diff --git a/karma-js.conf.js b/karma-js.conf.js
index 1fecb6ae1b..d90b9c07d6 100644
--- a/karma-js.conf.js
+++ b/karma-js.conf.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       'test-main.js'
     ],
 
+    exclude: [
+      'modules/**/e2e_test/**'
+    ],
+
     preprocessors: {
       'modules/**/*.js': ['traceur'],
       'modules/**/*.es6': ['traceur'],
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/change_detection_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/change_detection_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcd7b2a10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/change_detection_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng2 change detection benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks/web/change_detection/change_detection_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#ng2DetectChanges', '#baselineDetectChanges']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aef09eb623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"use strict";
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng2 compiler benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks/web/compiler/compiler_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#compileWithBindings', '#compileNoBindings']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/di_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/di_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fd6a7b800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/di_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng2 di benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks/web/di/di_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#getByToken', '#getByKey', '#getChild', '#instantiate']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/element_injector_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/element_injector_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..272928e996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/element_injector_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng2 element injector benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks/web/element_injector/element_injector_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#instantiate', '#instantiateDirectives']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4524d72791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng2 tree benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks/web/tree/tree_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#ng2CreateDom', '#ng2DestroyDom', '#baselineCreateDom', '#baselineDestroyDom']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fb262d68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/compiler_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng1.x compiler benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks_external/web/compiler/compiler_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#compileWithBindings', '#compileNoBindings']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6 b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19f6bbbbc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+
+describe('ng1.x tree benchmark', function () {
+
+  var URL = 'benchmarks_external/web/tree/tree_benchmark.html';
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  it('should not throw errors', function() {
+    browser.get(URL);
+    clickAll(['#createDom', '#destroyDom']);
+  });
+
+});
+
+function clickAll(buttonSelectors) {
+  buttonSelectors.forEach(function(selector) {
+    $(selector).click();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6 b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a58a38075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+var benchpress = require('../../../../tools/benchpress/index.js');
+describe('hello world', function () {
+
+  afterEach(benchpress.verifyNoBrowserErrors);
+
+  describe('static reflection', function() {
+    var URL = 'examples/web/hello_world/index_static.html';
+
+    it('should greet', function() {
+      browser.get(URL);
+
+      expect(getShadowText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('dynamic reflection', function() {
+    var URL = 'examples/web/hello_world/index.html';
+
+    it('should greet', function() {
+      browser.get(URL);
+
+      expect(getShadowText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+function getShadowText(selector) {
+  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").shadowRoot.textContent');
+}
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diff --git a/protractor-e2e-dart2js.conf.js b/protractor-e2e-dart2js.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06200fb728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protractor-e2e-dart2js.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+var config = exports.config = require('./protractor-e2e-shared.js').config;
+config.baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8002/';
+
diff --git a/protractor-e2e-js.conf.js b/protractor-e2e-js.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c29d611e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protractor-e2e-js.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+var config = exports.config = require('./protractor-e2e-shared.js').config;
+config.baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8001/';
+
diff --git a/protractor-e2e-shared.js b/protractor-e2e-shared.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94aa97602e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protractor-e2e-shared.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// load traceur runtime as our tests are written in es6
+require('traceur/bin/traceur-runtime.js');
+
+var config = exports.config = {
+
+  specs: ['dist/cjs/**/*_spec.js'],
+
+  // Disable waiting for Angular as we don't have an integration layer yet...
+  // TODO(tbosch): Implement a proper debugging API for Ng2.0, remove this here
+  // and the sleeps in all tests.
+  onPrepare: function() {
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+    var _get = browser.get;
+    var sleepInterval = process.env.TRAVIS ? 5000 : 2000;
+    browser.get = function() {
+      var result = _get.apply(this, arguments);
+      browser.sleep(sleepInterval);
+      return result;
+    }
+  },
+
+  jasmineNodeOpts: {
+    showColors: true,
+    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
+  }
+};
+
+if (process.env.TRAVIS) {
+  config.capabilities = {
+    name: 'Dartium',
+    browserName: 'chrome',
+    chromeOptions: {
+      'binary': process.env.DARTIUM
+    },
+    loggingPrefs: {
+      performance: 'ALL'
+    }
+  };
+} else {
+  config.capabilities = {
+    browserName: 'chrome',
+    loggingPrefs: {
+      performance: 'ALL'
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/protractor-perf-shared.js b/protractor-perf-shared.js
index 17b0195f7a..a2751f0567 100644
--- a/protractor-perf-shared.js
+++ b/protractor-perf-shared.js
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ var config = exports.config = {
   onPrepare: function() {
     browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
     var _get = browser.get;
-    var sleepInterval = process.env.TRAVIS ? 5000 : 1000;
+    var sleepInterval = process.env.TRAVIS ? 5000 : 2000;
     browser.get = function() {
+      var result = _get.apply(this, arguments);
       browser.sleep(sleepInterval);
-      return _get.apply(this, arguments);
+      return result;
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/scripts/travis/build.sh b/scripts/travis/build.sh
index 707c0c6fd0..ed0a98a5ca 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/build.sh
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ serverPid=$!
 
 trap killServer EXIT
 
-./node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor-perf-js.conf.js
-./node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor-perf-dart2js.conf.js
\ No newline at end of file
+./node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor-e2e-js.conf.js
+./node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor-e2e-dart2js.conf.js
\ No newline at end of file