diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index 9773d330d394..657ebea7e1ee 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export interface CompileOptions {
 	amd?: {
 		id?: string;
 	};
+	bind?: boolean;
 
 	outputFilename?: string;
 	cssOutputFilename?: string;
diff --git a/src/parse/index.ts b/src/parse/index.ts
index 995a38f675ed..2f67086370a9 100644
--- a/src/parse/index.ts
+++ b/src/parse/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ParseError extends CompileError {
 
 interface ParserOptions {
 	filename?: string;
+	bind?: boolean;
 }
 
 type ParserState = (parser: Parser) => (ParserState | void);
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type ParserState = (parser: Parser) => (ParserState | void);
 export class Parser {
 	readonly template: string;
 	readonly filename?: string;
+	readonly bind: boolean;
 
 	index: number;
 	stack: Array<Node>;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export class Parser {
 
 		this.template = template.replace(/\s+$/, '');
 		this.filename = options.filename;
+		this.bind = options.bind !== false;
 
 		this.index = 0;
 		this.stack = [];
diff --git a/src/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
index 1e39a5105974..043825daa717 100644
--- a/src/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ export default function tag(parser: Parser) {
 
 	let attribute;
 	while ((attribute = readAttribute(parser, uniqueNames))) {
-		element.attributes.push(attribute);
+		if (attribute.type !== 'Binding' || parser.bind) {
+			element.attributes.push(attribute);
+		}
 		parser.allowWhitespace();
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/parser/index.js b/test/parser/index.js
index 1ce8165009a4..9cf528ac7a49 100644
--- a/test/parser/index.js
+++ b/test/parser/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import { svelte } from '../helpers.js';
 
 describe('parse', () => {
@@ -20,8 +21,13 @@ describe('parse', () => {
 				.readFileSync(`test/parser/samples/${dir}/input.html`, 'utf-8')
 				.replace(/\s+$/, '');
 
+			const optionsPath = `test/parser/samples/${dir}/options.json`;
+			const options = fs.existsSync(optionsPath) ?
+				JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(optionsPath, 'utf-8')) :
+				{};
+
 			try {
-				const actual = svelte.parse(input);
+				const actual = svelte.parse(input, options);
 				fs.writeFileSync(
 					`test/parser/samples/${dir}/_actual.json`,
 					JSON.stringify(actual, null, '\t')
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/input.html b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a7bf8566cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<input bind:value='name'>
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/options.json b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ece9fc983e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"bind": false
+}
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/output.json b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a513140d7e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/binding-disabled/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+	"hash": 1937205193,
+	"html": {
+		"start": 0,
+		"end": 25,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 0,
+				"end": 25,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "input",
+				"attributes": [
+				],
+				"children": []
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	"css": null,
+	"js": null
+}
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce173f80afb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		name: 'world'
+	},
+	compileOptions: {
+		bind: false
+	},
+	html: `<input>\n<p>hello world</p>`,
+	test ( assert, component, target, window ) {
+		const input = target.querySelector( 'input' );
+		assert.equal( input.value, '' );
+
+		const event = new window.Event( 'input' );
+
+		input.value = 'everybody';
+		input.dispatchEvent( event );
+
+		assert.equal( target.innerHTML, `<input>\n<p>hello world</p>` );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..806f31fbdd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/binding-disabled/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<input bind:value='name'>
+<p>hello {{name}}</p>