diff --git a/dist/aurelia-templating.d.ts b/dist/aurelia-templating.d.ts
index f75c808d..0c22088b 100644
--- a/dist/aurelia-templating.d.ts
+++ b/dist/aurelia-templating.d.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import {
 import {
   Binding,
   createOverrideContext,
+  bindingMode,
   ValueConverterResource,
   BindingBehaviorResource,
   subscriberCollection,
-  bindingMode,
   ObserverLocator,
   EventManager
 } from 'aurelia-binding';
@@ -238,6 +238,30 @@ export declare interface DynamicComponentGetViewStrategy {
   getViewStrategy(): string | ViewStrategy;
 }
 
+/**
+* An optional interface describing the configuration object that can be specified to customize bindable properties.
+*/
+/**
+* An optional interface describing the configuration object that can be specified to customize bindable properties.
+*/
+export declare interface BindablePropertyConfig {
+  
+  /**
+    * The default binding mode of the property.
+    */
+  defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode;
+  
+  /**
+    * The name of a view model method to invoke when the property is updated.
+    */
+  changeHandler?: string;
+  
+  /**
+     * The name of the property.
+    */
+  name?: string;
+}
+
 /**
 * Instructs the composition engine how to dynamically compose a component.
 */
@@ -1673,9 +1697,9 @@ export declare class BindableProperty {
   
   /**
     * Creates an instance of BindableProperty.
-    * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a cofiguration object.
+    * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a configuration object.
     */
-  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | Object);
+  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | BindablePropertyConfig);
   
   /**
     * Registers this bindable property with particular Class and Behavior instance.
@@ -1876,7 +1900,7 @@ export declare function customElement(name: string): any;
 * @param defaultBindingMode The default binding mode to use when the attribute is bound with .bind.
 * @param aliases The array of aliases to associate to the custom attribute.
 */
-export declare function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: number, aliases?: string[]): any;
+export declare function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode, aliases?: string[]): any;
 
 /**
 * Decorator: Applied to custom attributes. Indicates that whatever element the
@@ -1889,7 +1913,7 @@ export declare function templateController(target?: any): any;
 * Decorator: Specifies that a property is bindable through HTML.
 * @param nameOrConfigOrTarget The name of the property, or a configuration object.
 */
-export declare function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | Object, key?: any, descriptor?: any): any;
+export declare function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | BindablePropertyConfig, key?: any, descriptor?: any): any;
 
 /**
 * Decorator: Specifies that the decorated custom attribute has options that
diff --git a/dist/aurelia-templating.js b/dist/aurelia-templating.js
index 1f9ea8a6..57c23630 100644
--- a/dist/aurelia-templating.js
+++ b/dist/aurelia-templating.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {DOM,PLATFORM,FEATURE} from 'aurelia-pal';
 import {relativeToFile} from 'aurelia-path';
 import {TemplateRegistryEntry,Loader} from 'aurelia-loader';
 import {inject,Container,resolver} from 'aurelia-dependency-injection';
-import {Binding,createOverrideContext,ValueConverterResource,BindingBehaviorResource,subscriberCollection,bindingMode,ObserverLocator,EventManager} from 'aurelia-binding';
+import {Binding,createOverrideContext,bindingMode,ValueConverterResource,BindingBehaviorResource,subscriberCollection,ObserverLocator,EventManager} from 'aurelia-binding';
 import {TaskQueue} from 'aurelia-task-queue';
 
 /**
@@ -2177,6 +2177,24 @@ interface DynamicComponentGetViewStrategy {
     getViewStrategy(): string|ViewStrategy;
 }
 
+/**
+* An optional interface describing the configuration object that can be specified to customize bindable properties.
+*/
+interface BindablePropertyConfig {
+  /**
+  * The default binding mode of the property.
+  */
+  defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode;
+  /**
+  * The name of a view model method to invoke when the property is updated.
+  */
+  changeHandler?: string;
+  /**
+   * The name of the property.
+  */
+  name?: string;
+}
+
 function getAnimatableElement(view) {
   if (view.animatableElement !== undefined) {
     return view.animatableElement;
@@ -4520,9 +4538,9 @@ function getObserver(instance, name) {
 export class BindableProperty {
   /**
   * Creates an instance of BindableProperty.
-  * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a cofiguration object.
+  * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a configuration object.
   */
-  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | Object) {
+  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | BindablePropertyConfig) {
     if (typeof nameOrConfig === 'string') {
       this.name = nameOrConfig;
     } else {
@@ -4706,11 +4724,11 @@ export class BindableProperty {
     }
 
     observer = observerLookup[name] = new BehaviorPropertyObserver(
-        this.owner.taskQueue,
-        viewModel,
-        name,
-        selfSubscriber
-        );
+      this.owner.taskQueue,
+      viewModel,
+      name,
+      selfSubscriber
+    );
 
