diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
index 3435abc781..ba02f37428 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
           hostBindings: function HostBindingDir_HostBindings(dirIndex, elIndex) {
             $r3$.ɵelementProperty(elIndex, "id", $r3$.ɵbind($r3$.ɵloadDirective(dirIndex).dirId));
           },
+          hostVars: 1,
           features: [$r3$.ɵPublicFeature]
         });
       `;
@@ -600,6 +601,53 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
       expectEmit(source, HostBindingDirDeclaration, 'Invalid host binding code');
     });
 
+    it('should support host bindings with pure functions', () => {
+      const files = {
+        app: {
+          'spec.ts': `
+            import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+            @Component({
+              selector: 'host-binding-comp',
+              host: {
+                '[id]': '["red", id]'
+              },
+              template: ''
+            })
+            export class HostBindingComp {
+              id = 'some id';
+            }
+
+            @NgModule({declarations: [HostBindingComp]})
+            export class MyModule {}
+          `
+        }
+      };
+
+      const HostBindingCompDeclaration = `
+        const $ff$ = function ($v$) { return ["red", $v$]; };
+        …
+        HostBindingComp.ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵdefineComponent({
+          type: HostBindingComp,
+          selectors: [["host-binding-comp"]],
+          factory: function HostBindingComp_Factory(t) { return new (t || HostBindingComp)(); },
+          hostBindings: function HostBindingComp_HostBindings(dirIndex, elIndex) {
+            $r3$.ɵelementProperty(elIndex, "id", $r3$.ɵbind($r3$.ɵpureFunction1(1, $ff$, $r3$.ɵloadDirective(dirIndex).id)));
+          },
+          hostVars: 3,
+          features: [$r3$.ɵPublicFeature],
+          consts: 0,
+          vars: 0,
+          template: function HostBindingComp_Template(rf, ctx) {}
+        });
+      `;
+
+      const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
+      const source = result.source;
+
+      expectEmit(source, HostBindingCompDeclaration, 'Invalid host binding code');
+    });
+
     it('should support structural directives', () => {
       const files = {
         app: {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
index 4bf6446258..ff1db8bf4a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {Render3ParseResult} from '../r3_template_transform';
 import {typeWithParameters} from '../util';
 
 import {R3ComponentDef, R3ComponentMetadata, R3DirectiveDef, R3DirectiveMetadata, R3QueryMetadata} from './api';
-import {BindingScope, TemplateDefinitionBuilder, renderFlagCheckIfStmt} from './template';
+import {BindingScope, TemplateDefinitionBuilder, ValueConverter, renderFlagCheckIfStmt} from './template';
 import {CONTEXT_NAME, DefinitionMap, RENDER_FLAGS, TEMPORARY_NAME, asLiteral, conditionallyCreateMapObjectLiteral, getQueryPredicate, temporaryAllocator} from './util';
 
 const EMPTY_ARRAY: any[] = [];
@@ -56,8 +56,22 @@ function baseDirectiveFields(
 
   definitionMap.set('contentQueriesRefresh', createContentQueriesRefreshFunction(meta));
 
+  // Initialize hostVars to number of bound host properties (interpolations illegal)
+  let hostVars = Object.keys(meta.host.properties).length;
+
   // e.g. `hostBindings: (dirIndex, elIndex) => { ... }
-  definitionMap.set('hostBindings', createHostBindingsFunction(meta, bindingParser));
+  definitionMap.set(
+      'hostBindings',
+      createHostBindingsFunction(meta, bindingParser, constantPool, (slots: number) => {
+        const originalSlots = hostVars;
+        hostVars += slots;
+        return originalSlots;
+      }));
+
+  if (hostVars) {
+    // e.g. `hostVars: 2
+    definitionMap.set('hostVars', o.literal(hostVars));
+  }
 
   // e.g. `attributes: ['role', 'listbox']`
   definitionMap.set('attributes', createHostAttributesArray(meta));
@@ -521,7 +535,8 @@ function createViewQueriesFunction(
 
 // Return a host binding function or null if one is not necessary.
 function createHostBindingsFunction(
-    meta: R3DirectiveMetadata, bindingParser: BindingParser): o.Expression|null {
+    meta: R3DirectiveMetadata, bindingParser: BindingParser, constantPool: ConstantPool,
+    allocatePureFunctionSlots: (slots: number) => number): o.Expression|null {
   const statements: o.Statement[] = [];
 
   const hostBindingSourceSpan = meta.typeSourceSpan;
@@ -532,9 +547,16 @@ function createHostBindingsFunction(
   const bindings = bindingParser.createBoundHostProperties(directiveSummary, hostBindingSourceSpan);
   const bindingContext = o.importExpr(R3.loadDirective).callFn([o.variable('dirIndex')]);
   if (bindings) {
+    const valueConverter = new ValueConverter(
+        constantPool,
+        /* new nodes are illegal here */ () => error('Unexpected node'), allocatePureFunctionSlots,
+        /* pipes are illegal here */ () => error('Unexpected pipe'));
+
     for (const binding of bindings) {
+      // resolve literal arrays and literal objects
+      const value = binding.expression.visit(valueConverter);
       const bindingExpr = convertPropertyBinding(
-          null, bindingContext, binding.expression, 'b', BindingForm.TrySimple,
+          null, bindingContext, value, 'b', BindingForm.TrySimple,
           () => error('Unexpected interpolation'));
       statements.push(...bindingExpr.stmts);
       statements.push(o.importExpr(R3.elementProperty)
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index 09827c1cbc..94aeaf6241 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
   }
 }
 
-class ValueConverter extends AstMemoryEfficientTransformer {
+export class ValueConverter extends AstMemoryEfficientTransformer {
   private _pipeBindExprs: FunctionCall[] = [];
 
   constructor(