diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
index cdc22f4102..8c843a4b49 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         <Compile Include="MarkupExtensions\ResourceInclude.cs" />
         <Compile Include="MarkupExtensions\StaticResourceExtension.cs" />
         <Compile Include="MarkupExtensions\StyleIncludeExtension.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="Parsers\PropertyParser.cs" />
         <Compile Include="PortableXaml\AvaloniaXamlContext.cs" />
         <Compile Include="PortableXaml\AttributeExtensions.cs" />
         <Compile Include="PortableXaml\AvaloniaMemberAttributeProvider.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Parsers/PropertyParser.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Parsers/PropertyParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce82ffe0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Parsers/PropertyParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Data.Core;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Parsers;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Parsers
+{
+    internal class PropertyParser
+    {
+        public (string ns, string owner, string name) Parse(Reader r)
+        {
+            if (r.End)
+            {
+                throw new ExpressionParseException(0, "Expected property name.");
+            }
+
+            var openParens = r.TakeIf('(');
+            bool closeParens = false;
+            string ns = null;
+            string owner = null;
+            string name = null;
+
+            do
+            {
+                var token = IdentifierParser.Parse(r);
+
+                if (token == null)
+                {
+                    if (r.End)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if (openParens && !r.End && (closeParens = r.TakeIf(')')))
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        else if (openParens)
+                        {
+                            throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, $"Expected ')'.");
+                        }
+
+                        throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, $"Unexpected '{r.Peek}'.");
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (!r.End && r.TakeIf(':'))
+                {
+                    ns = ns == null ?
+                        token :
+                        throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, "Unexpected ':'.");
+                }
+                else if (!r.End && r.TakeIf('.'))
+                {
+                    owner = owner == null ?
+                        token :
+                        throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, "Unexpected '.'.");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    name = token;
+                }
+            } while (!r.End);
+
+            if (name == null)
+            {
+                throw new ExpressionParseException(0, "Expected property name.");
+            }
+            else if (openParens && owner == null)
+            {
+                throw new ExpressionParseException(1, "Expected property owner.");
+            }
+            else if (openParens && !closeParens)
+            {
+                throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, "Expected ')'.");
+            }
+            else if (!r.End)
+            {
+                throw new ExpressionParseException(r.Position, "Expected end of expression.");
+            }
+
+            return (ns, owner, name);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/IdentifierParser.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/IdentifierParser.cs
index f86f2db321..9431dab45e 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/IdentifierParser.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/IdentifierParser.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Markup.Parsers
 {
-    internal static class IdentifierParser
+    public static class IdentifierParser
     {
         public static string Parse(Reader r)
         {
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/Reader.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/Reader.cs
index 9355bc9aa3..4a3d6aa277 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/Reader.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup/Markup/Parsers/Reader.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using System;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Markup.Parsers
 {
-    internal class Reader
+    public class Reader
     {
         private readonly string _s;
         private int _i;
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/Parsers/PropertyParserTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/Parsers/PropertyParserTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a05485f55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests/Parsers/PropertyParserTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+using System;
+using Avalonia.Data.Core;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Parsers;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Parsers;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.UnitTests.Parsers
+{
+    public class PropertyParserTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parses_Name()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo");
+            var (ns, owner, name) = target.Parse(reader);
+
+            Assert.Null(ns);
+            Assert.Null(owner);
+            Assert.Equal("Foo", name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parses_Owner_And_Name()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo.Bar");
+            var (ns, owner, name) = target.Parse(reader);
+
+            Assert.Null(ns);
+            Assert.Equal("Foo", owner);
+            Assert.Equal("Bar", name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parses_Namespace_Owner_And_Name()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("foo:Bar.Baz");
+            var (ns, owner, name) = target.Parse(reader);
+
+            Assert.Equal("foo", ns);
+            Assert.Equal("Bar", owner);
+            Assert.Equal("Baz", name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parses_Owner_And_Name_With_Parentheses()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("(Foo.Bar)");
+            var (ns, owner, name) = target.Parse(reader);
+
+            Assert.Null(ns);
+            Assert.Equal("Foo", owner);
+            Assert.Equal("Bar", name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Parses_Namespace_Owner_And_Name_With_Parentheses()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("(foo:Bar.Baz)");
+            var (ns, owner, name) = target.Parse(reader);
+
+            Assert.Equal("foo", ns);
+            Assert.Equal("Bar", owner);
+            Assert.Equal("Baz", name);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Empty_String()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(0, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Expected property name.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Only_Whitespace()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("  ");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(0, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ' '.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Leading_Whitespace()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader(" Foo");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(0, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ' '.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Trailing_Whitespace()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo ");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(3, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ' '.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Invalid_Property_Name()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("123");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(0, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected '1'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Trailing_Junk()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo%");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(3, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected '%'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Invalid_Property_Name_After_Owner()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo.123");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(4, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected '1'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Whitespace_Between_Owner_And_Name()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo. Bar");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(4, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ' '.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Too_Many_Segments()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo.Bar.Baz");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(8, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected '.'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Too_Many_Namespaces()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("foo:bar:Baz");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(8, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ':'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Parens_But_No_Owner()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("(Foo)");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(1, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Expected property owner.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Parens_And_Namespace_But_No_Owner()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("(foo:Bar)");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(1, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Expected property owner.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Missing_Close_Parens()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("(Foo.Bar");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(8, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Expected ')'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Fails_With_Unexpected_Close_Parens()
+        {
+            var target = new PropertyParser();
+            var reader = new Reader("Foo.Bar)");
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<ExpressionParseException>(() => target.Parse(reader));
+            Assert.Equal(7, ex.Column);
+            Assert.Equal("Unexpected ')'.", ex.Message);
+        }
+    }
+}