diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
index cca8518ad8..137b830e8f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 import {VmTurnZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/vm_turn_zone';
 import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
-import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy, EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
 import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr';
 import {XHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr_impl';
 import {EventManager, DomEventsPlugin} from 'angular2/src/core/events/event_manager';
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ function _injectorBindings(appComponentType): List<Binding> {
         var plugins = [new HammerGesturesPlugin(), new DomEventsPlugin()];
         return new EventManager(plugins, zone);
       }, [VmTurnZone]),
-      bind(ShadowDomStrategy).toClass(NativeShadowDomStrategy),
+      bind(ShadowDomStrategy).toFactory(
+          (styleUrlResolver, doc) => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, doc.head),
+          [StyleUrlResolver, appDocumentToken]),
       Compiler,
       CompilerCache,
       TemplateResolver,
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom.js
index 56e00e996d..f090f066a6 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class LightDom {
     this.lightDomView = lightDomView;
     this.shadowDomView = shadowDomView;
     this.nodes = DOM.childNodesAsList(element);
+
     this.roots = null;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy.js
index ab4c02380a..d1748985bd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
     this._styleHost = styleHost;
   }
 
-  attachTemplate(el, view:viewModule.View){
+  attachTemplate(el, view:viewModule.View) {
     DOM.clearNodes(el);
     _moveViewNodesIntoParent(el, view);
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
index 8bccb22ec6..29bc14b145 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
     return res;
   }
   clearNodes(el) {
-    el.innerHTML = '';
+    for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
+      this.remove(el.childNodes[i]);
+    }
   }
   appendChild(el, node) {
     el.appendChild(node);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/application_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/application_spec.js
index ff84455f14..db2568e5b9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/application_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/application_spec.js
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ class HelloRootCmp {
   }
 }
 
+@Component({selector: 'hello-app'})
+@Template({inline: 'before: <content></content> after: done'})
+class HelloRootCmpContent {
+  constructor() { }
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'hello-app-2'})
 @Template({inline: '{{greeting}} world, again!'})
 class HelloRootCmp2 {
@@ -48,14 +54,17 @@ class HelloRootCmp4 {
 }
 
 export function main() {
-  var fakeDoc, el, el2, testBindings;
+  var fakeDoc, el, el2, testBindings, lightDom;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     fakeDoc = DOM.createHtmlDocument();
     el = DOM.createElement('hello-app', fakeDoc);
     el2 = DOM.createElement('hello-app-2', fakeDoc);
+    lightDom = DOM.createElement('light-dom-el', fakeDoc);
     DOM.appendChild(fakeDoc.body, el);
     DOM.appendChild(fakeDoc.body, el2);
+    DOM.appendChild(el, lightDom);
+    DOM.setText(lightDom, 'loading');
     testBindings = [bind(appDocumentToken).toValue(fakeDoc)];
   });
 
@@ -93,8 +102,7 @@ export function main() {
     it('should display hello world', (done) => {
       var injectorPromise = bootstrap(HelloRootCmp, testBindings);
       injectorPromise.then((injector) => {
-        expect(injector.get(appElementToken)
-            .shadowRoot.childNodes[0].nodeValue).toEqual('hello world!');
+        expect(injector.get(appElementToken)).toHaveText('hello world!');
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -103,10 +111,8 @@ export function main() {
       var injectorPromise1 = bootstrap(HelloRootCmp, testBindings);
       var injectorPromise2 = bootstrap(HelloRootCmp2, testBindings);
       PromiseWrapper.all([injectorPromise1, injectorPromise2]).then((injectors) => {
-        expect(injectors[0].get(appElementToken)
-            .shadowRoot.childNodes[0].nodeValue).toEqual('hello world!');
-        expect(injectors[1].get(appElementToken)
-            .shadowRoot.childNodes[0].nodeValue).toEqual('hello world, again!');
+        expect(injectors[0].get(appElementToken)).toHaveText('hello world!');
+        expect(injectors[1].get(appElementToken)).toHaveText('hello world, again!');
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -131,5 +137,13 @@ export function main() {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it("should support shadow dom content tag", (done) => {
+      var injectorPromise = bootstrap(HelloRootCmpContent, testBindings);
+      injectorPromise.then((injector) => {
+        expect(injector.get(appElementToken)).toHaveText('before: loading after: done');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/naive_infinite_scroll_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/naive_infinite_scroll_spec.es6
index a15a431e06..7411cee33b 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/naive_infinite_scroll_spec.es6
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/naive_infinite_scroll_spec.es6
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ describe('ng2 naive infinite scroll benchmark', function () {
   it('should not throw errors', function() {
     browser.get(URL);
     var expectedRowCount = 18;
-    var expectedCellsPerRow = 11;
-    var allScrollItems = 'scroll-app /deep/ #testArea /deep/ scroll-item';
-    var cells = `${ allScrollItems } /deep/ .row *`;
+    var expectedCellsPerRow = 28;
+    var allScrollItems = 'scroll-app #testArea scroll-item';
+    var cells = `${ allScrollItems } .row *`;
     var stageButtons =
-        `${ allScrollItems } /deep/ .row stage-buttons /deep/ button`;
+        `${ allScrollItems } .row stage-buttons button`;
 
