diff --git a/modules/angular2/manual_typings/globals-es6.d.ts b/modules/angular2/manual_typings/globals-es6.d.ts
index b1292515c2..c6e348aa79 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/manual_typings/globals-es6.d.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/manual_typings/globals-es6.d.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ interface BrowserNodeGlobal {
   zone: Zone;
   getAngularTestability: Function;
   getAllAngularTestabilities: Function;
+  frameworkStabilizers: Array<Function>;
   setTimeout: Function;
   clearTimeout: Function;
   setInterval: Function;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/testability/testability.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/testability/testability.ts
index ebd9dcd829..f8cb22bf47 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/testability/testability.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/testability/testability.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ import {PromiseWrapper, ObservableWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 export class Testability {
   /** @internal */
   _pendingCount: number = 0;
+  /**
+   * Whether any work was done since the last 'whenStable' callback. This is
+   * useful to detect if this could have potentially destabilized another
+   * component while it is stabilizing.
+   * @internal
+   */
+  _didWork: boolean = false;
   /** @internal */
   _callbacks: Function[] = [];
   /** @internal */
@@ -23,8 +30,10 @@ export class Testability {
 
   /** @internal */
   _watchAngularEvents(_ngZone: NgZone): void {
-    ObservableWrapper.subscribe(_ngZone.onTurnStart,
-                                (_) => { this._isAngularEventPending = true; });
+    ObservableWrapper.subscribe(_ngZone.onTurnStart, (_) => {
+      this._didWork = true;
+      this._isAngularEventPending = true;
+    });
 
     _ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => {
       ObservableWrapper.subscribe(_ngZone.onEventDone, (_) => {
@@ -38,6 +47,7 @@ export class Testability {
 
   increasePendingRequestCount(): number {
     this._pendingCount += 1;
+    this._didWork = true;
     return this._pendingCount;
   }
 
@@ -55,14 +65,16 @@ export class Testability {
   /** @internal */
   _runCallbacksIfReady(): void {
     if (!this.isStable()) {
+      this._didWork = true;
       return;  // Not ready
     }
 
     // Schedules the call backs in a new frame so that it is always async.
     PromiseWrapper.resolve(null).then((_) => {
       while (this._callbacks.length !== 0) {
-        (this._callbacks.pop())();
+        (this._callbacks.pop())(this._didWork);
       }
+      this._didWork = false;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.dart b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.dart
index 8dbccb26d5..54ab25618e 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.dart
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PublicTestability implements _JsObjectProxyable {
       'findBindings': (bindingString, [exactMatch, allowNonElementNodes]) =>
           findBindings(bindingString, exactMatch, allowNonElementNodes),
       'isStable': () => isStable(),
-      'whenStable': (callback) => whenStable(() => callback.apply([]))
+      'whenStable': (callback) => whenStable((didWork) => callback.apply([didWork]))
     })..['_dart_'] = this;
   }
 }
@@ -116,16 +116,38 @@ class BrowserGetTestability implements GetTestability {
             }
             throw 'Could not find testability for element.';
           });
-      js.context['getAllAngularTestabilities'] = _jsify(() {
+      var getAllAngularTestabilities = () {
         var registry = js.context['ngTestabilityRegistries'];
         var result = [];
         for (int i = 0; i < registry.length; i++) {
           var testabilities =
-          registry[i].callMethod('getAllAngularTestabilities');
+              registry[i].callMethod('getAllAngularTestabilities');
           if (testabilities != null) result.addAll(testabilities);
         }
         return _jsify(result);
+      };
+      js.context['getAllAngularTestabilities'] = 
+          _jsify(getAllAngularTestabilities);
+
+      var whenAllStable = _jsify((callback) {
+        var testabilities = getAllAngularTestabilities();
+        var count = testabilities.length;
+        var didWork = false;
+        var decrement = _jsify((bool didWork_) {
+          didWork = didWork || didWork_;
+          count--;
+          if (count == 0) {
+            callback.apply([didWork]);
+          }
+        });
+        testabilities.forEach((testability) {
+          testability.callMethod('whenStable', [decrement]);
+        });
       });
+      if (js.context['frameworkStabilizers'] == null) {
+        js.context['frameworkStabilizers'] = new js.JsArray();
+      }
+      js.context['frameworkStabilizers'].add(whenAllStable);
     }
     jsRegistry.add(this._createRegistry(registry));
   }
@@ -163,4 +185,4 @@ class BrowserGetTestability implements GetTestability {
     });
     return object;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.ts
index bb35c488e6..5d1a637779 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/testability.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ export class BrowserGetTestability implements GetTestability {
       var testabilities = registry.getAllTestabilities();
       return testabilities.map((testability) => { return new PublicTestability(testability); });
     };
+
+    var whenAllStable = (callback) => {
+      var testabilities = global.getAllAngularTestabilities();
+      var count = testabilities.length;
+      var didWork = false;
+      var decrement = function(didWork_) {
+        didWork = didWork || didWork_;
+        count--;
+        if (count == 0) {
+          callback(didWork);
+        }
+      };
+      testabilities.forEach(function(testability) { testability.whenStable(decrement); });
+    };
+
+    if (!global.frameworkStabilizers) {
+      global.frameworkStabilizers = ListWrapper.createGrowableSize(0);
+    }
+    global.frameworkStabilizers.push(whenAllStable);
   }
 
