diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
index 49293a2be3..db4a160d5f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
@@ -98,17 +98,19 @@ final _keyCodeToKeyMap = const {
 class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   js.JsFunction _setProperty;
   js.JsFunction _getProperty;
-  js.JsFunction _hasProperty;
   BrowserDomAdapter() {
-    _setProperty = js.context.callMethod('eval', ['(function(el, prop, value) { el[prop] = value; })']);
+    _setProperty = js.context.callMethod('eval', ['(function(el, prop, value) { if (prop in el) el[prop] = value; })']);
     _getProperty = js.context.callMethod('eval', ['(function(el, prop) { return el[prop]; })']);
-    _hasProperty = js.context.callMethod('eval', ['(function(el, prop) { return prop in el; })']);
   }
   static void makeCurrent() {
     setRootDomAdapter(new BrowserDomAdapter());
   }
-  bool hasProperty(Element element, String name) =>
-      _hasProperty.apply([element, name]);
+  bool hasProperty(Element element, String name) {
+    // Always return true as the serverside version html_adapter.dart does so.
+    // TODO: change this once we have schema support.
+    // Note: This nees to kept in sync with html_adapter.dart!
+    return true;
+  }
 
   void setProperty(Element element, String name, Object value) =>
       _setProperty.apply([element, name, value]);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/html_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/dom/html_adapter.dart
index 28de7a1782..d8b36ca78d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/html_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/html_adapter.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ class Html5LibDomAdapter implements DomAdapter {
   }
 
   hasProperty(element, String name) {
-    // This is needed for serverside compile to generate the right getters/setters...
+    // This is needed for serverside compile to generate the right getters/setters.
+    // TODO: change this once we have property schema support.
+    // Attention: Keep this in sync with browser_adapter.dart! 
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.ts
index 122858bb38..e019d97468 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.ts
@@ -1245,31 +1245,33 @@ export function main() {
                     });
               }));
 
-    describe('Missing property bindings', () => {
-      it('should throw on bindings to unknown properties',
-         inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
-           tcb =
-               tcb.overrideView(MyComp,
-                                new viewAnn.View({template: '<div unknown="{{ctxProp}}"></div>'}))
-
-                   PromiseWrapper.catchError(tcb.createAsync(MyComp), (e) => {
-                     expect(e.message).toEqual(
-                         `Can't bind to 'unknown' since it isn't a know property of the 'div' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
-                     async.done();
-                     return null;
-                   });
-         }));
-
-      it('should not throw for property binding to a non-existing property when there is a matching directive property',
-         inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
-           tcb.overrideView(
-                  MyComp,
-                  new viewAnn.View(
-                      {template: '<div my-dir [elprop]="ctxProp"></div>', directives: [MyDir]}))
-               .createAsync(MyComp)
-               .then((val) => { async.done(); });
-         }));
-    });
+    if (!IS_DARTIUM) {
+      describe('Missing property bindings', () => {
+        it('should throw on bindings to unknown properties',
+           inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
+             tcb =
+                 tcb.overrideView(MyComp,
+                                  new viewAnn.View({template: '<div unknown="{{ctxProp}}"></div>'}))
+  
+                     PromiseWrapper.catchError(tcb.createAsync(MyComp), (e) => {
+                       expect(e.message).toEqual(
+                           `Can't bind to 'unknown' since it isn't a know property of the 'div' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
+                       async.done();
+                       return null;
+                     });
+           }));
+  
+        it('should not throw for property binding to a non-existing property when there is a matching directive property',
+           inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder, async) => {
+             tcb.overrideView(
+                    MyComp,
+                    new viewAnn.View(
+                        {template: '<div my-dir [elprop]="ctxProp"></div>', directives: [MyDir]}))
+                 .createAsync(MyComp)
+                 .then((val) => { async.done(); });
+           }));
+      });      
+    }
 
     // Disabled until a solution is found, refs:
     // - https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/776
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder_spec.ts
index d21d6f2599..a627d64a25 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder_spec.ts
@@ -22,38 +22,40 @@ export function main() {
     var builder;
     beforeEach(() => { builder = new ProtoViewBuilder(el('<div/>'), ViewType.EMBEDDED); });
 
-    describe('verification of properties', () => {
-
-      it('should throw for unknown properties', () => {
-        builder.bindElement(el('<div/>')).bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
-        expect(() => builder.build())
-            .toThrowError(
-                `Can't bind to 'unknownProperty' since it isn't a know property of the 'div' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
-      });
-
-      it('should allow unknown properties if a directive uses it', () => {
-        var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<div/>'));
-        binder.bindDirective(0).bindProperty('someDirProperty', emptyExpr(), 'directiveProperty');
-        binder.bindProperty('directiveProperty', emptyExpr());
-        expect(() => builder.build()).not.toThrow();
-      });
-
-      it('should allow unknown properties on custom elements', () => {
-        var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<some-custom/>'));
-        binder.bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
-        expect(() => builder.build()).not.toThrow();
-      });
-
-      it('should throw for unknown properties on custom elements if there is an ng component', () => {
-        var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<some-custom/>'));
-        binder.bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
-        binder.setComponentId('someComponent');
-        expect(() => builder.build())
-            .toThrowError(
-                `Can't bind to 'unknownProperty' since it isn't a know property of the 'some-custom' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
-      });
-
-    });
+    if (!IS_DARTIUM) {
+      describe('verification of properties', () => {
+  
+        it('should throw for unknown properties', () => {
+          builder.bindElement(el('<div/>')).bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
+          expect(() => builder.build())
+              .toThrowError(
+                  `Can't bind to 'unknownProperty' since it isn't a know property of the 'div' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
+        });
+  
+        it('should allow unknown properties if a directive uses it', () => {
+          var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<div/>'));
+          binder.bindDirective(0).bindProperty('someDirProperty', emptyExpr(), 'directiveProperty');
+          binder.bindProperty('directiveProperty', emptyExpr());
+          expect(() => builder.build()).not.toThrow();
+        });
+  
+        it('should allow unknown properties on custom elements', () => {
+          var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<some-custom/>'));
+          binder.bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
+          expect(() => builder.build()).not.toThrow();
+        });
+  
+        it('should throw for unknown properties on custom elements if there is an ng component', () => {
+          var binder = builder.bindElement(el('<some-custom/>'));
+          binder.bindProperty('unknownProperty', emptyExpr());
+          binder.setComponentId('someComponent');
+          expect(() => builder.build())
+              .toThrowError(
+                  `Can't bind to 'unknownProperty' since it isn't a know property of the 'some-custom' element and there are no matching directives with a corresponding property`);
+        });
+  
+      });      
+    }
 
     describe('property normalization', () => {
       it('should normalize "innerHtml" to "innerHTML"', () => {