diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
index b2c86f46e6..e98b4141b6 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/parser/ast.js
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ export class Binary extends AST {
 }
 
 export class PrefixNot extends AST {
-  @FIELD('final operation:string')
   @FIELD('final expression:AST')
   constructor(expression:AST) {
     this.expression = expression;
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js b/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
index deacb5db46..3563852cd7 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/src/watch_group.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {ProtoRecord, Record, PROTO_RECORD_CONST, PROTO_RECORD_PURE_FUNCTION,
 import {FIELD, IMPLEMENTS, isBlank, isPresent, int, toBool, autoConvertAdd, BaseException} from 'facade/lang';
 import {ListWrapper} from 'facade/collection';
 import {AST, AccessMember, ImplicitReceiver, AstVisitor, LiteralPrimitive,
-  Binary, Formatter, MethodCall, FunctionCall} from './parser/ast';
+  Binary, Formatter, MethodCall, FunctionCall, PrefixNot} from './parser/ast';
 
 export class ProtoWatchGroup {
   @FIELD('headRecord:ProtoRecord')
@@ -170,10 +170,14 @@ class ProtoRecordCreator {
 
   visitBinary(ast:Binary, dest) {
     var record = this.construct(PROTO_RECORD_PURE_FUNCTION, _operationToFunction(ast.operation), 2, dest);
-
     ast.left.visit(this, new Destination(record, 0));
     ast.right.visit(this, new Destination(record, 1));
+    this.add(record);
+  }
 
+  visitPrefixNot(ast:PrefixNot, dest) {
+    var record = this.construct(PROTO_RECORD_PURE_FUNCTION, _operation_negate, 1, dest);
+    ast.expression.visit(this, new Destination(record, 0));
     this.add(record);
   }
 
@@ -232,7 +236,6 @@ class ProtoRecordCreator {
 
 function _operationToFunction(operation:string):Function {
   switch(operation) {
-    case '!'  : return _operation_negate;
     case '+'  : return _operation_add;
     case '-'  : return _operation_subtract;
     case '*'  : return _operation_multiply;
diff --git a/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js b/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
index 5961ad4b2c..b85507fc27 100644
--- a/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
+++ b/modules/change_detection/test/change_detector_spec.js
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ export function main() {
         expect(executeWatch('exp', 'false || false')).toEqual(['exp=false']);
       });
 
+      it("should support negate", () => {
+        expect(executeWatch('exp', '!true')).toEqual(['exp=false']);
+        expect(executeWatch('exp', '!!true')).toEqual(['exp=true']);
+      });
+
       it("should support formatters", () => {
         var formatters = {
           "uppercase" : (v) => v.toUpperCase(),