diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/system/build-component-template.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/system/build-component-template.js
index 30e0d09b695..95949072ac8 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/system/build-component-template.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/system/build-component-template.js
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ function normalizeComponentAttributes(component, isAngleBracket, attrs) {
   var attributeBindings = component.attributeBindings;
   var i, l;
 
+  if (attrs.id && getValue(attrs.id)) {
+    // Do not allow binding to the `id`
+    normalized.id = getValue(attrs.id);
+    component.elementId = normalized.id;
+  } else {
+    normalized.id = component.elementId;
+  }
+
   if (attributeBindings) {
     for (i = 0, l = attributeBindings.length; i < l; i++) {
       var attr = attributeBindings[i];
@@ -178,14 +186,6 @@ function normalizeComponentAttributes(component, isAngleBracket, attrs) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (attrs.id && getValue(attrs.id)) {
-    // Do not allow binding to the `id`
-    normalized.id = getValue(attrs.id);
-    component.elementId = normalized.id;
-  } else {
-    normalized.id = component.elementId;
-  }
-
   if (attrs.tagName) {
     component.tagName = attrs.tagName;
   }
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/tests/views/view/attribute_bindings_test.js b/packages/ember-views/tests/views/view/attribute_bindings_test.js
index 082fcf0cbc3..5752ba1963e 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/tests/views/view/attribute_bindings_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/tests/views/view/attribute_bindings_test.js
@@ -466,3 +466,14 @@ QUnit.test('role attribute is not included if not provided', function() {
 
   ok(!view.element.hasAttribute('role'), 'role attribute is not present');
 });
+
+QUnit.test('can set id initially via attributeBindings', function() {
+  view = EmberView.create({
+    attributeBindings: ['specialSauce:id'],
+    specialSauce: 'special-sauces-id'
+  });
+
+  appendView();
+
+  equal(view.$().attr('id'), 'special-sauces-id', 'id properly used from attributeBindings');
+});