diff --git a/src/material-experimental/mdc-slider/slider.ts b/src/material-experimental/mdc-slider/slider.ts
index 59f4f91aa527..4d3c96343a08 100644
--- a/src/material-experimental/mdc-slider/slider.ts
+++ b/src/material-experimental/mdc-slider/slider.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   ViewChildren,
   ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
+import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from '@angular/forms';
 import {
   CanColorCtor,
   MatRipple,
@@ -249,11 +250,16 @@ export class MatSliderVisualThumb implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
   host: {
     'class': 'mdc-slider__input',
     'type': 'range',
-    '(blur)': '_blur.emit()',
+    '(blur)': '_onBlur()',
     '(focus)': '_focus.emit()',
   },
+  providers: [{
+    provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
+    useExisting: MatSliderThumb,
+    multi: true
+  }],
 })
-export class MatSliderThumb implements AfterViewInit {
+export class MatSliderThumb implements AfterViewInit, ControlValueAccessor {
 
   // ** IMPORTANT NOTE **
   //
@@ -298,6 +304,20 @@ export class MatSliderThumb implements AfterViewInit {
   /** Event emitted every time the MatSliderThumb is focused. */
   @Output() readonly _focus: EventEmitter<void> = new EventEmitter<void>();
 
+  _disabled: boolean = false;
+
+  /**
+   * A callback function that is called when the
+   * control's value changes in the UI (ControlValueAccessor).
+   */
+  _onChange: (value: any) => void = () => {};
+
+  /**
+   * A callback function that is called by the forms API on
+   * initialization to update the form model on blur (ControlValueAccessor).
+   */
+  private _onTouched: () => void = () => {};
+
   /** Indicates which slider thumb this input corresponds to. */
   _thumbPosition: Thumb = this._elementRef.nativeElement.hasAttribute('matSliderStartThumb')
     ? Thumb.START
@@ -331,6 +351,47 @@ export class MatSliderThumb implements AfterViewInit {
     }
   }
 
+  _onBlur(): void {
+    this._onTouched();
+    this._blur.emit();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the model value. Implemented as part of ControlValueAccessor.
+   * @param value
+   */
+  writeValue(value: any): void {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Registers a callback to be triggered when the value has changed.
+   * Implemented as part of ControlValueAccessor.
+   * @param fn Callback to be registered.
+   */
+  registerOnChange(fn: any): void {
+    this._onChange = fn;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Registers a callback to be triggered when the component is touched.
+   * Implemented as part of ControlValueAccessor.
+   * @param fn Callback to be registered.
+   */
+  registerOnTouched(fn: any): void {
+    this._onTouched = fn;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets whether the component should be disabled.
+   * Implemented as part of ControlValueAccessor.
+   * @param isDisabled
+   */
+  setDisabledState(isDisabled: boolean): void {
+    this._disabled = isDisabled;
+    this._slider._updateDisabled();
+  }
+
   /** Returns true if this slider input currently has focus. */
   _isFocused(): boolean {
     return this._document.activeElement === this._hostElement;
@@ -562,6 +623,11 @@ export class MatSlider extends _MatSliderMixinBase implements AfterViewInit, OnD
     return this._inputs.length === 2;
   }
 
+  /** Sets the disabled state based on the disabled state of the inputs (ControlValueAccessor). */
+  _updateDisabled(): void {
+    this.disabled = this._inputs.some(input => input._disabled);
+  }
+
   /** Gets the slider thumb input of the given thumb position. */
   _getInput(thumbPosition: Thumb): MatSliderThumb {
     return thumbPosition === Thumb.END ? this._inputs.last : this._inputs.first;
@@ -709,7 +775,9 @@ class SliderAdapter implements MDCSliderAdapter {
   }
   // We ignore emitChangeEvent and emitInputEvent because the slider inputs
   // are already exposed so users can just listen for those events directly themselves.
-  emitChangeEvent = (value: number, thumbPosition: Thumb): void => {};
+  emitChangeEvent = (value: number, thumbPosition: Thumb): void => {
+    this._delegate._getInput(thumbPosition)._onChange(value);
+  }
   emitInputEvent = (value: number, thumbPosition: Thumb): void => {};
   emitDragStartEvent = (value: number, thumbPosition: Thumb): void => {
     const input = this._delegate._getInput(thumbPosition);