     Object.defineProperty(viewModel, name, {
       configurable: true,
@@ -5759,7 +5777,7 @@ function validateBehaviorName(name, type) {
 * @param instance The resource instance.
 */
 export function resource(instance: Object): any {
-  return function(target) {
+  return function (target) {
     metadata.define(metadata.resource, instance, target);
   };
 }
@@ -5796,8 +5814,8 @@ export function customElement(name: string): any {
 * @param defaultBindingMode The default binding mode to use when the attribute is bound with .bind.
 * @param aliases The array of aliases to associate to the custom attribute.
 */
-export function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: number, aliases?: string[]): any {
-  return function(target) {
+export function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode, aliases?: string[]): any {
+  return function (target) {
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, target);
     r.attributeName = validateBehaviorName(name, 'custom attribute');
     r.attributeDefaultBindingMode = defaultBindingMode;
@@ -5823,7 +5841,7 @@ export function templateController(target?): any {
 * Decorator: Specifies that a property is bindable through HTML.
 * @param nameOrConfigOrTarget The name of the property, or a configuration object.
 */
-export function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | Object, key?, descriptor?): any {
+export function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | BindablePropertyConfig, key?, descriptor?): any {
   let deco = function(target, key2, descriptor2) {
     let actualTarget = key2 ? target.constructor : target; //is it on a property or a class?
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, actualTarget);
@@ -5929,7 +5947,7 @@ export function processContent(processor: boolean | Function): any {
 * element container.
 */
 export function containerless(target?): any {
-  let deco = function(t) {
+  let deco = function (t) {
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, t);
     r.containerless = true;
   };
@@ -5962,14 +5980,14 @@ export function useView(path: string): any {
 * @param dependencies A list of dependencies that the template has.
 * @param dependencyBaseUrl A base url from which the dependencies will be loaded.
 */
-export function inlineView(markup:string, dependencies?:Array<string|Function|Object>, dependencyBaseUrl?:string): any {
+export function inlineView(markup: string, dependencies?: Array<string | Function | Object>, dependencyBaseUrl?: string): any {
   return useViewStrategy(new InlineViewStrategy(markup, dependencies, dependencyBaseUrl));
 }
 
 /**
 * Decorator: Indicates that the component has no view.
 */
-export function noView(targetOrDependencies?:Function|Array<any>, dependencyBaseUrl?:string): any {
+export function noView(targetOrDependencies?: Function | Array<any>, dependencyBaseUrl?: string): any {
   let target;
   let dependencies;
   if (typeof targetOrDependencies === 'function') {
diff --git a/dist/es2015/aurelia-templating.js b/dist/es2015/aurelia-templating.js
index 301204cf..66b36ef6 100644
--- a/dist/es2015/aurelia-templating.js
+++ b/dist/es2015/aurelia-templating.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { DOM, PLATFORM, FEATURE } from 'aurelia-pal';
 import { relativeToFile } from 'aurelia-path';
 import { TemplateRegistryEntry, Loader } from 'aurelia-loader';
 import { inject, Container, resolver } from 'aurelia-dependency-injection';
-import { Binding, createOverrideContext, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, bindingMode, ObserverLocator, EventManager } from 'aurelia-binding';
+import { Binding, createOverrideContext, bindingMode, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, ObserverLocator, EventManager } from 'aurelia-binding';
 import { TaskQueue } from 'aurelia-task-queue';
 
 export const animationEvent = {
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ export let ViewLocator = (_temp2 = _class7 = class ViewLocator {
 }, _class7.viewStrategyMetadataKey = 'aurelia:view-strategy', _temp2);
 
 function mi(name) {
-  throw new Error(`BindingLanguage must implement ${ name }().`);
+  throw new Error(`BindingLanguage must implement ${name}().`);
 }
 
