diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
index 3b2dbb2896..602b810285 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export class DomRenderer extends Renderer {
     // Reflect the property value as an attribute value with ng-reflect- prefix.
     if (this._reflectPropertiesAsAttributes) {
       this.setElementAttribute(location, `${REFLECT_PREFIX}${camelCaseToDashCase(propertyName)}`,
-                               propertyValue);
+                               `${propertyValue}`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec.ts
index b6c2f0c957..b64284c73e 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,26 @@ export function main() {
                  async.done();
                });
          }));
+
+      it('should reflect non-string property values as attributes if flag is set',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter, DomTestbed], (async, tb) => {
+           tb.compileAndMerge(someComponent,
+                              [
+                                new ViewDefinition({
+                                  componentId: 'someComponent',
+                                  template: '<input [title]="y">',
+                                  directives: []
+                                })
+                              ])
+               .then((protoViewMergeMappings) => {
+                 var rootView = tb.createView(protoViewMergeMappings);
+                 var el = DOM.childNodes(rootView.hostElement)[0];
+                 tb.renderer.setElementProperty(elRef(rootView.viewRef, 1), 'maxLength', 20);
+                 expect(DOM.getAttribute(<HTMLInputElement>el, 'ng-reflect-max-length'))
+                     .toEqual('20');
+                 async.done();
+               });
+         }));
     });
 
     if (DOM.supportsDOMEvents()) {