diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/command_compiler_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/command_compiler_spec.ts
index 621b30ed97..ba99dda841 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/command_compiler_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/command_compiler_spec.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export function main() {
            inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
              var rootComp = createComp({
                type: RootCompTypeMeta,
-               template: '<div class="origclass" style="origstyle" role="origrole" attr1>'
+               template: '<div class="origclass" style="color: red;" role="origrole" attr1>'
              });
              var dir = CompileDirectiveMetadata.create({
                selector: 'div',
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ export function main() {
                          'role',
                          'newrole',
                          'style',
-                         'origstyle newstyle'
+                         'color: red; newstyle'
                        ],
                        [],
                        [],