diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
index b6ac1745915890..5bab56394ea510 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,32 @@
-import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {ListWrapper, isListLikeIterable, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, CONST} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {Pipe, PipeFactory} from './pipe';
-import {Injectable} from 'angular2/src/di/decorators';
+import {Injectable, UnboundedMetadata, OptionalMetadata} from 'angular2/di';
 import {ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detector_ref';
+import {Binding} from 'angular2/di';
 
 @Injectable()
 @CONST()
 export class Pipes {
-  constructor(public config) {}
+  /**
+   * Map of {@link Pipe} names to {@link PipeFactory} lists used to configure the
+   * {@link Pipes} registry.
+   *
+   * #Example
+   *
+   * ```
+   * var pipesConfig = {
+   *   'json': [jsonPipeFactory]
+   * }
+   * @Component({
+   *   viewInjector: [
+   *     bind(Pipes).toValue(new Pipes(pipesConfig))
+   *   ]
+   * })
+   * ```
+   */
+  config: StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]>;
+  constructor(config: StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]>) { this.config = config; }
 
   get(type: string, obj, cdRef?: ChangeDetectorRef, existingPipe?: Pipe): Pipe {
     if (isPresent(existingPipe) && existingPipe.supports(obj)) return existingPipe;
@@ -20,6 +39,65 @@ export class Pipes {
     return factory.create(cdRef);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Takes a {@link Pipes} config object and returns a binding used to append the
+   * provided config to an inherited {@link Pipes} instance and return a new
+   * {@link Pipes} instance.
+   *
+   * If the provided config contains a key that is not yet present in the
+   * inherited {@link Pipes}' config, a new {@link PipeFactory} list will be created
+   * for that key. Otherwise, the provided config will be merged with the inherited
+   * {@link Pipes} instance by appending pipes to their respective keys, without mutating
+   * the inherited {@link Pipes}.
+   *
+   * The following example shows how to append a new {@link PipeFactory} to the
+   * existing list of `async` factories, which will only be applied to the injector
+   * for this component and its children. This step is all that's required to make a new
+   * pipe available to this component's template.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   *
+   * ```
+   * @Component({
+   *   viewInjector: [
+   *     Pipes.append({
+   *       async: [newAsyncPipe]
+   *     })
+   *   ]
+   * })
+   * ```
+   */
+  static append(config): Binding {
+    return new Binding(Pipes, {
+      toFactory: (pipes: Pipes) => {
+        if (!isPresent(pipes)) {
+          // Typically would occur when calling Pipe.append inside of dependencies passed to
+          // bootstrap(), which would override default pipes instead of append.
+          throw new BaseException('Cannot append to Pipes without a parent injector');
+        }
+        var mergedConfig: StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]> = <StringMap<string, PipeFactory[]>>{};
+
+        // Manual deep copy of existing Pipes config,
+        // so that lists of PipeFactories don't get mutated.
+        StringMapWrapper.forEach(pipes.config, (v: PipeFactory[], k: string) => {
+          var localPipeList: PipeFactory[] = mergedConfig[k] = [];
+          v.forEach((p: PipeFactory) => { localPipeList.push(p); });
+        });
+
+        StringMapWrapper.forEach(config, (v: PipeFactory[], k: string) => {
+          if (isListLikeIterable(mergedConfig[k])) {
+            mergedConfig[k] = ListWrapper.concat(mergedConfig[k], config[k]);
+          } else {
+            mergedConfig[k] = config[k];
+          }
+        });
+        return new Pipes(mergedConfig);
+      },
+      // Dependency technically isn't optional, but we can provide a better error message this way.
+      deps: [[Pipes, new UnboundedMetadata(), new OptionalMetadata()]]
+    })
+  }
+
   private _getListOfFactories(type: string, obj: any): PipeFactory[] {
     var listOfFactories = this.config[type];
     if (isBlank(listOfFactories)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
index ac1984eec2a597..e5773347e0b49b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/pipes/pipes_spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import {
   SpyPipeFactory
 } from 'angular2/test_lib';
 
+import {Injector, bind} from 'angular2/di';
 import {Pipes} from 'angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipes';
+import {PipeFactory} from 'angular2/src/change_detection/pipes/pipe';
 
 export function main() {
   describe("pipe registry", () => {
@@ -73,5 +75,49 @@ export function main() {
       expect(() => r.get("type", "some object"))
           .toThrowError(`Cannot find 'type' pipe supporting object 'some object'`);
     });
+
+    describe('.append()', () => {
+      it('should create a factory that appends new pipes to old', () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
+        var originalPipes: Pipes = new Pipes({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        var binding = Pipes.append({'async':<PipeFactory[]>[secondPipeFactory]});
+        var pipes: Pipes = binding.toFactory(originalPipes);
+
+        expect(pipes.config['async'].length).toBe(2);
+        expect(originalPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(1);
+        expect(pipes.get('async', 'second plz')).toBe(secondPipe);
+      });
+
+
+      it('should append to di-inherited pipes', () => {
+        firstPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(false);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
+
+        var originalPipes: Pipes = new Pipes({'async': [firstPipeFactory]});
+        var injector: Injector = Injector.resolveAndCreate([bind(Pipes).toValue(originalPipes)]);
+        var childInjector: Injector =
+            injector.resolveAndCreateChild([Pipes.append({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
+        var parentPipes: Pipes = injector.get(Pipes);
+        var childPipes: Pipes = childInjector.get(Pipes);
+        expect(childPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(2);
+        expect(parentPipes.config['async'].length).toBe(1);
+        expect(childPipes.get('async', 'second plz')).toBe(secondPipe);
+      });
+
+
+      it('should throw if calling append when creating root injector', () => {
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("supports").andReturn(true);
+        secondPipeFactory.spy("create").andReturn(secondPipe);
+
+        var injector: Injector =
+            Injector.resolveAndCreate([Pipes.append({'async': [secondPipeFactory]})]);
+
+        expect(() => injector.get(Pipes))
+            .toThrowError(/Cannot append to Pipes without a parent injector/g);
+      });
+    });
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}