     var count = function(selector) {
       return browser.executeScript(
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/index.js b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/index.js
index 726bee0088..d47db26721 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/index.js
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/index.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import {Parser, Lexer, ChangeDetector, ChangeDetection}
     from 'angular2/change_detection';
 import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
 import {
-  bootstrap, Component, Viewport, Template, ViewContainer, Compiler, onChange
+  bootstrap, Component, Viewport, Template, ViewContainer, Compiler, onChange, NgElement, Decorator
 }  from 'angular2/angular2';
 import {Reflector, reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';
 import {CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
 import {DirectiveMetadataReader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader';
-import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy, EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {Content} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
+import {DestinationLightDom} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom';
 import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_loader';
 import {TemplateResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_resolver';
 import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
@@ -256,6 +258,12 @@ export function setupReflectorForAngular() {
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy, {
+    "factory": (styleUrlResolver) => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, null),
+    "parameters": [[StyleUrlResolver]],
+    "annotations": []
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(StyleUrlResolver, {
     "factory": (urlResolver) => new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver),
     "parameters": [[UrlResolver]],
@@ -274,6 +282,12 @@ export function setupReflectorForAngular() {
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(Content, {
+    "factory": (lightDom, el) => new Content(lightDom, el),
+    "parameters": [[DestinationLightDom], [NgElement]],
+    "annotations" : [new Decorator({selector: '[content]'})]
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(StyleInliner, {
     "factory": (xhr, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver) =>
       new StyleInliner(xhr, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver),
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
index dacfb47218..625a0564ab 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ import {Parser, Lexer, ChangeDetector, ChangeDetection, jitChangeDetection}
   from 'angular2/change_detection';
 import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
 
-import {bootstrap, Component, Viewport, Template, ViewContainer, Compiler} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {bootstrap, Component, Viewport, Template, ViewContainer, Compiler, NgElement, Decorator} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
 import {DirectiveMetadataReader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader';
 import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_loader';
 import {TemplateResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_resolver';
-import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy, EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {Content} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
+import {DestinationLightDom} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom';
 import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
 import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/url_resolver';
 import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/style_url_resolver';
@@ -127,12 +129,24 @@ function setupReflector() {
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy, {
+    "factory": (styleUrlResolver) => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, null),
+    "parameters": [[StyleUrlResolver]],
+    "annotations": []
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(StyleUrlResolver, {
     "factory": (urlResolver) => new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver),
     "parameters": [[UrlResolver]],
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(Content, {
+    "factory": (lightDom, el) => new Content(lightDom, el),
+    "parameters": [[DestinationLightDom], [NgElement]],
+    "annotations" : [new Decorator({selector: '[content]'})]
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(UrlResolver, {
     "factory": () => new UrlResolver(),
     "parameters": [],
diff --git a/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6 b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
index 1bdcf97e39..a5f8c8bbf3 100644
--- a/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
+++ b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ describe('hello world', function () {
 });
 
 function getComponentText(selector, innerSelector) {
-  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").shadowRoot.querySelector("'+innerSelector+'").textContent');
+  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").querySelector("'+innerSelector+'").textContent');
 }
 
 function clickComponentButton(selector, innerSelector) {
-  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").shadowRoot.querySelector("'+innerSelector+'").click()');
+  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").querySelector("'+innerSelector+'").click()');
 }
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_static.js b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_static.js
index 6973b0f393..c4f198efe0 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_static.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_static.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
 
 import {Compiler, CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
 import {DirectiveMetadataReader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader';
-import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy, EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {Content} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
+import {DestinationLightDom} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom';
 import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_loader';
 import {TemplateResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_resolver';
 import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr';
@@ -125,6 +127,12 @@ function setup() {
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy, {
+    "factory": (styleUrlResolver) => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, null),
+    "parameters": [[StyleUrlResolver]],
+    "annotations": []
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(StyleUrlResolver, {
     "factory": (urlResolver) => new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver),
     "parameters": [[UrlResolver]],
@@ -143,6 +151,12 @@ function setup() {
     "annotations": []
   });
 
+  reflector.registerType(Content, {
+    "factory": (lightDom, el) => new Content(lightDom, el),
+    "parameters": [[DestinationLightDom], [NgElement]],
+    "annotations" : [new Decorator({selector: '[content]'})]
+  });
+
   reflector.registerType(StyleInliner, {
     "factory": (xhr, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver) =>
       new StyleInliner(xhr, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver),