diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
index c9d080214e..45274025e0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/provider.ts
@@ -642,7 +642,13 @@ function _extractToken(typeOrFunc, metadata /*any[] | any*/, params: any[][]): D
   var optional = false;
 
   if (!isArray(metadata)) {
-    return _createDependency(metadata, optional, null, null, depProps);
+    if (metadata instanceof InjectMetadata) {
+      var metaArrayWrapper = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(1);
+      metaArrayWrapper[0] = metadata;
+      metadata = metaArrayWrapper;
+    } else {
+      return _createDependency(metadata, optional, null, null, depProps);
+    }
   }
 
   var lowerBoundVisibility = null;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
index f4699d931f..1579f72209 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/di/injector_spec.ts
@@ -648,6 +648,15 @@ export function main() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should allow declaring dependencies with flat arrays', () => {
+      var resolved =
+          Injector.resolve([bind('token').toFactory(e => e, [new InjectMetadata("dep")])]);
+      var nestedResolved =
+          Injector.resolve([bind('token').toFactory(e => e, [[new InjectMetadata("dep")]])]);
+      expect(resolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token)
+          .toEqual(nestedResolved[0].resolvedFactories[0].dependencies[0].key.token);
+    });
+
     describe("displayName", () => {
       it("should work", () => {
         expect(Injector.resolveAndCreate([Engine, BrokenEngine]).displayName)