diff --git a/examples/app.js b/examples/app.js
index bc0f08cad..fb329271f 100644
--- a/examples/app.js
+++ b/examples/app.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import PlainText from './plain-text'
 import Plugins from './plugins'
 import RTL from './rtl'
 import ReadOnly from './read-only'
+import RestoreDOM from './restore-dom'
 import RichText from './rich-text'
 import SearchHighlighting from './search-highlighting'
 import Composition from './composition'
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ const EXAMPLES = [
   ['Plain Text', PlainText, '/plain-text'],
   ['Plugins', Plugins, '/plugins'],
   ['Read-only', ReadOnly, '/read-only'],
+  ['Restore DOM', RestoreDOM, '/restore-dom'],
   ['Rich Text', RichText, '/rich-text'],
   ['RTL', RTL, '/rtl'],
   ['Search Highlighting', SearchHighlighting, '/search-highlighting'],
diff --git a/examples/restore-dom/index.js b/examples/restore-dom/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..645939904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/restore-dom/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import { Editor } from 'slate-react'
+import { Value } from 'slate'
+
+import React from 'react'
+import initialValue from './value.json'
+import { Button, Icon, Toolbar } from '../components'
+
+/**
+ * The Restore DOM example.
+ *
+ * This shows the usage of the `restoreDOM` command to rebuild the editor from
+ * scratch causing all the nodes to force render even if there are no changes
+ * to the DOM.
+ *
+ * The `onClickHighlight` method changes the internal state but normally the
+ * change is not rendered because there is no change to Slate's internal
+ * `value`.
+ *
+ * RestoreDOM also blows away the old render which makes it safe if the DOM
+ * has been altered outside of React.
+ *
+ * @type {Component}
+ */
+
+class RestoreDOMExample extends React.Component {
+  /**
+   * Deserialize the initial editor value and set an initial highlight color.
+   *
+   * @type {Object}
+   */
+
+  state = {
+    value: Value.fromJSON(initialValue),
+    bgcolor: '#ffffff',
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Store a reference to the `editor`.
+   *
+   * @param {Editor} editor
+   */
+
+  ref = editor => {
+    this.editor = editor
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render.
+   *
+   * @return {Element}
+   */
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <Toolbar>
+          {this.renderHighlightButton('#ffffff')}
+          {this.renderHighlightButton('#ffeecc')}
+          {this.renderHighlightButton('#ffffcc')}
+          {this.renderHighlightButton('#ccffcc')}
+          {this.renderHighlightButton('#ccffff')}
+        </Toolbar>
+        <Editor
+          spellCheck
+          autoFocus
+          placeholder="Enter some text..."
+          ref={this.ref}
+          value={this.state.value}
+          onChange={this.onChange}
+          renderBlock={this.renderBlock}
+        />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render a highlight button
+   *
+   * @param {String} bgcolor
+   * @return {Element}
+   */
+
+  renderHighlightButton = bgcolor => {
+    const isActive = this.state.bgcolor === bgcolor
+    return (
+      <Button
+        active={isActive}
+        onMouseDown={event => this.onClickHighlight(bgcolor)}
+        style={{ backgroundColor: bgcolor }}
+      >
+        <Icon>format_paint</Icon>
+      </Button>
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Highlight every block with a given background color
+   *
+   * @param {String} bgcolor
+   */
+
+  onClickHighlight = bgcolor => {
+    const { editor } = this
+    this.setState({ bgcolor })
+    editor.restoreDOM()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render a Slate block.
+   *
+   * @param {Object} props
+   * @return {Element}
+   */
+
+  renderBlock = (props, editor, next) => {
+    const { attributes, children, node } = props
+    const style = { backgroundColor: this.state.bgcolor }
+
+    switch (node.type) {
+      case 'paragraph':
+        return (
+          <p {...attributes} style={style}>
+            {children}
+          </p>
+        )
+      default:
+        return next()
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * On change, save the new `value`.
+   *
+   * @param {Editor} editor
+   */
+
+  onChange = ({ value }) => {
+    this.setState({ value })
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Export.
+ */
+
+export default RestoreDOMExample
diff --git a/examples/restore-dom/value.json b/examples/restore-dom/value.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5011dacdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/restore-dom/value.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "object": "value",
+  "document": {
+    "object": "document",
+    "nodes": [
+      {
+        "object": "block",
+        "type": "paragraph",
+        "nodes": [
+          {
+            "object": "text",
+            "text": "First block of text"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "object": "block",
+        "type": "paragraph",
+        "nodes": [
+          {
+            "object": "text",
+            "text": "Second block of text"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "object": "block",
+        "type": "paragraph",
+        "nodes": [
+          {
+            "object": "text",
+            "text": "Third block of text"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/content.js b/packages/slate-react/src/components/content.js
index c4ffe5d60..7c0cb8098 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/content.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/content.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
   static propTypes = {
     autoCorrect: Types.bool.isRequired,
     className: Types.string,
+    contentKey: Types.number,
     editor: Types.object.isRequired,
     id: Types.string,
     readOnly: Types.bool.isRequired,
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
 
     return (
       <Container
+        key={this.props.contentKey}
         {...handlers}
         {...data}
         ref={this.ref}
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
index da56b1ac7..5988de7e9 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editor.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
    * @type {Object}
    */
 
-  state = { value: this.props.defaultValue }
+  state = { value: this.props.defaultValue, contentKey: 0 }
 
   /**
    * Temporary values.
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
     const { options, readOnly, value: valueFromProps } = this.props
     const { value: valueFromState } = this.state
     const value = valueFromProps || valueFromState
+    const { contentKey } = this.state
     this.controller.setReadOnly(readOnly)
     this.controller.setValue(value, options)
 
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
         ref={this.tmp.contentRef}
         autoCorrect={autoCorrect}
         className={className}
+        contentKey={contentKey}
         editor={this}
         id={id}
         onEvent={(handler, event) => this.run(handler, event)}
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/index.js b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/index.js
index 4fa44e970..24bc7eb79 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/index.js
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import EditorPropsPlugin from './editor-props'
 import RenderingPlugin from './rendering'
 import QueriesPlugin from './queries'
 import DOMPlugin from '../dom'
+import RestoreDOMPlugin from './restore-dom'
 
 /**
  * A plugin that adds the React-specific rendering logic to the editor.
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ function ReactPlugin(options = {}) {
   const domPlugin = DOMPlugin({
     plugins: [editorPropsPlugin, ...plugins],
   })
-
+  const restoreDomPlugin = RestoreDOMPlugin()
   const placeholderPlugin = PlaceholderPlugin({
     placeholder,
     when: (editor, node) =>
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@ function ReactPlugin(options = {}) {
       Array.from(node.texts()).length === 1,
   })
 
-  return [domPlugin, placeholderPlugin, renderingPlugin, queriesPlugin]
+  return [
+    domPlugin,
+    restoreDomPlugin,
+    placeholderPlugin,
+    renderingPlugin,
+    queriesPlugin,
+  ]
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/restore-dom.js b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/restore-dom.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40a9c521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/plugins/react/restore-dom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+function RestoreDOMPlugin() {
+  /**
+   * Makes sure that on the next Content `render` the DOM is restored.
+   * This gets us around issues where the DOM is in a different state than
+   * React's virtual DOM and would crash.
+   *
+   * @param {Editor} editor
+   */
+
+  function restoreDOM(editor) {
+    editor.setState({ contentKey: editor.state.contentKey + 1 })
+  }
+
+  return {
+    commands: {
+      restoreDOM,
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+export default RestoreDOMPlugin