newState = {}',
+				hasStoreBindings && 'newStoreState = {}',
+			].filter(Boolean).join(', ');
+
+			componentInitProperties.push(deindent`
+				_bind: function(changed, childState) {
+					var ${initialisers};
+					${builder}
+					${hasStoreBindings && `#component.store.set(newStoreState);`}
+					${hasLocalBindings && `#component._set(newState);`}
+					${name_updating} = {};
+				}
+			`);
 
-		const switch_vars = isDynamicComponent && {
-			value: block.getUniqueName('switch_value'),
-			props: block.getUniqueName('switch_props')
-		};
+			beforecreate = deindent`
+				#component.root._beforecreate.push(function() {
+					${name}._bind({ ${bindings.map(b => `${b.name}: 1`).join(', ')} }, ${name}.get());
+				});
+			`;
+		}
 
-		const expression = (
-			this.name === ':Self' ? generator.name :
-			isDynamicComponent ? switch_vars.value :
-			`%components-${this.name}`
-		);
+		if (this.name === ':Component') {
+			const switch_value = block.getUniqueName('switch_value');
+			const switch_props = block.getUniqueName('switch_props');
 
-		if (isDynamicComponent) {
 			block.contextualise(this.expression);
 			const { dependencies, snippet } = this.metadata;
 
 			const anchor = this.getOrCreateAnchor(block, parentNode, parentNodes);
 
 			block.builders.init.addBlock(deindent`
-				var ${switch_vars.value} = ${snippet};
+				var ${switch_value} = ${snippet};
 
-				function ${switch_vars.props}(state) {
-					${statements.length > 0 && statements.join('\n')}
+				function ${switch_props}(state) {
+					${(attributes.length || bindings.length) && deindent`
+					var ${name_initial_data} = ${attributeObject};`}
+					${statements}
 					return {
 						${componentInitProperties.join(',\n')}
 					};
 				}
 
-				if (${switch_vars.value}) {
-					var ${name} = new ${expression}(${switch_vars.props}(state));
+				if (${switch_value}) {
+					var ${name} = new ${switch_value}(${switch_props}(state));
 
 					${beforecreate}
 				}
@@ -317,11 +346,11 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 			const updateMountNode = this.getUpdateMountNode(anchor);
 
 			block.builders.update.addBlock(deindent`
-				if (${switch_vars.value} !== (${switch_vars.value} = ${snippet})) {
+				if (${switch_value} !== (${switch_value} = ${snippet})) {
 					if (${name}) ${name}.destroy();
 
-					if (${switch_vars.value}) {
-						${name} = new ${switch_vars.value}(${switch_vars.props}(state));
+					if (${switch_value}) {
+						${name} = new ${switch_value}(${switch_props}(state));
 						${name}._fragment.c();
 
 						${this.children.map(child => child.remount(name))}
@@ -344,9 +373,8 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 			if (updates.length) {
 				block.builders.update.addBlock(deindent`
 					else {
-						var ${name}_changes = {};
-						${updates.join('\n')}
-						${name}._set(${name}_changes);
+						${updates}
+						${name}._set(${name_changes});
 						${bindings.length && `${name_updating} = {};`}
 					}
 				`);
@@ -356,8 +384,14 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 
 			block.builders.destroy.addLine(`if (${name}) ${name}.destroy(false);`);
 		} else {
+			const expression = this.name === ':Self'
+				? generator.name
+				: `%components-${this.name}`;
+
 			block.builders.init.addBlock(deindent`
-				${statements.join('\n')}
+				${(attributes.length || bindings.length) && deindent`
+				var ${name_initial_data} = ${attributeObject};`}
+				${statements}
 				var ${name} = new ${expression}({
 					${componentInitProperties.join(',\n')}
 				});
@@ -387,9 +421,9 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 
 			if (updates.length) {
 				block.builders.update.addBlock(deindent`
-					var ${name}_changes = {};
-					${updates.join('\n')}
-					${name}._set(${name}_changes);
+					var ${name_changes} = {};
+					${updates}
+					${name}._set(${name_changes});
 					${bindings.length && `${name_updating} = {};`}
 				`);
 			}
@@ -408,79 +442,6 @@ export default class Component extends Node {
 	}
 }
 