 export let BindingLanguage = class BindingLanguage {
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ function register(lookup, name, resource, type) {
   let existing = lookup[name];
   if (existing) {
     if (existing !== resource) {
-      throw new Error(`Attempted to register ${ type } when one with the same name already exists. Name: ${ name }.`);
+      throw new Error(`Attempted to register ${type} when one with the same name already exists. Name: ${name}.`);
     }
 
     return;
@@ -2998,7 +2998,7 @@ export let ViewEngine = (_dec8 = inject(Loader, Container, ViewCompiler, ModuleA
 
     importIds = dependencies.map(x => x.src);
     names = dependencies.map(x => x.name);
-    logger.debug(`importing resources for ${ registryEntry.address }`, importIds);
+    logger.debug(`importing resources for ${registryEntry.address}`, importIds);
 
     if (target) {
       let viewModelRequires = metadata.get(ViewEngine.viewModelRequireMetadataKey, target);
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ export let ViewEngine = (_dec8 = inject(Loader, Container, ViewCompiler, ModuleA
             names.push(req.as);
           }
         }
-        logger.debug(`importing ViewModel resources for ${ compileInstruction.associatedModuleId }`, importIds.slice(templateImportCount));
+        logger.debug(`importing ViewModel resources for ${compileInstruction.associatedModuleId}`, importIds.slice(templateImportCount));
       }
     }
 
@@ -3026,7 +3026,7 @@ export let ViewEngine = (_dec8 = inject(Loader, Container, ViewCompiler, ModuleA
       let resourceModule = this.moduleAnalyzer.analyze(normalizedId, viewModelModule, moduleMember);
 
       if (!resourceModule.mainResource) {
-        throw new Error(`No view model found in module "${ moduleImport }".`);
+        throw new Error(`No view model found in module "${moduleImport}".`);
       }
 
       resourceModule.initialize(this.container);
@@ -3442,7 +3442,7 @@ export let BindableProperty = class BindableProperty {
     } else if ('propertyChanged' in viewModel) {
       selfSubscriber = (newValue, oldValue) => viewModel.propertyChanged(name, newValue, oldValue);
     } else if (changeHandlerName !== null) {
-      throw new Error(`Change handler ${ changeHandlerName } was specified but not declared on the class.`);
+      throw new Error(`Change handler ${changeHandlerName} was specified but not declared on the class.`);
     }
 
     if (defaultValue !== undefined) {
@@ -4353,7 +4353,7 @@ export let ElementConfigResource = class ElementConfigResource {
 function validateBehaviorName(name, type) {
   if (/[A-Z]/.test(name)) {
     let newName = _hyphenate(name);
-    LogManager.getLogger('templating').warn(`'${ name }' is not a valid ${ type } name and has been converted to '${ newName }'. Upper-case letters are not allowed because the DOM is not case-sensitive.`);
+    LogManager.getLogger('templating').warn(`'${name}' is not a valid ${type} name and has been converted to '${newName}'. Upper-case letters are not allowed because the DOM is not case-sensitive.`);
     return newName;
   }
   return name;
diff --git a/dist/native-modules/aurelia-templating.js b/dist/native-modules/aurelia-templating.js
index 45b51210..8bf60243 100644
--- a/dist/native-modules/aurelia-templating.js
+++ b/dist/native-modules/aurelia-templating.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { DOM, PLATFORM, FEATURE } from 'aurelia-pal';
 import { relativeToFile } from 'aurelia-path';
 import { TemplateRegistryEntry, Loader } from 'aurelia-loader';
 import { inject, Container, resolver } from 'aurelia-dependency-injection';
-import { Binding, createOverrideContext, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, bindingMode, ObserverLocator, EventManager } from 'aurelia-binding';
+import { Binding, createOverrideContext, bindingMode, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, ObserverLocator, EventManager } from 'aurelia-binding';
 import { TaskQueue } from 'aurelia-task-queue';
 
 export var animationEvent = {
diff --git a/dist/system/aurelia-templating.js b/dist/system/aurelia-templating.js
index f33e6957..b0cf0be4 100644
--- a/dist/system/aurelia-templating.js
+++ b/dist/system/aurelia-templating.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 System.register(['aurelia-logging', 'aurelia-metadata', 'aurelia-pal', 'aurelia-path', 'aurelia-loader', 'aurelia-dependency-injection', 'aurelia-binding', 'aurelia-task-queue'], function (_export, _context) {
   "use strict";
 
-  var LogManager, metadata, Origin, protocol, DOM, PLATFORM, FEATURE, relativeToFile, TemplateRegistryEntry, Loader, inject, Container, resolver, Binding, createOverrideContext, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, bindingMode, ObserverLocator, EventManager, TaskQueue, _createClass, _typeof, _class, _temp, _dec, _class2, _dec2, _class3, _dec3, _class4, _dec4, _class5, _dec5, _class6, _class7, _temp2, _dec6, _class8, _class9, _temp3, _class11, _dec7, _class13, _dec8, _class14, _class15, _temp4, _dec9, _class16, _dec10, _class17, _dec11, _class18, animationEvent, Animator, CompositionTransactionNotifier, CompositionTransactionOwnershipToken, CompositionTransaction, capitalMatcher, ViewEngineHooksResource, ElementEvents, EventHandlerImpl, ResourceLoadContext, ViewCompileInstruction, BehaviorInstruction, TargetInstruction, viewStrategy, RelativeViewStrategy, ConventionalViewStrategy, NoViewStrategy, TemplateRegistryViewStrategy, InlineViewStrategy, ViewLocator, BindingLanguage, noNodes, SlotCustomAttribute, PassThroughSlot, ShadowSlot, ShadowDOM, ViewResources, View, ViewSlot, ProviderResolver, providerResolverInstance, BoundViewFactory, ViewFactory, nextInjectorId, lastAUTargetID, ViewCompiler, ResourceModule, ResourceDescription, ModuleAnalyzer, logger, ProxyViewFactory, auSlotBehavior, ViewEngine, Controller, BehaviorPropertyObserver, BindableProperty, lastProviderId, HtmlBehaviorResource, ChildObserver, noMutations, ChildObserverBinder, SwapStrategies, CompositionEngine, ElementConfigResource, defaultShadowDOMOptions, TemplatingEngine;
+  var LogManager, metadata, Origin, protocol, DOM, PLATFORM, FEATURE, relativeToFile, TemplateRegistryEntry, Loader, inject, Container, resolver, Binding, createOverrideContext, bindingMode, ValueConverterResource, BindingBehaviorResource, subscriberCollection, ObserverLocator, EventManager, TaskQueue, _createClass, _typeof, _class, _temp, _dec, _class2, _dec2, _class3, _dec3, _class4, _dec4, _class5, _dec5, _class6, _class7, _temp2, _dec6, _class8, _class9, _temp3, _class11, _dec7, _class13, _dec8, _class14, _class15, _temp4, _dec9, _class16, _dec10, _class17, _dec11, _class18, animationEvent, Animator, CompositionTransactionNotifier, CompositionTransactionOwnershipToken, CompositionTransaction, capitalMatcher, ViewEngineHooksResource, ElementEvents, EventHandlerImpl, ResourceLoadContext, ViewCompileInstruction, BehaviorInstruction, TargetInstruction, viewStrategy, RelativeViewStrategy, ConventionalViewStrategy, NoViewStrategy, TemplateRegistryViewStrategy, InlineViewStrategy, ViewLocator, BindingLanguage, noNodes, SlotCustomAttribute, PassThroughSlot, ShadowSlot, ShadowDOM, ViewResources, View, ViewSlot, ProviderResolver, providerResolverInstance, BoundViewFactory, ViewFactory, nextInjectorId, lastAUTargetID, ViewCompiler, ResourceModule, ResourceDescription, ModuleAnalyzer, logger, ProxyViewFactory, auSlotBehavior, ViewEngine, Controller, BehaviorPropertyObserver, BindableProperty, lastProviderId, HtmlBehaviorResource, ChildObserver, noMutations, ChildObserverBinder, SwapStrategies, CompositionEngine, ElementConfigResource, defaultShadowDOMOptions, TemplatingEngine;
 
   
 
@@ -735,10 +735,10 @@ System.register(['aurelia-logging', 'aurelia-metadata', 'aurelia-pal', 'aurelia-
     }, function (_aureliaBinding) {
       Binding = _aureliaBinding.Binding;
       createOverrideContext = _aureliaBinding.createOverrideContext;
+      bindingMode = _aureliaBinding.bindingMode;
       ValueConverterResource = _aureliaBinding.ValueConverterResource;
       BindingBehaviorResource = _aureliaBinding.BindingBehaviorResource;
       subscriberCollection = _aureliaBinding.subscriberCollection;
-      bindingMode = _aureliaBinding.bindingMode;
       ObserverLocator = _aureliaBinding.ObserverLocator;
       EventManager = _aureliaBinding.EventManager;
     }, function (_aureliaTaskQueue) {
diff --git a/src/bindable-property.js b/src/bindable-property.js
index 4cb134d2..a7749ceb 100644
--- a/src/bindable-property.js
+++ b/src/bindable-property.js
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ function getObserver(instance, name) {
 export class BindableProperty {
   /**
   * Creates an instance of BindableProperty.
-  * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a cofiguration object.
+  * @param nameOrConfig The name of the property or a configuration object.
   */
-  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | Object) {
+  constructor(nameOrConfig: string | BindablePropertyConfig) {
     if (typeof nameOrConfig === 'string') {
       this.name = nameOrConfig;
     } else {
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ export class BindableProperty {
     }
 
     observer = observerLookup[name] = new BehaviorPropertyObserver(
-        this.owner.taskQueue,
-        viewModel,
-        name,
-        selfSubscriber
-        );
+      this.owner.taskQueue,
+      viewModel,
+      name,
+      selfSubscriber
+    );
 
     Object.defineProperty(viewModel, name, {
       configurable: true,
diff --git a/src/decorators.js b/src/decorators.js
index 083b6955..8b5e8345 100644
--- a/src/decorators.js
+++ b/src/decorators.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function customElement(name: string): any {
 * @param defaultBindingMode The default binding mode to use when the attribute is bound with .bind.
 * @param aliases The array of aliases to associate to the custom attribute.
 */
-export function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: number, aliases?: string[]): any {
+export function customAttribute(name: string, defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode, aliases?: string[]): any {
   return function(target) {
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, target);
     r.attributeName = validateBehaviorName(name, 'custom attribute');
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function templateController(target?): any {
 * Decorator: Specifies that a property is bindable through HTML.
 * @param nameOrConfigOrTarget The name of the property, or a configuration object.
 */
-export function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | Object, key?, descriptor?): any {
+export function bindable(nameOrConfigOrTarget?: string | BindablePropertyConfig, key?, descriptor?): any {
   let deco = function(target, key2, descriptor2) {
     let actualTarget = key2 ? target.constructor : target; //is it on a property or a class?
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, actualTarget);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export function processContent(processor: boolean | Function): any {
 * element container.
 */
 export function containerless(target?): any {
-  let deco = function(t) {
+  let deco = function (t) {
     let r = metadata.getOrCreateOwn(metadata.resource, HtmlBehaviorResource, t);
     r.containerless = true;
   };
@@ -224,14 +224,14 @@ export function useView(path: string): any {
 * @param dependencies A list of dependencies that the template has.
 * @param dependencyBaseUrl A base url from which the dependencies will be loaded.
 */
-export function inlineView(markup:string, dependencies?:Array<string|Function|Object>, dependencyBaseUrl?:string): any {
+export function inlineView(markup: string, dependencies?: Array<string | Function | Object>, dependencyBaseUrl?: string): any {
   return useViewStrategy(new InlineViewStrategy(markup, dependencies, dependencyBaseUrl));
 }
 
 /**
 * Decorator: Indicates that the component has no view.
 */
-export function noView(targetOrDependencies?:Function|Array<any>, dependencyBaseUrl?:string): any {
+export function noView(targetOrDependencies?: Function | Array<any>, dependencyBaseUrl?: string): any {
   let target;
   let dependencies;
   if (typeof targetOrDependencies === 'function') {
diff --git a/src/interfaces.js b/src/interfaces.js
index 8d6dbd88..ab4d7dc9 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.js
+++ b/src/interfaces.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {bindingMode} from 'aurelia-binding';
 import {View} from './view';
 import {ViewStrategy} from './view-strategy';
 
@@ -67,3 +68,21 @@ interface DynamicComponentGetViewStrategy {
     */
     getViewStrategy(): string|ViewStrategy;
 }
+
+/**
+* An optional interface describing the configuration object that can be specified to customize bindable properties.
+*/
+interface BindablePropertyConfig {
+  /**
+  * The default binding mode of the property.
+  */
+  defaultBindingMode?: bindingMode;
+  /**
+  * The name of a view model method to invoke when the property is updated.
+  */
+  changeHandler?: string;
+  /**
+   * The name of the property.
+  */
+  name?: string;
+}