diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index 1e50aab87d..a54f684084 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -2148,6 +2148,28 @@ describe('ngtsc behavioral tests', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should wrap "inputs" and "outputs" keys if they contain unsafe characters', () => {
+    env.tsconfig({});
+    env.write(`test.ts`, `
+      import {Directive} from '@angular/core';
+
+      @Directive({
+        selector: '[somedir]',
+        inputs: ['input-track-type', 'inputTrackName'],
+        outputs: ['output-track-type', 'outputTrackName']
+      })
+      export class SomeDir {}
+    `);
+
+    env.driveMain();
+    const jsContents = env.getContents('test.js');
+    const inputsAndOutputs = `
+      inputs: { "input-track-type": "input-track-type", inputTrackName: "inputTrackName" },
+      outputs: { "output-track-type": "output-track-type", outputTrackName: "outputTrackName" }
+    `;
+    expect(trim(jsContents)).toContain(trim(inputsAndOutputs));
+  });
+
   it('should compile programs with typeRoots', () => {
     // Write out a custom tsconfig.json that includes 'typeRoots' and 'files'. 'files' is necessary
     // because otherwise TS picks up the testTypeRoot/test/index.d.ts file into the program
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
index 8b3f375d16..1e533b204e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ import * as t from '../r3_ast';
 import {R3QueryMetadata} from './api';
 import {isI18nAttribute} from './i18n/util';
 
+/**
+ * Checks whether an object key contains potentially unsafe chars, thus the key should be wrapped in
+ * quotes. Note: we do not wrap all keys into quotes, as it may have impact on minification and may
+ * bot work in some cases when object keys are mangled by minifier.
+ *
+ * TODO(FW-1136): this is a temporary solution, we need to come up with a better way of working with
+ * inputs that contain potentially unsafe chars.
+ */
+const UNSAFE_OBJECT_KEY_NAME_REGEXP = /-/g;
+
 /** Name of the temporary to use during data binding */
 export const TEMPORARY_NAME = '_t';
 
@@ -92,7 +102,8 @@ function mapToExpression(
     minifiedName = declaredName;
     return {
       key: minifiedName,
-      quoted: false,
+      // put quotes around keys that contain potentially unsafe characters
+      quoted: UNSAFE_OBJECT_KEY_NAME_REGEXP.test(minifiedName),
       value: (keepDeclared && publicName !== declaredName) ?
           o.literalArr([asLiteral(publicName), asLiteral(declaredName)]) :
           asLiteral(publicName)