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 e93e8f9e34..ef78ee8caa 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
@@ -296,11 +296,17 @@ describe('compiler compliance: bindings', () => {
       };
 
       const HostAttributeDirDeclaration = `
+        const $c0$ = ["aria-label", "label"];
+        …
         HostAttributeDir.ngDirectiveDef = $r3$.ɵdefineDirective({
           type: HostAttributeDir,
           selectors: [["", "hostAttributeDir", ""]],
           factory: function HostAttributeDir_Factory(t) { return new (t || HostAttributeDir)(); },
-          attributes: ["aria-label", "label"]
+          hostBindings: function HostAttributeDir_HostBindings(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
+            if (rf & 1) {
+              $r3$.ɵelementHostAttrs(ctx, $c0$);
+            }
+          }
         });
       `;
 
@@ -310,6 +316,75 @@ describe('compiler compliance: bindings', () => {
       expectEmit(source, HostAttributeDirDeclaration, 'Invalid host attribute code');
     });
 
+    it('should support host attributes together with host classes and styles', () => {
+      const files = {
+        app: {
+          'spec.ts': `
+            import {Component, Directive, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+            @Component({
+              selector: 'my-host-attribute-component',
+              template: "...",
+              host: {
+                'title': 'hello there from component',
+                'style': 'opacity:1'
+              }
+            })
+            export class HostAttributeComp {
+            }
+
+            @Directive({
+              selector: '[hostAttributeDir]',
+              host: {
+                'style': 'width: 200px; height: 500px',
+                '[style.opacity]': "true",
+                'class': 'one two',
+                '[class.three]': "true",
+                'title': 'hello there from directive',
+              }
+            })
+            export class HostAttributeDir {
+            }
+
+            @NgModule({declarations: [HostAttributeComp, HostAttributeDir]})
+            export class MyModule {}
+          `
+        }
+      };
+
+      const CompAndDirDeclaration = `
+        const $c0$ = ["title", "hello there from component", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "opacity", "1"];
+        const $c1$ = ["title", "hello there from directive", ${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "one", "two", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "width", "200px", "height", "500px"];
+        …
+        HostAttributeComp.ngComponentDef = $r3$.ɵdefineComponent({
+          type: HostAttributeComp,
+          selectors: [["my-host-attribute-component"]],
+          factory: function HostAttributeComp_Factory(t) { return new (t || HostAttributeComp)(); },
+          hostBindings: function HostAttributeComp_HostBindings(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
+            if (rf & 1) {
+              $r3$.ɵelementHostAttrs(ctx, $c0$);
+              …
+            }
+            …
+          }
+        …
+        HostAttributeDir.ngDirectiveDef = $r3$.ɵdefineDirective({
+          type: HostAttributeDir,
+          selectors: [["", "hostAttributeDir", ""]],
+          factory: function HostAttributeDir_Factory(t) { return new (t || HostAttributeDir)(); },
+          hostBindings: function HostAttributeDir_HostBindings(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
+            if (rf & 1) {
+              $r3$.ɵelementHostAttrs(ctx, $c1$);
+              …
+            }
+            …
+          }
+      `;
+
+      const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
+      const source = result.source;
+      expectEmit(source, CompAndDirDeclaration, 'Invalid host attribute code');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('non bindable behavior', () => {
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 80168a3511..f8d06cf28f 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
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance: styling', () => {
     };
 
     const template = `
-      const $_c0$ = [${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "foo", "baz", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "width", "200px", "height", "500px"];
+      const $_c0$ = ["title", "foo title", ${AttributeMarker.Classes}, "foo", "baz", ${AttributeMarker.Styles}, "width", "200px", "height", "500px"];
       …
       hostBindings: function MyComponent_HostBindings(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
         if (rf & 1) {
@@ -1114,9 +1114,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance: styling', () => {
           $r3$.ɵelementStylingMap(elIndex, ctx.myClass, ctx.myStyle, ctx);
           $r3$.ɵelementStylingApply(elIndex, ctx);
         }
-      },
-      consts: 0,
-      vars: 0,
+      }
     `;
 
     const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
index 5a0880e2a1..f8045eaaef 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {Render3ParseResult} from '../r3_template_transform';
 import {prepareSyntheticListenerFunctionName, prepareSyntheticPropertyName, typeWithParameters} from '../util';
 
