diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/util.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/util.ts
index ec42b98b8f..2c2879f976 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/util.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/util.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import {IS_DART, StringWrapper, isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 var CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP = /([A-Z])/g;
 var DASH_CASE_REGEXP = /-([a-z])/g;
-var SINGLE_QUOTE_ESCAPE_STRING_RE = /'|\\|\n|\$/g;
-var DOUBLE_QUOTE_ESCAPE_STRING_RE = /"|\\|\n|\$/g;
+var SINGLE_QUOTE_ESCAPE_STRING_RE = /'|\\|\n|\r|\$/g;
+var DOUBLE_QUOTE_ESCAPE_STRING_RE = /"|\\|\n|\r|\$/g;
 
 export var MODULE_SUFFIX = IS_DART ? '.dart' : '.js';
 
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ function escapeString(input: string, re: RegExp): string {
       return IS_DART ? '\\$' : '$';
     } else if (match[0] == '\n') {
       return '\\n';
+    } else if (match[0] == '\r') {
+      return '\\r';
     } else {
       return `\\${match[0]}`;
     }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/compiler/util_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/compiler/util_spec.ts
index f1b3a1e060..ae3c9e64f6 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/compiler/util_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/compiler/util_spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export function main() {
       it('should escape newlines',
          () => { expect(escapeSingleQuoteString('\n')).toEqual(`'\\n'`); });
 
+      it('should escape carriage returns',
+         () => { expect(escapeSingleQuoteString('\r')).toEqual(`'\\r'`); });
+
       if (IS_DART) {
         it('should escape $', () => { expect(escapeSingleQuoteString('$')).toEqual(`'\\$'`); });
       } else {
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ export function main() {
       it('should escape newlines',
          () => { expect(escapeDoubleQuoteString('\n')).toEqual(`"\\n"`); });
 
+      it('should escape carriage returns',
+         () => { expect(escapeDoubleQuoteString('\r')).toEqual(`"\\r"`); });
+
       if (IS_DART) {
         it('should escape $', () => { expect(escapeDoubleQuoteString('$')).toEqual(`"\\$"`); });
       } else {