-function mungeAttribute(attribute: Node, block: Block): Attribute {
-	if (attribute.value === true) {
-		// attributes without values, e.g. <textarea readonly>
-		return {
-			name: attribute.name,
-			value: true,
-			dynamic: false
-		};
-	}
-
-	if (attribute.value.length === 0) {
-		return {
-			name: attribute.name,
-			value: `''`,
-			dynamic: false
-		};
-	}
-
-	if (attribute.value.length === 1) {
-		const value = attribute.value[0];
-
-		if (value.type === 'Text') {
-			// static attributes
-			return {
-				name: attribute.name,
-				value: isNaN(value.data) ? stringify(value.data) : value.data,
-				dynamic: false
-			};
-		}
-
-		// simple dynamic attributes
-		block.contextualise(value.expression); // TODO remove
-		const { dependencies, snippet } = value.metadata;
-
-		// TODO only update attributes that have changed
-		return {
-			name: attribute.name,
-			value: snippet,
-			dependencies,
-			dynamic: true
-		};
-	}
-
-	// otherwise we're dealing with a complex dynamic attribute
-	const allDependencies = new Set();
-
-	const value =
-		(attribute.value[0].type === 'Text' ? '' : `"" + `) +
-		attribute.value
-			.map((chunk: Node) => {
-				if (chunk.type === 'Text') {
-					return stringify(chunk.data);
-				} else {
-					block.contextualise(chunk.expression); // TODO remove
-					const { dependencies, snippet } = chunk.metadata;
-
-					dependencies.forEach((dependency: string) => {
-						allDependencies.add(dependency);
-					});
-
-					return getExpressionPrecedence(chunk.expression) <= 13 ? `(${snippet})` : snippet;
-				}
-			})
-			.join(' + ');
-
-	return {
-		name: attribute.name,
-		value,
-		dependencies: Array.from(allDependencies),
-		dynamic: true
-	};
-}
-
 function mungeBinding(binding: Node, block: Block): Binding {
 	const { name } = getObject(binding.value);
 	const { contexts } = block.contextualise(binding.value);
@@ -555,4 +516,4 @@ function isComputed(node: Node) {
 	}
 
 	return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
index 288a508758a5..140db2d36ee2 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import isVoidElementName from '../../utils/isVoidElementName';
 import validCalleeObjects from '../../utils/validCalleeObjects';
 import reservedNames from '../../utils/reservedNames';
 import fixAttributeCasing from '../../utils/fixAttributeCasing';
+import quoteIfNecessary from '../../utils/quoteIfNecessary';
+import mungeAttribute from './shared/mungeAttribute';
 import Node from './shared/Node';
 import Block from '../dom/Block';
 import Attribute from './Attribute';
@@ -141,6 +143,10 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 			component._slots.add(slot);
 		}
 
+		if (this.spread) {
+			block.addDependencies(this.spread.metadata.dependencies);
+		}
+
 		this.var = block.getUniqueName(
 			this.name.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_$]/g, '_')
 		);
@@ -238,9 +244,9 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 		}
 
 		this.addBindings(block, allUsedContexts);
-		this.addAttributes(block);
 		const eventHandlerUsesComponent = this.addEventHandlers(block, allUsedContexts);
 		this.addRefs(block);
+		this.addAttributes(block);
 		this.addTransitions(block);
 		this.addActions(block);
 
@@ -432,11 +438,69 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 	}
 
 	addAttributes(block: Block) {
+		if (this.attributes.find(attr => attr.type === 'Spread')) {
+			this.addSpreadAttributes(block);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		this.attributes.filter((a: Attribute) => a.type === 'Attribute').forEach((attribute: Attribute) => {
 			attribute.render(block);
 		});
 	}
 