 import {R3ComponentDef, R3ComponentMetadata, R3DirectiveDef, R3DirectiveMetadata, R3QueryMetadata} from './api';
-import {StylingBuilder, StylingInstruction} from './styling_builder';
+import {Instruction, StylingBuilder} from './styling_builder';
 import {BindingScope, TemplateDefinitionBuilder, ValueConverter, prepareEventListenerParameters, renderFlagCheckIfStmt, resolveSanitizationFn} from './template';
 import {CONTEXT_NAME, DefinitionMap, RENDER_FLAGS, TEMPORARY_NAME, asLiteral, conditionallyCreateMapObjectLiteral, getQueryPredicate, temporaryAllocator} from './util';
 
@@ -101,14 +101,11 @@ function baseDirectiveFields(
     }
   }
 
-  // e.g. `attributes: ['role', 'listbox']`
-  definitionMap.set('attributes', createHostAttributesArray(allOtherAttributes));
-
   // e.g. `hostBindings: (rf, ctx, elIndex) => { ... }
   definitionMap.set(
-      'hostBindings',
-      createHostBindingsFunction(
-          meta, elVarExp, contextVarExp, styleBuilder, bindingParser, constantPool, hostVarsCount));
+      'hostBindings', createHostBindingsFunction(
+                          meta, elVarExp, contextVarExp, allOtherAttributes, styleBuilder,
+                          bindingParser, constantPool, hostVarsCount));
 
   // e.g 'inputs: {a: 'a'}`
   definitionMap.set('inputs', conditionallyCreateMapObjectLiteral(meta.inputs, true));
@@ -504,16 +501,13 @@ function createDirectiveSelector(selector: string | null): o.Expression {
   return asLiteral(core.parseSelectorToR3Selector(selector));
 }
 
-function createHostAttributesArray(attributes: any): o.Expression|null {
+function convertAttributesToExpressions(attributes: any): o.Expression[] {
   const values: o.Expression[] = [];
   for (let key of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(attributes)) {
     const value = attributes[key];
     values.push(o.literal(key), o.literal(value));
   }
-  if (values.length > 0) {
-    return o.literalArr(values);
-  }
-  return null;
+  return values;
 }
 
 // Return a contentQueries function or null if one is not necessary.
@@ -649,8 +643,8 @@ function createViewQueriesFunction(
 // Return a host binding function or null if one is not necessary.
 function createHostBindingsFunction(
     meta: R3DirectiveMetadata, elVarExp: o.ReadVarExpr, bindingContext: o.ReadVarExpr,
-    styleBuilder: StylingBuilder, bindingParser: BindingParser, constantPool: ConstantPool,
-    hostVarsCount: number): o.Expression|null {
+    staticAttributesAndValues: any[], styleBuilder: StylingBuilder, bindingParser: BindingParser,
+    constantPool: ConstantPool, hostVarsCount: number): o.Expression|null {
   const createStatements: o.Statement[] = [];
   const updateStatements: o.Statement[] = [];
 
@@ -740,18 +734,20 @@ function createHostBindingsFunction(
       }
     }
 
-    if (styleBuilder.hasBindingsOrInitialValues()) {
-      // since we're dealing with directives here and directives have a hostBinding
-      // function, we need to generate special instructions that deal with styling
-      // (both bindings and initial values). The instruction below will instruct
-      // all initial styling (styling that is inside of a host binding within a
-      // directive) to be attached to the host element of the directive.
-      const hostAttrsInstruction =
-          styleBuilder.buildDirectiveHostAttrsInstruction(null, constantPool);
-      if (hostAttrsInstruction) {
-        createStatements.push(createStylingStmt(hostAttrsInstruction, bindingContext, bindingFn));
-      }
+    // since we're dealing with directives/components and both have hostBinding
+    // functions, we need to generate a special hostAttrs instruction that deals
+    // with both the assignment of styling as well as static attributes to the host
+    // element. The instruction below will instruct all initial styling (styling
+    // that is inside of a host binding within a directive/component) to be attached
+    // to the host element alongside any of the provided host attributes that were
+    // collected earlier.
+    const hostAttrs = convertAttributesToExpressions(staticAttributesAndValues);
+    const hostInstruction = styleBuilder.buildHostAttrsInstruction(null, hostAttrs, constantPool);
+    if (hostInstruction) {
+      createStatements.push(createStylingStmt(hostInstruction, bindingContext, bindingFn));
+    }
 
