diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.dart b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.dart
index 88a2394917..aae5379b88 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.dart
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ final Set<String> NODES_WITH_VALUE = new Set<String>.from([
   "li",
   "meter",
   "progress",
-  "param"
+  "param",
+  "textarea"
 ]);
 
 Map<String, dynamic> serializeGenericEvent(dynamic e) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.ts
index 7fb743dc8a..6396354ce0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/ui/event_serializer.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ const TRANSITION_EVENT_PROPERTIES = ['propertyName', 'elapsedTime', 'pseudoEleme
 
 const EVENT_PROPERTIES = ['type', 'bubbles', 'cancelable'];
 
-const NODES_WITH_VALUE =
-    new Set(["input", "select", "option", "button", "li", "meter", "progress", "param"]);
+const NODES_WITH_VALUE = new Set(
+    ["input", "select", "option", "button", "li", "meter", "progress", "param", "textarea"]);
 
 export function serializeGenericEvent(e: Event): {[key: string]: any} {
   return serializeEvent(e, EVENT_PROPERTIES);
diff --git a/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.dart b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac6b852b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+library playground.e2e_test.web_workers.input_spec;
+
+main() {}
diff --git a/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.ts b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e66bbfe123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/e2e_test/web_workers/input/input_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import {verifyNoBrowserErrors} from 'angular2/src/testing/e2e_util';
+
+describe('WebWorkers Input', function() {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    verifyNoBrowserErrors();
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = false;
+  });
+  const selector = 'input-app';
+  const URL = 'playground/src/web_workers/input/index.html';
+  const VALUE = 'test val';
+
+  it('should bootstrap', () => {
+    // This test can't wait for Angular 2 as Testability is not available when using WebWorker
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+    browser.get(URL);
+
+    waitForBootstrap();
+    let elem = element(by.css(selector + ' h2'));
+    expect(elem.getText()).toEqual('Input App');
+  });
+
+  it('should bind to input value', () => {
+    // This test can't wait for Angular 2 as Testability is not available when using WebWorker
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+    browser.get(URL);
+
+    waitForBootstrap();
+    let elem = element(by.css(selector + ' h2'));
+
+    let input = element(by.css(selector + ' input'));
+    input.sendKeys(VALUE);
+    let displayElem = element(by.css(selector + ' .input-val'));
+    const expectedVal = `Input val is ${VALUE}.`;
+    browser.wait(protractor.until.elementTextIs(displayElem, expectedVal), 5000);
+    expect(displayElem.getText()).toEqual(expectedVal);
+  });
+
+  it('should bind to textarea value', () => {
+    // This test can't wait for Angular 2 as Testability is not available when using WebWorker
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+    browser.get(URL);
+
+    waitForBootstrap();
+    let elem = element(by.css(selector + ' h2'));
+
+    let input = element(by.css(selector + ' textarea'));
+    input.sendKeys(VALUE);
+    let displayElem = element(by.css(selector + ' .textarea-val'));
+    const expectedVal = `Textarea val is ${VALUE}.`;
+    browser.wait(protractor.until.elementTextIs(displayElem, expectedVal), 5000);
+    expect(displayElem.getText()).toEqual(expectedVal);
+  });
+
+  function waitForBootstrap() {
+    browser.wait(protractor.until.elementLocated(by.css(selector + ' h2')), 15000);
+    let elem = element(by.css(selector + ' h2'));
+    browser.wait(protractor.until.elementTextIs(elem, 'Input App'), 5000);
+  }
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/playground/pubspec.yaml b/modules/playground/pubspec.yaml
index 4a243836c6..deb98d894f 100644
--- a/modules/playground/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/playground/pubspec.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ transformers:
         - web/src/web_workers/todo/server_index.dart
         - web/src/web_workers/router/index.dart
         - web/src/web_workers/router/background_index.dart
+        - web/src/web_workers/input/index.dart
+        - web/src/web_workers/input/background_index.dart
         - web/src/zippy_component/index.dart
 - angular2/transform/deferred_rewriter:
     # No playground apps use deferred imports, but in general
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.dart b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58d7ecebb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+library playground.src.web_workers.input.background_index;
+
+import "index_common.dart" show InputCmp;
+import "dart:isolate";
+import "package:angular2/platform/worker_app.dart";
+import "package:angular2/core.dart";
+
+@AngularEntrypoint()
+main(List<String> args, SendPort replyTo) {
+  platform([WORKER_APP_PLATFORM, new Provider(RENDER_SEND_PORT, useValue: replyTo)])
+      .application([WORKER_APP_APPLICATION])
+      .bootstrap(InputCmp);
+}
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.ts b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84ec3dc468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {InputCmp} from "./index_common";
+import {platform} from "angular2/core";
+import {WORKER_APP_PLATFORM, WORKER_APP_APPLICATION} from "angular2/platform/worker_app";
+
+export function main() {
+  platform([WORKER_APP_PLATFORM]).application([WORKER_APP_APPLICATION]).bootstrap(InputCmp);
+}
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.dart b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6008efc27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+library angular2.examples.web_workers.input.index;
+
+import "package:angular2/platform/worker_render.dart";
+import "package:angular2/core.dart";
+
+@AngularEntrypoint()
+main() {
+  platform([WORKER_RENDER_PLATFORM])
+      .asyncApplication(initIsolate("background_index.dart"));
+}
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.html b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca8f50fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+  <title>WebWorker Input Tests</title>
+  <style>
+  </style>
+<body>
+  <input-app>
+    Loading...
+  </input-app>
+
+  $SCRIPTS$
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.ts b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e158157e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {platform, Provider} from 'angular2/core';
+import {
+  WORKER_RENDER_APPLICATION,
+  WORKER_RENDER_PLATFORM,
+  WORKER_SCRIPT
+} from 'angular2/platform/worker_render';
+
+platform([WORKER_RENDER_PLATFORM])
+    .application([WORKER_RENDER_APPLICATION, new Provider(WORKER_SCRIPT, {useValue: "loader.js"})]);
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index_common.ts b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index_common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..487c974dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/index_common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'input-app',
+  template: `
+    <h2>Input App</h2>
+    <div id="input-container">
+      <input type="text" (input)="inputChanged($event)">
+      <textarea (input)="textAreaChanged($event)"></textarea>
+      <div class="input-val">Input val is {{inputVal}}.</div>
+      <div class="textarea-val">Textarea val is {{textareaVal}}.</div>
+    </div>
+    <div id="ng-model-container">
+    </div>
+  `
+})
+export class InputCmp {
+  inputVal = "";
+  textareaVal = "";
+
+  inputChanged(e) { this.inputVal = e.target.value; }
+
+  textAreaChanged(e) { this.textareaVal = e.target.value; }
+}
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/loader.js b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..647f1c577b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/playground/src/web_workers/input/loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+$SCRIPTS$
+
+System.config({
+  baseURL: '/',
+  defaultJSExtensions: true
+});
+
+System.import("playground/src/web_workers/input/background_index")
+    .then(
+        function(m) {
+          try {
+            m.main();
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.error(e);
+          }
+        },
+        function(error) { console.error("error loading background", error); });
diff --git a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
index 4f36a8bb93..9502253432 100644
--- a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
+++ b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ const kServedPaths = [
   'playground/src/web_workers/todo',
   'playground/src/web_workers/images',
   'playground/src/web_workers/message_broker',
-  'playground/src/web_workers/router'
+  'playground/src/web_workers/router',
+  'playground/src/web_workers/input'
 ];