+	addSpreadAttributes(block: Block) {
+		const levels = block.getUniqueName(`${this.var}_levels`);
+		const data = block.getUniqueName(`${this.var}_data`);
+
+		const initialProps = [];
+		const updates = [];
+
+		this.attributes
+			.filter(attr => attr.type === 'Attribute' || attr.type === 'Spread')
+			.forEach(attr => {
+				if (attr.type === 'Attribute') {
+					const { dynamic, value, dependencies } = mungeAttribute(attr, block);
+
+					const snippet = `{ ${quoteIfNecessary(attr.name, this.generator.legacy)}: ${value} }`;
+					initialProps.push(snippet);
+
+					const condition = dependencies && dependencies.map(d => `changed.${d}`).join(' || ');
+					updates.push(condition ? `${condition} && ${snippet}` : snippet);
+				}
+
+				else {
+					block.contextualise(attr.expression); // TODO gah
+					const { snippet, dependencies } = attr.metadata;
+
+					initialProps.push(snippet);
+
+					const condition = dependencies && dependencies.map(d => `changed.${d}`).join(' || ');
+					updates.push(condition ? `${condition} && ${snippet}` : snippet);
+				}
+			});
+
+		block.builders.init.addBlock(deindent`
+			var ${levels} = [
+				${initialProps.join(',\n')}
+			];
+
+			var ${data} = {};
+			for (var #i = 0; #i < ${levels}.length; #i += 1) {
+				${data} = @assign(${data}, ${levels}[#i]);
+			}
+		`);
+
+		block.builders.hydrate.addLine(
+			`@setAttributes(${this.var}, ${data});`
+		);
+
+		block.builders.update.addBlock(deindent`
+			@setAttributes(${this.var}, @getSpreadUpdate(${levels}, [
+				${updates.join(',\n')}
+			]));
+		`);
+	}
+
 	addEventHandlers(block: Block, allUsedContexts) {
 		const { generator } = this;
 		let eventHandlerUsesComponent = false;
@@ -545,6 +609,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 	}
 
 	addRefs(block: Block) {
+		// TODO it should surely be an error to have more than one ref
 		this.attributes.filter((a: Ref) => a.type === 'Ref').forEach((attribute: Ref) => {
 			const ref = `#component.refs.${attribute.name}`;
 
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/index.ts b/src/generators/nodes/index.ts
index e3c9de874dcc..a7ba3c7252a2 100644
--- a/src/generators/nodes/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/index.ts
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ const nodes: Record<string, any> = {
 	Window
 };
 
-export default nodes;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default nodes;
diff --git a/src/generators/nodes/shared/mungeAttribute.ts b/src/generators/nodes/shared/mungeAttribute.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cf85de9b781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generators/nodes/shared/mungeAttribute.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { stringify } from '../../../utils/stringify';
+import getExpressionPrecedence from '../../../utils/getExpressionPrecedence';
+import Node from './Node';
+import Attribute from '../Attribute';
+import Block from '../../dom/Block';
+
+type MungedAttribute = {
+	spread: boolean;
+	name: string;
+	value: string | true;
+	dependencies: string[];
+	dynamic: boolean;
+}
+
+export default function mungeAttribute(attribute: Node, block: Block): MungedAttribute {
+	if (attribute.type === 'Spread') {
+		block.contextualise(attribute.expression); // TODO remove
+		const { dependencies, snippet } = attribute.metadata;
+
+		return {
+			spread: true,
+			name: null,
+			value: snippet,
+			dynamic: dependencies.length > 0,
+			dependencies
+		};
+	}
+
+	if (attribute.value === true) {
+		// attributes without values, e.g. <textarea readonly>
+		return {
+			spread: false,
+			name: attribute.name,
+			value: true,
+			dynamic: false,
+			dependencies: []
+		};
+	}
+
+	if (attribute.value.length === 0) {
+		return {
+			spread: false,
+			name: attribute.name,
+			value: `''`,
+			dynamic: false,
+			dependencies: []
+		};
+	}
+
+	if (attribute.value.length === 1) {
+		const value = attribute.value[0];
+
+		if (value.type === 'Text') {
+			// static attributes
+			return {
+				spread: false,
+				name: attribute.name,
+				value: isNaN(value.data) ? stringify(value.data) : value.data,
+				dynamic: false,
+				dependencies: []
+			};
+		}
+
+		// simple dynamic attributes
+		block.contextualise(value.expression); // TODO remove
+		const { dependencies, snippet } = value.metadata;
+
+		// TODO only update attributes that have changed
+		return {
+			spread: false,
+			name: attribute.name,
+			value: snippet,
+			dependencies,
+			dynamic: true
+		};
+	}
+
+	// otherwise we're dealing with a complex dynamic attribute
+	const allDependencies = new Set();
+
+	const value =
+		(attribute.value[0].type === 'Text' ? '' : `"" + `) +
+		attribute.value
+			.map((chunk: Node) => {
+				if (chunk.type === 'Text') {
+					return stringify(chunk.data);
+				} else {
+					block.contextualise(chunk.expression); // TODO remove
+					const { dependencies, snippet } = chunk.metadata;
+
+					dependencies.forEach((dependency: string) => {
+						allDependencies.add(dependency);
+					});
+
+					return getExpressionPrecedence(chunk.expression) <= 13 ? `(${snippet})` : snippet;
+				}
+			})
+			.join(' + ');
+
+	return {
+		spread: false,
+		name: attribute.name,
+		value,
+		dependencies: Array.from(allDependencies),
+		dynamic: true
+	};
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
index c998cb894b09..0bb88c7c6887 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/index.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,24 @@ 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 === '%') return generator.templateVars.get(name);
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Component.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Component.ts
index a5cef9120f7c..cfa0b8b132e8 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Component.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Component.ts
@@ -27,51 +27,65 @@ export default function visitComponent(
 	const attributes: Node[] = [];
 	const bindings: Node[] = [];
 
