diff --git a/packages/create-instance/create-scoped-slots.js b/packages/create-instance/create-scoped-slots.js
index d5d0cecaa..50464d9ee 100644
--- a/packages/create-instance/create-scoped-slots.js
+++ b/packages/create-instance/create-scoped-slots.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { throwError } from 'shared/util'
 import { VUE_VERSION } from 'shared/consts'
 
 function isDestructuringSlotScope(slotScope: string): boolean {
-  return slotScope[0] === '{' && slotScope[slotScope.length - 1] === '}'
+  return /^{.*}$/.test(slotScope)
 }
 
 function getVueTemplateCompilerHelpers(
@@ -46,7 +46,36 @@ function validateEnvironment(): void {
   }
 }
 
-const slotScopeRe = /<[^>]+ slot-scope=\"(.+)\"/
+function isScopedSlot(slot) {
+  if (typeof slot === 'function') return { match: null, slot }
+
+  const slotScopeRe = /<[^>]+ slot-scope="(.+)"/
+  const vSlotRe = /<template v-slot(?::.+)?="(.+)"/
+  const shortVSlotRe = /<template #.*="(.+)"/
+
+  const hasOldSlotScope = slot.match(slotScopeRe)
+  const hasVSlotScopeAttr = slot.match(vSlotRe)
+  const hasShortVSlotScopeAttr = slot.match(shortVSlotRe)
+
+  if (hasOldSlotScope) {
+    return { slot, match: hasOldSlotScope }
+  } else if (hasVSlotScopeAttr || hasShortVSlotScopeAttr) {
+    // Strip v-slot and #slot attributes from `template` tag. compileToFunctions leaves empty `template` tag otherwise.
+    const sanitizedSlot = slot.replace(
+      /(<template)([^>]+)(>.+<\/template>)/,
+      '$1$3'
+    )
+    return {
+      slot: sanitizedSlot,
+      match: hasVSlotScopeAttr || hasShortVSlotScopeAttr
+    }
+  }
+  // we have no matches, so we just return
+  return {
+    slot: slot,
+    match: null
+  }
+}
 
 // Hide warning about <template> disallowed as root element
 function customWarn(msg) {
@@ -70,14 +99,18 @@ export default function createScopedSlots(
   for (const scopedSlotName in scopedSlotsOption) {
     const slot = scopedSlotsOption[scopedSlotName]
     const isFn = typeof slot === 'function'
+
+    const scopedSlotMatches = isScopedSlot(slot)
+
     // Type check to silence flow (can't use isFn)
     const renderFn =
       typeof slot === 'function'
         ? slot
-        : compileToFunctions(slot, { warn: customWarn }).render
+        : compileToFunctions(scopedSlotMatches.slot, { warn: customWarn })
+            .render
+
+    const slotScope = scopedSlotMatches.match && scopedSlotMatches.match[1]
 
-    const hasSlotScopeAttr = !isFn && slot.match(slotScopeRe)
-    const slotScope = hasSlotScopeAttr && hasSlotScopeAttr[1]
     scopedSlots[scopedSlotName] = function(props) {
       let res
       if (isFn) {
diff --git a/test/specs/mounting-options/scopedSlots.spec.js b/test/specs/mounting-options/scopedSlots.spec.js
index ecb4cc2f7..2bd3fc2a3 100644
--- a/test/specs/mounting-options/scopedSlots.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/mounting-options/scopedSlots.spec.js
@@ -281,6 +281,56 @@ describeWithShallowAndMount('scopedSlots', mountingMethod => {
     }
   )
 
+  itDoNotRunIf(
+    vueVersion < 2.6,
+    'renders scoped slot with v-slot syntax',
+    () => {
+      const TestComponent = {
+        data() {
+          return {
+            val: 25,
+            val2: 50
+          }
+        },
+        template:
+          '<div><slot :val="val"/><slot name="named" :val="val2"/></div>'
+      }
+      const wrapper = mountingMethod(TestComponent, {
+        scopedSlots: {
+          default:
+            '<template v-slot:default="{ val }"><p>{{ val }}</p></template>',
+          named:
+            '<template v-slot:named="prop"><p>{{ prop.val }}</p></template>'
+        }
+      })
+      expect(wrapper.html()).to.equal('<div>\n  <p>25</p>\n  <p>50</p>\n</div>')
+    }
+  )
+
+  itDoNotRunIf(
+    vueVersion < 2.6,
+    'renders scoped slot with shorthand v-slot syntax',
+    () => {
+      const TestComponent = {
+        data() {
+          return {
+            val: 25,
+            val2: 50
+          }
+        },
+        template:
+          '<div><slot :val="val"/><slot name="named" :val="val2"/></div>'
+      }
+      const wrapper = mountingMethod(TestComponent, {
+        scopedSlots: {
+          default: '<template #default="{ val }"><p>{{ val }}</p></template>',
+          named: '<template #named="prop"><p>{{ prop.val }}</p></template>'
+        }
+      })
+      expect(wrapper.html()).to.equal('<div>\n  <p>25</p>\n  <p>50</p>\n</div>')
+    }
+  )
+
   itDoNotRunIf(
     vueVersion < 2.5 || mountingMethod.name !== 'mount',
     'renders using localVue constructor',