diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/proto_change_detector.js b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/proto_change_detector.js
index 0028f5d278..4ea70c616f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/proto_change_detector.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/proto_change_detector.js
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ class _ConvertAstIntoProtoRecords {
 
   visitAccessMember(ast:AccessMember) {
     var receiver = ast.receiver.visit(this);
-    if (isPresent(this.variableBindings) && ListWrapper.contains(this.variableBindings, ast.name)) {
+    if (isPresent(this.variableBindings) && 
+        ListWrapper.contains(this.variableBindings, ast.name) && 
+        ast.receiver instanceof ImplicitReceiver) {
       return this._addRecord(RECORD_TYPE_LOCAL, ast.name, ast.name, [], null, receiver);
     } else {
       return this._addRecord(RECORD_TYPE_PROPERTY, ast.name, ast.getter, [], null, receiver);
@@ -351,4 +353,4 @@ function _interpolationFn(strings:List) {
     case 9: return (a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9) => c0 + s(a1) + c1 + s(a2) + c2 + s(a3) + c3 + s(a4) + c4 + s(a5) + c5 + s(a6) + c6 + s(a7) + c7 + s(a8) + c8 + s(a9) + c9;
     default: throw new BaseException(`Does not support more than 9 expressions`);
   }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/change_detection_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/change_detection_spec.js
index 29f393d4f2..0bebe2c547 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/change_detection_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/change_detection_spec.js
@@ -469,6 +469,18 @@ export function main() {
               expect(executeWatch('name', 'name', new Person("Jim"), locals))
                 .toEqual(['name=Jim']);
             });
+
+            it('should correctly handle nested properties', () => {
+              var address = new Address('Grenoble');
+              var person = new Person('Victor', address);
+              var locals = new Locals(null,
+                  MapWrapper.createFromPairs([['city', 'MTV']]));
+              expect(executeWatch('address.city', 'address.city', person, locals))
+                .toEqual(['address.city=Grenoble']);
+              expect(executeWatch('city', 'city', person, locals))
+                .toEqual(['city=MTV']);
+            });
+
           });
 
           describe("handle children", () => {
@@ -953,4 +965,4 @@ class TestDispatcher extends ChangeDispatcher {
   _asString(value) {
     return (isBlank(value) ? 'null' : value.toString());
   }
-}
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+}