diff --git a/tools/transpiler/spec/lang_spec.js b/tools/transpiler/spec/lang_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..460d258984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/transpiler/spec/lang_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {describe, it, expect} from 'test_lib/test_lib';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('lang', function() {
+    it('string interpolation', function() {
+      expect(`${123}-'${456}"`).toEqual('123-\'456"');
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tools/transpiler/src/dart_writer.js b/tools/transpiler/src/dart_writer.js
index d16426fa6b..9dd0f3a942 100644
--- a/tools/transpiler/src/dart_writer.js
+++ b/tools/transpiler/src/dart_writer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {CONSTRUCTOR, FROM} from 'traceur/src/syntax/PredefinedName';
-import {EQUAL_EQUAL_EQUAL, OPEN_PAREN, CLOSE_PAREN, IMPORT, SEMI_COLON, STAR, OPEN_CURLY, CLOSE_CURLY, COMMA, AT, EQUAL} from 'traceur/src/syntax/TokenType';
+import {EQUAL_EQUAL_EQUAL, OPEN_PAREN, CLOSE_PAREN, IMPORT, SEMI_COLON, STAR, OPEN_CURLY, CLOSE_CURLY, COMMA, AT,
+    EQUAL, SINGLE_QUOTE} from 'traceur/src/syntax/TokenType';
 
 import {ParseTreeWriter as JavaScriptParseTreeWriter} from 'traceur/src/outputgeneration/ParseTreeWriter';
 
@@ -37,6 +38,17 @@ export class DartTreeWriter extends JavaScriptParseTreeWriter {
     }
   }
 
+  visitTemplateLiteralExpression(tree) {
+    if (tree.operand) {
+      this.visitAny(tree.operand);
+      this.writeSpace_();
+    }
+    this.writeRaw_(SINGLE_QUOTE);
+    this.visitList(tree.elements);
+    this.writeRaw_(SINGLE_QUOTE);
+  }
+
+
   // FUNCTIONS
   // - remove the "function" keyword
   // - type annotation infront