diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/style_url_resolver.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/style_url_resolver.ts
index 70b9fee499..7736514d90 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/style_url_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/style_url_resolver.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class StyleWithImports {
 export function isStyleUrlResolvable(url: string): boolean {
   if (isBlank(url) || url.length === 0 || url[0] == '/') return false;
   var schemeMatch = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_urlWithSchemaRe, url);
-  return isBlank(schemeMatch) || schemeMatch[1] == 'package';
+  return isBlank(schemeMatch) || schemeMatch[1] == 'package' || schemeMatch[1] == 'asset';
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/style_url_resolver_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
index ba0bba5d89..9edf03a422 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/style_url_resolver_spec.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function main() {
        () => { expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('package:someUrl.css')).toBe(true); });
 
     it('should resolve asset: urls',
-       () => { expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('package:someUrl.css')).toBe(true); });
+       () => { expect(isStyleUrlResolvable('asset:someUrl.css')).toBe(true); });
 
     it('should not resolve empty urls', () => {
       expect(isStyleUrlResolvable(null)).toBe(false);