+    if (styleBuilder.hasBindingsOrInitialValues()) {
       // singular style/class bindings (things like `[style.prop]` and `[class.name]`)
       // MUST be registered on a given element within the component/directive
       // templateFn/hostBindingsFn functions. The instruction below will figure out
@@ -799,7 +795,7 @@ function createHostBindingsFunction(
 }
 
 function createStylingStmt(
-    instruction: StylingInstruction, bindingContext: any, bindingFn: Function): o.Statement {
+    instruction: Instruction, bindingContext: any, bindingFn: Function): o.Statement {
   const params = instruction.buildParams(value => bindingFn(bindingContext, value).currValExpr);
   return o.importExpr(instruction.reference, null, instruction.sourceSpan)
       .callFn(params, instruction.sourceSpan)
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/styling_builder.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/styling_builder.ts
index aebc989304..9eab564f8e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/styling_builder.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/styling_builder.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {ValueConverter} from './template';
 /**
  * A styling expression summary that is to be processed by the compiler
  */
-export interface StylingInstruction {
+export interface Instruction {
   sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan|null;
   reference: o.ExternalReference;
   buildParams(convertFn: (value: any) => o.Expression): o.Expression[];
@@ -225,17 +225,17 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
    * Builds an instruction with all the expressions and parameters for `elementHostAttrs`.
    *
    * The instruction generation code below is used for producing the AOT statement code which is
-   * responsible for registering initial styles (within a directive hostBindings' creation block)
-   * to the directive host element.
+   * responsible for registering initial styles (within a directive hostBindings' creation block),
+   * as well as any of the provided attribute values, to the directive host element.
    */
-  buildDirectiveHostAttrsInstruction(sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan|null, constantPool: ConstantPool):
-      StylingInstruction|null {
-    if (this._hasInitialValues && this._directiveExpr) {
+  buildHostAttrsInstruction(
+      sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan|null, attrs: o.Expression[],
+      constantPool: ConstantPool): Instruction|null {
+    if (this._directiveExpr && (attrs.length || this._hasInitialValues)) {
       return {
         sourceSpan,
         reference: R3.elementHostAttrs,
         buildParams: () => {
-          const attrs: o.Expression[] = [];
           this.populateInitialStylingAttrs(attrs);
           return [this._directiveExpr !, getConstantLiteralFromArray(constantPool, attrs)];
         }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
    * responsible for registering style/class bindings to an element.
    */
   buildElementStylingInstruction(sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan|null, constantPool: ConstantPool):
-      StylingInstruction|null {
+      Instruction|null {
     if (this._hasBindings) {
       return {
         sourceSpan,
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
    * which include the `[style]` and `[class]` expression params (if they exist) as well as
    * the sanitizer and directive reference expression.
    */
-  buildElementStylingMapInstruction(valueConverter: ValueConverter): StylingInstruction|null {
+  buildElementStylingMapInstruction(valueConverter: ValueConverter): Instruction|null {
     if (this._classMapInput || this._styleMapInput) {
       const stylingInput = this._classMapInput ! || this._styleMapInput !;
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
 
   private _buildSingleInputs(
       reference: o.ExternalReference, inputs: BoundStylingEntry[], mapIndex: Map<string, number>,
-      allowUnits: boolean, valueConverter: ValueConverter): StylingInstruction[] {
+      allowUnits: boolean, valueConverter: ValueConverter): Instruction[] {
     return inputs.map(input => {
       const bindingIndex: number = mapIndex.get(input.name) !;
       const value = input.value.visit(valueConverter);
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
     });
   }
 
-  private _buildClassInputs(valueConverter: ValueConverter): StylingInstruction[] {
+  private _buildClassInputs(valueConverter: ValueConverter): Instruction[] {
     if (this._singleClassInputs) {
       return this._buildSingleInputs(
           R3.elementClassProp, this._singleClassInputs, this._classesIndex, false, valueConverter);
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
     return [];
   }
 
-  private _buildStyleInputs(valueConverter: ValueConverter): StylingInstruction[] {
+  private _buildStyleInputs(valueConverter: ValueConverter): Instruction[] {
     if (this._singleStyleInputs) {
       return this._buildSingleInputs(
           R3.elementStyleProp, this._singleStyleInputs, this._stylesIndex, true, valueConverter);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
     return [];
   }
 
