diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.ts
index a19481ada7..4e7e283b01 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {TestabilityRegistry, Testability} from 'angular2/src/core/testability/te
 import {AppViewPool, APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool';
 import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
 import {AppViewManagerUtils} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils';
+import {AppViewListener} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener';
 import {ProtoViewFactory} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/proto_view_factory';
 import {Renderer, RenderCompiler} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 import {DomRenderer, DOCUMENT_TOKEN} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer';
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ function _injectorBindings(appComponentType): List<Type | Binding | List<any>> {
     bind(APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY).toValue(10000),
     AppViewManager,
     AppViewManagerUtils,
+    AppViewListener,
     Compiler,
     CompilerCache,
     TemplateResolver,
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..360960203c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
+import * as viewModule from './view';
+
+/**
+ * Listener for view creation / destruction.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AppViewListener {
+  viewCreated(view: viewModule.AppView) {}
+  viewDestroyed(view: viewModule.AppView) {}
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.ts
index f571d4825a..254613f942 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {ViewContainerRef} from './view_container_ref';
 import {Renderer, RenderViewRef} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 import {AppViewManagerUtils} from './view_manager_utils';
 import {AppViewPool} from './view_pool';
+import {AppViewListener} from './view_listener';
 
 /**
  * Entry point for creating, moving views in the view hierarchy and destroying views.
@@ -16,13 +17,16 @@ import {AppViewPool} from './view_pool';
 @Injectable()
 export class AppViewManager {
   _viewPool: AppViewPool;
+  _viewListener: AppViewListener;
   _utils: AppViewManagerUtils;
   _renderer: Renderer;
 
-  constructor(viewPool: AppViewPool, utils: AppViewManagerUtils, renderer: Renderer) {
-    this._renderer = renderer;
+  constructor(viewPool: AppViewPool, viewListener: AppViewListener, utils: AppViewManagerUtils,
+              renderer: Renderer) {
     this._viewPool = viewPool;
+    this._viewListener = viewListener;
     this._utils = utils;
+    this._renderer = renderer;
   }
 
   getComponentView(hostLocation: ElementRef): ViewRef {
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
     var hostView = this._utils.createView(hostProtoView, renderView, this, this._renderer);
     this._renderer.setEventDispatcher(hostView.render, hostView);
     this._createViewRecurse(hostView);
+    this._viewListener.viewCreated(hostView);
 
     this._utils.hydrateRootHostView(hostView, injector);
     this._viewHydrateRecurse(hostView);
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
     // We do want to destroy the component view though.
     this._viewDehydrateRecurse(hostView, true);
     this._renderer.destroyView(hostView.render);
+    this._viewListener.viewDestroyed(hostView);
   }
 
   createFreeHostView(parentComponentLocation: ElementRef, hostProtoViewRef: ProtoViewRef,
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
                                     this._renderer);
       this._renderer.setEventDispatcher(view.render, view);
       this._createViewRecurse(view);
+      this._viewListener.viewCreated(view);
     }
     return view;
   }
@@ -192,8 +199,11 @@ export class AppViewManager {
   }
 
   _destroyPooledView(view: viewModule.AppView) {
-    // TODO: if the pool is full, call renderer.destroyView as well!
-    this._viewPool.returnView(view);
+    var wasReturned = this._viewPool.returnView(view);
+    if (!wasReturned) {
+      this._renderer.destroyView(view.render);
+      this._viewListener.viewDestroyed(view);
+    }
   }
 
   _destroyViewInContainer(parentView, boundElementIndex, atIndex: number) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool.ts
index 94c384fa5d..12f277ca55 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ export class AppViewPool {
     return null;
   }
 
-  returnView(view: viewModule.AppView) {
+  returnView(view: viewModule.AppView): boolean {
     var protoView = view.proto;
     var pooledViews = MapWrapper.get(this._pooledViewsPerProtoView, protoView);
     if (isBlank(pooledViews)) {
       pooledViews = [];
       MapWrapper.set(this._pooledViewsPerProtoView, protoView, pooledViews);
     }
-    if (pooledViews.length < this._poolCapacityPerProtoView) {
+    var haveRemainingCapacity = pooledViews.length < this._poolCapacityPerProtoView;
+    if (haveRemainingCapacity) {
       ListWrapper.push(pooledViews, view);
     }
+    return haveRemainingCapacity;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.ts
index d3709b5815..957e6a48ab 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {DirectiveResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_resolver';
 import {Component} from 'angular2/annotations';
 import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
 import {AppViewManagerUtils} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils';
+import {AppViewListener} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener';
 import {AppViewPool} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool';
 
 export function main() {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export function main() {
   describe('AppViewManager', () => {
     var renderer;
     var utils;
+    var viewListener;
     var viewPool;
     var manager;
     var directiveResolver;
@@ -113,8 +115,9 @@ export function main() {
       directiveResolver = new DirectiveResolver();
       renderer = new SpyRenderer();
       utils = new SpyAppViewManagerUtils();
+      viewListener = new SpyAppViewListener();
       viewPool = new SpyAppViewPool();
-      manager = new AppViewManager(viewPool, utils, renderer);
+      manager = new AppViewManager(viewPool, viewListener, utils, renderer);
       createdViews = [];
       createdRenderViews = [];
 
