diff --git a/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js b/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
index b1df6647a..f86d44eb1 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/components/Slot.js
@@ -4,19 +4,48 @@ import styles from './Slot.css';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {getSlotElements} from 'coral-framework/helpers/plugins';
 import omit from 'lodash/omit';
+import union from 'lodash/union';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
 
-function Slot ({fill, inline = false, className, reduxState, defaultComponent: DefaultComponent, ...rest}) {
-  let children = getSlotElements(fill, reduxState, rest);
-  const pluginConfig = reduxState.config.pluginConfig || {};
-  if (children.length === 0 && DefaultComponent) {
-    children = <DefaultComponent {...rest} />;
+class Slot extends React.Component {
+  shouldComponentUpdate(next) {
+
+    // Prevent Slot from rerendering when only reduxState has changed and
+    // it does not result in a change of slot children.
+    const keys = union(Object.keys(this.props), Object.keys(next));
+    const changes = keys.filter((key) => this.props[key] !== next[key]);
+    if (changes.length === 1 && changes[0] === 'reduxState') {
+      const prevChildrenUuid = this.getChildren(this.props).map((child) => child.type.talkUuid);
+      const nextChildrenUuid = this.getChildren(next).map((child) => child.type.talkUuid);
+      return !isEqual(prevChildrenUuid, nextChildrenUuid);
+    }
+
+    // Prevent Slot from rerendering when no props has shallowly changed.
+    return changes.length !== 0;
   }
 
-  return (
-    <div className={cn({[styles.inline]: inline, [styles.debug]: pluginConfig.debug}, className)}>
-      {children}
-    </div>
-  );
+  getSlotProps({fill: _a, inline: _b, className: _c, reduxState: _d, defaultComponent_: _e, ...rest} = this.props) {
+    return rest;
+  }
+
+  getChildren(props = this.props) {
+    return getSlotElements(props.fill, props.reduxState, this.getSlotProps(props));
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {inline = false, className, reduxState, defaultComponent: DefaultComponent} = this.props;
+    let children = this.getChildren();
+    const pluginConfig = reduxState.config.pluginConfig || {};
+    if (children.length === 0 && DefaultComponent) {
+      children = <DefaultComponent {...this.getSlotProps(this.props)} />;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <div className={cn({[styles.inline]: inline, [styles.debug]: pluginConfig.debug}, className)}>
+        {children}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 Slot.propTypes = {
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/helpers/plugins.js b/client/coral-framework/helpers/plugins.js
index b2ca78142..7bebaa1f6 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/helpers/plugins.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/helpers/plugins.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {loadTranslations} from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
 import {injectReducers} from 'coral-framework/services/store';
 import camelize from './camelize';
 import plugins from 'pluginsConfig';
+import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 
 export function getSlotComponents(slot, reduxState, props = {}) {
   const pluginConfig = reduxState.config.plugin_config || {};
@@ -100,7 +101,12 @@ function addMetaDataToSlotComponents() {
     const slots = plugin.module.slots;
     slots && Object.keys(slots).forEach((slot) => {
       slots[slot].forEach((component) => {
+
+        // Attach plugin name to the component
         component.talkPluginName = plugin.name;
+
+        // Attach uuid to the component
+        component.talkUuid = uuid();
       });
     });
   });