+	let usesSpread;
+
 	node.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
-		if (attribute.type === 'Attribute') {
+		if (attribute.type === 'Attribute' || attribute.type === 'Spread') {
+			if (attribute.type === 'Spread') usesSpread = true;
 			attributes.push(attribute);
 		} else if (attribute.type === 'Binding') {
 			bindings.push(attribute);
 		}
 	});
 
-	const props = attributes
-		.map(attribute => {
-			let value;
-
-			if (attribute.value === true) {
-				value = `true`;
-			} else if (attribute.value.length === 0) {
-				value = `''`;
-			} else if (attribute.value.length === 1) {
-				const chunk = attribute.value[0];
-				if (chunk.type === 'Text') {
-					value = isNaN(chunk.data) ? stringify(chunk.data) : chunk.data;
-				} else {
-					block.contextualise(chunk.expression);
-					const { snippet } = chunk.metadata;
-					value = snippet;
-				}
-			} else {
-				value = '`' + attribute.value.map(stringifyAttribute).join('') + '`';
+	const bindingProps = bindings.map(binding => {
+		const { name } = getObject(binding.value);
+		const tail = binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression'
+			? getTailSnippet(binding.value)
+			: '';
+
+		const keypath = block.contexts.has(name)
+			? `${name}${tail}`
+			: `state.${name}${tail}`;
+		return `${binding.name}: ${keypath}`;
+	});
+
+	function getAttributeValue(attribute) {
+		if (attribute.value === true) return `true`;
+		if (attribute.value.length === 0) return `''`;
+
+		if (attribute.value.length === 1) {
+			const chunk = attribute.value[0];
+			if (chunk.type === 'Text') {
+				return isNaN(chunk.data) ? stringify(chunk.data) : chunk.data;
 			}
 
-			return `${attribute.name}: ${value}`;
-		})
-		.concat(
-			bindings.map(binding => {
-				const { name } = getObject(binding.value);
-				const tail = binding.value.type === 'MemberExpression'
-					? getTailSnippet(binding.value)
-					: '';
-
-				const keypath = block.contexts.has(name)
-					? `${name}${tail}`
-					: `state.${name}${tail}`;
-				return `${binding.name}: ${keypath}`;
-			})
-		)
-		.join(', ');
+			block.contextualise(chunk.expression);
+			const { snippet } = chunk.metadata;
+			return snippet;
+		}
+
+		return '`' + attribute.value.map(stringifyAttribute).join('') + '`';
+	}
+
+	const props = usesSpread
+		? `Object.assign(${
+			attributes
+				.map(attribute => {
+					if (attribute.type === 'Spread') {
+						block.contextualise(attribute.expression);
+						return attribute.metadata.snippet;
+					} else {
+						return `{ ${attribute.name}: ${getAttributeValue(attribute)} }`;
+					}
+				})
+				.concat(bindingProps.map(p => `{ ${p} }`))
+				.join(', ')
+		})`
+		: `{ ${attributes
+			.map(attribute => `${attribute.name}: ${getAttributeValue(attribute)}`)
+			.concat(bindingProps)
+			.join(', ')} }`;
 
 	const isDynamicComponent = node.name === ':Component';
 	if (isDynamicComponent) block.contextualise(node.expression);
@@ -86,7 +100,7 @@ export default function visitComponent(
 		block.addBinding(binding, expression);
 	});
 
-	let open = `\${${expression}._render(__result, {${props}}`;
+	let open = `\${${expression}._render(__result, ${props}`;
 
 	const options = [];
 	if (generator.options.store) {
diff --git a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
index 62c1fc87032a..fe6bd97b12fd 100644
--- a/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
+++ b/src/generators/server-side-rendering/visitors/Element.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import visitComponent from './Component';
 import visitSlot from './Slot';
 import isVoidElementName from '../../../utils/isVoidElementName';
+import quoteIfNecessary from '../../../utils/quoteIfNecessary';
 import visit from '../visit';
 import { SsrGenerator } from '../index';
 import Element from '../../nodes/Element';
@@ -34,25 +35,54 @@ export default function visitElement(
 		appendTarget.slots[slotName] = '';
 	}
 
-	node.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
-		if (attribute.type !== 'Attribute') return;
+	if (node.attributes.find(attr => attr.type === 'Spread')) {
+		// TODO dry this out
+		const args = [];
+		node.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
+			if (attribute.type === 'Spread') {
+				block.contextualise(attribute.expression);
+				args.push(attribute.metadata.snippet);
+			} else if (attribute.type === 'Attribute') {
+				if (attribute.name === 'value' && node.name === 'textarea') {
+					textareaContents = stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value);
+				} else if (attribute.value === true) {
+					args.push(`{ ${quoteIfNecessary(attribute.name)}: true }`);
+				} else if (
+					booleanAttributes.has(attribute.name) &&
+					attribute.value.length === 1 &&
+					attribute.value[0].type !== 'Text'
+				) {
+					// a boolean attribute with one non-Text chunk
+					block.contextualise(attribute.value[0].expression);
+					args.push(`{ ${quoteIfNecessary(attribute.name)}: ${attribute.value[0].metadata.snippet} }`);
+				} else {
+					args.push(`{ ${quoteIfNecessary(attribute.name)}: \`${stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value)}\` }`);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		openingTag += "${__spread([" + args.join(', ') + "])}";
+	} else {
+		node.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
+			if (attribute.type !== 'Attribute') return;
 
-		if (attribute.name === 'value' && node.name === 'textarea') {
-			textareaContents = stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value);
-		} else if (attribute.value === true) {
-			openingTag += ` ${attribute.name}`;
-		} else if (
-			booleanAttributes.has(attribute.name) &&
-			attribute.value.length === 1 &&
-			attribute.value[0].type !== 'Text'
-		) {
-			// a boolean attribute with one non-Text chunk
-			block.contextualise(attribute.value[0].expression);
-			openingTag += '${' + attribute.value[0].metadata.snippet + ' ? " ' + attribute.name + '" : "" }';
-		} else {
-			openingTag += ` ${attribute.name}="${stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value)}"`;
-		}
-	});
+			if (attribute.name === 'value' && node.name === 'textarea') {
+				textareaContents = stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value);
+			} else if (attribute.value === true) {
+				openingTag += ` ${attribute.name}`;
+			} else if (
+				booleanAttributes.has(attribute.name) &&
+				attribute.value.length === 1 &&
+				attribute.value[0].type !== 'Text'
+			) {
+				// a boolean attribute with one non-Text chunk
+				block.contextualise(attribute.value[0].expression);
+				openingTag += '${' + attribute.value[0].metadata.snippet + ' ? " ' + attribute.name + '" : "" }';
+			} else {
+				openingTag += ` ${attribute.name}="${stringifyAttributeValue(block, attribute.value)}"`;
+			}
+		});
+	}
 
 	if (node._cssRefAttribute) {
 		openingTag += ` svelte-ref-${node._cssRefAttribute}`;
diff --git a/src/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
index 79aa289f20ea..4f7e7a117b41 100644
--- a/src/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,23 @@ function readTagName(parser: Parser) {
 function readAttribute(parser: Parser, uniqueNames: Set<string>) {
 	const start = parser.index;
 
