diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index dbde8f1b2df8..aa84b1e7e0ad 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,26 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 			const href_attribute = attribute_map.get('href') || attribute_map.get('xlink:href');
 			const id_attribute = attribute_map.get('id');
 			const name_attribute = attribute_map.get('name');
+			const target_attribute = attribute_map.get('target');
+
+			if (target_attribute && target_attribute.get_static_value() === '_blank' && href_attribute) {
+				const href_static_value = href_attribute.get_static_value() ? href_attribute.get_static_value().toLowerCase() : null;
+
+				if (href_static_value === null || href_static_value.match(/^(https?:)?\/\//i)) {
+					const rel = attribute_map.get('rel');
+					const rel_values = rel ? rel.get_static_value().split(' ') : [];
+					const expected_values = ['noreferrer'];
+
+					expected_values.forEach(expected_value => {
+						if (!rel || rel && rel_values.indexOf(expected_value) < 0) {
+							component.warn(this, {
+								code: `security-anchor-rel-${expected_value}`,
+								message: `Security: Anchor with "target=_blank" should have rel attribute containing the value "${expected_value}"`
+							});
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			}
 
 			if (href_attribute) {
 				const href_value = href_attribute.get_static_value();
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/input.svelte b/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de52d5a59604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<a href="https://svelte.dev" target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="https://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="https://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'https://svelte.dev'} target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'https://svelte.dev'} target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'https://svelte.dev'} target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="//svelte.dev" target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="//svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="//svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="http://svelte.dev" target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="http://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="http://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="HTTP://svelte.dev" target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="HTTP://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="HTTP://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'HTTPS://svelte.dev'} target="_blank">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'HTTPS://svelte.dev'} target="_blank" rel="">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href={'HTTPS://svelte.dev'} target="_blank" rel="noopener">svelte website (invalid)</a>
+<a href="same-host" target="_blank">Same host (valid)</a>
+<a href="same-host" target="_blank" rel="">Same host (valid)</a>
+<a href="same-host" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Same host (valid)</a>
+<a href="http://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="http://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="HTTP://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="HTTP://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="https://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="https://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="HTTPS://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="HTTPS://svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="//svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">svelte website (valid)</a>
+<a href="//svelte.dev" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">svelte website (valid)</a>
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diff --git a/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/warnings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24c10fb7639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/security-anchor-rel-noreferrer/warnings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+[
+	{
+		"code": "security-anchor-rel-noreferrer",
+		"message": "Security: Anchor with \"target=_blank\" should have rel attribute containing the value \"noreferrer\"",
+		"end": {
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+			"column": 73,
+			"line": 1
+		},
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+			"line": 1
+		}
+	},
+	{
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+		}
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+		},
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+			"line": 3
+		}
+	},
+	{
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