diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
index 068055d479..32cacaf843 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ export class Pipes {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Takes a {@link Pipes} config object and returns a binding used to append the
-   * provided config to an inherited {@link Pipes} instance and return a new
+   * Takes a {@link Pipes} config object and returns a binding used to extend the
+   * inherited {@link Pipes} instance with the provided config and return a new
    * {@link Pipes} instance.
    *
    * If the provided config contains a key that is not yet present in the
    * inherited {@link Pipes}' config, a new {@link PipeFactory} list will be created
    * for that key. Otherwise, the provided config will be merged with the inherited
-   * {@link Pipes} instance by appending pipes to their respective keys, without mutating
+   * {@link Pipes} instance by prepending pipes to their respective keys, without mutating
    * the inherited {@link Pipes}.
    *
-   * The following example shows how to append a new {@link PipeFactory} to the
-   * existing list of `async` factories, which will only be applied to the injector
+   * The following example shows how to extend an existing list of `async` factories
+   * with a new {@link PipeFactory}, which will only be applied to the injector
    * for this component and its children. This step is all that's required to make a new
    * pipe available to this component's template.
    *
@@ -60,44 +60,42 @@ export class Pipes {
    * ```
    * @Component({
    *   viewInjector: [
-   *     Pipes.append({
+   *     Pipes.extend({
    *       async: [newAsyncPipe]
    *     })
    *   ]
    * })
    * ```
    */
-  static append(config): Binding {
+  static extend(config): Binding {
     return new Binding(Pipes, {
       toFactory: (pipes: Pipes) => {
-        if (!isPresent(pipes)) {
-          // Typically would occur when calling Pipe.append inside of dependencies passed to
-          // bootstrap(), which would override default pipes instead of append.
-          throw new BaseException('Cannot append to Pipes without a parent injector');
+        if (isBlank(pipes)) {
+          // Typically would occur when calling Pipe.extend inside of dependencies passed to
+          // bootstrap(), which would override default pipes instead of extending them.
+          throw new BaseException('Cannot extend Pipes without a parent injector');
         }
-        var mergedConfig: StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]> = <StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]>>{};
-
-        // Manual deep copy of existing Pipes config,
-        // so that lists of PipeFactories don't get mutated.
-        StringMapWrapper.forEach(pipes.config, (v: PipeFactory[], k: string) => {
-          var localPipeList: PipeFactory[] = mergedConfig[k] = [];
-          v.forEach((p: PipeFactory) => { localPipeList.push(p); });
-        });
-
-        StringMapWrapper.forEach(config, (v: PipeFactory[], k: string) => {
-          if (isListLikeIterable(mergedConfig[k])) {
-            mergedConfig[k] = ListWrapper.concat(mergedConfig[k], config[k]);
-          } else {
-            mergedConfig[k] = config[k];
-          }
-        });
-        return new Pipes(mergedConfig);
+        return Pipes.create(config, pipes);
       },
       // Dependency technically isn't optional, but we can provide a better error message this way.
       deps: [[Pipes, new UnboundedMetadata(), new OptionalMetadata()]]
     });
   }
 
+  static create(config, pipes: Pipes = null): Pipes {
+    if (isPresent(pipes)) {
+      StringMapWrapper.forEach(pipes.config, (v: PipeFactory[], k: string) => {
+        if (StringMapWrapper.contains(config, k)) {
+          var configFactories: PipeFactory[] = config[k];
+          config[k] = configFactories.concat(v);
+        } else {
+          config[k] = ListWrapper.clone(v);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    return new Pipes(config);
+  }
+
   private _getListOfFactories(type: string, obj: any): PipeFactory[] {
     var listOfFactories = this.config[type];
     if (isBlank(listOfFactories)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
index a6570d2e51..27fbc0d070 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
@@ -76,13 +76,47 @@ export function main() {
           .toThrowError(`Cannot find 'type' pipe supporting object 'some object'`);
     });
 
-    describe('.append()', () => {
-      it('should create a factory that appends new pipes to old', () => {
-        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
+    describe('.create()', () => {
+      it("should create a new Pipes object", () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(firstPipe);
+
+        var pipes = Pipes.create({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        expect(pipes.get("async", "first")).toBe(firstPipe);
+      });
+
+      it("should prepend passed it config in existing registry", () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
         secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
         secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
+
+        var pipes1 = Pipes.create({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        var pipes2 = Pipes.create({'async': [secondPipeFactory]}, pipes1);
+
+        expect(pipes2.get("async", "first")).toBe(secondPipe);
+      });
+
+      it("should use inherited pipes when no overrides support the provided object", () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(firstPipe);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
+
+        var pipes1 = Pipes.create({'async': [firstPipeFactory], 'date': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        var pipes2 = Pipes.create({'async': [secondPipeFactory]}, pipes1);
+
+        expect(pipes2.get("async", "first")).toBe(firstPipe);
+        expect(pipes2.get("date", "first")).toBe(firstPipe);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe(".extend()", () => {
+      it('should create a factory that prepend new pipes to old', () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
+
         var originalPipes = new Pipes({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
-        var binding = Pipes.append({'async':<PipeFactory[]>[secondPipeFactory]});
+        var binding = Pipes.extend({'async':<PipeFactory[]>[secondPipeFactory]});
         var pipes: Pipes = binding.toFactory(originalPipes);
 
         expect(pipes.config['async'].length).toBe(2);
@@ -90,33 +124,34 @@ export function main() {
         expect(pipes.get('async', 'second plz')).toBe(secondPipe);
       });
 
-
-      it('should append to di-inherited pipes', () => {
-        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
-        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
-        secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
-
-        var originalPipes: Pipes = new Pipes({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
-        var injector: Injector = Injector.resolveAndCreate([bind(Pipes).toValue(originalPipes)]);
-        var childInjector: Injector =
-            injector.resolveAndCreateChild([Pipes.append({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
-        var parentPipes: Pipes = injector.get(Pipes);
-        var childPipes: Pipes = childInjector.get(Pipes);
-        expect(childPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(2);
-        expect(parentPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(1);
-        expect(childPipes.get('async', 'second plz')).toBe(secondPipe);
-      });
-
-
-      it('should throw if calling append when creating root injector', () => {
+      it('should throw if calling extend when creating root injector', () => {
         secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
         secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
 
         var injector: Injector =
-            Injector.resolveAndCreate([Pipes.append({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
+            Injector.resolveAndCreate([Pipes.extend({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
 
         expect(() => injector.get(Pipes))
-            .toThrowError(/Cannot append to Pipes without a parent injector/g);
+            .toThrowError(/Cannot extend Pipes without a parent injector/g);
+      });
+
+      it('should extend di-inherited pipes', () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(firstPipe);
+
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
+
+        var originalPipes: Pipes = new Pipes({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        var injector: Injector = Injector.resolveAndCreate([bind(Pipes).toValue(originalPipes)]);
+        var childInjector: Injector =
+            injector.resolveAndCreateChild([Pipes.extend({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
+
+        var parentPipes: Pipes = injector.get(Pipes);
+        var childPipes: Pipes = childInjector.get(Pipes);
+
+        expect(childPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(2);
+        expect(parentPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(1);
+        expect(childPipes.get('async', 'second plz')).toBe(firstPipe);
       });
     });
   });