diff --git a/src/ng/directive/booleanAttrs.js b/src/ng/directive/booleanAttrs.js
index b00d021208a4..7c98abf31a26 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/booleanAttrs.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/booleanAttrs.js
@@ -380,8 +380,12 @@ forEach(['src', 'srcset', 'href'], function(attrName) {
         }
 
         attr.$observe(normalized, function(value) {
-          if (!value)
-             return;
+          if (!value) {
+            if (attrName === 'href') {
+              attr.$set(name, null);
+            }
+            return;
+          }
 
           attr.$set(name, value);
 
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/booleanAttrsSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/booleanAttrsSpec.js
index 6bcb57eeb2b8..2b4dc30c47b6 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/booleanAttrsSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/booleanAttrsSpec.js
@@ -252,6 +252,23 @@ describe('ngHref', function() {
     expect(element.attr('href')).toEqual('http://server');
   }));
 
+  it('should not set the href if ng-href is empty', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+    $rootScope.url = null;
+    element = $compile('<a ng-href="{{url}}">')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.attr('href')).toEqual(undefined);
+  }));
+
+  it('should remove the href if ng-href changes to empty', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+    $rootScope.url = 'http://www.google.com/';
+    element = $compile('<a ng-href="{{url}}">')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+
+    $rootScope.url = null;
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect(element.attr('href')).toEqual(undefined);
+  }));
+
   if (isDefined(window.SVGElement)) {
     describe('SVGAElement', function() {
       it('should interpolate the expression and bind to xlink:href', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {