diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/animation/animation_parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/animation/animation_parser.ts
index 18ce888ee2..b11c6f2b41 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/animation/animation_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/animation/animation_parser.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ function _normalizeStyleMetadata(
     entry: CompileAnimationStyleMetadata, stateStyles: {[key: string]: AnimationStylesAst},
     schema: ElementSchemaRegistry, errors: AnimationParseError[],
     permitStateReferences: boolean): {[key: string]: string | number}[] {
+  const offset = entry.offset;
+  if (offset > 1 || offset < 0) {
+    errors.push(new AnimationParseError(`Offset values for animations must be between 0 and 1`));
+  }
+
   const normalizedStyles: {[key: string]: string | number}[] = [];
   entry.styles.forEach(styleEntry => {
     if (typeof styleEntry === 'string') {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
index 3354eaad78..77de31dd5b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/animation/animation_integration_spec.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,60 @@ function declareTests({useJit}: {useJit: boolean}) {
                expect(kf[1]).toEqual([1, {'backgroundColor': 'blue'}]);
              }));
 
+      it('should throw an error when a provided offset for an animation step if an offset value is greater than 1',
+         fakeAsync(() => {
+           TestBed.overrideComponent(DummyIfCmp, {
+             set: {
+               template: `
+                  <div *ngIf="exp" [@tooBig]="exp"></div>
+                `,
+               animations: [trigger(
+                   'tooBig',
+                   [transition(
+                       '* => *', [animate('444ms', style({'opacity': '1', offset: 1.1}))])])]
+             }
+           });
+
+           let message = '';
+           try {
+             const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DummyIfCmp);
+           } catch (e) {
+             message = e.message;
+           }
+
+           const lines = message.split(/\n+/);
+           expect(lines[1]).toMatch(
+               /Unable to parse the animation sequence for "tooBig" on the DummyIfCmp component due to the following errors:/);
+           expect(lines[2]).toMatch(/Offset values for animations must be between 0 and 1/);
+         }));
+
+      it('should throw an error when a provided offset for an animation step if an offset value is less than 0',
+         fakeAsync(() => {
+           TestBed.overrideComponent(DummyIfCmp, {
+             set: {
+               template: `
+                  <div *ngIf="exp" [@tooSmall]="exp"></div>
+                `,
+               animations: [trigger(
+                   'tooSmall',
+                   [transition(
+                       '* => *', [animate('444ms', style({'opacity': '0', offset: -1}))])])]
+             }
+           });
+
+           let message = '';
+           try {
+             const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DummyIfCmp);
+           } catch (e) {
+             message = e.message;
+           }
+
+           const lines = message.split(/\n+/);
+           expect(lines[1]).toMatch(
+               /Unable to parse the animation sequence for "tooSmall" on the DummyIfCmp component due to the following errors:/);
+           expect(lines[2]).toMatch(/Offset values for animations must be between 0 and 1/);
+         }));
+
       describe('animation aliases', () => {
         it('should animate the ":enter" animation alias as "void => *"', fakeAsync(() => {
              TestBed.overrideComponent(DummyIfCmp, {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_driver.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_driver.ts
index 0ee68f936c..e0ebfb2fa7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_driver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_driver.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class WebAnimationsDriver implements AnimationDriver {
 
     keyframes.forEach((keyframe: AnimationKeyframe) => {
       const data = _populateStyles(keyframe.styles, startingStyleLookup);
-      data['offset'] = keyframe.offset;
+      data['offset'] = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, keyframe.offset));
       formattedSteps.push(data);
     });
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/dom/web_animations_driver_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/dom/web_animations_driver_spec.ts
index 6fe554a6ca..9a8dbef5e8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/dom/web_animations_driver_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/dom/web_animations_driver_spec.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ export function main() {
           elm, startingStyles, styles, 1000, 1000, null, <AnimationPlayer[]>previousPlayers);
       expect(player.previousStyles).toEqual({});
     });
+
+    it('should round down offset values that are bigger than 1', () => {
+      const startingStyles = _makeStyles({});
+      const styles = [_makeKeyframe(0, {}), _makeKeyframe(2, {})];
+      const player = driver.animate(elm, startingStyles, styles, 1000, 1000, null);
+      expect(player.keyframes.pop()['offset']).toEqual(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should round down offset values that are bigger less than 0', () => {
+      const startingStyles = _makeStyles({});
+      const styles = [_makeKeyframe(-99, {}), _makeKeyframe(-0.1, {}), _makeKeyframe(1, {})];
+      const player = driver.animate(elm, startingStyles, styles, 1000, 1000, null);
+      player.keyframes.pop();  // remove the final keyframe that is `1`
+      const allZero = player.keyframes.every(kf => kf['offset'] == 0);
+      expect(allZero).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 }