diff --git a/modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_for_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_for_spec.ts
index d5bf5290c7..528a405f55 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_for_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_for_spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {NgFor, NgIf} from '@angular/common';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/by';
 
+let thisArg: any;
+
 export function main() {
   describe('ngFor', () => {
     const TEMPLATE =
@@ -460,6 +462,22 @@ export function main() {
            }));
 
     describe('track by', () => {
+      it('should set the context to the component instance',
+         inject(
+             [TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
+             (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
+               const template =
+                   `<template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackByContext.bind(this)"></template>`;
+               tcb.overrideTemplate(TestComponent, template)
+                   .createAsync(TestComponent)
+                   .then((fixture) => {
+                     thisArg = null;
+                     fixture.detectChanges();
+                     expect(thisArg).toBe(fixture.debugElement.componentInstance);
+                     async.done();
+                   });
+             }));
+
       it('should not replace tracked items',
          inject(
              [TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter],
@@ -557,6 +575,7 @@ class TestComponent {
   constructor() { this.items = [1, 2]; }
   trackById(index: number, item: any): string { return item['id']; }
   trackByIndex(index: number, item: any): number { return index; }
+  trackByContext(): void { thisArg = this; }
 }
 
 @Component({selector: 'outer-cmp', directives: [TestComponent], template: ''})
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
index b8b6777aaa..bc294b27d0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import * as chars from '../chars';
-import {BaseException} from '../facade/exceptions';
 import {NumberWrapper, StringJoiner, StringWrapper, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 
 export enum TokenType {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ export enum TokenType {
   Error
 }
 
-const KEYWORDS = ['var', 'let', 'null', 'undefined', 'true', 'false', 'if', 'else'];
+const KEYWORDS = ['var', 'let', 'null', 'undefined', 'true', 'false', 'if', 'else', 'this'];
 
 @Injectable()
 export class Lexer {
@@ -74,6 +73,8 @@ export class Token {
 
   isKeywordFalse(): boolean { return this.type == TokenType.Keyword && this.strValue == 'false'; }
 
+  isKeywordThis(): boolean { return this.type == TokenType.Keyword && this.strValue == 'this'; }
+
   isError(): boolean { return this.type == TokenType.Error; }
 
   toNumber(): number { return this.type == TokenType.Number ? this.numValue : -1; }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
index cc1c7888a9..d72d1b4213 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
@@ -523,6 +523,10 @@ export class _ParseAST {
       this.advance();
       return new LiteralPrimitive(this.span(start), false);
 
+    } else if (this.next.isKeywordThis()) {
+      this.advance();
+      return new ImplicitReceiver(this.span(start));
+
     } else if (this.optionalCharacter(chars.$LBRACKET)) {
       this.rbracketsExpected++;
       const elements = this.parseExpressionList(chars.$RBRACKET);
@@ -780,13 +784,7 @@ class SimpleExpressionChecker implements AstVisitor {
 
   visitKeyedWrite(ast: KeyedWrite, context: any) { this.simple = false; }
 
-  visitAll(asts: any[]): any[] {
-    var res = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(asts.length);
-    for (var i = 0; i < asts.length; ++i) {
-      res[i] = asts[i].visit(this);
-    }
-    return res;
-  }
+  visitAll(asts: any[]): any[] { return asts.map(node => node.visit(this)); }
 
   visitChain(ast: Chain, context: any) { this.simple = false; }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/abstract_emitter.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/abstract_emitter.ts
index 8f2b10ec81..47a1b5f4b8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/abstract_emitter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/abstract_emitter.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.StatementVisitor, o.Ex
   abstract visitDeclareFunctionStmt(stmt: o.DeclareFunctionStmt, context: any): any;
 
