diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.ts b/src/components/icon/icon.ts
index 04b5d1154447..c8314a09d667 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/core';
 import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/exceptions';
 import {MdIconRegistry} from './icon-registry';
-
+export {MdIconRegistry} from './icon-registry';
 
 
 /** Exception thrown when an invalid icon name is passed to an md-icon component. */
diff --git a/src/demo-app/icon/icon-demo.ts b/src/demo-app/icon/icon-demo.ts
index ae29dbedbd2b..376a2f5b5015 100644
--- a/src/demo-app/icon/icon-demo.ts
+++ b/src/demo-app/icon/icon-demo.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {Component, ViewEncapsulation} from 'angular2/core';
-import {MdIcon} from '../../components/icon/icon';
-import {MdIconRegistry} from '../../components/icon/icon-registry';
+import {MdIcon, MdIconRegistry} from '../../components/icon/icon';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'md-icon-demo',