diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultDisplayTemplates.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultDisplayTemplates.cs
index 746d7456b2..548c8c0ea5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultDisplayTemplates.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultDisplayTemplates.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
 
         public static string HiddenInputTemplate(IHtmlHelper html)
         {
-            // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (return string.Empty)
+            if (html.ViewData.ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
             return StringTemplate(html);
         }
 
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
             {
                 var divTag = new TagBuilder("div");
 
-                // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (skip this block)
+                if (!propertyMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
                 {
                     var label = propertyMetadata.GetDisplayName();
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(label))
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
 
                 builder.Append(templateBuilder.Build());
 
-                // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (skip this block)
+                if (!propertyMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
                 {
                     builder.AppendLine(divTag.ToString(TagRenderMode.EndTag));
                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultEditorTemplates.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultEditorTemplates.cs
index ef320cdac3..49d2bee693 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultEditorTemplates.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Rendering/Html/DefaultEditorTemplates.cs
@@ -135,12 +135,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
         public static string HiddenInputTemplate(IHtmlHelper html)
         {
             var viewData = html.ViewData;
-
-            // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (set result to string.Empty)
-            var result = DefaultDisplayTemplates.StringTemplate(html);
-
             var model = viewData.Model;
 
+            string result;
+            if (viewData.ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
+            {
+                result = string.Empty;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result = DefaultDisplayTemplates.StringTemplate(html);
+            }
+
             // Special-case opaque values and arbitrary binary data.
             var modelAsByteArray = model as byte[];
             if (modelAsByteArray != null)
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
             {
                 var divTag = new TagBuilder("div");
 
-                // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (skip this block)
+                if (!propertyMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
                 {
                     var label = html.Label(
                         propertyMetadata.PropertyName,
@@ -258,8 +264,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering
 
                 builder.Append(templateBuilder.Build());
 
-                // TODO: add ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml and use here (skip this block)
                 // TODO: Add IHtmlHelper.ValidationMessage() and call just prior to closing the <div/> tag
+                if (!propertyMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml)
                 {
                     builder.Append(" ");
                     builder.AppendLine(divTag.ToString(TagRenderMode.EndTag));
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/HiddenInputAttribute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/HiddenInputAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7647cb7fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/HiddenInputAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Indicates associated property or all properties of associated type should be edited using an &lt;input&gt;
+    /// element of type "hidden".
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// When overriding a <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute"/> inherited from a base class, should apply both
+    /// <c>[HiddenInput(DisplayValue = true)]</c> (if the inherited attribute had <c>DisplayValue = false</c>) and a
+    /// <see cref="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.UIHintAttribute"/> with some value other than "HiddenInput".
+    /// </remarks>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
+    public sealed class HiddenInputAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instantiates a new instance of the <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public HiddenInputAttribute()
+        {
+            DisplayValue = true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to display the value as well as provide a hidden &lt;input&gt;
+        /// element. The default value is <c>true</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If <c>false</c>, also causes the default <see cref="object"/> display and editor templates to return HTML
+        /// lacking the usual per-property &lt;div&gt; wrapper around the associated property and the default display
+        /// "HiddenInput" template to return <c>string.Empty</c> for the associated property. Thus the default
+        /// <see cref="object"/> display template effectively skips the property and the default <see cref="object"/>
+        /// editor template returns only the hidden &lt;input&gt; element for the property.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public bool DisplayValue { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsMetadataAttributes.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsMetadataAttributes.cs
index edcbd1556e..e262373881 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsMetadataAttributes.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsMetadataAttributes.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             DisplayFormat = attributes.OfType<DisplayFormatAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
             DisplayColumn = attributes.OfType<DisplayColumnAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
             Editable = attributes.OfType<EditableAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
+            HiddenInput = attributes.OfType<HiddenInputAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
             Required = attributes.OfType<RequiredAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
             ScaffoldColumn = attributes.OfType<ScaffoldColumnAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();
         }
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
 
