diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/selector.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/selector.ts
index a34ba9af28..3956553fb0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/selector.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/selector.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const _SELECTOR_REGEXP = new RegExp(
     '(\\:not\\()|' +                               //":not("
         '([-\\w]+)|' +                             // "tag"
         '(?:\\.([-\\w]+))|' +                      // ".class"
-        '(?:\\[([.-\\w*]+)(?:=([^\\]]*))?\\])|' +  // "[name]", "[name=value]"
+        '(?:\\[([-.\\w*]+)(?:=([^\\]]*))?\\])|' +  // "[name]", "[name=value]"
         '(\\))|' +                                 // ")"
         '(\\s*,\\s*)',                             // ","
     'g');