diff --git a/src/reactTemplates.js b/src/reactTemplates.js
index 31102fe..e840a60 100644
--- a/src/reactTemplates.js
+++ b/src/reactTemplates.js
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ function convertHtmlToReact(node, context) {
         if (node.attribs[ifAttr]) {
             validateIfAttribute(node, context, data);
             data.condition = node.attribs[ifAttr].trim();
-            if (!node.attribs.key) {
+            if (!node.attribs.key && node.name !== virtualNode) {
                 _.set(node, ['attribs', 'key'], `${node.startIndex}`);
             }
         }
@@ -384,14 +384,23 @@ function convertHtmlToReact(node, context) {
                 }
             }
         }
+        
+        if (node.name === virtualNode) {                                    
+            const invalidAttributes = _.without(_.keys(node.attribs), scopeAttr, ifAttr, repeatAttr);            
+            if (invalidAttributes.length > 0) {                                
+                throw RTCodeError.build(context, node, "<rt-virtual> may not contain attributes other than 'rt-scope', 'rt-if' and 'rt-repeat'");
+            }
 
-        // provide a key to virtual node children if missing
-        if (node.name === virtualNode && node.children.length > 1) {
-            _(node.children)
-                .reject('attribs.key')
-                .forEach((child, i) => {
-                    _.set(child, ['attribs', 'key'], `${node.startIndex}${i}`);
-                });
+            // provide a key to virtual node children if missing
+            if (node.children.length > 1) {
+                _(node.children)
+                    .reject('attribs.key')
+                    .forEach((child, i) => {                        
+                        if (child.type === 'tag' && child.name !== virtualNode) {                            
+                            _.set(child, ['attribs', 'key'], `${node.startIndex}${i}`);
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
         }
 
         const children = _.map(node.children, child => {
diff --git a/test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual.rt b/test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual-1.rt
similarity index 100%
rename from test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual.rt
rename to test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual-1.rt
diff --git a/test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual-2.rt b/test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual-2.rt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a855992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/invalid/invalid-virtual-2.rt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>
+   <rt-virtual rt-scope="'42' as fortytwo" onClick={console.log}>
+      The answer is {fortytwo}
+   </rt-virtual>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/rt.invalid.spec.js b/test/src/rt.invalid.spec.js
index 34eea09..3a6b6bb 100644
--- a/test/src/rt.invalid.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/rt.invalid.spec.js
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ module.exports = {
             {file: 'invalid-brace.rt', issue: new RTCodeError('Unexpected end of input', 128, 163, 5, 11)},
             {file: 'invalid-style-1.rt', issue: new RTCodeError('Unexpected token ILLEGAL', 10, 39, 2, 5)},
             {file: 'invalid-style-2.rt', issue: new RTCodeError('style attribute keys cannot contain { } expressions', 35, 68, 2, 5)},
-            {file: 'invalid-virtual.rt', issue: new RTCodeError('Document should not have <rt-virtual> as root element', 0, 60, 1, 1)}
+            {file: 'invalid-virtual-1.rt', issue: new RTCodeError('Document should not have <rt-virtual> as root element', 0, 60, 1, 1)},
+            {file: 'invalid-virtual-2.rt', issue: new RTCodeError("<rt-virtual> may not contain attributes other than 'rt-scope', 'rt-if' and 'rt-repeat'", 9, 119, 2, 4)}
         ];
 
         test('invalid tests', t => {
             t.plan(invalidFiles.length);
 
-            invalidFiles.forEach(check);
-
-            function check(testFile) {
+            invalidFiles.forEach(testFile => {
                 const filename = path.join(dataPath, testFile.file);
                 const html = testUtils.readFileNormalized(filename);
                 let error = null;
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ module.exports = {
                     error = e;
                 }
                 t.deepEqual(omitStack(error), omitStack(testFile.issue), 'Expect convertTemplateToReact to throw an error');
-            }
+            });
         });
 
         /**