diff --git a/lib/utils/templatize.html b/lib/utils/templatize.html
index fad92ff748..dbd69d4505 100644
--- a/lib/utils/templatize.html
+++ b/lib/utils/templatize.html
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
           children.push(n);
           n.__templatizeInstance = this;
         }
-        if (this.__templatizeOwner.__hideTemplateChildren__) {
+        if (this.__templatizeOwner &&
+          this.__templatizeOwner.__hideTemplateChildren__) {
           this._showHideChildren(true);
         }
         // Flush props only when props are passed if instance props exist
@@ -96,15 +97,13 @@
        */
       _configureProperties(props) {
         let options = this.__templatizeOptions;
-        if (props) {
-          for (let iprop in options.instanceProps) {
-            if (iprop in props) {
-              this._setPendingProperty(iprop, props[iprop]);
-            }
+        if (options.forwardHostProp) {
+          for (let hprop in this.__hostProps) {
+            this._setPendingProperty(hprop, this.__dataHost['_host_' + hprop]);
           }
         }
-        for (let hprop in this.__hostProps) {
-          this._setPendingProperty(hprop, this.__dataHost['_host_' + hprop]);
+        for (let iprop in props) {
+          this._setPendingProperty(iprop, props[iprop]);
         }
       }
       /**
@@ -464,7 +463,8 @@
           throw new Error('A <template> can only be templatized once');
         }
         template.__templatizeOwner = owner;
-        let templateInfo = owner.constructor._parseTemplate(template);
+        const ctor = owner ? owner.constructor : TemplateInstanceBase;
+        let templateInfo = ctor._parseTemplate(template);
         // Get memoized base class for the prototypical template, which
         // includes property effects for binding template & forwarding
         let baseClass = templateInfo.templatizeInstanceClass;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b0b37fbd2..7d653e1af6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "polymer-build": "^2.1.1",
     "run-sequence": "^2.2.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.0",
-    "web-component-tester": "^6.4.1"
+    "web-component-tester": "^6.4.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "gulp",
diff --git a/test/unit/templatize.html b/test/unit/templatize.html
index df7be63f41..b0cc8af595 100644
--- a/test/unit/templatize.html
+++ b/test/unit/templatize.html
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
+<template id="standalone">
+  <div prop="[[prop]]">[[text]]</div>
+</template>
+
 <script>
 
   suite('templatize basic', function() {
@@ -328,6 +332,31 @@
 
   });
 
+  suite('templatize with no host', function() {
+
+    test('stamped with initial data', function() {
+      const template = document.getElementById('standalone').cloneNode(true);
+      const Template = Polymer.Templatize.templatize(template);
+      const inst = new Template({prop: 'prop', text: 'text'});
+      const div = inst.root.firstElementChild;
+      assert.equal(div.prop, 'prop');
+      assert.equal(div.textContent, 'text');
+    });
+
+    test('stamped with no initial data', function() {
+      const template = document.getElementById('standalone').cloneNode(true);
+      const Template = Polymer.Templatize.templatize(template);
+      const inst = new Template();
+      const div = inst.root.firstElementChild;
+      assert.equal(div.prop, undefined);
+      assert.equal(div.textContent.trim(), '');
+      inst.setProperties({prop: 'prop', text: 'text'});
+      assert.equal(div.prop, 'prop');
+      assert.equal(div.textContent, 'text');
+    });
+ 
+  });
+
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>
