diff --git a/src/generators/dom/index.ts b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
index bb1487ba66..fe0b3857f2 100644
--- a/src/generators/dom/index.ts
+++ b/src/generators/dom/index.ts
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ export default function dom(
 						var nodes = @children( options.target );
 						options.hydrate ? this._fragment.claim( nodes ) : this._fragment.create();
 						nodes.forEach( @detachNode );
-					`
-					: deindent`
+					` :
+					deindent`
+						${options.dev && `if ( options.hydrate ) throw new Error( 'options.hydrate only works if the component was compiled with the \`hydratable: true\` option' );`}
 						this._fragment.create();
 					`}
 				this._fragment.${block.hasIntroMethod ? 'intro' : 'mount'}( options.target, null );
diff --git a/test/runtime/index.js b/test/runtime/index.js
index 6c599ce96d..16d5820f0b 100644
--- a/test/runtime/index.js
+++ b/test/runtime/index.js
@@ -230,4 +230,23 @@ describe("runtime", () => {
 			new SvelteComponent();
 		}, /'target' is a required option/);
 	});
+
+	it("fails if options.hydrate is true but the component is non-hydratable", () => {
+		const { code } = svelte.compile(`<div></div>`, {
+			format: "iife",
+			name: "SvelteComponent",
+			dev: true
+		});
+
+		const SvelteComponent = eval(
+			`(function () { ${code}; return SvelteComponent; }())`
+		);
+
+		assert.throws(() => {
+			new SvelteComponent({
+				target: {},
+				hydrate: true
+			});
+		}, /options.hydrate only works if the component was compiled with the `hydratable: true` option/);
+	});
 });