-  private _buildApplyFn(): StylingInstruction {
+  private _buildApplyFn(): Instruction {
     return {
       sourceSpan: this._lastStylingInput ? this._lastStylingInput.sourceSpan : null,
       reference: R3.elementStylingApply,
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ export class StylingBuilder {
    * into the update block of a template function or a directive hostBindings function.
    */
   buildUpdateLevelInstructions(valueConverter: ValueConverter) {
-    const instructions: StylingInstruction[] = [];
+    const instructions: Instruction[] = [];
     if (this._hasBindings) {
       const mapInstruction = this.buildElementStylingMapInstruction(valueConverter);
       if (mapInstruction) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index ab1d3e94e0..7058630ada 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {I18nContext} from './i18n/context';
 import {I18nMetaVisitor} from './i18n/meta';
 import {getSerializedI18nContent} from './i18n/serializer';
 import {I18N_ICU_MAPPING_PREFIX, assembleBoundTextPlaceholders, assembleI18nBoundString, formatI18nPlaceholderName, getTranslationConstPrefix, getTranslationDeclStmts, icuFromI18nMessage, isI18nRootNode, isSingleI18nIcu, metaFromI18nMessage, placeholdersToParams, wrapI18nPlaceholder} from './i18n/util';
-import {StylingBuilder, StylingInstruction} from './styling_builder';
+import {Instruction, StylingBuilder} from './styling_builder';
 import {CONTEXT_NAME, IMPLICIT_REFERENCE, NON_BINDABLE_ATTR, REFERENCE_PREFIX, RENDER_FLAGS, asLiteral, getAttrsForDirectiveMatching, invalid, trimTrailingNulls, unsupported} from './util';
 
 // Default selector used by `<ng-content>` if none specified
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
       if (input.type === BindingType.Animation) {
         const value = input.value.visit(this._valueConverter);
         // animation bindings can be presented in the following formats:
-        // 1j [@binding]="fooExp"
+        // 1. [@binding]="fooExp"
         // 2. [@binding]="{value:fooExp, params:{...}}"
         // 3. [@binding]
         // 4. @binding
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
   }
 
   private processStylingInstruction(
-      implicit: any, instruction: StylingInstruction|null, createMode: boolean) {
+      implicit: any, instruction: Instruction|null, createMode: boolean) {
     if (instruction) {
       const paramsFn = () =>
           instruction.buildParams(value => this.convertPropertyBinding(implicit, value, true));
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
index 8b0d755a5d..11fef9fa21 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts
@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ export function defineComponent<T>(componentDefinition: {
    */
   vars: number;
 
-  /**
-   * Static attributes to set on host element.
-   *
-   * Even indices: attribute name
-   * Odd indices: attribute value
-   */
-  attributes?: string[];
-
   /**
    * A map of input names.
    *
@@ -260,7 +252,6 @@ export function defineComponent<T>(componentDefinition: {
     hostBindings: componentDefinition.hostBindings || null,
     contentQueries: componentDefinition.contentQueries || null,
     contentQueriesRefresh: componentDefinition.contentQueriesRefresh || null,
-    attributes: componentDefinition.attributes || null,
     declaredInputs: declaredInputs,
     inputs: null !,   // assigned in noSideEffects
     outputs: null !,  // assigned in noSideEffects
@@ -516,14 +507,6 @@ export const defineDirective = defineComponent as any as<T>(directiveDefinition:
    */
   factory: (t: Type<T>| null) => T;
 
-  /**
-   * Static attributes to set on host element.
-   *
-   * Even indices: attribute name
-   * Odd indices: attribute value
-   */
-  attributes?: string[];
-
   /**
    * A map of input names.
    *
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index fb895bfd3a..6e7363345f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -752,31 +752,62 @@ function createViewBlueprint(bindingStartIndex: number, initialViewLength: numbe
   return blueprint;
 }
 