+	if (parser.eat('{{')) {
+		parser.allowWhitespace();
+		parser.eat('...', true, 'Expected spread operator (...)');
+
+		const expression = readExpression(parser);
+
+		parser.allowWhitespace();
+		parser.eat('}}', true);
+
+		return {
+			start,
+			end: parser.index,
+			type: 'Spread',
+			expression
+		};
+	}
+
 	let name = parser.readUntil(/(\s|=|\/|>)/);
 	if (!name) return null;
 	if (uniqueNames.has(name)) {
@@ -383,4 +400,4 @@ function readSequence(parser: Parser, done: () => boolean) {
 	}
 
 	parser.error(`Unexpected end of input`);
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shared/dom.js b/src/shared/dom.js
index 9003faee3e14..0eb53585d7cf 100644
--- a/src/shared/dom.js
+++ b/src/shared/dom.js
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ export function setAttribute(node, attribute, value) {
 	node.setAttribute(attribute, value);
 }
 
+export function setAttributes(node, attributes) {
+	for (var key in attributes) {
+		if (key in node) {
+			node[key] = attributes[key];
+		} else {
+			if (attributes[key] === undefined) removeAttribute(node, key);
+			else setAttribute(node, key, attributes[key]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export function removeAttribute(node, attribute) {
+	node.removeAttribute(attribute);
+}
+
 export function setXlinkAttribute(node, attribute, value) {
 	node.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', attribute, value);
 }
@@ -177,4 +192,4 @@ export function selectMultipleValue(select) {
 	return [].map.call(select.querySelectorAll(':checked'), function(option) {
 		return option.__value;
 	});
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/index.js b/src/shared/index.js
index d73d0979e18b..5a8c9e470b5a 100644
--- a/src/shared/index.js
+++ b/src/shared/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { assign } from './utils.js';
 import { noop } from './utils.js';
 export * from './dom.js';
 export * from './keyed-each.js';
+export * from './spread.js';
 export * from './transitions.js';
 export * from './utils.js';
 
diff --git a/src/shared/spread.js b/src/shared/spread.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ecc432fc350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/spread.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export function getSpreadUpdate(levels, updates) {
+	var update = {};
+
+	var to_null_out = {};
+	var accounted_for = {};
+
+	var i = levels.length;
+	while (i--) {
+		var o = levels[i];
+		var n = updates[i];
+
+		if (n) {
+			for (var key in o) {
+				if (!(key in n)) to_null_out[key] = 1;
+			}
+
+			for (var key in n) {
+				if (!accounted_for[key]) {
+					update[key] = n[key];
+					accounted_for[key] = 1;
+				}
+			}
+
+			levels[i] = n;
+		} else {
+			for (var key in o) {
+				accounted_for[key] = 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (var key in to_null_out) {
+		if (!(key in update)) update[key] = undefined;
+	}
+
+	return update;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/quoteIfNecessary.ts b/src/utils/quoteIfNecessary.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82a7901a7fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/quoteIfNecessary.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import isValidIdentifier from './isValidIdentifier';
+import reservedNames from './reservedNames';
+
+export default function quoteIfNecessary(name: string, legacy?: boolean) {
+	if (!isValidIdentifier(name) || (legacy && reservedNames.has(name))) return `"${name}"`;
+	return name;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validate/html/a11y.ts b/src/validate/html/a11y.ts
index e9953d60835f..c52180cf63da 100644
--- a/src/validate/html/a11y.ts
+++ b/src/validate/html/a11y.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export default function a11y(
 
 	const attributeMap = new Map();
 	node.attributes.forEach((attribute: Node) => {
+		if (attribute.type === 'Spread') return;
+
 		const name = attribute.name.toLowerCase();
 
