diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
index e84584964b..fc89d8e9f6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
@@ -612,6 +612,41 @@ describe('compiler compliance: bindings', () => {
       expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect template');
     });
 
+    it('should exclude attribute bindings from the attributes array', () => {
+      const files: MockDirectory = {
+        app: {
+          'example.ts': `
+          import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+          @Component({
+            selector: 'my-app',
+            template: \`<a
+              target="_blank"
+              [title]="1"
+              [attr.foo]="'one'"
+              (customEvent)="doThings()"
+              [attr.bar]="'two'"
+              [id]="2"
+              aria-label="link"
+              [attr.baz]="three"></a>\`
+          })
+          export class MyComponent {
+            doThings() {}
+          }
+
+          @NgModule({declarations: [MyComponent]})
+          export class MyModule {}`
+        }
+      };
+
+      const template = `
+        const $e0_attrs$ = ["target", "_blank", "aria-label", "link", ${AttributeMarker.Bindings}, "title", "id", "customEvent"];
+        …
+      `;
+      const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
+      expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect attribute array');
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('host bindings', () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_i18n_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_i18n_spec.ts
index 5780326502..8465b86b40 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_i18n_spec.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ describe('i18n support in the view compiler', () => {
       `;
 
       const output = `
-        const $_c0$ = [${AttributeMarker.Bindings}, "title", "label"];
+        const $_c0$ = [3, "title"];
         …
         template: function MyComponent_Template(rf, ctx) {
           if (rf & 1) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_styling_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_styling_spec.ts
index bacf64a1c4..478e3b9811 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_styling_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_styling_spec.ts
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance: styling', () => {
          };
 
          const template = `
-          const $_c0$ = [${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "opacity", "1", ${AttributeMarker.Bindings}, "style"];
+          const $_c0$ = [${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "opacity", "1"];
           const $_c1$ = ["width", "height"];
           …
           MyComponent.ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵɵdefineComponent({
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance: styling', () => {
          };
 
          const template = `
-          const $e0_attrs$ = [${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "grape", ${AttributeMarker.Bindings}, "class"];
+          const $e0_attrs$ = [${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "grape"];
           const $e0_bindings$ = ["apple", "orange"];
           …
           MyComponent.ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵɵdefineComponent({
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance: styling', () => {
          };
 
          const template = `
-          const $e0_attrs$ = [${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "foo", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "width", "100px", ${AttributeMarker.Bindings}, "class", "style"];
+          const $e0_attrs$ = [${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "foo", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "width", "100px"];
           …
           MyComponent.ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵɵdefineComponent({
               type: MyComponent,
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index a384a22622..12dec412a2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -1253,11 +1253,13 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
     }
 
     if (inputs.length || outputs.length) {
-      const attrsStartIndex = attrExprs.length;
+      const attrsLengthBeforeInputs = attrExprs.length;
 
       for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
         const input = inputs[i];
-        if (input.type !== BindingType.Animation) {
+        // We don't want the animation and attribute bindings in the
+        // attributes array since they aren't used for directive matching.
+        if (input.type !== BindingType.Animation && input.type !== BindingType.Attribute) {
           addAttrExpr(input.name);
         }
       }
@@ -1273,8 +1275,8 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
       // values have been filtered (by not including the animation ones) and added
       // to the expressions. The marker is important because it tells the runtime
       // code that this is where attributes without values start...
-      if (attrExprs.length) {
-        attrExprs.splice(attrsStartIndex, 0, o.literal(core.AttributeMarker.Bindings));
+      if (attrExprs.length !== attrsLengthBeforeInputs) {
+        attrExprs.splice(attrsLengthBeforeInputs, 0, o.literal(core.AttributeMarker.Bindings));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
index 6f10e9134b..9ceb418289 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export const enum AttributeMarker {
    * ```
    * var _c1 = ['moo', 'car', AttributeMarker.I18n, 'foo', 'bar'];
    */
-  I18n,
+  I18n = 6,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/directive_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/directive_spec.ts
index e6d7dde5c7..ee411dcd4c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/directive_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/directive_spec.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,30 @@ describe('directives', () => {
       expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(TestDir))).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('should not match directives based on attribute bindings', () => {
+      const calls: string[] = [];
+
+      @Directive({selector: '[dir]'})
+      class MyDir {
+        ngOnInit() { calls.push('MyDir.ngOnInit'); }
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: `my-comp`,
+        template: `<p [attr.dir]="direction"></p><p dir="rtl"></p>`,
+      })
+      class MyComp {
+        direction = 'auto';
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [MyDir, MyComp]});
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComp);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      // Expect only one directive to be instantiated.
+      expect(calls).toEqual(['MyDir.ngOnInit']);
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('outputs', () => {