diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/table.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/table.ts
index ba70e62002..5f4a94caa1 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/table.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/table.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ɵC as C, ɵE as E, ɵT as T, ɵV as V, ɵb as b, ɵcR as cR, ɵcr as cr, ɵdefineComponent as defineComponent, ɵdetectChanges as detectChanges, ɵe as e, ɵs as s, ɵt as t, ɵv as v} from '@angular/core';
+import {ɵC as C, ɵE as E, ɵT as T, ɵV as V, ɵb as b, ɵcR as cR, ɵcr as cr, ɵdefineComponent as defineComponent, ɵdetectChanges as detectChanges, ɵe as e, ɵsn as sn, ɵt as t, ɵv as v} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentDef} from '@angular/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 
 import {TableCell, buildTable, emptyTable} from '../util';
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class LargeTableComponent {
                     { T(1); }
                     e();
                   }
-                  s(0, 'background-color', b(cell.row % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
+                  sn(0, 'background-color', b(cell.row % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
                   t(1, b(cell.value));
                 }
                 v();
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/tree.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/tree.ts
index 61f2ad41ce..fb7ae81597 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/tree.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/tree.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ɵC as C, ɵE as E, ɵT as T, ɵV as V, ɵb as b, ɵcR as cR, ɵcr as cr, ɵdefineComponent as defineComponent, ɵdetectChanges as _detectChanges, ɵe as e, ɵi1 as i1, ɵp as p, ɵs as s, ɵt as t, ɵv as v} from '@angular/core';
+import {ɵC as C, ɵE as E, ɵT as T, ɵV as V, ɵb as b, ɵcR as cR, ɵcr as cr, ɵdefineComponent as defineComponent, ɵdetectChanges as _detectChanges, ɵe as e, ɵi1 as i1, ɵp as p, ɵsn as sn, ɵt as t, ɵv as v} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentDef} from '@angular/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 
 import {TreeNode, buildTree, emptyTree} from '../util';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class TreeComponent {
         C(2);
         C(3);
       }
-      s(0, 'background-color', b(ctx.data.depth % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
+      sn(0, 'background-color', b(ctx.data.depth % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
       t(1, i1(' ', ctx.data.value, ' '));
       cR(2);
       {
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function TreeTpl(ctx: TreeNode, cm: boolean) {
     }
     e();
   }
-  s(1, 'background-color', b(ctx.depth % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
+  sn(1, 'background-color', b(ctx.depth % 2 ? '' : 'grey'));
   t(2, i1(' ', ctx.value, ' '));
   cR(3);
   {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
index 6705744811..eb6fd3b52c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ export {
   p as ɵp,
   pD as ɵpD,
   a as ɵa,
+  s as ɵs,
   sn as ɵsn,
+  k as ɵk,
   kn as ɵkn,
   t as ɵt,
   v as ɵv,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/PERF_NOTES.md b/packages/core/src/render3/PERF_NOTES.md
index c373b665b8..ce9c4f0c1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/PERF_NOTES.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/PERF_NOTES.md
@@ -50,4 +50,15 @@ export function getExported() { return exported; }
 export function setExported(v) { exported = v; }
 ```
 
-Also writing to a property of `exports` might change its hidden class resulting in megamorphic access.
\ No newline at end of file
+Also writing to a property of `exports` might change its hidden class resulting in megamorphic access.
+
+## Iterating over Keys of an Object.
+
+https://jsperf.com/object-keys-vs-for-in-with-closure/3 implies that `Object.keys` is the fastest way of iterating 
+over properties of an object.
+
+```
+for (var i = 0, keys = Object.keys(obj); i < keys.length; i++) {
+  const key = keys[i];
+}
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
index f63c418eba..fda3625c65 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ export {
   containerRefreshEnd as cr,
 
   elementAttribute as a,
+  elementClass as k,
   elementClassNamed as kn,
   elementEnd as e,
   elementProperty as p,
   elementStart as E,
+  elementStyle as s,
   elementStyleNamed as sn,
 
   listener as L,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index aa3ce2613f..35f9de3493 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ function generatePropertyAliases(lNodeFlags: number, direction: BindingDirection
 }
 
 /**
- * Add or remove a class in a classList.
