diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives.ts
index 723c650e68..9ba153f5ff 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {FormGroupDirective} from './directives/reactive_directives/form_group_di
 import {FormArrayName, FormGroupName} from './directives/reactive_directives/form_group_name';
 import {NgSelectOption, SelectControlValueAccessor} from './directives/select_control_value_accessor';
 import {NgSelectMultipleOption, SelectMultipleControlValueAccessor} from './directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor';
-import {CheckboxRequiredValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MinLengthValidator, PatternValidator, RequiredValidator} from './directives/validators';
+import {CheckboxRequiredValidator, EmailValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MinLengthValidator, PatternValidator, RequiredValidator} from './directives/validators';
 
 export {CheckboxControlValueAccessor} from './directives/checkbox_value_accessor';
 export {ControlValueAccessor} from './directives/control_value_accessor';
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export const SHARED_FORM_DIRECTIVES: Type<any>[] = [
   MaxLengthValidator,
   PatternValidator,
   CheckboxRequiredValidator,
+  EmailValidator,
 ];
 
 export const TEMPLATE_DRIVEN_DIRECTIVES: Type<any>[] = [NgModel, NgModelGroup, NgForm];
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
index fd8c5f3baa..cc2805e1fc 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,50 @@ export class CheckboxRequiredValidator extends RequiredValidator {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Provider which adds {@link EmailValidator} to {@link NG_VALIDATORS}.
+ */
+export const EMAIL_VALIDATOR: any = {
+  provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
+  useExisting: forwardRef(() => EmailValidator),
+  multi: true
+};
+
+/**
+ * A Directive that adds the `email` validator to controls marked with the
+ * `email` attribute, via the {@link NG_VALIDATORS} binding.
+ *
+ * ### Example
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <input type="email" name="email" ngModel email>
+ * <input type="email" name="email" ngModel email="true">
+ * <input type="email" name="email" ngModel [email]="true">
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[email][formControlName],[email][formControl],[email][ngModel]',
+  providers: [EMAIL_VALIDATOR]
+})
+export class EmailValidator implements Validator {
+  private _enabled: boolean;
+  private _onChange: () => void;
+
+  @Input()
+  set email(value: boolean|string) {
+    this._enabled = value === '' || value === true || value === 'true';
+    if (this._onChange) this._onChange();
+  }
+
+  validate(c: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: any} {
+    return this._enabled ? Validators.email(c) : null;
+  }
+
+  registerOnValidatorChange(fn: () => void): void { this._onChange = fn; }
+}
+
 /**
  * @stable
  */
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/forms.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/forms.ts
index b776d120ce..9bfea3aea1 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/forms.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/forms.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export {FormArrayName} from './directives/reactive_directives/form_group_name';
 export {FormGroupName} from './directives/reactive_directives/form_group_name';
 export {NgSelectOption, SelectControlValueAccessor} from './directives/select_control_value_accessor';
 export {SelectMultipleControlValueAccessor} from './directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor';
-export {AsyncValidatorFn, CheckboxRequiredValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MinLengthValidator, PatternValidator, RequiredValidator, Validator, ValidatorFn} from './directives/validators';
+export {AsyncValidatorFn, CheckboxRequiredValidator, EmailValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MinLengthValidator, PatternValidator, RequiredValidator, Validator, ValidatorFn} from './directives/validators';
 export {FormBuilder} from './form_builder';
 export {AbstractControl, FormArray, FormControl, FormGroup} from './model';
 export {NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS, NG_VALIDATORS, Validators} from './validators';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/validators.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/validators.ts
index 6bd15db5bb..b1647d3f33 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/validators.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/validators.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ export const NG_VALIDATORS = new InjectionToken<Array<Validator|Function>>('NgVa
 export const NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS =
     new InjectionToken<Array<Validator|Function>>('NgAsyncValidators');
 
