diff --git a/packages/angular-html-parser/test/index_spec.ts b/packages/angular-html-parser/test/index_spec.ts
index 89e101cb94f9..8488ed5c9d62 100644
--- a/packages/angular-html-parser/test/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-html-parser/test/index_spec.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,54 @@ describe("AST format", () => {
       ]);
     }
 
+    {
+      // A lowercase `@` is not a selectorless directive — those are referenced by their
+      // PascalCase class name — so it stays an attribute. This used to hang the lexer:
+      // https://github.com/prettier/angular-html-parser/issues/57
+      const result = parse("<div @myDir></div>", {
+        enableAngularSelectorlessSyntax: true,
+      });
+      expect(result.errors).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result.rootNodes).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "div",
+          kind: "element",
+          directives: [],
+          attrs: [expect.objectContaining({ name: "@myDir" })],
+        }),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    {
+      const result = parse("<MyComp @myDir></MyComp>", {
+        enableAngularSelectorlessSyntax: true,
+      });
+      expect(result.rootNodes).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          fullName: "MyComp",
+          componentName: "MyComp",
+          kind: "component",
+          directives: [],
+          attrs: [expect.objectContaining({ name: "@myDir" })],
+        }),
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    {
+      // Any `@` that cannot start a directive has to fall back to an attribute name.
+      const result = parse("<div @></div>", {
+        enableAngularSelectorlessSyntax: true,
+      });
+      expect(result.errors).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result.rootNodes).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: "div",
+          kind: "element",
+          attrs: [expect.objectContaining({ name: "@" })],
+        }),
+      ]);
+    }
+
     {
       const result = parse("<MyComp>Hello</MyComp>", {
         enableAngularSelectorlessSyntax: true,
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
index d47944a1ce4c..9d489662e191 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
@@ -980,13 +980,18 @@ class _Tokenizer {
           const nameStart = start.clone();
           nameStart.advance();
 
+          // Selectorless directives are referenced by their PascalCase class name (`@Dir`).
           if (isSelectorlessNameStart(nameStart.peek())) {
             this._consumeDirective(start, nameStart);
+            continue;
           }
-        } else {
-          const attr = this._consumeAttribute();
-          attrs.push(attr);
         }
+
+        // Any other `@` — a lowercase animation trigger like `@triggerName`, or a lone `@` — is
+        // part of an attribute name. Falling through is also what makes the loop advance: before
+        // this, a lowercase `@` was consumed by neither branch and the lexer looped forever.
+        const attr = this._consumeAttribute();
+        attrs.push(attr);
       }
 
       if (openToken.type === TokenType.COMPONENT_OPEN_START) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
index db6d270fc540..0b8054a70b56 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
@@ -664,6 +664,44 @@ describe('HtmlLexer', () => {
           [TokenType.EOF, ''],
         ]);
       });
+
+      // https://github.com/prettier/angular-html-parser/issues/57
+      it('should treat a lowercase `@` as an attribute name instead of looping forever', () => {
+        expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('<div @myDir></div>', options)).toEqual([
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_START, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_NAME, '', '@myDir'],
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_END],
+          [TokenType.TAG_CLOSE, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.EOF],
+        ]);
+        expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('<div @myDir="x"></div>', options)).toEqual([
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_START, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_NAME, '', '@myDir'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_QUOTE, '"'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_VALUE_TEXT, 'x'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_QUOTE, '"'],
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_END],
+          [TokenType.TAG_CLOSE, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.EOF],
+        ]);
+      });
+
+      it('should treat any other `@` that cannot start a directive as an attribute name', () => {
+        expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('<div @></div>', options)).toEqual([
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_START, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_NAME, '', '@'],
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_END],
+          [TokenType.TAG_CLOSE, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.EOF],
+        ]);
+        expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('<div @1></div>', options)).toEqual([
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_START, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.ATTR_NAME, '', '@1'],
+          [TokenType.TAG_OPEN_END],
+          [TokenType.TAG_CLOSE, '', 'div'],
+          [TokenType.EOF],
+        ]);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('escapable raw text', () => {