diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder.js
index 790105261b..d252295d50 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder.js
@@ -15,23 +15,34 @@ import {dashCaseToCamelCase, camelCaseToDashCase} from './util';
 
 var DOT_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('\\.');
 
-const ARIA_PREFIX = 'aria';
-var ariaSettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
+const ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = 'attr.';
+var attributeSettersCache = StringMapWrapper.create();
 
-function ariaSetterFactory(attrName:string) {
-  var setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(ariaSettersCache, attrName);
-  var ariaAttrName;
+function _isValidAttributeValue(attrName:string, value: any) {
+  if (attrName == "role") {
+    return isString(value);
+  } else {
+    return isPresent(value);
+  }
+}
+
+function attributeSetterFactory(attrName:string) {
+  var setterFn = StringMapWrapper.get(attributeSettersCache, attrName);
+  var dashCasedAttributeName;
 
   if (isBlank(setterFn)) {
-    ariaAttrName = camelCaseToDashCase(attrName);
+    dashCasedAttributeName = camelCaseToDashCase(attrName);
     setterFn = function(element, value) {
-      if (isPresent(value)) {
-        DOM.setAttribute(element, ariaAttrName, stringify(value));
+      if (_isValidAttributeValue(dashCasedAttributeName, value)) {
+        DOM.setAttribute(element, dashCasedAttributeName, stringify(value));
       } else {
-        DOM.removeAttribute(element, ariaAttrName);
+        DOM.removeAttribute(element, dashCasedAttributeName);
+        if (isPresent(value)) {
+          throw new BaseException("Invalid " + dashCasedAttributeName + " attribute, only string values are allowed, got '" + stringify(value) + "'");
+        }
       }
     };
-    StringMapWrapper.set(ariaSettersCache, attrName, setterFn);
+    StringMapWrapper.set(attributeSettersCache, attrName, setterFn);
   }
 
   return setterFn;
@@ -82,21 +93,9 @@ function styleSetterFactory(styleName:string, stylesuffix:string) {
   return setterFn;
 }
 
-const ROLE_ATTR = 'role';
-function roleSetter(element, value) {
-  if (isString(value)) {
-    DOM.setAttribute(element, ROLE_ATTR, value);
-  } else {
-    DOM.removeAttribute(element, ROLE_ATTR);
-    if (isPresent(value)) {
-      throw new BaseException("Invalid role attribute, only string values are allowed, got '" + stringify(value) + "'");
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 // tells if an attribute is handled by the ElementBinderBuilder step
 export function isSpecialProperty(propName:string) {
-  return StringWrapper.startsWith(propName, ARIA_PREFIX)
+  return StringWrapper.startsWith(propName, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX)
         || StringWrapper.startsWith(propName, CLASS_PREFIX)
         || StringWrapper.startsWith(propName, STYLE_PREFIX)
         || StringMapWrapper.contains(DOM.attrToPropMap, propName);
@@ -188,10 +187,8 @@ export class ElementBinderBuilder extends CompileStep {
     MapWrapper.forEach(compileElement.propertyBindings, (expression, property) => {
       var setterFn, styleParts, styleSuffix;
 
-      if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, ARIA_PREFIX)) {
-        setterFn = ariaSetterFactory(property);
-      } else if (StringWrapper.equals(property, ROLE_ATTR)) {
-        setterFn = roleSetter;
+      if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX)) {
+        setterFn = attributeSetterFactory(StringWrapper.substring(property, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX.length));
       } else if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, CLASS_PREFIX)) {
         setterFn = classSetterFactory(StringWrapper.substring(property, CLASS_PREFIX.length));
       } else if (StringWrapper.startsWith(property, STYLE_PREFIX)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
index 96cca00458..a8f3c61faa 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function main() {
       }));
 
       it('should consume binding to aria-* attributes', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
-        tplResolver.setTemplate(MyComp, new Template({inline: '<div [aria-label]="ctxProp"></div>'}));
+        tplResolver.setTemplate(MyComp, new Template({inline: '<div [attr.aria-label]="ctxProp"></div>'}));
 
         compiler.compile(MyComp).then((pv) => {
           createView(pv);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder_spec.js
index 02b1524a50..dba449e5d5 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/pipeline/element_binder_builder_spec.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should bind to aria-* attributes when exp evaluates to strings', () => {
       var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
-        'aria-label': 'prop1'
+        'attr.aria-label': 'prop1'
       });
       var pipeline = createPipeline({propertyBindings: propertyBindings});
       var results = pipeline.process(el('<div viewroot prop-binding></div>'));
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should bind to aria-* attributes when exp evaluates to booleans', () => {
       var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
-        'aria-busy': 'prop1'
+        'attr.aria-busy': 'prop1'
       });
       var pipeline = createPipeline({propertyBindings: propertyBindings});
       var results = pipeline.process(el('<div viewroot prop-binding></div>'));
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should bind to ARIA role attribute', () => {
       var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
-        'role': 'prop1'
+        'attr.role': 'prop1'
       });
       var pipeline = createPipeline({propertyBindings: propertyBindings});
       var results = pipeline.process(el('<div viewroot prop-binding></div>'));
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should throw for a non-string ARIA role', () => {
       var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
-        'role': 'prop1'
+        'attr.role': 'prop1'
       });
       var pipeline = createPipeline({propertyBindings: propertyBindings});
       var results = pipeline.process(el('<div viewroot prop-binding></div>'));
@@ -303,6 +303,31 @@ export function main() {
       }).toThrowError("Invalid role attribute, only string values are allowed, got '1'");
     });
 
+    it('should bind to any attribute', () => {
+      var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
+        'attr.foo-bar': 'prop1'
+      });
+      var pipeline = createPipeline({propertyBindings: propertyBindings});
+      var results = pipeline.process(el('<div viewroot prop-binding></div>'));
+      var pv = results[0].inheritedProtoView;
+
+      expect(pv.elementBinders[0].hasElementPropertyBindings).toBe(true);
+
+      instantiateView(pv);
+
+      evalContext.prop1 = 'baz';
+      changeDetector.detectChanges();
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(view.nodes[0], 'foo-bar')).toEqual('baz');
+
+      evalContext.prop1 = 123;
+      changeDetector.detectChanges();
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(view.nodes[0], 'foo-bar')).toEqual('123');
+
+      evalContext.prop1 = null;
+      changeDetector.detectChanges();
+      expect(DOM.getAttribute(view.nodes[0], 'foo-bar')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('should bind class with a dot', () => {
       var propertyBindings = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({
         'class.bar': 'prop1',