diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.ts b/src/components/icon/icon.ts
index 7d312ceea969..87c2a7171ab1 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     AfterViewChecked
 } from '@angular/core';
 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 c7df43059906..d594a82f1a3b 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 '@angular/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',