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ export function main() {
             ListWrapper.push(createdRenderViews, rv);
             return rv;
           });
+      viewPool.spy('returnView').andReturn(true);
     });
 
     describe('createDynamicComponentView', () => {
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ export function main() {
                      elementRef(wrapView(hostView), 0), wrapPv(componentProtoView), null, null)))
               .toBe(createdViews[0]);
           expect(createdViews[0].proto).toBe(componentProtoView);
+          expect(viewListener.spy('viewCreated')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(createdViews[0]);
         });
 
         it('should get the view from the pool', () => {
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ export function main() {
               .toBe(createdView);
           expect(utils.spy('createView')).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
           expect(renderer.spy('createView')).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(viewListener.spy('viewCreated')).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
         it('should attach the view', () => {
@@ -315,6 +321,7 @@ export function main() {
                                                          wrapPv(hostProtoView), null)))
               .toBe(createdViews[0]);
           expect(createdViews[0].proto).toBe(hostProtoView);
+          expect(viewListener.spy('viewCreated')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(createdViews[0]);
         });
 
         it('should attachAndHydrate the view', () => {
@@ -377,7 +384,16 @@ export function main() {
         it('should return the view to the pool', () => {
           manager.destroyFreeHostView(elementRef(wrapView(parentHostView), 0), wrapView(hostView));
           expect(viewPool.spy('returnView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostView);
+          expect(renderer.spy('destroyView')).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
+
+        it('should destroy the view if the pool is full', () => {
+          viewPool.spy('returnView').andReturn(false);
+          manager.destroyFreeHostView(elementRef(wrapView(parentHostView), 0), wrapView(hostView));
+          expect(renderer.spy('destroyView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostView.render);
+          expect(viewListener.spy('viewDestroyed')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostView);
+        });
+
       });
 
       describe('recursively destroy inPlaceHostViews', () => {
@@ -395,6 +411,7 @@ export function main() {
         expect(internalView(manager.createRootHostView(wrapPv(hostProtoView), null, null)))
             .toBe(createdViews[0]);
         expect(createdViews[0].proto).toBe(hostProtoView);
+        expect(viewListener.spy('viewCreated')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(createdViews[0]);
       });
 
       it('should hydrate the view', () => {
@@ -444,6 +461,7 @@ export function main() {
       it('should destroy the render view', () => {
         manager.destroyRootHostView(wrapView(hostView));
         expect(renderer.spy('destroyView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostRenderViewRef);
+        expect(viewListener.spy('viewDestroyed')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostView);
       });
 
       it('should not return the view to the pool', () => {
@@ -473,6 +491,7 @@ export function main() {
                                                             wrapPv(childProtoView), null)))
               .toBe(createdViews[0]);
           expect(createdViews[0].proto).toBe(childProtoView);
+          expect(viewListener.spy('viewCreated')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(createdViews[0]);
         });
 
         it('should attach the view', () => {
@@ -622,6 +641,13 @@ class SpyAppViewManagerUtils extends SpyObject {
   noSuchMethod(m) { return super.noSuchMethod(m) }
 }
 
+@proxy
+@IMPLEMENTS(AppViewListener)
+class SpyAppViewListener extends SpyObject {
+  constructor() { super(AppViewListener); }
+  noSuchMethod(m) { return super.noSuchMethod(m) }
+}
+
 @proxy
 @IMPLEMENTS(ElementInjector)
 class SpyElementInjector extends SpyObject {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_pool_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_pool_spec.ts
index 78f9dd1627..213961dd9a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_pool_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_pool_spec.ts
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export function main() {
       var view1 = createView(pv);
       var view2 = createView(pv);
       var view3 = createView(pv);
-      vf.returnView(view1);
-      vf.returnView(view2);
-      vf.returnView(view3);
+      expect(vf.returnView(view1)).toBe(true);
+      expect(vf.returnView(view2)).toBe(true);
+      expect(vf.returnView(view3)).toBe(false);
 
       expect(vf.getView(pv)).toBe(view2);
       expect(vf.getView(pv)).toBe(view1);