diff --git a/lib/angular.dart b/lib/angular.dart
index 006803185..769e34ba2 100644
--- a/lib/angular.dart
+++ b/lib/angular.dart
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ part 'node_cursor.dart';
 part 'parser.dart';
 part 'scope.dart';
 part 'selector.dart';
+part 'string_utilities.dart';
 
 ASSERT(condition) {
   if (!condition) {
diff --git a/lib/block.dart b/lib/block.dart
index 008e78519..7a4dd4cf6 100644
--- a/lib/block.dart
+++ b/lib/block.dart
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class ComponentFactory {
 
   createAttributeMapping(Scope parentScope, Scope shadowScope, Parser parser) {
     directive.$map.forEach((attrName, mapping) {
-      var attrValue = element.attributes[attrName];
+      var attrValue = element.attributes[snake_case(attrName, '-')];
       if (attrValue == null) attrValue = '';
       if (mapping == '@') {
         shadowScope[attrName] = attrValue;
diff --git a/lib/string_utilities.dart b/lib/string_utilities.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..846e81f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/string_utilities.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+part of angular;
+
+var SNAKE_CASE_REGEXP = new RegExp("[A-Z]");
+
+snake_case(String name, [separator = '_']) =>
+  name.replaceAllMapped(SNAKE_CASE_REGEXP, (Match match) =>
+    (match.start != 0 ? separator : '') + match.group(0).toLowerCase());
diff --git a/test/compiler_spec.dart b/test/compiler_spec.dart
index 9f470b8dc..4aff600c1 100644
--- a/test/compiler_spec.dart
+++ b/test/compiler_spec.dart
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ main() {
     describe('components', () {
       beforeEach(module((AngularModule module) {
         module.directive(SimpleComponent);
+        module.directive(CamelCaseMapComponent);
         module.directive(IoComponent);
         module.directive(ParentExpressionComponent);
         module.directive(PublishMeComponent);
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ main() {
       it('should create a component that can access parent scope', inject(() {
         $rootScope.fromParent = "should not be used";
         $rootScope.val = "poof";
-        var element = $('<parent-expression fromParent=val></parent-expression>');
+        var element = $('<parent-expression from-parent=val></parent-expression>');
 
         $compile(element)(injector, element);
 
@@ -455,6 +456,14 @@ main() {
         expect($rootScope.done).toEqual(true);
       }));
 
+      it('should expose mapped attributes as camel case', inject(() {
+        var element = $('<camel-case-map camel-case=6></camel-case-map>');
+        $compile(element)(injector, element);
+        $rootScope.$apply();
+        var componentScope = $rootScope.camelCase;
+        expect(componentScope.camelCase).toEqual('6');
+      }));
+
       it('should throw an exception if required directive is missing', inject((Compiler $compile, Scope $rootScope, Injector injector) {
         expect(() {
           var element = $('<tab local><pane></pane><pane local></pane></tab>');
@@ -510,6 +519,13 @@ class IoComponent {
   }
 }
 
+class CamelCaseMapComponent {
+  static Map $map = {"camelCase": "@"};
+  CamelCaseMapComponent(Scope scope) {
+    scope.$root.camelCase = scope;
+  }
+}
+
 class ParentExpressionComponent {
   static String $template = '<div>inside {{fromParent()}}</div>';
   static Map $map = {"fromParent": "&"};
diff --git a/test/string_utilities_spec.dart b/test/string_utilities_spec.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f16ba5b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/string_utilities_spec.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import "_specs.dart";
+
+main() {
+   describe('snake_case', (){
+    it('should convert to snake_case', () {
+      expect(snake_case('ABC')).toEqual('a_b_c');
+      expect(snake_case('alanBobCharles')).toEqual('alan_bob_charles');
+    });
+  });
+}