diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
index 90ef1d2fd2..0c8a87d640 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/index.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       <option value="5">(5) class="foo" [ngClass]="{bar: boolExp}" (mix of static class and ngClass binding)</option>
       <option value="6">(6) class="foo" [ngStyle]="{width: 10px}" [style.background-color]="exp" (Sierpinski's triangle)
       </option>
+      <option value="7">(7) style="color: red" (static styling)</option>
     </select>
 
     <button id="create">create</button>
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/styling.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/styling.ts
index 6b6c8241b0..e10f1d337f 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/styling.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/ng2/styling.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
     <ng-template #t4><button class="foo" [class.bar]="exp ==='bar'"></button></ng-template>
     <ng-template #t5><button class="foo" [ngClass]="{bar: exp ==='bar'}"></button></ng-template>
     <ng-template #t6><button class="foo" [ngStyle]="staticStyle" [style.background-color]="exp"></button></ng-template>
+    <ng-template #t7><button style="color: red"></button></ng-template>
     
     <div>
-      <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="data" [ngForTemplate]="getTplRef(t0, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6)"></ng-template>
+      <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="data" [ngForTemplate]="getTplRef(t0, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7)"></ng-template>
     </div>
   `
 })
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
index 7018627aac..48c4b7a21c 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/styling/styling_perf.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const SCENARIOS = [
   {optionIndex: 2, id: 'static_class_with_interpolation'}, {optionIndex: 3, id: 'class_binding'},
   {optionIndex: 4, id: 'static_class_and_class_binding'},
   {optionIndex: 5, id: 'static_class_and_ngclass_binding'},
-  {optionIndex: 6, id: 'static_class_and_ngstyle_binding_and_style_binding'}
+  {optionIndex: 6, id: 'static_class_and_ngstyle_binding_and_style_binding'},
+  {optionIndex: 7, id: 'static_style'}
 ];
 
 describe('styling benchmark spec', () => {