diff --git a/src/noAccessMissingMemberRule.ts b/src/noAccessMissingMemberRule.ts
index 1b99281b1..4f22d40bc 100644
--- a/src/noAccessMissingMemberRule.ts
+++ b/src/noAccessMissingMemberRule.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
     typescriptOnly: true,
   };
 
-
   static FAILURE: string = 'The %s "%s" that you\'re trying to access does not exist in the class declaration.';
 
   public apply(sourceFile:ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
diff --git a/test/noAccessMissingMemberRule.spec.ts b/test/noAccessMissingMemberRule.spec.ts
index c570c49d9..e385826f2 100644
--- a/test/noAccessMissingMemberRule.spec.ts
+++ b/test/noAccessMissingMemberRule.spec.ts
@@ -562,6 +562,19 @@ describe('no-access-missing-member', () => {
         assertSuccess('no-access-missing-member', source);
     });
 
+    it('should work with "as" syntax', () => {
+      let source = `
+        @Component({
+          template: \`
+            <ng-container *ngIf="employee$ | async as emp">{{ emp }}</ng-container>
+            \`
+        })
+        class Test {
+          employee$;
+        }`;
+        assertSuccess('no-access-missing-member', source);
+    });
+
 
     it('should work with local template variables', () => {
       let source = `