diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1ef3b6c170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {_momentAdapter} from './public_api';
+
+describe('moment-adapter', () => {
+
+  it('should be tested when running the tests', () => {
+    expect(_momentAdapter).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/index.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f93e7c31d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+export * from './public_api';
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json b/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..116617becbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "@angular/material-moment-adapter",
+  "version": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
+  "description": "Angular Material Moment Adapter",
+  "main": "./bundles/material-moment-adapter.umd.js",
+  "module": "./@angular/material-moment-adapter.es5.js",
+  "es2015": "./@angular/material-moment-adapter.js",
+  "typings": "./material-moment-adapter.d.ts",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/angular/material2.git"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/angular/material2/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@angular/material": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
+    "@angular/core": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f61ef654dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+export const _momentAdapter = 0;
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de8b8dab6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// TypeScript config file that is used to compile the moment-adapter package. Target environment
+// needs to be ES2015 since the build process will create FESM bundles using rollup.
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "stripInternal": false,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "importHelpers": true,
+    "newLine": "lf",
+    "module": "es2015",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "../../dist/packages/material-moment-adapter",
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "inlineSources": true,
+    "target": "es2015",
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "types": [],
+    "paths": {
+      "@angular/material": ["../../dist/packages/material/public_api"]
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "public_api.ts"
+  ],
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "annotateForClosureCompiler": true,
+    "strictMetadataEmit": true,
+    "flatModuleOutFile": "index.js",
+    "flatModuleId": "@angular/material-moment-adapter",
+    "skipTemplateCodegen": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-tests.json b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4369cb530a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// TypeScript config file that extends the default tsconfig file for the moment-adapter.
+// This config is used to compile the tests for Karma. Since the code will run inside of the
+// browser, the target needs to be ES5. The format needs to be CommonJS for Karma.
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig-build",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "importHelpers": false,
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "target": "es5",
+    "types": ["jasmine"]
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts",
+    "index.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tools/gulp/gulpfile.ts b/tools/gulp/gulpfile.ts
index 020c7ef31c2..37076dc312f 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/gulpfile.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import {createPackageBuildTasks} from 'material2-build-tools';
-import {cdkPackage, examplesPackage, materialPackage} from './packages';
+import {cdkPackage, examplesPackage, materialPackage, momentAdapterPackage} from './packages';
 
 createPackageBuildTasks(cdkPackage);
 createPackageBuildTasks(materialPackage);
 createPackageBuildTasks(examplesPackage);
+createPackageBuildTasks(momentAdapterPackage);
 
 import './tasks/ci';
 import './tasks/clean';
diff --git a/tools/gulp/packages.ts b/tools/gulp/packages.ts
index 5a31abab8f4..40ce3463fd9 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/packages.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/packages.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {join} from 'path';
 export const cdkPackage = new BuildPackage('cdk');
 export const materialPackage = new BuildPackage('material', [cdkPackage]);
 export const examplesPackage = new BuildPackage('material-examples', [materialPackage, cdkPackage]);
+export const momentAdapterPackage = new BuildPackage('material-moment-adapter',
+    [materialPackage, cdkPackage]);
 
 // To avoid refactoring of the project the material package will map to the source path `lib/`.
 materialPackage.packageRoot = join(buildConfig.packagesDir, 'lib');
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/examples.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/examples.ts
index 2a2a592610b..716292abe99 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/examples.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/examples.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const examplesPath = path.join(packagesDir, 'material-examples');
 /** Output path of the module that is being created */
 const outputModuleFilename = path.join(examplesPath, 'example-module.ts');
 
-/** Build ecmascript module import statements */
+/** Build ES module import statements */
 function buildImportsTemplate(metadata: ExampleMetadata): string {
   const components = metadata.additionalComponents.concat(metadata.component);
 
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/publish.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/publish.ts
index a0614e3056a..0b8a52879d6 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/publish.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/publish.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import * as minimist from 'minimist';
 export const releasePackages = [
   'cdk',
   'material',
+  'material-moment-adapter'
 ];
 
 /** Parse command-line arguments for release task. */
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/unit-test.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/unit-test.ts
index 642a03b37fc..210f0f8b092 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/unit-test.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/unit-test.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ const {packagesDir, projectDir} = buildConfig;
 /** Builds everything that is necessary for karma. */
 task(':test:build', sequenceTask(
   'clean',
-  // Build ESM output of Material that also includes all test files.
-  'material:build-tests',
+  // Build tests for all different packages by just building the tests of the moment-adapter
+  // package. All dependencies of that package (material, cdk) will be built as well.
+  'material-moment-adapter:build-tests'
 ));
 
 /**
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ task(':test:build', sequenceTask(
  */
 task('test:single-run', [':test:build'], (done: () => void) => {
   // Load karma not outside. Karma pollutes Promise with a different implementation.
-  let karma = require('karma');
+  const karma = require('karma');
 
   new karma.Server({
     configFile: join(projectDir, 'test/karma.conf.js'),
@@ -44,12 +45,12 @@ task('test:single-run', [':test:build'], (done: () => void) => {
  * This task should be used when running unit tests locally.
  */
 task('test', [':test:build'], () => {
-  let patternRoot = join(packagesDir, '**/*');
+  const patternRoot = join(packagesDir, '**/*');
   // Load karma not outside. Karma pollutes Promise with a different implementation.
-  let karma = require('karma');
+  const karma = require('karma');
 
   // Configure the Karma server and override the autoWatch and singleRun just in case.
-  let server = new karma.Server({
+  const server = new karma.Server({
     configFile: join(projectDir, 'test/karma.conf.js'),
     autoWatch: false,
     singleRun: false
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ task('test', [':test:build'], () => {
 
   // Refreshes Karma's file list and schedules a test run.
   // Tests will only run if TypeScript compilation was successful.
-  let runTests = (err?: Error) => {
+  const runTests = (err?: Error) => {
     if (!err) {
       server.refreshFiles().then(() => server._injector.get('executor').schedule());
     }