diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index abaa195e12..f213c5097c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {htmlAstToRender3Ast} from '../r3_template_transform';
 
 import {R3QueryMetadata} from './api';
 import {parseStyle} from './styling';
-import {CONTEXT_NAME, I18N_ATTR, I18N_ATTR_PREFIX, ID_SEPARATOR, IMPLICIT_REFERENCE, MEANING_SEPARATOR, NON_BINDABLE_ATTR, REFERENCE_PREFIX, RENDER_FLAGS, asLiteral, invalid, isI18NAttribute, mapToExpression, trimTrailingNulls, unsupported} from './util';
+import {CONTEXT_NAME, I18N_ATTR, I18N_ATTR_PREFIX, ID_SEPARATOR, IMPLICIT_REFERENCE, MEANING_SEPARATOR, NON_BINDABLE_ATTR, REFERENCE_PREFIX, RENDER_FLAGS, asLiteral, getAttrsForDirectiveMatching, invalid, isI18NAttribute, mapToExpression, trimTrailingNulls, unsupported} from './util';
 
 function mapBindingToInstruction(type: BindingType): o.ExternalReference|undefined {
   switch (type) {
@@ -856,26 +856,12 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
 
   private matchDirectives(tagName: string, elOrTpl: t.Element|t.Template) {
     if (this.directiveMatcher) {
-      const selector = createCssSelector(tagName, this.getAttrsForDirectiveMatching(elOrTpl));
+      const selector = createCssSelector(tagName, getAttrsForDirectiveMatching(elOrTpl));
       this.directiveMatcher.match(
           selector, (cssSelector, staticType) => { this.directives.add(staticType); });
     }
   }
 
-  private getAttrsForDirectiveMatching(elOrTpl: t.Element|t.Template): {[name: string]: string} {
-    const attributesMap: {[name: string]: string} = {};
-
-    elOrTpl.attributes.forEach(a => {
-      if (!isI18NAttribute(a.name)) {
-        attributesMap[a.name] = a.value;
-      }
-    });
-    elOrTpl.inputs.forEach(i => { attributesMap[i.name] = ''; });
-    elOrTpl.outputs.forEach(o => { attributesMap[o.name] = ''; });
-
-    return attributesMap;
-  }
-
   private prepareSyntheticAndSelectOnlyAttrs(inputs: t.BoundAttribute[], outputs: t.BoundEvent[]):
       o.Expression[] {
     const attrExprs: o.Expression[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
index 2d5ff8fbeb..07db9e71da 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/util.ts
@@ -131,3 +131,27 @@ export class DefinitionMap {
 
   toLiteralMap(): o.LiteralMapExpr { return o.literalMap(this.values); }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Extract a map of properties to values for a given element or template node, which can be used
+ * by the directive matching machinery.
+ *
+ * @param elOrTpl the element or template in question
+ * @return an object set up for directive matching. For attributes on the element/template, this
+ * object maps a property name to its (static) value. For any bindings, this map simply maps the
+ * property name to an empty string.
+ */
+export function getAttrsForDirectiveMatching(elOrTpl: t.Element | t.Template):
+    {[name: string]: string} {
+  const attributesMap: {[name: string]: string} = {};
+
+  elOrTpl.attributes.forEach(a => {
+    if (!isI18NAttribute(a.name)) {
+      attributesMap[a.name] = a.value;
+    }
+  });
+  elOrTpl.inputs.forEach(i => { attributesMap[i.name] = ''; });
+  elOrTpl.outputs.forEach(o => { attributesMap[o.name] = ''; });
+
+  return attributesMap;
+}