diff --git a/js/angular/service/animation.js b/js/angular/service/animation.js
index ae91468ba5..483f7ee0e3 100644
--- a/js/angular/service/animation.js
+++ b/js/angular/service/animation.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /**
  * @ngdoc service
  * @name $ionicAnimation
@@ -45,14 +46,16 @@
  *
  */
 IonicModule
-.factory('$ionicAnimation', [
-  '$rootScope',
-  '$document',
-  '$compile',
-  '$timeout',
-  '$interval',
-function($rootScope, $document, $compile, $timeout, $interval) {
-  return function(opts) {
-    return ionic.Animation.create(opts);
-  }
-}]);
+.provider('$ionicAnimation', function() {
+  var useSlowAnimations = false;
+  this.setSlowAnimations = function(isSlow) {
+    useSlowAnimations = isSlow;
+  };
+
+  this.$get = [function() {
+    return function(opts) {
+      opts.useSlowAnimations = useSlowAnimations;
+      return ionic.Animation.create(opts);
+    }
+  }]
+});
diff --git a/js/animation/animation.js b/js/animation/animation.js
index 192d6abb94..712521b486 100644
--- a/js/animation/animation.js
+++ b/js/animation/animation.js
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
    */
   ionic.Animation.Animation = function(opts) {
     ionic.extend(this, opts);
+
+    if(opts.useSlowAnimations) {
+      console.warn('Running animation', opts.name, 'with SLOW animations (duration and delay increased by 3x)');
+      this.delay *= 3;
+      this.duration *= 3;
+    }
   };
 
   ionic.Animation.Animation.prototype = {
diff --git a/test/html/animation.html b/test/html/animation.html
index 2f3cd61ce8..20e622ac5f 100644
--- a/test/html/animation.html
+++ b/test/html/animation.html
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 
     <script>
       angular.module('myApp', ['ionic'])
+      .config(['$ionicAnimationProvider', function($ionicAnimationProvider) {
+        //$ionicAnimationProvider.setSlowAnimations(true);
+      }])
       .controller('MyCtrl', function($scope, $ionicAnimation) {
         $scope.fns = [
           'linear',