diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/query_integration_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/query_integration_spec.ts
index 63920aabe0..255ad25331 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/query_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/query_integration_spec.ts
@@ -349,6 +349,22 @@ export function main() {
 
                  expect(asNativeElements(view.componentViewChildren)).toHaveText('hello|world|');
 
+                 async.done();
+               });
+         }));
+
+      it('should support querying the view by using a view query',
+         inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
+           var template = '<needs-view-query-by-var-binding #q></needs-view-query-by-var-binding>';
+
+           tcb.overrideTemplate(MyComp, template)
+               .createAsync(MyComp)
+               .then((view) => {
+                 var q: NeedsViewQueryByLabel = view.componentViewChildren[0].getLocal("q");
+                 view.detectChanges();
+
+                 expect(q.query.first.nativeElement).toHaveText("text");
+
                  async.done();
                });
          }));
@@ -545,6 +561,16 @@ class NeedsQueryByLabel {
   }
 }
 
+@Component({selector: 'needs-view-query-by-var-binding'})
+@View({directives: [], template: '<div #text-label>text</div>'})
+@Injectable()
+class NeedsViewQueryByLabel {
+  query: QueryList<any>;
+  constructor(@ViewQuery("textLabel", {descendants: true}) query: QueryList<any>) {
+    this.query = query;
+  }
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'needs-query-by-var-bindings'})
 @View({directives: [], template: '<ng-content>'})
 @Injectable()
@@ -665,6 +691,7 @@ class NeedsTpl {
     NeedsViewQueryIf,
     NeedsViewQueryNestedIf,
     NeedsViewQueryOrder,
+    NeedsViewQueryByLabel,
     NeedsTpl,
     TextDirective,
     InertDirective,