diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d60fd6f8b00..f29beadec9f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - env: "MODE=e2e"
     - env: "MODE=aot"
     - env: "MODE=payload"
+    - env: "MODE=prerender"
     - env: "MODE=closure-compiler"
     - env: "MODE=saucelabs_required"
     - env: "MODE=browserstack_required"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh b/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
index bd6f3f0be00..4de825b5051 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ elif is_closure_compiler; then
   ./scripts/closure-compiler/build-devapp-bundle.sh
 elif is_unit; then
   $(npm bin)/gulp ci:test
+elif is_prerender; then
+  ./scripts/ci/prerender.sh
 fi
 
 # Upload coverage results if those are present.
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prerender.sh b/scripts/ci/prerender.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..40ae3167000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/prerender.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+### Pre-renders the app under src/universal-app with platform-server and dumps the
+### output to stdout.
+
+# Go to the project root directory
+cd $(dirname $0)/../..
+
+# Build the @angular/material package and copy it into node_modules.
+# This is a workaround for https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/12249
+rm -rf ./node_modules/@angular/material
+gulp material:build-release
+cp -r ./dist/releases/material ./node_modules/@angular/
+
+# Compile the kitchen sink app (the generated ngfactories are consumed by the prerender script)
+$(npm bin)/ngc -p src/universal-app/tsconfig-ngc.json
+
+# Run the prerender script.
+# This does not use ts-node because some of the generated ngfactory.ts files are written into a
+# directory called "node_modules"; ts-node intentionally will not treat any file inside of a
+# "node_modules" directory as TypeScript (with the opinion that node_modules should only contain JS)
+$(npm bin)/tsc -p src/universal-app/tsconfig-prerender.json
+node ./src/universal-app/dist/prerender.js
diff --git a/scripts/ci/sources/mode.sh b/scripts/ci/sources/mode.sh
index d37725919d9..b4090a2f202 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/sources/mode.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/sources/mode.sh
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ is_payload() {
 is_unit() {
   [[ "$MODE" = saucelabs_required || "$MODE" = browserstack_required ]]
 }
+
+is_prerender() {
+  [[ "$MODE" = prerender ]]
+}
diff --git a/src/universal-app/index.html b/src/universal-app/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91f2bbcc3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <title>Angular Material Univeral Kitchen Sink Test</title>
+  <base href="/">
+</head>
+<body>
+  <kitchen-sink>Loading...</kitchen-sink>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.css b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c160ab1e002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.kitchen-sink {
+  color: lightsteelblue;
+}
diff --git a/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.html b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0306d06ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<h1>Kitchen sink app</h1>
+
+<h2>Buttons</h2>
+
+<button md-button>go</button>
+<button md-icon-button>go</button>
+<button md-raised-button>go</button>
+<button md-fab>go</button>
+<button md-mini-fab>go</button>
+
+<a md-button href="https://google.com">Google</a>
+<a md-icon-button href="https://google.com">Google</a>
+<a md-raised-button href="https://google.com">Google</a>
+<a md-fab href="https://google.com">Google</a>
+<a md-mini-fab href="https://google.com">Google</a>
diff --git a/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.ts b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31ad43339a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+import {ServerModule} from '@angular/platform-server';
+import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {MdButtonModule} from '@angular/material';
+
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'kitchen-sink',
+  templateUrl: './kitchen-sink.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./kitchen-sink.css'],
+})
+export class KitchenSink { }
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    BrowserModule.withServerTransition({appId: 'kitchen-sink'}),
+    MdButtonModule,
+  ],
+  bootstrap: [KitchenSink],
+  declarations: [KitchenSink],
+})
+export class KitchenSinkClientModule { }
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [KitchenSinkClientModule, ServerModule],
+  bootstrap: [KitchenSink],
+})
+export class KitchenSinkServerModule { }
diff --git a/src/universal-app/prerender.ts b/src/universal-app/prerender.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3aceac66d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/prerender.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata';
+require('zone.js/dist/zone-node.js');
+
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {renderModuleFactory} from '@angular/platform-server';
+import {KitchenSinkServerModuleNgFactory} from './dist/aot/kitchen-sink/kitchen-sink.ngfactory';
+import {readFileSync} from 'fs-extra';
+
+enableProdMode();
+
+const result = renderModuleFactory(KitchenSinkServerModuleNgFactory, {
+  document: readFileSync('src/universal-app/index.html', 'utf-8')
+});
+
+result.then(html => console.log(html));
diff --git a/src/universal-app/tsconfig-ngc.json b/src/universal-app/tsconfig-ngc.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df92f94b317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/tsconfig-ngc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "es2015",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "target": "es6",
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "sourceMap": false,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"]
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist",
+    "prerender.ts"
+  ],
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "annotationsAs": "static fields",
+    "annotateForClosureCompiler": true,
+    "genDir": "./dist/aot"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/universal-app/tsconfig-prerender.json b/src/universal-app/tsconfig-prerender.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26d012ee682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/universal-app/tsconfig-prerender.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    "target": "es6",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "sourceMap": false,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "types": ["node"]
+  },
+  "files": ["prerender.ts"]
+}