diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
index 042630242c..bae81ea26d 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
@@ -335,8 +335,18 @@ export class MethodCall extends AST {
   }
 
   eval(context) {
-    var obj = this.receiver.eval(context);
-    return this.fn(obj, evalList(context, this.args));
+    var evaluatedContext = this.receiver.eval(context);
+    var evaluatedArgs = evalList(context, this.args);
+
+    while (evaluatedContext instanceof ContextWithVariableBindings) {
+      if (evaluatedContext.hasBinding(this.name)) {
+        var fn = evaluatedContext.get(this.name);
+        return FunctionWrapper.apply(fn, evaluatedArgs);
+      }
+      evaluatedContext = evaluatedContext.parent;
+    }
+
+    return this.fn(evaluatedContext, evaluatedArgs);
   }
 
   visit(visitor, args) {
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
index 0c32e5075b..1cc4c64f61 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/test/parser/parser_spec.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export function main() {
         });
 
         it("should fall back to a regular field read when ContextWithVariableBindings "+
-          "does not have the requested field", () => {
+           "does not have the requested field", () => {
           var locals = new ContextWithVariableBindings(td(999), MapWrapper.create());
           expectEval("a", locals).toEqual(999);
         });
@@ -211,6 +211,23 @@ export function main() {
         it('should throw when no method', () => {
           expectEvalError("blah()").toThrowError();
         });
+
+        it('should evaluate a method from ContextWithVariableBindings', () => {
+          var context = new ContextWithVariableBindings(
+            td(0, 0, 'parent'),
+            MapWrapper.createFromPairs([['fn', () => 'child']])
+          );
+          expectEval("fn()", context).toEqual('child');
+        });
+
+        it('should fall back to the parent context when ContextWithVariableBindings does not ' +
+           'have the requested method', () => {
+          var context = new ContextWithVariableBindings(
+            td(0, 0, 'parent'),
+            MapWrapper.create()
+          );
+          expectEval("fn()", context).toEqual('parent');
+        });
       });
 
       describe("functional calls", () => {