diff --git a/lib/legacy/class.html b/lib/legacy/class.html
index bed2211d53..ad6817a7fb 100644
--- a/lib/legacy/class.html
+++ b/lib/legacy/class.html
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
       beforeRegister: true,
       registered: true,
       attributeChanged: true,
-      behaviors: true
+      behaviors: true,
+      _noAccessors: true
     };
 
     const excludeOnBehaviors = Object.assign({
@@ -45,13 +46,19 @@
     }, excludeOnInfo);
 
     function copyProperties(source, target, excludeProps) {
+      const noAccessors = source._noAccessors;
       for (let p in source) {
-        // NOTE: cannot copy `excludeProps` methods onto prototype at least because
-        // `super.ready` must be called and is not included in the user fn.
         if (!(p in excludeProps)) {
-          let pd = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(source, p);
-          if (pd) {
-            Object.defineProperty(target, p, pd);
+          if (noAccessors) {
+            target[p] = source[p];
+          } else {
+            let pd = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(source, p);
+            if (pd) {
+              // ensure property is configurable so that a later behavior can
+              // re-configure it.
+              pd.configurable = true;
+              Object.defineProperty(target, p, pd);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/unit/behaviors.html b/test/unit/behaviors.html
index 4cafee3c28..b08dfd5dee 100644
--- a/test/unit/behaviors.html
+++ b/test/unit/behaviors.html
@@ -378,6 +378,20 @@
       behaviors: [window.BehaviorA]
     });
 
+    Polymer({
+      is: 'no-accessors-behavior',
+      behaviors: [{
+        _noAccessors: true,
+        properties: {
+          nug: String
+        },
+        foo: function() {},
+        bar: true
+      }],
+      _noAccessors: true,
+      zot: 'zot'
+    });
+
   });
   </script>
 
@@ -447,6 +461,12 @@
     </template>
   </test-fixture>
 
+  <test-fixture id="no-accessors-behavior">
+    <template>
+      <no-accessors-behavior></no-accessors-behavior>
+    </template>
+  </test-fixture>
+
 <script>
 
 suite('single behavior element', function() {
@@ -500,6 +520,15 @@
     assert.notOk(el.listeners);
   });
 
+  test('properties on objects marked with `_noAccessors` are copied to class', function() {
+    const el = fixture('no-accessors-behavior');
+    assert.ok(el.foo);
+    assert.isTrue(el.bar);
+    assert.equal(el.zot, 'zot');
+    el.setAttribute('nug', 'nug');
+    assert.equal(el.nug, 'nug');
+  });
+
 });
 
 suite('behavior.registered', function() {