diff --git a/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.js b/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.js
index 1fd0d775cd6..690680f06f0 100644
--- a/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.js
+++ b/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.js
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ function MdTooltipDirective($timeout, $window, $$rAF, $document, $interpolate,
 
     function addAriaLabel(override) {
       if (override || !parent.attr('aria-label')) {
-        var rawText = override || element.text().trim();
-        var interpolatedText = $interpolate(rawText)(parent.scope());
+        // Only interpolate the text from the HTML element because otherwise the custom text
+        // could be interpolated twice and cause XSS violations.
+        var interpolatedText = override || $interpolate(element.text().trim())(parent.scope);
         parent.attr('aria-label', interpolatedText);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.spec.js b/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.spec.js
index 6b9cf6bf0d7..ee4b3b635bc 100644
--- a/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/tooltip/tooltip.spec.js
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ describe('MdTooltip Component', function() {
 
         expect(element.attr('aria-label')).toBe('test 2');
       });
+  
+  it('should not interpolate interpolated values', function() {
+    buildTooltip(
+        '<md-button>' +
+         '<md-tooltip>{{ testModel.ariaTest }}</md-tooltip>' +
+        '</md-button>'
+      );
+
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.testModel.ariaTest = 'test {{1+1}}';
+      });
+
+      expect(element.attr('aria-label')).toBe('test {{1+1}}');
+
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.testModel.ariaTest = 'test {{1+1336}}';
+      });
+
+      expect(element.attr('aria-label')).toBe('test {{1+1336}}');
+  });
 
   it('should not set parent to items with no pointer events',
       inject(function($window) {