+const EMAIL_REGEXP =
+    /^(?=.{1,254}$)(?=.{1,64}@)[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+(\.[-!#$%&'*+/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+)*@[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?(\.[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?)*$/;
+
 /**
  * Provides a set of validators used by form controls.
  *
@@ -74,6 +77,13 @@ export class Validators {
     return control.value === true ? null : {'required': true};
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Validator that performs email validation.
+   */
+  static email(control: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: boolean} {
+    return EMAIL_REGEXP.test(control.value) ? null : {'email': true};
+  }
+
   /**
    * Validator that requires controls to have a value of a minimum length.
    */
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/test/template_integration_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/test/template_integration_spec.ts
index c16b871b62..c94bc7f368 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/test/template_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/test/template_integration_spec.ts
@@ -859,6 +859,41 @@ export function main() {
            expect(control.hasError('required')).toBe(true);
          }));
 
+      it('should validate email', fakeAsync(() => {
+           const fixture = initTest(NgModelEmailValidator);
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+           tick();
+
+           const control =
+               fixture.debugElement.children[0].injector.get(NgForm).control.get('email');
+
+           const input = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+           expect(control.hasError('email')).toBe(false);
+
+           fixture.componentInstance.validatorEnabled = true;
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+           tick();
+
+           expect(input.nativeElement.value).toEqual('');
+           expect(control.hasError('email')).toBe(true);
+
+           input.nativeElement.value = 'test@gmail.com';
+           dispatchEvent(input.nativeElement, 'input');
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+           tick();
+
+           expect(input.nativeElement.value).toEqual('test@gmail.com');
+           expect(control.hasError('email')).toBe(false);
+
+           input.nativeElement.value = 'text';
+           dispatchEvent(input.nativeElement, 'input');
+           fixture.detectChanges();
+           tick();
+
+           expect(input.nativeElement.value).toEqual('text');
+           expect(control.hasError('email')).toBe(true);
+         }));
+
       it('should support dir validators using bindings', fakeAsync(() => {
            const fixture = initTest(NgModelValidationBindings);
            fixture.componentInstance.required = true;
@@ -1335,6 +1370,14 @@ class NgModelCheckboxRequiredValidator {
   required: boolean = false;
 }
 
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ng-model-email',
+  template: `<form><input type="email" ngModel [email]="validatorEnabled" name="email"></form>`
+})
+class NgModelEmailValidator {
+  validatorEnabled: boolean = false;
+}
+
 @Directive({
   selector: '[ng-async-validator]',
   providers: [
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/test/validators_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/test/validators_spec.ts
index d3b290c5e3..6b9d18af36 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/test/validators_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/test/validators_spec.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ export function main() {
          () => expect(Validators.requiredTrue(new FormControl(true))).toBeNull());
     });
 
+    describe('email', () => {
+      it('should error on invalid email',
+         () => expect(Validators.email(new FormControl('some text'))).toEqual({'email': true}));
+
+      it('should not error on valid email',
+         () => expect(Validators.email(new FormControl('test@gmail.com'))).toBeNull());
+    });
+
     describe('minLength', () => {
       it('should not error on an empty string',
          () => { expect(Validators.minLength(2)(new FormControl(''))).toBeNull(); });
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/forms/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/forms/index.d.ts
index 9ce723aaef..b52e5dd59e 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/forms/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/forms/index.d.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ export declare class DefaultValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor {
     writeValue(value: any): void;
 }
 
+/** @experimental */
+export declare class EmailValidator implements Validator {
+    email: boolean | string;
+    registerOnValidatorChange(fn: () => void): void;
+    validate(c: AbstractControl): {
+        [key: string]: any;
+    };
+}
+
 /** @stable */
 export interface Form {
     addControl(dir: NgControl): void;
@@ -529,6 +538,9 @@ export interface ValidatorFn {
 export declare class Validators {
     static compose(validators: ValidatorFn[]): ValidatorFn;
     static composeAsync(validators: AsyncValidatorFn[]): AsyncValidatorFn;
+    static email(control: AbstractControl): {
+        [key: string]: boolean;
+    };
     static maxLength(maxLength: number): ValidatorFn;
     static minLength(minLength: number): ValidatorFn;
     static nullValidator(c: AbstractControl): {