diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/security/style_sanitizer.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/security/style_sanitizer.ts
index 78bcb94df9..6de0692670 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/security/style_sanitizer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/security/style_sanitizer.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,24 @@ import {assertionsEnabled} from '../../src/facade/lang';
 /**
  * Regular expression for safe style values.
  *
- * Quotes (" and ') are allowed, but a check must be done elsewhere to ensure
- * they're balanced.
+ * Quotes (" and ') are allowed, but a check must be done elsewhere to ensure they're balanced.
  *
- * ',' allows multiple values to be assigned to the same property
- * (e.g. background-attachment or font-family) and hence could allow
- * multiple values to get injected, but that should pose no risk of XSS.
+ * ',' allows multiple values to be assigned to the same property (e.g. background-attachment or
+ * font-family) and hence could allow multiple values to get injected, but that should pose no risk
+ * of XSS.
  *
- * The rgb() and rgba() expression checks only for XSS safety, not for CSS
- * validity.
+ * The function expression checks only for XSS safety, not for CSS validity.
  *
- * This regular expression was taken from the Closure sanitization library.
+ * This regular expression was taken from the Closure sanitization library, and augmented for
+ * transformation values.
  */
-const SAFE_STYLE_VALUE = /^([-,."'%_!# a-zA-Z0-9]+|(?:rgb|hsl)a?\([0-9.%, ]+\))$/;
+const VALUES = '[-,."\'%_!# a-zA-Z0-9]+';
+const TRANSFORMATION_FNS = '(?:matrix|translate|scale|rotate|skew|perspective)(?:X|Y|3d)?';
+const COLOR_FNS = '(?:rgb|hsl)a?';
+const FN_ARGS = '\\([-0-9.%, a-zA-Z]+\\)';
+
+const SAFE_STYLE_VALUE =
+    new RegExp(`^(${VALUES}|(?:${TRANSFORMATION_FNS}|${COLOR_FNS})${FN_ARGS})$`, 'g');
 
 /**
  * Checks that quotes (" and ') are properly balanced inside a string. Assumes
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ function hasBalancedQuotes(value: string) {
  * value) and returns a value that is safe to use in a browser environment.
  */
 export function sanitizeStyle(value: string): string {
-  value = String(value);  // Make sure it's actually a string.
+  value = String(value).trim();  // Make sure it's actually a string.
   if (value.match(SAFE_STYLE_VALUE) && hasBalancedQuotes(value)) return value;
 
   if (assertionsEnabled()) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/security/style_sanitizer_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/security/style_sanitizer_spec.ts
index e5c66b35b6..631889566b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/security/style_sanitizer_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/security/style_sanitizer_spec.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,20 @@ export function main() {
     });
     t.afterEach(() => { getDOM().log = originalLog; });
 
+    function expectSanitize(v: string) { return t.expect(sanitizeStyle(v)); }
 
     t.it('sanitizes values', () => {
-      t.expect(sanitizeStyle('abc')).toEqual('abc');
-      t.expect(sanitizeStyle('expression(haha)')).toEqual('unsafe');
-      // Unbalanced quotes.
-      t.expect(sanitizeStyle('"value" "')).toEqual('unsafe');
-
-      t.expect(logMsgs.join('\n')).toMatch(/sanitizing unsafe style value/);
+      expectSanitize('abc').toEqual('abc');
+      expectSanitize('50px').toEqual('50px');
+      expectSanitize('rgb(255, 0, 0)').toEqual('rgb(255, 0, 0)');
+      expectSanitize('expression(haha)').toEqual('unsafe');
+    });
+    t.it('rejects unblanaced quotes', () => { expectSanitize('"value" "').toEqual('unsafe'); });
+    t.it('accepts transform functions', () => {
+      expectSanitize('rotate(90deg)').toEqual('rotate(90deg)');
+      expectSanitize('rotate(javascript:evil())').toEqual('unsafe');
+      expectSanitize('translateX(12px, -5px)').toEqual('translateX(12px, -5px)');
+      expectSanitize('scale3d(1, 1, 2)').toEqual('scale3d(1, 1, 2)');
     });
   });
 }