diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
index 22695000a9..cd7e0135eb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Core.RazorCompilation.Engine
         private string _unconsumedHtml;
         private IList<object> _currentAttributeValues;
         private IDictionary<string, object> _currentElementAttributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+        private IList<IntermediateToken> _currentElementAttributeTokens = new List<IntermediateToken>();
 
         public override void BeginWriterScope(CodeRenderingContext context, string writer)
         {
@@ -91,8 +92,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Core.RazorCompilation.Engine
 
         public override void WriteCSharpExpression(CodeRenderingContext context, CSharpExpressionIntermediateNode node)
         {
-            // Render as text node. Later, we'll need to add different handling for expressions
-            // that appear inside elements, e.g., <a href="@url">
+            // To support syntax like <elem @completeAttributePair /> (which in turn supports syntax
+            // like <elem @OnSomeEvent(Handler) />), check whether we are currently in the middle of
+            // writing an element. If so, treat this C# expression as something that should evaluate
+            // as a RenderTreeNode of type Attribute.
+            if (_unconsumedHtml != null)
+            {
+                var token = (IntermediateToken)node.Children.Single();
+                _currentElementAttributeTokens.Add(token);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Since we're not in the middle of writing an element, this must evaluate as some
+            // text to display
             context.CodeWriter
                 .WriteStartMethodInvocation($"{builderVarName}.{nameof(RenderTreeBuilder.AddText)}");
 
@@ -206,6 +218,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Core.RazorCompilation.Engine
                                 _currentElementAttributes.Clear();
                             }
 
+                            if (_currentElementAttributeTokens.Count > 0)
+                            {
+                                foreach (var token in _currentElementAttributeTokens)
+                                {
+                                    codeWriter
+                                        .WriteStartMethodInvocation($"{builderVarName}.{nameof(RenderTreeBuilder.AddAttribute)}")
+                                        .Write(token.Content)
+                                        .WriteEndMethodInvocation();
+                                }
+                                _currentElementAttributeTokens.Clear();
+                            }
+
                             if (nextToken.Type == HtmlTokenType.EndTag
                                 || nextTag.IsSelfClosing
                                 || htmlVoidElementsLookup.Contains(nextTag.Data))
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/Components/BlazorComponent.cs b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/Components/BlazorComponent.cs
index b8cf2b560f..5b9e3cab59 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/Components/BlazorComponent.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/Components/BlazorComponent.cs
@@ -34,5 +34,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Components
         /// <returns>Always throws an exception.</returns>
         public virtual Task ExecuteAsync()
             => throw new NotImplementedException($"Blazor components do not implement {nameof(ExecuteAsync)}.");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles click events by invoking <paramref name="handler"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="handler">The handler to be invoked when the event occurs.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="RenderTreeNode"/> that represents the event handler.</returns>
+        protected RenderTreeNode onclick(Action handler)
+            => RenderTreeNode.Attribute("onclick", _ => handler());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
index 6b4d4db6dc..e7b2494fbd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.RenderTree
             Append(RenderTreeNode.Attribute(name, value.ToString()));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Appends a node representing an attribute.
+        /// The attribute is associated with the most recently added element.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the attribute.</param>
+        /// <param name="value">The value of the attribute.</param>
+        public void AddAttribute(RenderTreeNode node)
+        {
+            if (node.NodeType != RenderTreeNodeType.Attribute)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"The {nameof(node.NodeType)} must be {RenderTreeNodeType.Attribute}.");
+            }
+
+            AssertCanAddAttribute();
+            Append(node);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Appends a node representing a child component.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
index 59d4d82e64..b8b5188f2c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
@@ -303,6 +303,35 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Test
                 node => AssertNode.Text(node, typeof(List<string>).FullName));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void SupportsAttributeNodesEvaluatedInline()
+        {
+            // Arrange/Act
+            var component = CompileToComponent(
+                @"<elem @onclick(MyHandler) />
+                @functions {
+                    public bool DidInvokeCode { get; set; } = false;
+                    void MyHandler()
+                    {
+                        DidInvokeCode = true;
+                    }
+                }");
+            var didInvokeCodeProperty = component.GetType().GetProperty("DidInvokeCode");
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.False((bool)didInvokeCodeProperty.GetValue(component));
+            Assert.Collection(GetRenderTree(component).Where(NotWhitespace),
+                node => AssertNode.Element(node, "elem", 1),
+                node =>
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(RenderTreeNodeType.Attribute, node.NodeType);
+                    Assert.NotNull(node.AttributeEventHandlerValue);
+
+                    node.AttributeEventHandlerValue(null);
+                    Assert.True((bool)didInvokeCodeProperty.GetValue(component));
+                });
+        }
+
         private static bool NotWhitespace(RenderTreeNode node)
             => node.NodeType != RenderTreeNodeType.Text
             || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(node.TextContent);
diff --git a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/CounterComponent.cshtml b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/CounterComponent.cshtml
index 33802c3555..6c3d9c5d56 100644
--- a/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/CounterComponent.cshtml
+++ b/test/testapps/BasicTestApp/CounterComponent.cshtml
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 <h1>Counter</h1>
 <p>Current count: @currentCount</p>
-<button onclick=@{ currentCount++; }>Click me</button>
+<button @onclick(IncrementCount)>Click me</button>
 
 @functions {
     int currentCount = 0;
+
+    void IncrementCount()
+    {
+        currentCount++;
+    }
 }