   visitBinaryOperatorExpr(ast: o.BinaryOperatorExpr, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
-    var opStr: any /** TODO #9100 */;
+    var opStr: string;
     switch (ast.operator) {
       case o.BinaryOperator.Equals:
         opStr = '==';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
index 80ca74b387..3c6f4469d5 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
       ctx.print(defaultType);
     }
   }
+
   visitExternalExpr(ast: o.ExternalExpr, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     this._visitIdentifier(ast.value, ast.typeParams, ctx);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitDeclareVarStmt(stmt: o.DeclareVarStmt, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     if (ctx.isExportedVar(stmt.name)) {
       ctx.print(`export `);
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.println(`;`);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitCastExpr(ast: o.CastExpr, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     ctx.print(`(<`);
     ast.type.visitType(this, ctx);
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.print(`)`);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitDeclareClassStmt(stmt: o.ClassStmt, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     ctx.pushClass(stmt);
     if (ctx.isExportedVar(stmt.name)) {
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.popClass();
     return null;
   }
+
   private _visitClassField(field: o.ClassField, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext) {
     if (field.hasModifier(o.StmtModifier.Private)) {
       ctx.print(`private `);
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     this.visitType(field.type, ctx);
     ctx.println(`;`);
   }
+
   private _visitClassGetter(getter: o.ClassGetter, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext) {
     if (getter.hasModifier(o.StmtModifier.Private)) {
       ctx.print(`private `);
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.decIndent();
     ctx.println(`}`);
   }
+
   private _visitClassConstructor(stmt: o.ClassStmt, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext) {
     ctx.print(`constructor(`);
     this._visitParams(stmt.constructorMethod.params, ctx);
@@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.decIndent();
     ctx.println(`}`);
   }
+
   private _visitClassMethod(method: o.ClassMethod, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext) {
     if (method.hasModifier(o.StmtModifier.Private)) {
       ctx.print(`private `);
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.decIndent();
     ctx.println(`}`);
   }
+
   visitFunctionExpr(ast: o.FunctionExpr, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     ctx.print(`(`);
     this._visitParams(ast.params, ctx);
@@ -178,6 +187,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.print(`}`);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitDeclareFunctionStmt(stmt: o.DeclareFunctionStmt, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     if (ctx.isExportedVar(stmt.name)) {
       ctx.print(`export `);
@@ -193,6 +203,7 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.println(`}`);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitTryCatchStmt(stmt: o.TryCatchStmt, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     ctx.println(`try {`);
     ctx.incIndent();
@@ -237,15 +248,18 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     ctx.print(typeStr);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitExternalType(ast: o.ExternalType, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     this._visitIdentifier(ast.value, ast.typeParams, ctx);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitArrayType(type: o.ArrayType, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     this.visitType(type.of, ctx);
     ctx.print(`[]`);
     return null;
   }
+
   visitMapType(type: o.MapType, ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): any {
     ctx.print(`{[key: string]:`);
     this.visitType(type.valueType, ctx);
@@ -271,7 +285,6 @@ class _TsEmitterVisitor extends AbstractEmitterVisitor implements o.TypeVisitor
     return name;
   }
 
