diff --git a/test/karma-test-shim.js b/test/karma-test-shim.js
index f2406abd5d2b..ad81254d06e9 100644
--- a/test/karma-test-shim.js
+++ b/test/karma-test-shim.js
@@ -95,3 +95,15 @@ function patchTestBedToDestroyFixturesAfterEveryTest(testBed) {
     testBed.resetTestingModule();
   });
 }
+
+
+// Filter out any tests explicitly given in the blacklist.
+// On the angular/material2 repo, this blacklist is always empty.
+// When these tests are run on angular/angular, the blacklist will be replaced
+// with all of the known failures when running the component tests with ivy.
+var testBlacklist = null;
+jasmine.getEnv().configure({
+  specFilter: function(spec) {
+    return !testBlacklist || !testBlacklist[spec.getFullName()];
+  }
+});