diff --git a/src/harness/fourslash.ts b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
index 0a835aaa4b5..60eda2dfbf7 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslash.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
@@ -596,6 +596,29 @@ module FourSlash {
             }
         }
 
+        public verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains(fileName: string, start: number, end: number, isWriteAccess?: boolean) {
+            this.taoInvalidReason = 'verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains NYI';
+
+            var references = this.getReferencesAtCaret();
+
+            if (!references || references.length === 0) {
+                throw new Error('verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains failed - found 0 references, expected at least one.');
+            }
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < references.length; i++) {
+                var reference = references[i];
+                if (reference && reference.fileName === fileName && reference.minChar === start && reference.limChar === end) {
+                    if (typeof isWriteAccess !== "undefined" && reference.isWriteAccess !== isWriteAccess) {
+                        throw new Error('verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains failed - item isWriteAccess value doe not match, actual: ' + reference.isWriteAccess + ', expected: ' + isWriteAccess + '.');
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            var missingItem = { fileName: fileName, start: start, end: end, isWriteAccess: isWriteAccess };
+            throw new Error('verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains failed - could not find the item: ' + JSON.stringify(missingItem) + ' in the returned list: (' + JSON.stringify(references) + ')');
+        }
+
         public verifyReferencesCountIs(count: number, localFilesOnly: boolean = true) {
             this.taoInvalidReason = 'verifyReferences NYI';
 
diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index fff35031f66..12a0b3a8cc6 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -2466,8 +2466,8 @@ module ts {
             function getReferenceEntry(node: Node): ReferenceEntry {
                 return {
                     fileName: node.getSourceFile().filename,
-                    minChar: node.getStart(),
-                    limChar: node.getEnd(),
+                    minChar: node.kind === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral ? node.getStart() + 1 : node.getStart(),
+                    limChar: node.kind === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral ? node.getEnd() - 1 : node.getEnd(),
                     isWriteAccess: isWriteAccess(node)
                 };
             }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
index e394fd8f7ed..b4080d12e2f 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ module FourSlashInterface {
             FourSlash.currentTestState.verifyReferencesCountIs(count, /*localFilesOnly*/ false);
         }
 
+        public referencesAtPositionContains(range: Range, isWriteAccess?: boolean) {
+            FourSlash.currentTestState.verifyReferencesAtPositionListContains(range.fileName, range.start, range.end, isWriteAccess);
+        }
+
         public implementorsCountIs(count: number) {
             FourSlash.currentTestState.verifyImplementorsCountIs(count);
         }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/referencesForStringLiteralPropertyNames4.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/referencesForStringLiteralPropertyNames4.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c6292143ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/referencesForStringLiteralPropertyNames4.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+////var x = { "[|someProperty|]": 0 }
+////x["[|someProperty|]"] = 3;
+////x./*1*/[|someProperty|] = 5;
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+test.ranges().forEach(r => verify.referencesAtPositionContains(r));
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