+ * Add or remove a class in a `classList` on a DOM element.
  *
  * This instruction is meant to handle the [class.foo]="exp" case
  *
@@ -889,6 +889,29 @@ export function elementClassNamed<T>(index: number, className: string, value: T
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Set the `className` property on a DOM element.
+ *
+ * This instruction is meant to handle the `[class]="exp"` usage.
+ *
+ * `elementClass` instruction writes the value to the "element's" `className` property.
+ *
+ * @param index The index of the element to update in the data array
+ * @param value A value indicating a set of classes which should be applied. The method overrides
+ *   any existing classes. The value is stringified (`toString`) before it is applied to the
+ *   element.
+ */
+export function elementClass<T>(index: number, value: T | NO_CHANGE): void {
+  if (value !== NO_CHANGE) {
+    // TODO: This is a naive implementation which simply writes value to the `className`. In the
+    // future
+    // we will add logic here which would work with the animation code.
+    const lElement: LElementNode = data[index];
+    isProceduralRenderer(renderer) ? renderer.setProperty(lElement.native, 'className', value) :
+                                     lElement.native['className'] = stringify(value);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Update a given style on an Element.
  *
@@ -908,22 +931,56 @@ export function elementStyleNamed<T>(
     index: number, styleName: string, value: T | NO_CHANGE,
     suffixOrSanitizer?: string | Sanitizer): void {
   if (value !== NO_CHANGE) {
-    const lElement = data[index] as LElementNode;
+    const lElement: LElementNode = data[index];
     if (value == null) {
       isProceduralRenderer(renderer) ?
           renderer.removeStyle(lElement.native, styleName, RendererStyleFlags3.DashCase) :
-          lElement.native.style.removeProperty(styleName);
+          lElement.native['style'].removeProperty(styleName);
     } else {
       let strValue =
           typeof suffixOrSanitizer == 'function' ? suffixOrSanitizer(value) : stringify(value);
       if (typeof suffixOrSanitizer == 'string') strValue = strValue + suffixOrSanitizer;
       isProceduralRenderer(renderer) ?
           renderer.setStyle(lElement.native, styleName, strValue, RendererStyleFlags3.DashCase) :
-          lElement.native.style.setProperty(styleName, strValue);
+          lElement.native['style'].setProperty(styleName, strValue);
     }
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Set the `style` property on a DOM element.
+ *
+ * This instruction is meant to handle the `[style]="exp"` usage.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param index The index of the element to update in the data array
+ * @param value A value indicating if a given style should be added or removed.
+ *   The expected shape of `value` is an object where keys are style names and the values
+ *   are their corresponding values to set. If value is falsy than the style is remove. An absence
+ *   of style does not cause that style to be removed. `NO_CHANGE` implies that no update should be
+ *   performed.
+ */
+export function elementStyle<T>(
+    index: number, value: {[styleName: string]: any} | NO_CHANGE): void {
+  if (value !== NO_CHANGE) {
+    // TODO: This is a naive implementation which simply writes value to the `style`. In the future
+    // we will add logic here which would work with the animation code.
+    const lElement = data[index] as LElementNode;
+    if (isProceduralRenderer(renderer)) {
+      renderer.setProperty(lElement.native, 'style', value);
+    } else {
+      const style = lElement.native['style'];
+      for (let i = 0, keys = Object.keys(value); i < keys.length; i++) {
+        const styleName: string = keys[i];
+        const styleValue: any = (value as any)[styleName];
+        styleValue == null ? style.removeProperty(styleName) :
+                             style.setProperty(styleName, styleValue);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
 
 //////////////////////////
 //// Text
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer.ts
index 042e6f996f..b9bd50cf8c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/renderer.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export interface RNode {
 export interface RElement extends RNode {
   style: RCssStyleDeclaration;
   classList: RDomTokenList;
+  className: string;
   setAttribute(name: string, value: string): void;
   removeAttribute(name: string): void;
   setAttributeNS(namespaceURI: string, qualifiedName: string, value: string): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/elements_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/elements_spec.ts
index 1700f7bf83..1a8d66246e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/elements_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/elements_spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {browserDetection} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, HostBinding, HostListener, Injectable, Input, NgModule, OnDestroy, Optional, Pipe, PipeTransform, QueryList, SimpleChanges, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef} from '../../../src/core';
 import * as $r3$ from '../../../src/core_render3_private_export';
-import {renderComponent, toHtml} from '../render_util';
+import {ComponentFixture, renderComponent, toHtml} from '../render_util';
 
 /// See: `normative.md`
 describe('elements', () => {
@@ -264,5 +264,36 @@ describe('elements', () => {
       $r3$.ɵdetectChanges(comp);
       expect(toHtml(comp)).toEqual('<div class="" id="changed1" style="color: red;"></div>');
     });
+
+    it('should bind [class] and [style] to the element', () => {
+      type $StyleComponent$ = StyleComponent;
+
+      @Component(
+          {selector: 'style-comp', template: `<div [class]="classExp" [style]="styleExp"></div>`})
+      class StyleComponent {
+        classExp: string[]|string = 'some-name';
+        styleExp: {[name: string]: string} = {'background-color': 'red'};
+
+        // NORMATIVE
+        static ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵdefineComponent({
+          type: StyleComponent,
+          tag: 'style-comp',
+          factory: function StyleComponent_Factory() { return new StyleComponent(); },
+          template: function StyleComponent_Template(ctx: $StyleComponent$, cm: $boolean$) {
+            if (cm) {
+              $r3$.ɵE(0, 'div');
+              $r3$.ɵe();
+            }
+            $r3$.ɵk(0, $r3$.ɵb(ctx.classExp));
+            $r3$.ɵs(0, $r3$.ɵb(ctx.styleExp));
+          }
+        });
+        // /NORMATIVE
+      }
+
+      const styleFixture = new ComponentFixture(StyleComponent);
+      expect(styleFixture.html)
+          .toEqual(`<div class="some-name" style="background-color: red;"></div>`);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
index 392a4ef9a9..c654954a7f 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {elementAttribute, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, elementStyleNamed, renderTemplate} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
+import {elementAttribute, elementClass, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, elementStyle, elementStyleNamed, renderTemplate} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
 import {LElementNode, LNode} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/node';
 import {RElement, domRendererFactory3} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
 import {bypassSanitizationTrustStyle, bypassSanitizationTrustUrl, sanitizeStyle, sanitizeUrl} from '../../src/sanitization/sanitization';
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
   describe('elementStyleNamed', () => {
     it('should use sanitizer function', () => {
       const t = new TemplateFixture(createDiv);
-      t.update(() => elementStyleNamed(0, 'background-image', 'url("http://server")', sanitizeStyle));
+      t.update(
+          () => elementStyleNamed(0, 'background-image', 'url("http://server")', sanitizeStyle));
       // nothing is set because sanitizer suppresses it.
       expect(t.html).toEqual('<div></div>');
 
@@ -70,4 +71,26 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
           .toEqual('url("http://server")');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('elementStyle', () => {
+    function createDivWithStyle() {
+      elementStart(0, 'div', ['style', 'height: 10px']);
+      elementEnd();
+    }
+    const fixture = new TemplateFixture(createDivWithStyle);
+
+    it('should add style', () => {
+      fixture.update(() => elementStyle(0, {'background-color': 'red'}));
+      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<div style="height: 10px; background-color: red;"></div>');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('elementClass', () => {
+    const fixture = new TemplateFixture(createDiv);
+
+    it('should add class', () => {
+      fixture.update(() => elementClass(0, 'multiple classes'));
+      expect(fixture.html).toEqual('<div class="multiple classes"></div>');
+    });
+  });
 });