         public EditableAttribute Editable { get; protected set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets (or sets in subclasses) <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute"/> found in collection passed to the
+        /// <see cref="CachedDataAnnotationsMetadataAttributes(IEnumerable{Attribute})"/> constructor, if any.
+        /// </summary>
+        public HiddenInputAttribute HiddenInput { get; protected set; }
+
         public RequiredAttribute Required { get; protected set; }
 
         public ScaffoldColumnAttribute ScaffoldColumn { get; protected set; }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata.cs
index 8b6421b4e4..f082bbc038 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedDataAnnotationsModelMetadata.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             return base.ComputeDisplayName();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calculate <see cref="ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml"/> based on presence of an
+        /// <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute"/> and its <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute.DisplayValue"/> value.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Calculated <see cref="ModelMetadata.HideSurroundingHtml"/> value. <c>true</c> if an
+        /// <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute"/> exists and its <see cref="HiddenInputAttribute.DisplayValue"/> value is
+        /// <c>false</c>; <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
+        protected override bool ComputeHideSurroundingHtml()
+        {
+            if (PrototypeCache.HiddenInput != null)
+            {
+                return !PrototypeCache.HiddenInput.DisplayValue;
+            }
+
+            return base.ComputeHideSurroundingHtml();
+        }
+
         protected override bool ComputeIsReadOnly()
         {
             if (PrototypeCache.Editable != null)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedModelMetadata.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedModelMetadata.cs
index 15b1acf53d..e94f166786 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedModelMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/CachedModelMetadata.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
         private string _nullDisplayText;
         private string _description;
         private string _displayName;
+        private bool _hideSurroundingHtml;
         private bool _isReadOnly;
         private bool _isComplexType;
         private bool _isRequired;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
         private bool _nullDisplayTextComputed;
         private bool _descriptionComputed;
         private bool _displayNameComputed;
+        private bool _hideSurroundingHtmlComputed;
         private bool _isReadOnlyComputed;
         private bool _isComplexTypeComputed;
         private bool _isRequiredComputed;
@@ -134,6 +136,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             }
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public sealed override bool HideSurroundingHtml
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (!_hideSurroundingHtmlComputed)
+                {
+                    _hideSurroundingHtml = ComputeHideSurroundingHtml();
+                    _hideSurroundingHtmlComputed = true;
+                }
+
+                return _hideSurroundingHtml;
+            }
+
+            set
+            {
+                _hideSurroundingHtml = value;
+                _hideSurroundingHtmlComputed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
         public sealed override bool IsReadOnly
         {
             get
@@ -241,6 +264,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
             return base.DisplayName;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calculate the <see cref="HideSurroundingHtml"/> value.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Calculated <see cref="HideSurroundingHtml"/> value.</returns>
+        protected virtual bool ComputeHideSurroundingHtml()
+        {
+            return base.HideSurroundingHtml;
+        }
+
         protected virtual bool ComputeIsReadOnly()
         {
             return base.IsReadOnly;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/ModelMetadata.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/ModelMetadata.cs
index 921ea3c5f9..5e07928cbe 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/ModelMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding/Metadata/ModelMetadata.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding
 
         public virtual string EditFormatString { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the "HiddenInput" display template should return
+        /// <c>string.Empty</c> (not the expression value) and whether the "HiddenInput" editor template should not
+        /// also return the expression value (together with the hidden &lt;input&gt; element).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If <c>true</c>, also causes the default <see cref="object"/> display and editor templates to return HTML
+        /// lacking the usual per-property &lt;div&gt; wrapper around the associated property. Thus the default
+        /// <see cref="object"/> display template effectively skips the property and the default <see cref="object"/>
+        /// editor template returns only the hidden &lt;input&gt; element for the property.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public virtual bool HideSurroundingHtml { get; set; }
+
         public virtual bool IsComplexType
         {
             get { return !ValueProviderResult.CanConvertFromString(ModelType); }