-
   private _visitParams(params: o.FnParam[], ctx: EmitterVisitorContext): void {
     this.visitAllObjects((param: any /** TODO #9100 */) => {
       ctx.print(param.name);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
index 6a223130da..b57adbf23f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class _ValueOutputAstTransformer implements ValueTransformer {
   visitArray(arr: any[], type: o.Type): o.Expression {
     return o.literalArr(arr.map(value => visitValue(value, this, null)), type);
   }
+
   visitStringMap(map: {[key: string]: any}, type: o.MapType): o.Expression {
     var entries: Array<string|o.Expression>[] = [];
     StringMapWrapper.forEach(map, (value: any, key: string) => {
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ class _ValueOutputAstTransformer implements ValueTransformer {
     });
     return o.literalMap(entries, type);
   }
+
   visitPrimitive(value: any, type: o.Type): o.Expression { return o.literal(value, type); }
+
   visitOther(value: any, type: o.Type): o.Expression {
     if (value instanceof CompileIdentifierMetadata) {
       return o.importExpr(value);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/expression_converter.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/expression_converter.ts
index e3b2d94b03..f469547f58 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/expression_converter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/expression_converter.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import {isArray, isBlank, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 
-var IMPLICIT_RECEIVER = o.variable('#implicit');
-
 export interface NameResolver {
   callPipe(name: string, input: o.Expression, args: o.Expression[]): o.Expression;
   getLocal(name: string): o.Expression;
@@ -132,10 +130,12 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
         new o.BinaryOperatorExpr(
             op, this.visit(ast.left, _Mode.Expression), this.visit(ast.right, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitChain(ast: cdAst.Chain, mode: _Mode): any {
     ensureStatementMode(mode, ast);
     return this.visitAll(ast.expressions, mode);
   }
+
   visitConditional(ast: cdAst.Conditional, mode: _Mode): any {
     const value: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.condition, _Mode.Expression);
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
         value.conditional(
             this.visit(ast.trueExp, _Mode.Expression), this.visit(ast.falseExp, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitPipe(ast: cdAst.BindingPipe, mode: _Mode): any {
     const input = this.visit(ast.exp, _Mode.Expression);
     const args = this.visitAll(ast.args, _Mode.Expression);
@@ -150,15 +151,18 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     this.needsValueUnwrapper = true;
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, this._valueUnwrapper.callMethod('unwrap', [value]));
   }
+
   visitFunctionCall(ast: cdAst.FunctionCall, mode: _Mode): any {
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(
         mode,
         this.visit(ast.target, _Mode.Expression).callFn(this.visitAll(ast.args, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitImplicitReceiver(ast: cdAst.ImplicitReceiver, mode: _Mode): any {
     ensureExpressionMode(mode, ast);
-    return IMPLICIT_RECEIVER;
+    return this._implicitReceiver;
   }
+
   visitInterpolation(ast: cdAst.Interpolation, mode: _Mode): any {
     ensureExpressionMode(mode, ast);
     const args = [o.literal(ast.expressions.length)];
@@ -169,20 +173,24 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     args.push(o.literal(ast.strings[ast.strings.length - 1]));
     return o.importExpr(Identifiers.interpolate).callFn(args);
   }
+
   visitKeyedRead(ast: cdAst.KeyedRead, mode: _Mode): any {
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(
         mode, this.visit(ast.obj, _Mode.Expression).key(this.visit(ast.key, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitKeyedWrite(ast: cdAst.KeyedWrite, mode: _Mode): any {
     const obj: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.obj, _Mode.Expression);
     const key: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.key, _Mode.Expression);
     const value: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.value, _Mode.Expression);
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, obj.key(key).set(value));
   }
+
   visitLiteralArray(ast: cdAst.LiteralArray, mode: _Mode): any {
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(
         mode, this._nameResolver.createLiteralArray(this.visitAll(ast.expressions, mode)));
   }
+
   visitLiteralMap(ast: cdAst.LiteralMap, mode: _Mode): any {
     let parts: any[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < ast.keys.length; i++) {
@@ -190,9 +198,11 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     }
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, this._nameResolver.createLiteralMap(parts));
   }
+
   visitLiteralPrimitive(ast: cdAst.LiteralPrimitive, mode: _Mode): any {
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, o.literal(ast.value));
   }
+
   visitMethodCall(ast: cdAst.MethodCall, mode: _Mode): any {
     const leftMostSafe = this.leftMostSafeNode(ast);
     if (leftMostSafe) {
@@ -201,12 +211,10 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
       const args = this.visitAll(ast.args, _Mode.Expression);
       let result: any = null;
       let receiver = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
-      if (receiver === IMPLICIT_RECEIVER) {
+      if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
         var varExpr = this._nameResolver.getLocal(ast.name);
         if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
           result = varExpr.callFn(args);
-        } else {
-          receiver = this._implicitReceiver;
         }
       }
       if (isBlank(result)) {
@@ -215,9 +223,11 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
       return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, result);
     }
   }
+
   visitPrefixNot(ast: cdAst.PrefixNot, mode: _Mode): any {
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, o.not(this.visit(ast.expression, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitPropertyRead(ast: cdAst.PropertyRead, mode: _Mode): any {
     const leftMostSafe = this.leftMostSafeNode(ast);
     if (leftMostSafe) {
@@ -225,11 +235,8 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     } else {
       let result: any = null;
       var receiver = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
-      if (receiver === IMPLICIT_RECEIVER) {
+      if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
         result = this._nameResolver.getLocal(ast.name);
-        if (isBlank(result)) {
-          receiver = this._implicitReceiver;
-        }
       }
       if (isBlank(result)) {
         result = receiver.prop(ast.name);
@@ -237,25 +244,29 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
       return convertToStatementIfNeeded(mode, result);
     }
   }
+
   visitPropertyWrite(ast: cdAst.PropertyWrite, mode: _Mode): any {
     let receiver: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
-    if (receiver === IMPLICIT_RECEIVER) {
+    if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
       var varExpr = this._nameResolver.getLocal(ast.name);
       if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
         throw new BaseException('Cannot assign to a reference or variable!');
       }
-      receiver = this._implicitReceiver;
     }
     return convertToStatementIfNeeded(
         mode, receiver.prop(ast.name).set(this.visit(ast.value, _Mode.Expression)));
   }
+
   visitSafePropertyRead(ast: cdAst.SafePropertyRead, mode: _Mode): any {
     return this.convertSafeAccess(ast, this.leftMostSafeNode(ast), mode);
   }
+
   visitSafeMethodCall(ast: cdAst.SafeMethodCall, mode: _Mode): any {
     return this.convertSafeAccess(ast, this.leftMostSafeNode(ast), mode);
   }
+
   visitAll(asts: cdAst.AST[], mode: _Mode): any { return asts.map(ast => this.visit(ast, mode)); }
+
   visitQuote(ast: cdAst.Quote, mode: _Mode): any {
     throw new BaseException('Quotes are not supported for evaluation!');
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/lexer_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/lexer_spec.ts
index 01e86ed867..eba3bdf604 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/lexer_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/lexer_spec.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ export function main() {
         expectIdentifierToken(tokens[0], 0, 'j');
       });
 
+      it('should tokenize "this"', () => {
+        var tokens: number[] = lex('this');
+        expect(tokens.length).toEqual(1);
+        expectKeywordToken(tokens[0], 0, 'this');
+      });
+
       it('should tokenize a dotted identifier', () => {
         var tokens: number[] = lex('j.k');
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(3);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/parser_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/parser_spec.ts
index b88e88ee04..ffd17e4dd1 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/parser_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/expression_parser/parser_spec.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export function main() {
       describe('member access', () => {
         it('should parse field access', () => {
           checkAction('a');
+          checkAction('this.a', 'a');
           checkAction('a.a');
         });