diff --git a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
index a70a6f4..90c4192 100644
--- a/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/directive.parser.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class DirectiveParser extends AbstractTemplateParser implements ParserInt
 			.addBack()
 			.each((i: number, element: CheerioElement) => {
 				const $element = $(element);
-				const attr = $element.attr('translate');
+				const attr = $element.attr('translate') || $element.attr('ng2-translate');
 
 				if (attr) {
 					results.push(attr);
diff --git a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
index 2c2c064..127a42a 100644
--- a/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/parsers/directive.parser.spec.ts
@@ -80,10 +80,26 @@ describe('DirectiveParser', () => {
 		expect(messages).to.deep.equal(['Hello World']);
 	});
 
-	it('should extract when using alternate translate attribute', () => {
-		const contents = '<div ng2-translate>Hello World<div>';
+
+
+
+
+	it('should extract contents when no ng2-translate attribute value is provided', () => {
+		const contents = '<div ng2-translate>Hello World</div>';
 		const messages = parser.process(templateFilename, contents);
 		expect(messages).to.deep.equal(['Hello World']);
 	});
 
+	it('should extract ng2-translate attribute if provided', () => {
+		const contents = '<div ng2-translate="KEY">Hello World<div>';
+		const messages = parser.process(templateFilename, contents);
+		expect(messages).to.deep.equal(['KEY']);
+	});
+
+	it('should extract bound ng2-translate attribute as key if provided', () => {
+		const contents = `<div [ng2-translate]="'KEY'">Hello World<div>`;
+		const messages = parser.process(templateFilename, contents);
+		expect(messages).to.deep.equal(['KEY']);
+	});
+
 });