-function setUpAttributes(native: RElement, attrs: TAttributes): void {
+/**
+ * Assigns all attribute values to the provided element via the inferred renderer.
+ *
+ * This function accepts two forms of attribute entries:
+ *
+ * default: (key, value):
+ *  attrs = [key1, value1, key2, value2]
+ *
+ * namespaced: (NAMESPACE_MARKER, uri, name, value)
+ *  attrs = [NAMESPACE_MARKER, uri, name, value, NAMESPACE_MARKER, uri, name, value]
+ *
+ * The `attrs` array can contain a mix of both the default and namespaced entries.
+ * The "default" values are set without a marker, but if the function comes across
+ * a marker value then it will attempt to set a namespaced value. If the marker is
+ * not of a namespaced value then the function will quit and return the index value
+ * where it stopped during the iteration of the attrs array.
+ *
+ * See [AttributeMarker] to understand what the namespace marker value is.
+ *
+ * Note that this instruction does not support assigning style and class values to
+ * an element. See `elementStart` and `elementHostAttrs` to learn how styling values
+ * are applied to an element.
+ *
+ * @param native The element that the attributes will be assigned to
+ * @param attrs The attribute array of values that will be assigned to the element
+ * @returns the index value that was last accessed in the attributes array
+ */
+function setUpAttributes(native: RElement, attrs: TAttributes): number {
   const renderer = getLView()[RENDERER];
   const isProc = isProceduralRenderer(renderer);
-  let i = 0;
 
+  let i = 0;
   while (i < attrs.length) {
-    const attrName = attrs[i++];
-    if (typeof attrName == 'number') {
-      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NamespaceURI) {
-        // Namespaced attributes
-        const namespaceURI = attrs[i++] as string;
-        const attrName = attrs[i++] as string;
-        const attrVal = attrs[i++] as string;
-        ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererSetAttribute++;
-        isProc ?
-            (renderer as ProceduralRenderer3)
-                .setAttribute(native, attrName, attrVal, namespaceURI) :
-            native.setAttributeNS(namespaceURI, attrName, attrVal);
-      } else {
-        // All other `AttributeMarker`s are ignored here.
+    const value = attrs[i];
+    if (typeof value === 'number') {
+      // only namespaces are supported. Other value types (such as style/class
+      // entries) are not supported in this function.
+      if (value !== AttributeMarker.NamespaceURI) {
         break;
       }
+
+      // we just landed on the marker value ... therefore
+      // we should skip to the next entry
+      i++;
+
+      const namespaceURI = attrs[i++] as string;
+      const attrName = attrs[i++] as string;
+      const attrVal = attrs[i++] as string;
+      ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererSetAttribute++;
+      isProc ?
+          (renderer as ProceduralRenderer3).setAttribute(native, attrName, attrVal, namespaceURI) :
+          native.setAttributeNS(namespaceURI, attrName, attrVal);
     } else {
       /// attrName is string;
-      const attrVal = attrs[i++];
+      const attrName = value as string;
+      const attrVal = attrs[++i];
       if (attrName !== NG_PROJECT_AS_ATTR_NAME) {
         // Standard attributes
         ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererSetAttribute++;
@@ -791,8 +822,15 @@ function setUpAttributes(native: RElement, attrs: TAttributes): void {
               native.setAttribute(attrName as string, attrVal as string);
         }
       }
+      i++;
     }
   }
+
+  // another piece of code may iterate over the same attributes array. Therefore
+  // it may be helpful to return the exact spot where the attributes array exited
+  // whether by running into an unsupported marker or if all the static values were
+  // iterated over.
+  return i;
 }
 
 export function createError(text: string, token: any) {
@@ -1257,19 +1295,41 @@ export function elementStyling(
 }
 
