diff --git a/core/src/components/item-divider/item-divider.tsx b/core/src/components/item-divider/item-divider.tsx
index eb8896433e..6f8d8b4ae8 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-divider/item-divider.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/item-divider/item-divider.tsx
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ export class ItemDivider {
 
   render() {
     return [
-      <slot name="start" />,
+      <slot name="start"></slot>,
       <div class="item-divider-inner">
         <div class="item-divider-wrapper">
           <slot></slot>
         </div>
-        <slot name="end" />
+        <slot name="end"></slot>
       </div>
     ];
   }
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-option/item-option.tsx b/core/src/components/item-option/item-option.tsx
index febb22857c..1b30797485 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-option/item-option.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/item-option/item-option.tsx
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ export class ItemOption {
         onClick={this.clickedOptionButton.bind(this)}
       >
         <span class="item-option-button-inner">
-          <slot name="start" />
+          <slot name="start"></slot>
           <slot name="top" />
           <slot name="icon-only" />
           <slot></slot>
           <slot name="bottom" />
-          <slot name="end" />
+          <slot name="end"></slot>
         </span>
       </TagType>
     );
diff --git a/core/src/components/item/item.tsx b/core/src/components/item/item.tsx
index 7b803d0594..0e78e0672f 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item/item.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/item/item.tsx
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class Item {
         class="item-native"
         onClick={ev => openURL(win, href, ev, routerDirection)}
       >
-        <slot name="start" />
+        <slot name="start"></slot>
         <div class="item-inner">
           <div class="input-wrapper">
             <slot></slot>
diff --git a/core/src/components/range/range.tsx b/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
index 0dc6d91d2f..c0fa7860e1 100644
--- a/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export class Range implements BaseInput {
     }
 
     return [
-      <slot name="start" />,
+      <slot name="start"></slot>,
       <ion-gesture
         disableScroll={true}
         onStart={this.onDragStart.bind(this)}
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ export class Range implements BaseInput {
           )}
         </div>
       </ion-gesture>,
-      <slot name="end" />
+      <slot name="end"></slot>
     ];
   }
 }