diff --git a/src/concerns/dimensions.coffee b/src/concerns/dimensions.coffee
index f8d3e70..3258b42 100644
--- a/src/concerns/dimensions.coffee
+++ b/src/concerns/dimensions.coffee
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ export default
 		# Check if the drag is currently out bounds
 		isOutOfBounds: -> @currentX > 0 or @currentX < @endX
 
+		# Helper for things that are triggered once dimensions are known so
+		# they can be more specific about their dependencies
+		dimensionsKnown: -> @carouselWidth and @viewportWidth
+
 	methods:
 
 		# Measure the component width for various calculations. Using
diff --git a/src/concerns/rtl.coffee b/src/concerns/rtl.coffee
index fae069b..2f8a4b7 100644
--- a/src/concerns/rtl.coffee
+++ b/src/concerns/rtl.coffee
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ export default
 	# As an easy way to support rtl, update the index to the final value
 	# when RTL is enabled. This is change is combined with reversing the order
 	# of the slides in `ssr-carousel-track`. We're testing for the
-	# carouselWidth value as way to ensure that the final pages count is known
+	# dimensionsKnown value as way to ensure that the final pages count is known
 	# since it depends on knowing the width of the carousel.
 	mounted: ->
 		return unless @rtl
-		if @carouselWidth
+		if @dimensionsKnown
 		then @setInitialRtlIndex()
-		else unwatch = @$watch 'carouselWidth', =>
+		else unwatch = @$watch 'dimensionsKnown', =>
 			@setInitialRtlIndex()
 			unwatch()
 
diff --git a/src/ssr-carousel-track.vue b/src/ssr-carousel-track.vue
index 12f4494..2c4dbb7 100644
--- a/src/ssr-carousel-track.vue
+++ b/src/ssr-carousel-track.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default
 		leftPeekingSlideIndex: Number
 		rightPeekingSlideIndex: Number
 		rtl: Boolean
-		slideWidth: Number
+		dimensionsKnown: Number
 
 	data: ->
 
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ export default
 			slides = [...(@$slots.default || []), ...(@$slots.clones || [])]
 			.filter (vnode) -> !vnode.text
 
-			# Reverses the slide if rtl and if the slide slide width is known. This
+			# Reverses the slide if rtl and if the dimensions are known. This
 			# second condition exists to prevent the reversal from happening on SSR.
 			# Which is important because this logic is paired with setting the
 			# intial index to the last page which can't be known until the slide
 			# width is known.
-			if @rtl and @slideWidth then slides = slides.reverse()
+			if @rtl and @dimensionsKnown then slides = slides.reverse()
 			return slides
 
 		# Makes a clone of the vnode properties we'll be updating so the changes
diff --git a/src/ssr-carousel.vue b/src/ssr-carousel.vue
index b473ec4..565f037 100644
--- a/src/ssr-carousel.vue
+++ b/src/ssr-carousel.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 					leftPeekingSlideIndex,
 					rightPeekingSlideIndex,
 					rtl,
-					slideWidth,
+					dimensionsKnown,
 				}`)
 
 				//- Render the slotted slides