diff --git a/addon/templates/components/paper-item.hbs b/addon/templates/components/paper-item.hbs
index 009889efe..a72cc8c07 100644
--- a/addon/templates/components/paper-item.hbs
+++ b/addon/templates/components/paper-item.hbs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       {{paper-button class="md-no-style"
         onClick=onClick
         href=href
+        target=target
         onMouseEnter=(action mouseEnter) onMouseLeave=(action mouseLeave)}}
       <div class="md-list-item-inner">
         {{yield controls}}