diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
index 963d4c448c..50f3cc06fd 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ export class NgtscProgram implements api.Program {
         checkTemplateBodies: true,
         checkTypeOfInputBindings: true,
         strictNullInputBindings: true,
+        checkTypeOfAttributes: true,
         // Even in full template type-checking mode, DOM binding checks are not quite ready yet.
         checkTypeOfDomBindings: false,
         checkTypeOfOutputEvents: true,
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ export class NgtscProgram implements api.Program {
         checkTemplateBodies: false,
         checkTypeOfInputBindings: false,
         strictNullInputBindings: false,
+        checkTypeOfAttributes: false,
         checkTypeOfDomBindings: false,
         checkTypeOfOutputEvents: false,
         checkTypeOfAnimationEvents: false,
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
index c2ccc6bab3..77e2464792 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/api.ts
@@ -98,9 +98,24 @@ export interface TypeCheckingConfig {
    * binding expressions are wrapped in a non-null assertion operator to effectively disable strict
    * null checks. This may be particularly useful when the directive is from a library that is not
    * compiled with `strictNullChecks` enabled.
+   *
+   * If `checkTypeOfInputBindings` is set to `false`, this flag has no effect.
    */
   strictNullInputBindings: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to check text attributes that happen to be consumed by a directive or component.
+   *
+   * For example, in a template containing `<input matInput disabled>` the `disabled` attribute ends
+   * up being consumed as an input with type `boolean` by the `matInput` directive. At runtime the
+   * input will be set to the attribute's string value, which is the empty string for attributes
+   * without a value, so with this flag set to `true` an error would be reported. If set to `false`,
+   * text attributes will never report an error.
+   *
+   * Note that if `checkTypeOfInputBindings` is set to `false`, this flag has no effect.
+   */
+  checkTypeOfAttributes: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Whether to check the left-hand side type of binding operations to DOM properties.
    *
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index cd8cb476d4..e28e93d2c0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -1153,6 +1153,11 @@ function tcbGetDirectiveInputs(
       return;
     }
 
+    // Skip text attributes if configured to do so.
+    if (!tcb.env.config.checkTypeOfAttributes && attr instanceof TmplAstTextAttribute) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Skip the attribute if the directive does not have an input for it.
     if (!propMatch.has(attr.name)) {
       return;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
index 8d0fddd32a..8cedeb585e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,25 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('checks text attributes that are consumed by bindings with literal string types', () => {
+      const messages = diagnose(
+          `<div dir mode="drak"></div><div dir mode="light"></div>`, `
+        class Dir {
+          mode: 'dark'|'light';
+        }
+        class TestComponent {}`,
+          [{
+            type: 'directive',
+            name: 'Dir',
+            selector: '[dir]',
+            inputs: {'mode': 'mode'},
+          }]);
+
+      expect(messages).toEqual([
+        `synthetic.html(1, 10): Type '"drak"' is not assignable to type '"dark" | "light"'.`,
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('produces diagnostics for pipes', () => {
       const messages = diagnose(
           `<div>{{ person.name | pipe:person.age:1 }}</div>`, `
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
index 6305d3b81d..7d9eb95728 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export const ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG: TypeCheckingConfig = {
   checkTemplateBodies: true,
   checkTypeOfInputBindings: true,
   strictNullInputBindings: true,
+  checkTypeOfAttributes: true,
   // Feature is still in development.
   // TODO(alxhub): enable when DOM checking via lib.dom.d.ts is further along.
   checkTypeOfDomBindings: false,
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export function tcb(
     checkQueries: false,
     checkTypeOfInputBindings: true,
     strictNullInputBindings: true,
+    checkTypeOfAttributes: true,
     checkTypeOfDomBindings: false,
     checkTypeOfOutputEvents: true,
     checkTypeOfAnimationEvents: true,
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
index 99e0fa40f5..5e13b1b145 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       checkTemplateBodies: true,
       checkTypeOfInputBindings: true,
       strictNullInputBindings: true,
+      checkTypeOfAttributes: true,
       checkTypeOfDomBindings: false,
       checkTypeOfOutputEvents: true,
       checkTypeOfAnimationEvents: true,
@@ -438,6 +439,31 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('config.checkTypeOfAttributes', () => {
+      const TEMPLATE = `<textarea dir disabled cols="3" [rows]="2">{{ref.value}}</textarea>`;
+      const DIRECTIVES: TestDeclaration[] = [{
+        type: 'directive',
+        name: 'Dir',
+        selector: '[dir]',
+        inputs: {'disabled': 'disabled', 'cols': 'cols', 'rows': 'rows'},
+      }];
+
+      it('should assign string value to the input when enabled', () => {
+        const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES);
+        expect(block).toContain('disabled: ("")');
+        expect(block).toContain('cols: ("3")');
+        expect(block).toContain('rows: (2)');
+      });
+
+      it('should use any for attributes but still check bound attributes when disabled', () => {
+        const DISABLED_CONFIG: TypeCheckingConfig = {...BASE_CONFIG, checkTypeOfAttributes: false};
+        const block = tcb(TEMPLATE, DIRECTIVES, DISABLED_CONFIG);
+        expect(block).toContain('disabled: (null as any)');
+        expect(block).toContain('cols: (null as any)');
+        expect(block).toContain('rows: (2)');
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('config.checkTypeOfPipes', () => {
       const TEMPLATE = `{{a | test:b:c}}`;
       const PIPES: TestDeclaration[] = [{