 		// aria-props
diff --git a/test/js/samples/action/expected-bundle.js b/test/js/samples/action/expected-bundle.js
index 96ad1ebe7de1..68fdff503d42 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/action/expected-bundle.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/action/expected-bundle.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ var proto = {
 /* generated by Svelte vX.Y.Z */
 
 function link(node) {
-
+  
   function onClick(event) {
     event.preventDefault();
     history.pushState(null, null, event.target.href);
diff --git a/test/js/samples/action/expected.js b/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
index 6e1b5ef60062..5562b845296b 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/action/expected.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { assign, createElement, detachNode, init, insertNode, noop, proto } from "svelte/shared.js";
 
 function link(node) {
-
+  
   function onClick(event) {
     event.preventDefault();
     history.pushState(null, null, event.target.href);
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected-bundle.js b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected-bundle.js
index 48fbb1e83653..572dd7543923 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected-bundle.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected-bundle.js
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected.js b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected.js
index 5a60d641c29d..ee5a447d64ea 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable/expected.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected-bundle.js b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected-bundle.js
index 48fbb1e83653..572dd7543923 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected-bundle.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected-bundle.js
@@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected.js b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected.js
index 5a60d641c29d..ee5a447d64ea 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static-immutable2/expected.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static/expected-bundle.js b/test/js/samples/component-static/expected-bundle.js
index 027cd3be45fc..9895844ac647 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static/expected-bundle.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static/expected-bundle.js
@@ -167,9 +167,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/component-static/expected.js b/test/js/samples/component-static/expected.js
index 2207d7a8e32e..93584db49e8a 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/component-static/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/component-static/expected.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ var Nested = window.Nested;
 
 function create_main_fragment(component, state) {
 
+	var nested_initial_data = { foo: "bar" };
 	var nested = new Nested({
 		root: component.root,
-		data: { foo: "bar" }
+		data: nested_initial_data
 	});
 
 	return {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/css-shadow-dom-keyframes/expected.js b/test/js/samples/css-shadow-dom-keyframes/expected.js
index 680231c77d74..eeac231db1bf 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/css-shadow-dom-keyframes/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/css-shadow-dom-keyframes/expected.js
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ assign(assign(SvelteComponent.prototype, proto), {
 		this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
 	}
 });
-export default SvelteComponent;
+export default SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/deconflict-builtins/expected.js b/test/js/samples/deconflict-builtins/expected.js
index 314708544b9f..e81e05fd32a6 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/deconflict-builtins/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/deconflict-builtins/expected.js
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ function SvelteComponent(options) {
 }
 
 assign(SvelteComponent.prototype, proto);
-export default SvelteComponent;
+export default SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js b/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
index 407fcf81eae1..cefd0a133859 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/each-block-changed-check/expected.js
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ function SvelteComponent(options) {
 }
 
 assign(SvelteComponent.prototype, proto);
-export default SvelteComponent;
+export default SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/event-handlers-custom/expected.js b/test/js/samples/event-handlers-custom/expected.js
index ee1d155e9d66..e800fb1d0ee4 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/event-handlers-custom/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/event-handlers-custom/expected.js
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ function SvelteComponent(options) {
 }
 
 assign(assign(SvelteComponent.prototype, methods), proto);
-export default SvelteComponent;
+export default SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/setup-method/expected.js b/test/js/samples/setup-method/expected.js
index 256d1710b477..feee1679e548 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/setup-method/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/setup-method/expected.js
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ function SvelteComponent(options) {
 assign(assign(SvelteComponent.prototype, methods), proto);
 
 setup(SvelteComponent);
-export default SvelteComponent;
+export default SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/js/samples/ssr-preserve-comments/expected.js b/test/js/samples/ssr-preserve-comments/expected.js
index eff9344154fc..3497a7283298 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/ssr-preserve-comments/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/ssr-preserve-comments/expected.js
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ SvelteComponent.renderCss = function() {
 	};
 };
 
