diff --git a/js/angular/directive/item.js b/js/angular/directive/item.js
index 3f0d52412e..1a44bf4328 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/item.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/item.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function($animate, $compile) {
       var isAnchor = angular.isDefined($attrs.href) || angular.isDefined($attrs.ngHref);
       var isComplexItem = isAnchor ||
         //Lame way of testing, but we have to know at compile what to do with the element
-        /ion-(delete|option|reorder)-button/.test($element.html());
+        /ion-(delete|option|reorder)-button/i.test($element.html());
 
         if (isComplexItem) {
           var innerElement = angular.element(isAnchor ? ITEM_TPL_CONTENT_ANCHOR : ITEM_TPL_CONTENT);
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/list.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/list.unit.js
index 99302a4f38..4dad39b0d2 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/list.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/list.unit.js
@@ -235,11 +235,13 @@ describe('ionItem directive', function() {
   });
   ['href', 'ng-href'].forEach(function(attr) {
     it('should be complex anchor if '+attr+' is defined', function() {
-      var el = setup(attr+'="something"');
+      var el = setup(attr+'="something/{{foo}}"');
       expect(el.hasClass('item item-complex')).toBe(true);
       expect(el.children()[0].tagName).toBe('A');
       expect(el.children().hasClass('item-content')).toBe(true);
-      expect(el.children().attr('ng-href')).toBe('something');
+      expect(el.children().attr('href')).toBe('something/');
+      el.scope().$apply('foo = 44');
+      expect(el.children().attr('href')).toBe('something/44');
     });
   });
   ['ion-option-button','ion-reorder-button','ion-delete-button'].forEach(function(tag) {