diff --git a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
index 722009eb21..7e2a3210ee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
@@ -538,23 +538,26 @@ function collectPropertyBindings(
   let bindingIndex = getFirstBindingIndex(tNode.propertyMetadataStartIndex, tData);
 
   while (bindingIndex < tNode.propertyMetadataEndIndex) {
-    let value = '';
+    let value: any;
     let propMetadata = tData[bindingIndex] as string;
     while (!isPropMetadataString(propMetadata)) {
       // This is the first value for an interpolation. We need to build up
       // the full interpolation by combining runtime values in LView with
       // the static interstitial values stored in TData.
-      value += renderStringify(lView[bindingIndex]) + tData[bindingIndex];
+      value = (value || '') + renderStringify(lView[bindingIndex]) + tData[bindingIndex];
       propMetadata = tData[++bindingIndex] as string;
     }
-    value += lView[bindingIndex];
+    value = value === undefined ? lView[bindingIndex] : value += lView[bindingIndex];
     // Property metadata string has 3 parts: property name, prefix, and suffix
     const metadataParts = propMetadata.split(INTERPOLATION_DELIMITER);
     const propertyName = metadataParts[0];
     // Attr bindings don't have property names and should be skipped
     if (propertyName) {
-      // Wrap value with prefix and suffix (will be '' for normal bindings)
-      properties[propertyName] = metadataParts[1] + value + metadataParts[2];
+      // Wrap value with prefix and suffix (will be '' for normal bindings), if they're defined.
+      // Avoid wrapping for normal bindings so that the value doesn't get cast to a string.
+      properties[propertyName] = (metadataParts[1] && metadataParts[2]) ?
+          metadataParts[1] + value + metadataParts[2] :
+          value;
     }
     bindingIndex++;
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
index 22acf260ba..150c20c60a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,20 @@ class TestCmptWithViewContainerRef {
   constructor(private vcref: ViewContainerRef) {}
 }
 
+@Component({
+  template: `
+  <button
+    [disabled]="disabled"
+    [tabIndex]="tabIndex"
+    [title]="title">Click me</button>
+`
+})
+class TestCmptWithPropBindings {
+  disabled = true;
+  tabIndex = 1337;
+  title = 'hello';
+}
+
 {
   describe('debug element', () => {
     let fixture: ComponentFixture<any>;
@@ -218,6 +232,7 @@ class TestCmptWithViewContainerRef {
           HostClassBindingCmp,
           TestCmptWithViewContainerRef,
           SimpleContentComp,
+          TestCmptWithPropBindings,
         ],
         providers: [Logger],
         schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA],
@@ -566,6 +581,14 @@ class TestCmptWithViewContainerRef {
       expect(debugElement.properties.className).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
+    it('should preserve the type of the property values', () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestCmptWithPropBindings);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button'));
+      expect(button.properties).toEqual({disabled: true, tabIndex: 1337, title: 'hello'});
+    });
+
     describe('componentInstance on DebugNode', () => {
 
       it('should return component associated with a node if a node is a component host', () => {