diff --git a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
index bc15842731..61f138ee6c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
@@ -276,13 +276,50 @@ class DebugElement__POST_R3__ extends DebugNode__POST_R3__ implements DebugEleme
   get attributes(): {[key: string]: string | null;} {
     const attributes: {[key: string]: string | null;} = {};
     const element = this.nativeElement;
-    if (element) {
-      const eAttrs = element.attributes;
-      for (let i = 0; i < eAttrs.length; i++) {
-        const attr = eAttrs[i];
+
+    if (!element) {
+      return attributes;
+    }
+
+    const context = loadLContext(element);
+    const lView = context.lView;
+    const tNodeAttrs = (lView[TVIEW].data[context.nodeIndex] as TNode).attrs;
+    const lowercaseTNodeAttrs: string[] = [];
+
+    // For debug nodes we take the element's attribute directly from the DOM since it allows us
+    // to account for ones that weren't set via bindings (e.g. ViewEngine keeps track of the ones
+    // that are set through `Renderer2`). The problem is that the browser will lowercase all names,
+    // however since we have the attributes already on the TNode, we can preserve the case by going
+    // through them once, adding them to the `attributes` map and putting their lower-cased name
+    // into an array. Afterwards when we're going through the native DOM attributes, we can check
+    // whether we haven't run into an attribute already through the TNode.
+    if (tNodeAttrs) {
+      let i = 0;
+      while (i < tNodeAttrs.length) {
+        const attrName = tNodeAttrs[i];
+
+        // Stop as soon as we hit a marker. We only care about the regular attributes. Everything
+        // else will be handled below when we read the final attributes off the DOM.
+        if (typeof attrName !== 'string') break;
+
+        const attrValue = tNodeAttrs[i + 1];
+        attributes[attrName] = attrValue as string;
+        lowercaseTNodeAttrs.push(attrName.toLowerCase());
+
+        i += 2;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const eAttrs = element.attributes;
+    for (let i = 0; i < eAttrs.length; i++) {
+      const attr = eAttrs[i];
+      // Make sure that we don't assign the same attribute both in its
+      // case-sensitive form and the lower-cased one from the browser.
+      if (lowercaseTNodeAttrs.indexOf(attr.name) === -1) {
         attributes[attr.name] = attr.value;
       }
     }
+
     return attributes;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
index cbec33a9ca..4f318f0b1a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/debug/debug_node_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 
-import {Component, DebugNode, Directive, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, EventEmitter, HostBinding, Injectable, Input, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, DebugNode, Directive, ElementRef, EmbeddedViewRef, EventEmitter, HostBinding, Injectable, Input, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, Renderer2, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/by';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
@@ -736,5 +736,58 @@ class TestCmptWithPropBindings {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('should preserve the attribute case in DebugNode.attributes', () => {
+      @Component({selector: 'my-icon', template: ''})
+      class Icon {
+        @Input() svgIcon: any = '';
+      }
+      @Component({template: `<my-icon svgIcon="test"></my-icon>`})
+      class App {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [App, Icon]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const element = fixture.debugElement.children[0];
+
+      // Assert that the camel-case attribute is correct.
+      expect(element.attributes.svgIcon).toBe('test');
+
+      // Make sure that we somehow didn't preserve the native lower-cased value.
+      expect(element.attributes.svgicon).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+
+    it('should include namespaced attributes in DebugNode.attributes', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `<div xlink:href="foo"></div>`,
+      })
+      class Comp {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Comp]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Comp);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div')).attributes['xlink:href']).toBe('foo');
+    });
+
+    it('should include attributes added via Renderer2 in DebugNode.attributes', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: '<div></div>',
+      })
+      class Comp {
+        constructor(public renderer: Renderer2) {}
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Comp]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Comp);
+      const div = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div'));
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.renderer.setAttribute(div.nativeElement, 'foo', 'bar');
+
+      expect(div.attributes.foo).toBe('bar');
+    });
+
   });
 }