diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
index c8d9e0ed67..4e042aa96c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
@@ -261,8 +261,9 @@ export function checkStylingMap(
       ngDevMode && isClassBased === false && staticPrefix !== null &&
           assertEqual(
               staticPrefix.endsWith(';'), true, 'Expecting static portion to end with \';\'');
-      if (typeof value === 'string') {
-        value = concatStringsWithSpace(staticPrefix, value as string);
+      if (staticPrefix !== null) {
+        // We want to make sure that falsy values of `value` become empty strings.
+        value = concatStringsWithSpace(staticPrefix, value ? value : '');
       }
       // Given `<div [style] my-dir>` such that `my-dir` has `@Input('style')`.
       // This takes over the `[style]` binding. (Same for `[class]`)
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
index cee91e5718..9a9f1bef06 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,52 @@ describe('styling', () => {
         expect(div2.getAttribute('shadow-class')).toEqual('s2 d2');
       });
 
+  onlyInIvy('shadow bindings include static portion')
+      .it('should bind [class] as input to directive when both static and falsy dynamic values are present',
+          () => {
+            @Component({
+              template: `
+                <div class="s1" [class]="classBinding" dir-shadows-class-input></div>
+              `
+            })
+            class Cmp {
+              classBinding: any = undefined;
+            }
+
+            @Directive({selector: '[dir-shadows-class-input]'})
+            class DirectiveShadowsClassInput {
+              constructor(private elementRef: ElementRef) {}
+              @Input('class')
+              set klass(value: string) {
+                this.elementRef.nativeElement.setAttribute('shadow-class', value);
+              }
+            }
+
+            TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Cmp, DirectiveShadowsClassInput]});
+            const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+
+            const div = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('div');
+            expect(div.className).toEqual('s1');
+            expect(div.getAttribute('shadow-class')).toEqual('s1');
+
+            fixture.componentInstance.classBinding = null;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(div.className).toEqual('s1');
+            expect(div.getAttribute('shadow-class')).toEqual('s1');
+
+            fixture.componentInstance.classBinding = false;
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(div.className).toEqual('s1');
+            expect(div.getAttribute('shadow-class')).toEqual('s1');
+
+
+            fixture.componentInstance.classBinding = {toString: () => 'd1'};
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            expect(div.className).toEqual('s1');
+            expect(div.getAttribute('shadow-class')).toEqual('s1 d1');
+          });
+
 
   modifiedInIvy('shadow bindings include static portion')
       .it('should bind [style] as input to directive', () => {
@@ -1113,7 +1159,7 @@ describe('styling', () => {
                     // instruction. We don't think this is worth it, and we are just going to live
                     // with this.
                     );
-            expect(capturedClassBindingValue).toEqual(null);
+            expect(capturedClassBindingValue !).toEqual('static-val');
             expect(capturedMyClassBindingCount).toEqual(1);
             expect(capturedMyClassBindingValue !).toEqual('foo');