diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
index 062c573b1b..779416cecd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ export function toDebugNodes(tNode: TNode | null, lView: LView): DebugNode[]|nul
     const debugNodes: DebugNode[] = [];
     let tNodeCursor: TNode|null = tNode;
     while (tNodeCursor) {
-      debugNodes.push(buildDebugNode(tNodeCursor, lView));
+      debugNodes.push(buildDebugNode(tNodeCursor, lView, tNodeCursor.index));
       tNodeCursor = tNodeCursor.next;
     }
     return debugNodes;
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ export function toDebugNodes(tNode: TNode | null, lView: LView): DebugNode[]|nul
   }
 }
 
-export function buildDebugNode(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): DebugNode {
-  const rawValue = lView[tNode.index];
+export function buildDebugNode(tNode: TNode, lView: LView, nodeIndex: number): DebugNode {
+  const rawValue = lView[nodeIndex];
   const native = unwrapRNode(rawValue);
   const componentLViewDebug = toDebug(readLViewValue(rawValue));
   const styles = isStylingContext(tNode.styles) ?
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/util/discovery_utils.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/util/discovery_utils.ts
index 2c2155d599..76740ac515 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/util/discovery_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/util/discovery_utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {DebugNode, buildDebugNode} from '../instructions/lview_debug';
 import {LContext} from '../interfaces/context';
 import {DirectiveDef} from '../interfaces/definition';
 import {TElementNode, TNode, TNodeProviderIndexes} from '../interfaces/node';
-import {CLEANUP, CONTEXT, FLAGS, HEADER_OFFSET, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, TVIEW} from '../interfaces/view';
+import {isLView} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
+import {CLEANUP, CONTEXT, FLAGS, HEADER_OFFSET, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, TVIEW, T_HOST} from '../interfaces/view';
 
 import {stringifyForError} from './misc_utils';
 import {getLViewParent, getRootContext} from './view_traversal_utils';
@@ -357,17 +358,14 @@ export function getDebugNode(element: Node): DebugNode|null {
 
   const lContext = loadLContextFromNode(element);
   const lView = lContext.lView;
-  let nodeIndex = -1;
-  for (let i = HEADER_OFFSET; i < lView.length; i++) {
-    if (lView[i] === element) {
-      nodeIndex = i - HEADER_OFFSET;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
+  const nodeIndex = lContext.nodeIndex;
   if (nodeIndex !== -1) {
-    const tNode = getTNode(nodeIndex, lView);
-    debugNode = buildDebugNode(tNode, lView);
+    const valueInLView = lView[nodeIndex];
+    // this means that value in the lView is a component with its own
+    // data. In this situation the TNode is not accessed at the same spot.
+    const tNode = isLView(valueInLView) ? (valueInLView[T_HOST] as TNode) :
+                                          getTNode(nodeIndex - HEADER_OFFSET, lView);
+    debugNode = buildDebugNode(tNode, lView, nodeIndex);
   }
 
   return debugNode;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/discover_utils_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/discover_utils_spec.ts
index 90af3ac198..fb356a6e59 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/discover_utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/discover_utils_spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
-import {Component, Directive, InjectionToken, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, Directive, HostBinding, InjectionToken, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
@@ -429,5 +429,39 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy-specific utilities').describe('discovery utils deprecated', () =>
       expect(parentDebug.native).toBe(parent);
       expect(childDebug.native).toBe(child);
     });
+
+    it('should be able to pull debug information for a component host element', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'child-comp',
+        template: `
+          child comp
+        `
+      })
+      class ChildComp {
+        @HostBinding('style') public styles = {width: '200px', height: '400px'};
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <child-comp></child-comp>
+        `
+      })
+      class Comp {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Comp, ChildComp]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Comp);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const child = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('child-comp') !;
+      const childDebug = getDebugNode(child) !;
+
+      expect(childDebug.native).toBe(child);
+      expect(childDebug.styles).toBeTruthy();
+
+      const styles = childDebug.styles !.values;
+      expect(styles['width']).toEqual('200px');
+      expect(styles['height']).toEqual('400px');
+    });
   });
 });