diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
index 1ef3ebf55..b78a6f87c 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-import React, {
-  useLayoutEffect,
-  useEffect,
-  useRef,
-  useMemo,
-  useCallback,
-} from 'react'
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useMemo, useCallback } from 'react'
 import { Editor, Element, NodeEntry, Node, Range, Text } from 'slate'
 import debounce from 'debounce'
 import scrollIntoView from 'scroll-into-view-if-needed'
@@ -15,6 +9,7 @@ import { IS_FIREFOX, IS_SAFARI } from '../utils/environment'
 import { ReactEditor } from '..'
 import { ReadOnlyContext } from '../hooks/use-read-only'
 import { useSlate } from '../hooks/use-slate'
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from '../hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect'
 import {
   DOMElement,
   DOMNode,
@@ -106,7 +101,7 @@ export const Editable = (
   )
 
   // Update element-related weak maps with the DOM element ref.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (ref.current) {
       EDITOR_TO_ELEMENT.set(editor, ref.current)
       NODE_TO_ELEMENT.set(editor, ref.current)
@@ -121,7 +116,7 @@ export const Editable = (
   // leaky polyfill that only fires on keypresses or clicks. Instead, we want to
   // fire for any change to the selection inside the editor. (2019/11/04)
   // https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/5785
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     window.document.addEventListener('selectionchange', onDOMSelectionChange)
 
     return () => {
@@ -136,7 +131,7 @@ export const Editable = (
   // built-in `onBeforeInput` is actually a leaky polyfill that doesn't expose
   // real `beforeinput` events sadly... (2019/11/04)
   // https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11211
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (ref.current) {
       // @ts-ignore The `beforeinput` event isn't recognized.
       ref.current.addEventListener('beforeinput', onDOMBeforeInput)
@@ -151,7 +146,7 @@ export const Editable = (
   }, [])
 
   // Whenever the editor updates, make sure the DOM selection state is in sync.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     const { selection } = editor
     const domSelection = window.getSelection()
 
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/element.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/element.tsx
index c6793716f..37d36d021 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/element.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/element.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { useRef } from 'react'
 import getDirection from 'direction'
 import { Editor, Node, Range, NodeEntry, Element as SlateElement } from 'slate'
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Text from './text'
 import Children from './children'
 import { ReactEditor, useEditor, useReadOnly } from '..'
 import { SelectedContext } from '../hooks/use-selected'
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from '../hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect'
 import {
   NODE_TO_ELEMENT,
   ELEMENT_TO_NODE,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ const Element = (props: {
   }
 
   // Update element-related weak maps with the DOM element ref.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (ref.current) {
       KEY_TO_ELEMENT.set(key, ref.current)
       NODE_TO_ELEMENT.set(element, ref.current)
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/text.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/text.tsx
index ec4597fab..6f7c5b139 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/text.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/text.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { useRef } from 'react'
 import { Range, Element, Text as SlateText } from 'slate'
 
 import Leaf from './leaf'
 import { ReactEditor, useEditor } from '..'
 import { RenderLeafProps } from './editable'
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from '../hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect'
 import {
   KEY_TO_ELEMENT,
   NODE_TO_ELEMENT,
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ const Text = (props: {
   }
 
   // Update element-related weak maps with the DOM element ref.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (ref.current) {
       KEY_TO_ELEMENT.set(key, ref.current)
       NODE_TO_ELEMENT.set(text, ref.current)
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect.ts b/packages/slate-react/src/hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2587f0b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/hooks/use-isomorphic-layout-effect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { useLayoutEffect, useEffect } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Prevent warning on SSR by falling back to useEffect when window is not defined
+ */
+export const useIsomorphicLayoutEffect =
+  typeof window !== 'undefined' ? useLayoutEffect : useEffect