 /**
- * Assign static styling values to a host element.
+ * Assign static attribute values to a host element.
+ *
+ * This instruction will assign static attribute values as well as class and style
+ * values to an element within the host bindings function. Since attribute values
+ * can consist of different types of values, the `attrs` array must include the values in
+ * the following format:
+ *
+ * attrs = [
+ *   // static attributes (like `title`, `name`, `id`...)
+ *   attr1, value1, attr2, value,
+ *
+ *   // a single namespace value (like `x:id`)
+ *   NAMESPACE_MARKER, namespaceUri1, name1, value1,
+ *
+ *   // another single namespace value (like `x:name`)
+ *   NAMESPACE_MARKER, namespaceUri2, name2, value2,
+ *
+ *   // a series of CSS classes that will be applied to the element (no spaces)
+ *   CLASSES_MARKER, class1, class2, class3,
+ *
+ *   // a series of CSS styles (property + value) that will be applied to the element
+ *   STYLES_MARKER, prop1, value1, prop2, value2
+ * ]
+ *
+ * All non-class and non-style attributes must be defined at the start of the list
+ * first before all class and style values are set. When there is a change in value
+ * type (like when classes and styles are introduced) a marker must be used to separate
+ * the entries. The marker values themselves are set via entries found in the
+ * [AttributeMarker] enum.
  *
  * NOTE: This instruction is meant to used from `hostBindings` function only.
  *
  * @param directive A directive instance the styling is associated with.
- * @param attrs An array containing class and styling information. The values must be marked with
- *              `AttributeMarker`.
- *
- *        ```
- *        var attrs = [AttributeMarker.Classes, 'foo', 'bar',
- *                     AttributeMarker.Styles, 'width', '100px', 'height, '200px']
- *        elementHostAttrs(directive, attrs);
- *        ```
+ * @param attrs An array of static values (attributes, classes and styles) with the correct marker
+ * values.
  *
  * @publicApi
  */
@@ -1278,7 +1338,10 @@ export function elementHostAttrs(directive: any, attrs: TAttributes) {
   if (!tNode.stylingTemplate) {
     tNode.stylingTemplate = initializeStaticStylingContext(attrs);
   }
-  patchContextWithStaticAttrs(tNode.stylingTemplate, attrs, directive);
+  const lView = getLView();
+  const native = getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView) as RElement;
+  const i = setUpAttributes(native, attrs);
+  patchContextWithStaticAttrs(tNode.stylingTemplate, attrs, i, directive);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1658,11 +1721,6 @@ function postProcessBaseDirective<T>(
   if (native) {
     attachPatchData(native, lView);
   }
-
-  // TODO(misko): setUpAttributes should be a feature for better treeshakability.
-  if (def.attributes != null && previousOrParentTNode.type == TNodeType.Element) {
-    setUpAttributes(native as RElement, def.attributes as string[]);
-  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
index 3a7995a77b..e3ecf2c0fd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
@@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ export interface DirectiveDef<T> extends BaseDef<T> {
   /** Refreshes host bindings on the associated directive. */
   hostBindings: HostBindingsFunction<T>|null;
 
-  /**
-   * Static attributes to set on host element.
-   *
-   * Even indices: attribute name
-   * Odd indices: attribute value
-   */
-  readonly attributes: string[]|null;
-
   /* The following are lifecycle hooks for this component */
   onInit: (() => void)|null;
   doCheck: (() => void)|null;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings.ts
index 7f4fb1465a..0bcee71d94 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function initializeStaticContext(attrs: TAttributes) {
  * @param directive the directive instance with which static data is associated with.
  */
 export function patchContextWithStaticAttrs(
-    context: StylingContext, attrs: TAttributes, directive: any): void {
+    context: StylingContext, attrs: TAttributes, startingIndex: number, directive: any): void {
   // If the styling context has already been patched with the given directive's bindings,
   // then there is no point in doing it again. The reason why this may happen (the directive
   // styling being patched twice) is because the `stylingBinding` function is called each time
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function patchContextWithStaticAttrs(
     let initialStyles: InitialStylingValues|null = null;
 
     let mode = -1;
-    for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
+    for (let i = startingIndex; i < attrs.length; i++) {
       const attr = attrs[i];
       if (typeof attr == 'number') {
         mode = attr;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 47d6132932..28212a2e4d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
   {
     "name": "ACTIVE_INDEX"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "ANIMATION_PROP_PREFIX"
-  },
   {
     "name": "BINDING_INDEX"
   },
@@ -77,9 +74,6 @@
   {
     "name": "NG_PIPE_DEF"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "NG_PROJECT_AS_ATTR_NAME"
-  },
   {
     "name": "NO_CHANGE"
   },
@@ -320,9 +314,6 @@
   {
     "name": "invertObject"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "isAnimationProp"
-  },
   {
     "name": "isComponentDef"
   },
@@ -434,9 +425,6 @@
   {
     "name": "setTNodeAndViewData"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "setUpAttributes"
-  },
   {
     "name": "syncViewWithBlueprint"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/host_binding_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/host_binding_spec.ts
index f2c7f8fa3a..821d43dcc7 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/host_binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/host_binding_spec.ts
@@ -965,7 +965,11 @@ describe('host bindings', () => {
         selectors: [['', 'hostAttributeDir', '']],
         type: HostAttributeDir,
         factory: () => new HostAttributeDir(),
-        attributes: ['role', 'listbox']
+        hostBindings: function(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
+          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
+            elementHostAttrs(ctx, ['role', 'listbox']);
+          }
+        }
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
index 4acfc3ce65..df30a7b3ee 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
@@ -478,8 +478,12 @@ describe('render3 integration test', () => {
           factory: () => new HostAttributeComp(),
           consts: 0,
           vars: 0,
+          hostBindings: function(rf, ctx, elIndex) {
+            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
+              elementHostAttrs(ctx, ['role', 'button']);
+            }
+          },
           template: (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: HostAttributeComp) => {},
-          attributes: ['role', 'button']
         });
       }
 
