diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index b92a8cb94e..6c8416282c 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -11,28 +11,12 @@ var rename = require('gulp-rename');
 var traceur = require('gulp-traceur');
 var lazypipe = require('lazypipe');
 var sass = require('gulp-sass');
-
-var config = {
-  dist: 'dist',
-  src: {
-    js: ['src/**/*.js', '!src/**/*.spec.js'],
-    html: 'src/**/*.html',
-    scss: 'src/components/**/*.scss',
-    playgroundJs: 'playground/**/*.js',
-    playgroundFiles: ['playground/**/*', '!playground/**/*.js'],
-  },
-  lib: [
-    'node_modules/gulp-traceur/node_modules/traceur/bin/traceur-runtime.js',
-    'node_modules/es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader-sans-promises.src.js',
-    'node_modules/systemjs/lib/extension-register.js',
-    'node_modules/angular2/node_modules/zone.js/zone.js',
-    'node_modules/hammerjs/hammer.js'
-  ]
-};
+var config = require('./scripts/build/config');
+var karma = require('karma').server;
 
 gulp.task('default', ['js', 'html', 'sass', 'libs', 'playgroundJs', 'playgroundFiles']);
 
-gulp.task('watch', ['default'], function () {
+gulp.task('watch', ['default'], function() {
   var http = require('http');
   var connect = require('connect');
   var serveStatic = require('serve-static');
@@ -50,6 +34,13 @@ gulp.task('watch', ['default'], function () {
   console.log('Serving `dist` on http://localhost:' + port);
 });
 
+gulp.task('karma', function() {
+  return karma.start({ configFile: __dirname + '/scripts/test/karma.conf.js' });
+});
+gulp.task('karma-watch', function() {
+  return karma.start({ configFile: __dirname + '/scripts/test/karma-watch.conf.js' });
+});
+
 gulp.task('sass-watch', ['sass'], function () {
   gulp.watch('src/**/*.scss', ['sass']);
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a4bc277fd..03530b0923 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.0",
     "gulp-sass": "^1.3.3",
     "gulp-traceur": "0.16.*",
+    "karma": "^0.12.31",
     "lazypipe": "^0.2.2",
     "open": "0.0.5",
     "serve-static": "~1.8.1",
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@
     "angular2": "2.0.0-alpha.13",
     "es6-module-loader": "~0.11.0",
     "hammerjs": "^2.0.4",
+    "jasmine-core": "^2.2.0",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
+    "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.5",
     "systemjs": "~0.11.0",
+    "traceur": "0.0.87",
     "zone.js": "0.4.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build/config.js b/scripts/build/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..639c2bc9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module.exports = {
+  dist: 'dist',
+  src: {
+    js: ['src/**/*.js', '!src/**/examples/**'],
+    test: ['src/**/*.spec.js'],
+    examples: ['src/**/examples/**'],
+    html: 'src/**/*.html',
+    scss: 'src/components/**/*.scss',
+    playgroundJs: 'playground/**/*.js',
+    playgroundFiles: ['playground/**/*', '!playground/**/*.js'],
+  },
+  lib: [
+    'node_modules/gulp-traceur/node_modules/traceur/bin/traceur-runtime.js',
+    'node_modules/es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader-sans-promises.src.js',
+    'node_modules/systemjs/lib/extension-register.js',
+    'node_modules/angular2/node_modules/zone.js/zone.js',
+    'node_modules/hammerjs/hammer.js'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/scripts/test/karma-watch.conf.js b/scripts/test/karma-watch.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..063ab1405b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/karma-watch.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module.exports = function(config) {
+  require('./karma.conf.js')(config);
+  config.set({
+    singleRun: false,
+  });
+};
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/test/karma.conf.js b/scripts/test/karma.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbbc5fdf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+var buildConfig = require('../build/config');
+
+module.exports = function(config) {
+  config.set({
+    singleRun: true,
+    basePath: '../..',
+
+    frameworks: ['jasmine'],
+
+    files: [
+      // Sources and specs.
+      // Loaded through the es6-module-loader, in `test-main.js`.
+      {pattern: 'dist/ionic/**/*.js', included: false},
+    ]
+      .concat(buildConfig.lib)
+      .concat('scripts/test/test-main.js'),
+
+    exclude: [
+      'src/**/examples/**'
+    ],
+
+    logLevel: 'warn',
+
+    preprocessors: {
+      'modules/**/*.js': ['traceur']
+    },
+
+    browsers: ['Chrome'],
+    port: 9876
+  });
+};
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/test/placeholder b/scripts/test/placeholder
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/scripts/test/test-main.js b/scripts/test/test-main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71b002914e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/test-main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Use "register" extension from systemjs.
+// That's what Traceur outputs: `System.register()`.
+register(System);
+
+jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 50;
+
+// Cancel Karma's synchronous start,
+// we will call `__karma__.start()` later, once all the specs are loaded.
+__karma__.loaded = function() {};
+
+System.baseURL = 'http://localhost:9876/base/dist/';
+
+// So that we can import packages like `core/foo`, instead of `core/src/foo`.
+// System.paths = {
+//   '*': './*.js',
+//   'transpiler/*': '../tools/transpiler/*.js'
+// }
+
+Promise.all(
+  Object.keys(window.__karma__.files) // All files served by Karma.
+  .filter(onlySpecFiles)
+  .map(window.file2moduleName)        // Normalize paths to module names.
+  .map(function(path) {
+    return System.import(path).then(function(module) {
+      if (module.hasOwnProperty('main')) {
+        module.main();
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('Module ' + path + ' does not implement main() method.');
+      }
+    });
+  }))
+.then(function() {
+  __karma__.start();
+}, function(error) {
+  console.error(error.stack || error);
+  __karma__.start();
+});
+
+function onlySpecFiles(path) {
+  return /_spec\.js$/.test(path);
+}
+function file2moduleName(filePath) {
+  return filePath.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+    .replace(/^.*?\/dist\//, '')
+    // module name should be relative to `modules` and `tools` folder
+    // .replace(/.*\/modules\//, '')
+    // .replace(/.*\/tools\//, '')
+    // module name should not include `lib`, `web` folders
+    // module name should not have a suffix
+    // .split('.').pop().join('');
+    .replace(/\.\w*$/, '');
+}
diff --git a/src/components/app/app_spec.js b/src/components/app/app_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..716ba30a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/app/app_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {Ion} from '../ion';
+
+export function main() {
+  it('should be true', () => {
+    expect(false).toBe(true);
+  });
+}