diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
index f76dc58f4f..11ef7a1e59 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ import {DomElementBinder, Event, HostAction} from './element_binder';
 
 import * as api from '../../api';
 
-import {NG_BINDING_CLASS, EVENT_TARGET_SEPARATOR, queryBoundTextNodeIndices} from '../util';
+import {
+  NG_BINDING_CLASS,
+  EVENT_TARGET_SEPARATOR,
+  queryBoundTextNodeIndices,
+  camelCaseToDashCase
+} from '../util';
 
 export class ProtoViewBuilder {
   variableBindings: Map<string, string> = new Map();
@@ -366,7 +371,8 @@ function createElementPropertyBinding(ast: ASTWithSource, propertyNameInTemplate
   } else if (parts[0] == ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX) {
     return new api.ElementPropertyBinding(api.PropertyBindingType.ATTRIBUTE, ast, parts[1]);
   } else if (parts[0] == CLASS_PREFIX) {
-    return new api.ElementPropertyBinding(api.PropertyBindingType.CLASS, ast, parts[1]);
+    return new api.ElementPropertyBinding(api.PropertyBindingType.CLASS, ast,
+                                          camelCaseToDashCase(parts[1]));
   } else if (parts[0] == STYLE_PREFIX) {
     var unit = parts.length > 2 ? parts[2] : null;
     return new api.ElementPropertyBinding(api.PropertyBindingType.STYLE, ast, parts[1], unit);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.ts b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.ts
index 501fd74b72..11a5db1c98 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/view/view.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ export class DomView {
 
   setElementClass(elementIndex: number, className: string, isAdd: boolean) {
     var element = this.boundElements[elementIndex];
-    var dashCasedClassName = camelCaseToDashCase(className);
     if (isAdd) {
-      DOM.addClass(element, dashCasedClassName);
+      DOM.addClass(element, className);
     } else {
-      DOM.removeClass(element, dashCasedClassName);
+      DOM.removeClass(element, className);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/directives/class_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/directives/class_spec.ts
index 7845231b48..313442c969 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/directives/class_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/directives/class_spec.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ export function main() {
                });
          }));
 
+
+      it('should add classes specified in an object literal without change in class names',
+         inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
+           var template = `<div [class]="{'foo-bar': true, 'fooBar': true}"></div>`;
+
+           tcb.overrideTemplate(TestComponent, template)
+               .createAsync(TestComponent)
+               .then((rootTC) => {
+                 rootTC.detectChanges();
+                 expect(rootTC.componentViewChildren[0].nativeElement.className)
+                     .toEqual('ng-binding foo-bar fooBar');
+
+                 async.done();
+               });
+         }));
+
       it('should add and remove classes based on changes in object literal values',
          inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
            var template = '<div [class]="{foo: condition, bar: !condition}"></div>';
@@ -141,14 +157,14 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should add classes specified in a list literal',
          inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
-           var template = `<div [class]="['foo', 'bar']"></div>`;
+           var template = `<div [class]="['foo', 'bar', 'foo-bar', 'fooBar']"></div>`;
 
            tcb.overrideTemplate(TestComponent, template)
                .createAsync(TestComponent)
                .then((rootTC) => {
                  rootTC.detectChanges();
                  expect(rootTC.componentViewChildren[0].nativeElement.className)
-                     .toEqual('ng-binding foo bar');
+                     .toEqual('ng-binding foo bar foo-bar fooBar');
 
                  async.done();
                });
@@ -212,14 +228,14 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should add classes specified in a string literal',
          inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
-           var template = `<div [class]="'foo bar'"></div>`;
+           var template = `<div [class]="'foo bar foo-bar fooBar'"></div>`;
 
            tcb.overrideTemplate(TestComponent, template)
                .createAsync(TestComponent)
                .then((rootTC) => {
                  rootTC.detectChanges();
                  expect(rootTC.componentViewChildren[0].nativeElement.className)
-                     .toEqual('ng-binding foo bar');
+                     .toEqual('ng-binding foo bar foo-bar fooBar');
 
                  async.done();
                });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/view_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/view_spec.ts
index 05ae70fc70..8c62ee7f5b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/view_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/view_spec.ts
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ export function main() {
         expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'active')).toEqual(false);
       });
 
-      it('should de-normalize class names', () => {
+      it('should not de-normalize class names', () => {
         view.setElementClass(0, 'veryActive', true);
+        view.setElementClass(0, 'very-active', true);
+        expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'veryActive')).toEqual(true);
         expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'very-active')).toEqual(true);
 
         view.setElementClass(0, 'veryActive', false);
+        view.setElementClass(0, 'very-active', false);
+        expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'veryActive')).toEqual(false);
         expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'very-active')).toEqual(false);
       });
     });