@@ -1706,8 +1710,8 @@ describe('render3 integration test', () => {
                    rf: RenderFlags, ctx: DirWithInitialStyling, elementIndex: number) {
                  if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
                    elementHostAttrs(ctx, [
-                     AttributeMarker.Classes, 'heavy', 'golden', AttributeMarker.Styles, 'color',
-                     'purple', 'font-weight', 'bold'
+                     'title', 'foo', AttributeMarker.Classes, 'heavy', 'golden',
+                     AttributeMarker.Styles, 'color', 'purple', 'font-weight', 'bold'
                    ]);
                  }
                }
@@ -1735,6 +1739,7 @@ describe('render3 integration test', () => {
            const classes = target.getAttribute('class') !.split(/\s+/).sort();
            expect(classes).toEqual(['big', 'golden', 'heavy']);
 
+           expect(target.getAttribute('title')).toEqual('foo');
            expect(target.style.getPropertyValue('color')).toEqual('black');
            expect(target.style.getPropertyValue('font-size')).toEqual('200px');
            expect(target.style.getPropertyValue('font-weight')).toEqual('bold');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings_spec.ts
index de3a76ee7c..05f4fc0a85 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/styling/class_and_style_bindings_spec.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('style and class based bindings', () => {
       attrs.push(AttributeMarker.Styles);
       attrs.push(...styles);
     }
-    patchContextWithStaticAttrs(context, attrs, directiveRef || null);
+    patchContextWithStaticAttrs(context, attrs, 0, directiveRef || null);
   }
 
   function getRootContextInternal(lView: LView) { return lView[CONTEXT] as RootContext; }
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ describe('style and class based bindings', () => {
       let styles: any = {fontSize: ''};
       updateStyleProp(stylingContext, 0, '');
       updateStylingMap(stylingContext, null, styles);
-      patchContextWithStaticAttrs(stylingContext, [], otherDirective);
+      patchContextWithStaticAttrs(stylingContext, [], 0, otherDirective);
 
       getStyles(stylingContext, otherDirective);
       expect(store.getValues()).toEqual({});
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
index 00df5eea08..f1c54e17a0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/view_container_ref_spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component as _Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, El
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../src/metadata';
 import {AttributeMarker, defineComponent, defineDirective, definePipe, injectComponentFactoryResolver, load, query, queryRefresh} from '../../src/render3/index';
 
-import {allocHostVars, bind, container, containerRefreshEnd, containerRefreshStart, directiveInject, element, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, embeddedViewEnd, embeddedViewStart, interpolation1, interpolation3, nextContext, projection, projectionDef, reference, template, text, textBinding} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
+import {allocHostVars, bind, container, containerRefreshEnd, containerRefreshStart, directiveInject, element, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, embeddedViewEnd, embeddedViewStart, interpolation1, interpolation3, nextContext, projection, projectionDef, reference, template, text, textBinding, elementHostAttrs} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
 import {RenderFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 import {RElement} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
 import {templateRefExtractor} from '../../src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound';
@@ -1855,9 +1855,9 @@ describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
           consts: 0,
           vars: 0,
           template: (rf: RenderFlags, cmp: HostBindingCmpt) => {},
-          attributes: ['id', 'attribute'],
           hostBindings: function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: HostBindingCmpt, elIndex: number) {
             if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
+              elementHostAttrs(ctx, ['id', 'attribute']);
               allocHostVars(1);
             }
             if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {