diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
index 320ff28956..5c812212a4 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   void removeChild(Element el, Node node) {
     node.remove();
   }
+  void replaceChild(Node el, Node newNode, Node oldNode) {
+    oldNode.replaceWith(newNode);
+  }
   Element remove(Element el) {
     return el..remove();
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
index df9cf0e331..28678d3421 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.es6
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   removeChild(el, node) {
     el.removeChild(node);
   }
+  replaceChild(el: Node, newChild, oldChild) {
+    el.replaceChild(newChild, oldChild);
+  }
   remove(el) {
     var parent = el.parentNode;
     parent.removeChild(el);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter.js b/modules/angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter.js
index d17d944830..ff18592c29 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter.js
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ export class DomAdapter {
   removeChild(el, node) {
     throw _abstract();
   }
+  replaceChild(el, newNode, oldNode) {
+    throw _abstract();
+  }
   remove(el) {
     throw _abstract();
   }