-module.exports = SvelteComponent;
+module.exports = SvelteComponent;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/spread/input.html b/test/parser/samples/spread/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5a2c7960057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/spread/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div {{...props}}></div>
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/spread/output.json b/test/parser/samples/spread/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..365c6be625f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/spread/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+	"hash": "phg0l6",
+	"html": {
+		"start": 0,
+		"end": 24,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 0,
+				"end": 24,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "div",
+				"attributes": [
+					{
+						"start": 5,
+						"end": 17,
+						"type": "Spread",
+						"expression": {
+							"type": "Identifier",
+							"start": 10,
+							"end": 15,
+							"name": "props"
+						}
+					}
+				],
+				"children": []
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	"css": null,
+	"js": null
+}
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/Widget.html b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/Widget.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43184b9ad896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/Widget.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<p>foo: {{foo}}</p>
+<p>baz: {{baz}} ({{typeof baz}})</p>
+<p>qux: {{qux}}</p>
+<p>quux: {{quux}}</p>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06acc4906d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		props: {
+			foo: 'lol',
+			baz: 40 + 2,
+			qux: `this is a ${'piece of'} string`,
+			quux: 'core'
+		}
+	},
+
+	html: `<div><p>foo: lol</p>\n<p>baz: 42 (number)</p>\n<p>qux: named</p>\n<p>quux: core</p></div>`,
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		component.set({
+			props: {
+				foo: 'wut',
+				baz: 40 + 3,
+				qux: `this is a ${'rather boring'} string`,
+				quux: 'heart'
+			}
+		});
+
+		assert.equal( target.innerHTML, `<div><p>foo: wut</p>\n<p>baz: 43 (number)</p>\n<p>qux: named</p>\n<p>quux: heart</p></div>` );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6b16a44296f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-component/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<div>
+	<Widget {{...props}} qux="named"/>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+	import Widget from './Widget.html';
+
+	export default {
+		components: { Widget }
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83a1590f2929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		props: {
+			disabled: true
+		}
+	},
+
+	html: `
+		<button disabled>click me</button>
+	`,
+
+	test(assert, component, target) {
+		const button = target.querySelector('button');
+
+		assert.ok(button.disabled);
+
+		component.set({
+			props: { disabled: false }
+		});
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<button>click me</button>`
+		);
+		assert.ok(!button.disabled);
+	},
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9469dab0d6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-boolean/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<button {{...props}} >click me</button>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a1aae2d8371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		a: {
+			'data-one': 1,
+			'data-two': 2,
+		},
+		c: {
+			'data-b': 'overridden',
+		},
+		d: 'deeeeee',
+	},
+
+	html: `
+		<div data-one="1" data-two="2" data-b="overridden" data-d="deeeeee" >test</div>
+	`,
+
+	test(assert, component, target) {
+		component.set({
+			a: {
+				'data-one': 10
+			},
+			c: {
+				'data-c': 'new'
+			},
+			d: 'DEEEEEE'
+		});
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(
+			target.innerHTML,
+			`<div data-one="10" data-b="b" data-c="new" data-d="DEEEEEE" >test</div>`
+		);
+	},
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d43564397b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element-multiple/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div {{...a}} data-b="b" {{...c}} data-d={{d}} >test</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd6c0b891e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export default {
+	html: `<div data-named="value" data-foo="bar">red</div>`,
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		const div = target.querySelector( 'div' );
+
+		assert.equal( div.dataset.foo, 'bar' );
+		assert.equal( div.dataset.named, 'value' );
+
+		component.set({ color: 'blue', props: { 'data-foo': 'baz', 'data-named': 'qux' } });
+		assert.htmlEqual( target.innerHTML, `<div data-named="value" data-foo="baz">blue</div>` );
+		assert.equal( div.dataset.foo, 'baz' );
+		assert.equal( div.dataset.named, 'value' );
+
+		component.set({ color: 'blue', props: {} });
+		assert.htmlEqual( target.innerHTML, `<div data-named="value">blue</div>` );
+		assert.equal( div.dataset.foo, undefined );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f3dbae7d58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/spread-element/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<div {{...props}} data-named="value">{{color}}</div>
+
+<script>
+	export default {
+		data: () => ({
+			color: 'red',
+			props: {
+				'data-foo': 'bar',
+				'data-named': 'qux'
+			}
+		})
+	};
+</script>