diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
index f690d7b45659d5..4a2cbfbaaafc71 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
@@ -348,13 +348,11 @@ export class Parser {
     for (let i = start; i < input.length; i++) {
       const char = input[i];
       // Skip the characters inside quotes. Note that we only care about the
-      // outer-most  quotes matching up and we need to account for escape characters.
+      // outer-most quotes matching up and we need to account for escape characters.
       if (isQuote(input.charCodeAt(i)) && (currentQuote === null || currentQuote === char) &&
           input[i - 1] !== '\\') {
         currentQuote = currentQuote === null ? char : null;
-      } else if (
-          currentQuote === null && char === value[0] &&
-          (valueLength === 0 || input.substring(i, i + valueLength) === value)) {
+      } else if (currentQuote === null && char === value[0] && input.startsWith(value, i)) {
         return i;
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/template_parser/template_parser_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/template_parser/template_parser_spec.ts
index efd999205b242a..245ae8e93bba0d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/template_parser/template_parser_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/template_parser/template_parser_spec.ts
@@ -546,12 +546,24 @@ describe('TemplateParser', () => {
 
     it('should parse bound text nodes with interpolations inside quotes', () => {
       expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('{{ "{{a}}" }}', []))).toEqual([[BoundTextAst, '{{ "{{a}}" }}']]);
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('{{"{{"}}', []))).toEqual([[BoundTextAst, '{{ "{{" }}']]);
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('{{"}}"}}', []))).toEqual([[BoundTextAst, '{{ "}}" }}']]);
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('{{"{"}}', []))).toEqual([[BoundTextAst, '{{ "{" }}']]);
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('{{"}"}}', []))).toEqual([[BoundTextAst, '{{ "}" }}']]);
     });
 
     it('should parse bound text nodes with escaped quotes', () => {
       expect(humanizeTplAst(parse(`{{'It\\'s just Angular'}}`, []))).toEqual([
         [BoundTextAst, `{{ "It's just Angular" }}`]
       ]);
+
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse(`{{'It\\'s {{ just Angular'}}`, []))).toEqual([
+        [BoundTextAst, `{{ "It's {{ just Angular" }}`]
+      ]);
+
+      expect(humanizeTplAst(parse(`{{'It\\'s }} just Angular'}}`, []))).toEqual([
+        [BoundTextAst, `{{ "It's }} just Angular" }}`]
+      ]);
     });
 
     it('should not parse bound text nodes with mismatching quotes', () => {