diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
index de3c53cdc3..5618856fdb 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
@@ -419,11 +419,9 @@ class ExpressionVisitor extends NullTemplateVisitor {
   }
 
   visitAttr(ast: AttrAst) {
-    // The attribute value is a template expression but the expression AST
-    // was not produced when the TemplateAst was produced so do that here.
+    // First, verify the attribute consists of some binding we can give completions for.
     const {templateBindings} = this.info.expressionParser.parseTemplateBindings(
         ast.name, ast.value, ast.sourceSpan.toString(), ast.sourceSpan.start.offset);
-
     // Find where the cursor is relative to the start of the attribute value.
     const valueRelativePosition = this.position - ast.sourceSpan.start.offset;
     // Find the template binding that contains the position
@@ -436,12 +434,11 @@ class ExpressionVisitor extends NullTemplateVisitor {
     if (ast.name.startsWith('*')) {
       this.microSyntaxInAttributeValue(ast, binding);
     } else {
-      // If the position is in the expression or after the key or there is no key,
-      // return the expression completions
-      const span = new ParseSpan(0, ast.value.length);
-      const offset = ast.sourceSpan.start.offset;
-      const receiver = new ImplicitReceiver(span, span.toAbsolute(offset));
-      const expressionAst = new PropertyRead(span, span.toAbsolute(offset), receiver, '');
+      // If the position is in the expression or after the key or there is no key, return the
+      // expression completions.
+      // The expression must be reparsed to get a valid AST rather than only template bindings.
+      const expressionAst = this.info.expressionParser.parseBinding(
+          ast.value, ast.sourceSpan.toString(), ast.sourceSpan.start.offset);
       this.addAttributeValuesToCompletions(expressionAst);
     }
   }
@@ -542,10 +539,8 @@ class ExpressionVisitor extends NullTemplateVisitor {
     const KW_OF = ' of ';
     const ofLocation = attr.value.indexOf(KW_OF);
     if (ofLocation > 0 && valueRelativePosition >= ofLocation + KW_OF.length) {
-      const span = new ParseSpan(0, attr.value.length);
-      const offset = attr.sourceSpan.start.offset;
-      const receiver = new ImplicitReceiver(span, span.toAbsolute(offset));
-      const expressionAst = new PropertyRead(span, span.toAbsolute(offset), receiver, '');
+      const expressionAst = this.info.expressionParser.parseBinding(
+          attr.value, attr.sourceSpan.toString(), attr.sourceSpan.start.offset);
       this.addAttributeValuesToCompletions(expressionAst);
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
index 4f8e03f5c5..3cbde24fcd 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ describe('completions', () => {
       expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.VARIABLE, ['x']);
     });
 
+    it('should include expression completions', () => {
+      mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, `<div *ngFor="let x of hero.~{expr-property-read}"></div>`);
+      const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(TEST_TEMPLATE, 'expr-property-read');
+      const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAt(TEST_TEMPLATE, marker.start);
+      expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.PROPERTY, ['name']);
+    });
+
     it('should include variable in the let scope in interpolation', () => {
       mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, `
         <div *ngFor="let h of heroes">
@@ -370,6 +377,13 @@ describe('completions', () => {
       expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.PROPERTY, ['test']);
     });
 
+    it('should be able to complete property read', () => {
+      mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, `<h1 [model]="hero.~{property-read}"></h1>`);
+      const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(TEST_TEMPLATE, 'property-read');
+      const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAt(TEST_TEMPLATE, marker.start);
+      expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.PROPERTY, ['id', 'name']);
+    });
+
     it('should be able to complete an event', () => {
       const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(PARSING_CASES, 'event-binding-model');
       const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAt(PARSING_CASES, marker.start);
@@ -471,6 +485,16 @@ describe('completions', () => {
       expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.PROPERTY, ['name', 'testEvent']);
     });
 
+    it('should get reference property completions in a data binding', () => {
+      mockHost.override(TEST_TEMPLATE, `
+        <test-comp #test></test-comp>
+        <div (click)="test.~{property-read}"></div>
+      `);
+      const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(TEST_TEMPLATE, 'property-read');
+      const completions = ngLS.getCompletionsAt(TEST_TEMPLATE, marker.start);
+      expectContain(completions, CompletionKind.PROPERTY, ['name', 'testEvent']);
+    });
+
     // TODO: Enable when we have a flag that indicates the project targets the DOM
     // it('should reference the element if no component', () => {
     //   const marker = mockHost.getLocationMarkerFor(PARSING_CASES, 'test-comp-after-div');