   findTestabilityInTree(registry: TestabilityRegistry, elem: any,
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/testability/testability_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/testability/testability_spec.ts
index c9a7418e3d..1f1862f935 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/testability/testability_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/testability/testability_spec.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ class MockNgZone extends NgZone {
 
 export function main() {
   describe('Testability', () => {
-    var testability, execute, ngZone;
+    var testability, execute, execute2, ngZone;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       ngZone = new MockNgZone();
       testability = new Testability(ngZone);
       execute = new SpyObject().spy('execute');
+      execute2 = new SpyObject().spy('execute');
     });
 
     describe('Pending count logic', () => {
@@ -109,6 +110,35 @@ export function main() {
 
         expect(execute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
+
+      it('should fire whenstable callbacks with didWork if pending count is 0',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           testability.whenStable(execute);
+           microTask(() => {
+             expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+             async.done();
+           });
+         }));
+
+      it('should fire whenstable callbacks with didWork when pending drops to 0',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           testability.increasePendingRequestCount();
+           testability.whenStable(execute);
+
+           microTask(() => {
+             testability.decreasePendingRequestCount();
+
+             microTask(() => {
+               expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+               testability.whenStable(execute2);
+
+               microTask(() => {
+                 expect(execute2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+                 async.done();
+               });
+             });
+           });
+         }));
     });
 
     describe('NgZone callback logic', () => {
@@ -208,6 +238,43 @@ export function main() {
              });
            });
          }));
+
+      it('should fire whenstable callback with didWork if event is already finished',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           ngZone.start();
+           ngZone.finish();
+           testability.whenStable(execute);
+
+           microTask(() => {
+             expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+             testability.whenStable(execute2);
+
+             microTask(() => {
+               expect(execute2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+               async.done();
+             });
+           });
+         }));
+
+      it('should fire whenstable callback with didwork when event finishes',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           ngZone.start();
+           testability.whenStable(execute);
+
+           microTask(() => {
+             ngZone.finish();
+
+             microTask(() => {
+               expect(execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+               testability.whenStable(execute2);
+
+               microTask(() => {
+                 expect(execute2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+                 async.done();
+               });
+             });
+           });
+         }));
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules/playground/e2e_test/async/async_spec.ts b/modules/playground/e2e_test/async/async_spec.ts
index 64c5f4d55f..18f783890b 100644
--- a/modules/playground/e2e_test/async/async_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/playground/e2e_test/async/async_spec.ts
@@ -58,5 +58,35 @@ describe('async', () => {
     expect(timeout.$('.val').getText()).toEqual('10');
   });
 
+  it('should wait via frameworkStabilizer', () => {
+    var whenAllStable = function() {
+      return browser.executeAsyncScript('window.frameworkStabilizers[0](arguments[0]);');
+    };
+
+    // This disables protractor's wait mechanism
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+
+    var timeout = $('#multiDelayedIncrements');
+
+    // At this point, the async action is still pending, so the count should
+    // still be 0.
+    expect(timeout.$('.val').getText()).toEqual('0');
+
+    timeout.$('.action').click();
+
+    whenAllStable().then((didWork) => {
+      // whenAllStable should only be called when all the async actions
+      // finished, so the count should be 10 at this point.
+      expect(timeout.$('.val').getText()).toEqual('10');
+      expect(didWork).toBeTruthy();  // Work was done.
+    });
+
+    whenAllStable().then((didWork) => {
+      // whenAllStable should be called immediately since nothing is pending.
+      expect(didWork).toBeFalsy();  // No work was done.
+      browser.ignoreSynchronization = false;
+    });
+  });
+
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 });