diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/api.ts
index 34b4202c81..04dab52199 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/api.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export interface DirectiveMeta extends T2DirectiveMeta {
   queries: string[];
   ngTemplateGuards: TemplateGuardMeta[];
   hasNgTemplateContextGuard: boolean;
+  coercedInputs: Set<string>;
 
   /**
    * A `Reference` to the base class for the directive, if one was detected.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/util.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/util.ts
index 7f8a9d2678..70b662f868 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata/src/util.ts
@@ -82,20 +82,25 @@ export function readStringArrayType(type: ts.TypeNode): string[] {
 export function extractDirectiveGuards(node: ClassDeclaration, reflector: ReflectionHost): {
   ngTemplateGuards: TemplateGuardMeta[],
   hasNgTemplateContextGuard: boolean,
+  coercedInputs: Set<string>,
 } {
   const staticMembers = reflector.getMembersOfClass(node).filter(member => member.isStatic);
   const ngTemplateGuards = staticMembers.map(extractTemplateGuard)
                                .filter((guard): guard is TemplateGuardMeta => guard !== null);
   const hasNgTemplateContextGuard = staticMembers.some(
       member => member.kind === ClassMemberKind.Method && member.name === 'ngTemplateContextGuard');
-  return {hasNgTemplateContextGuard, ngTemplateGuards};
+
+  const coercedInputs =
+      new Set(staticMembers.map(extractCoercedInput)
+                  .filter((inputName): inputName is string => inputName !== null));
+  return {hasNgTemplateContextGuard, ngTemplateGuards, coercedInputs};
 }
 
 function extractTemplateGuard(member: ClassMember): TemplateGuardMeta|null {
   if (!member.name.startsWith('ngTemplateGuard_')) {
     return null;
   }
-  const inputName = member.name.split('_', 2)[1];
+  const inputName = afterUnderscore(member.name);
   if (member.kind === ClassMemberKind.Property) {
     let type: string|null = null;
     if (member.type !== null && ts.isLiteralTypeNode(member.type) &&
@@ -115,6 +120,13 @@ function extractTemplateGuard(member: ClassMember): TemplateGuardMeta|null {
   }
 }
 
+function extractCoercedInput(member: ClassMember): string|null {
+  if (!member.name.startsWith('ngCoerceInput_')) {
+    return null !;
+  }
+  return afterUnderscore(member.name);
+}
+
 /**
  * A `MetadataReader` that reads from an ordered set of child readers until it obtains the requested
  * metadata.
@@ -158,3 +170,11 @@ export class CompoundMetadataReader implements MetadataReader {
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+function afterUnderscore(str: string): string {
+  const pos = str.indexOf('_');
+  if (pos === -1) {
+    throw new Error(`Expected '${str}' to contain '_'`);
+  }
+  return str.substr(pos + 1);
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/scope/test/local_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/scope/test/local_spec.ts
index 008f17199b..ad6813d7d0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/scope/test/local_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/scope/test/local_spec.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ function fakeDirective(ref: Reference<ClassDeclaration>): DirectiveMeta {
     queries: [],
     hasNgTemplateContextGuard: false,
     ngTemplateGuards: [],
+    coercedInputs: new Set<string>(),
     baseClass: null,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
index 4c9138d4a3..d78f18638e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta extends DirectiveMeta {
   ref: Reference<ClassDeclaration>;
   queries: string[];
   ngTemplateGuards: TemplateGuardMeta[];
+  coercedInputs: Set<string>;
   hasNgTemplateContextGuard: boolean;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index 49484e9a20..2584aa6338 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -1144,6 +1144,16 @@ function tcbGetDirectiveInputs(
       expr = ts.createStringLiteral(attr.value);
     }
 
+    // Wrap the expression if the directive has a coercion function provided.
+    if (dir.coercedInputs.has(attr.name)) {
+      const dirId = tcb.env.reference(dir.ref as Reference<ClassDeclaration<ts.ClassDeclaration>>);
+      const coercionFn = ts.createPropertyAccess(dirId, `ngCoerceInput_${attr.name}`);
+      expr = ts.createCall(
+          /* expression */ coercionFn,
+          /* typeArguments */ undefined,
+          /* argumentsArray */[expr]);
+    }
+
     directiveInputs.push({
       type: 'binding',
       field: field,
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
index 9d443eb2bd..534858ccd6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -160,9 +160,14 @@ export const ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG: TypeCheckingConfig = {
 };
 
 // Remove 'ref' from TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta and add a 'selector' instead.
-export type TestDirective =
-    Partial<Pick<TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta, Exclude<keyof TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta, 'ref'>>>&
-    {selector: string, name: string, file?: AbsoluteFsPath, type: 'directive'};
+export type TestDirective = Partial<Pick<
+                                TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta,
+                                Exclude<keyof TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta, 'ref'|'coercedInputs'>>>&
+    {
+      selector: string,
+      name: string, file?: AbsoluteFsPath,
+      type: 'directive', coercedInputs?: string[],
+    };
 export type TestPipe = {
   name: string,
   file?: AbsoluteFsPath,
@@ -295,6 +300,7 @@ function prepareDeclarations(
       inputs: decl.inputs || {},
       isComponent: decl.isComponent || false,
       ngTemplateGuards: decl.ngTemplateGuards || [],
+      coercedInputs: new Set<string>(decl.coercedInputs || []),
       outputs: decl.outputs || {},
       queries: decl.queries || [],
     };
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
index 030395fb41..7a1a092c7d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,34 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       expect(block).toContain(
           '_t1.addEventListener("event", $event => (ctx).foo(($event as any)));');
     });
+  });
 
+  describe('input coercion', () => {
+    it('should coerce a basic input', () => {
+      const DIRECTIVES: TestDeclaration[] = [{
+        type: 'directive',
+        name: 'MatInput',
+        selector: '[matInput]',
+        inputs: {'value': 'value'},
+        coercedInputs: ['value'],
+      }];
+      const TEMPLATE = `<input matInput [value]="expr">`;
+      const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
+      expect(block).toContain('value: (MatInput.ngCoerceInput_value((ctx).expr))');
+    });
+
+    it('should coerce based on input name, not field name', () => {
+      const DIRECTIVES: TestDeclaration[] = [{
+        type: 'directive',
+        name: 'MatInput',
+        selector: '[matInput]',
+        inputs: {'field': 'value'},
+        coercedInputs: ['value'],
+      }];
+      const TEMPLATE = `<input matInput [value]="expr">`;
+      const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
+      expect(block).toContain('field: (MatInput.ngCoerceInput_value((ctx).expr))');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('config', () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
index 2791395b1b..871e62815d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
@@ -406,6 +406,77 @@ export declare class CommonModule {
       expect(diags[1].length).toEqual(15);
     });
 
+    describe('input coercion', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        env.tsconfig({
+          'fullTemplateTypeCheck': true,
+        });
+        env.write('node_modules/@angular/material/index.d.ts', `
+        import * as i0 from '@angular/core';
+        
+        export declare class MatInput {
+          value: string;
+          static ɵdir: i0.ɵɵDirectiveDefWithMeta<MatInput, '[matInput]', never, {'value': 'value'}, {}, never>;
+          static ngCoerceInput_value(v: string|number): string;
+        }
+        
+        export declare class MatInputModule {
+          static ɵmod: i0.ɵɵNgModuleDefWithMeta<MatInputModule, [typeof MatInput], never, [typeof MatInput]>;
+        }
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('should coerce an input using a coercion function if provided', () => {
+        env.write('test.ts', `
+          import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+          import {MatInputModule} from '@angular/material';
+
+          @Component({
+            selector: 'blah',
+            template: '<input matInput [value]="someNumber">',
+          })
+          export class FooCmp {
+            someNumber = 3;
+          }
+
+          @NgModule({
+            declarations: [FooCmp],
+            imports: [MatInputModule],
+          })
+          export class FooModule {}
+        `);
+        const diags = env.driveDiagnostics();
+        expect(diags.length).toBe(0);
+      });
+
+      it('should give an error if the binding expression type is not accepted by the coercion function',
+         () => {
+           env.write('test.ts', `
+            import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+            import {MatInputModule} from '@angular/material';
+
+            @Component({
+              selector: 'blah',
+              template: '<input matInput [value]="invalidType">',
+            })
+            export class FooCmp {
+              invalidType = true;
+            }
+
+            @NgModule({
+              declarations: [FooCmp],
+              imports: [MatInputModule],
+            })
+            export class FooModule {}
+        `);
+           const diags = env.driveDiagnostics();
+           expect(diags.length).toBe(1);
+           expect(diags[0].messageText)
+               .toBe(
+                   `Argument of type 'boolean' is not assignable to parameter of type 'string | number'.`);
+         });
+    });
+
     describe('legacy schema checking with the DOM schema', () => {
       beforeEach(
           () => { env.tsconfig({ivyTemplateTypeCheck: true, fullTemplateTypeCheck: false}); });