diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 5e3aa9da38..baa0edfd4c 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ gulp.task('test.unit.dart', function (done) {
     '!build/pubget.angular2.dart',
     '!build/change_detect.dart',
     '!build/remove-pub-symlinks',
+    'build.dart.material.css',
     '!test.unit.dart/karma-server',
     '!test.unit.dart/karma-run',
     function(error) {
@@ -950,6 +951,7 @@ gulp.task('!broccoli.js.prod', function() {
 gulp.task('build.js.dev', ['build/clean.js'], function(done) {
   runSequence(
     'broccoli.js.dev',
+    'build.css.material',
     sequenceComplete(done)
   );
 });
diff --git a/karma-js.conf.js b/karma-js.conf.js
index e8d5add617..f49c9f754a 100644
--- a/karma-js.conf.js
+++ b/karma-js.conf.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       }
     },
 
-    browsers: ['ChromeCanary'],
+    browsers: ['Chrome'],
 
     port: 9876
   });
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/pubspec.yaml b/modules/angular2_material/pubspec.yaml
index 46a741318a..37fe1b831d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2_material/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ dependencies:
 dependency_overrides:
   angular2:
     path: ../angular2
+dev_dependencies:
+  guinness: '^0.1.17'
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.html b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.html
index 6dcfd11d1a..4e3df0e226 100644
--- a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.html
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.html
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-<style>@import "package:angular2_material/src/components/button/button.css";</style>
 <span class="md-button-wrapper"><ng-content></ng-content></span>
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.ts b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.ts
index 9c4cf95dcb..fb0691e361 100644
--- a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/button/button.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {Component, View, LifecycleEvent, ViewEncapsulation, OnChanges} from 'ang
 import {TimerWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
 import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 
+
 // TODO(jelbourn): Ink ripples.
 // TODO(jelbourn): Make the `isMosueDown` stuff done with one global listener.
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: 'package:angular2_material/src/components/button/button.html',
+  styleUrls: ['package:angular2_material/src/components/button/button.css'],
   encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
 })
 export class MdButton {
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ export class MdButton {
     '(blur)': 'onBlur()',
     '[tabIndex]': 'tabIndex',
     '[class.md-button-focus]': 'isKeyboardFocused',
-    '[attr.aria-disabled]': 'disabled',
+    '[attr.aria-disabled]': 'isAriaDisabled',
   },
 })
 @View({
@@ -64,8 +66,6 @@ export class MdButton {
 })
 export class MdAnchor extends MdButton implements OnChanges {
   tabIndex: number;
-
-  /** Whether the component is disabled. */
   disabled_: boolean;
 
   get disabled(): boolean {
@@ -89,4 +89,9 @@ export class MdAnchor extends MdButton implements OnChanges {
     // A disabled anchor should not be in the tab flow.
     this.tabIndex = this.disabled ? -1 : 0;
   }
+
+  /** Gets the aria-disabled value for the component, which must be a string for Dart. */
+  get isAriaDisabled(): string {
+    return this.disabled ? 'true' : 'false';
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/test/button_spec.ts b/modules/angular2_material/test/button_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f8f5751b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/test/button_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  TestComponentBuilder,
+  beforeEach,
+  beforeEachBindings,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {DebugElement} from 'angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element';
+
+import {Component, View, ViewMetadata, UrlResolver, bind} from 'angular2/core';
+
+import {MdButton, MdAnchor} from 'angular2_material/src/components/button/button';
+
+import {TestUrlResolver} from './test_url_resolver';
+
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/render/xhr';
+import {XHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/core/render/xhr_impl';
+
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('MdButton', () => {
+    let builder: TestComponentBuilder;
+
+    beforeEachBindings(() => [
+      // Need a custom URL resolver for ng-material template files in order for them to work
+      // with both JS and Dart output.
+      bind(UrlResolver)
+          .toValue(new TestUrlResolver()),
+
+      // Need to use the real XHR implementation (instead of the mock) so we can actually request
+      // the template files, since Angular 2 doesn't have anything like $templateCache. This should
+      // eventually be replaced with a preprocessor that inlines templates.
+      bind(XHR).toClass(XHRImpl)
+    ]);
+
+    beforeEach(inject([TestComponentBuilder], (tcb) => { builder = tcb; }));
+
+    describe('button[md-button]', () => {
+      it('should handle a click on the button', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           builder.createAsync(TestApp).then(rootTestComponent => {
+             let testComponent = rootTestComponent.debugElement.componentInstance;
+             let buttonDebugElement =
+                 getChildDebugElement(rootTestComponent.debugElement, 'button');
+
+             buttonDebugElement.nativeElement.click();
+             expect(testComponent.clickCount).toBe(1);
+
+             async.done();
+           });
+         }));
+
+      it('should disable the button', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           builder.createAsync(TestApp).then(rootTestComponent => {
+             let testAppComponent = rootTestComponent.debugElement.componentInstance;
+             let buttonDebugElement =
+                 getChildDebugElement(rootTestComponent.debugElement, 'button');
+             let buttonElement = buttonDebugElement.nativeElement;
+
+             // The button should initially be enabled.
+             expect(buttonElement.disabled).toBe(false);
+
+             // After the disabled binding has been changed.
+             testAppComponent.isDisabled = true;
+             rootTestComponent.detectChanges();
+
+             // The button should should now be disabled.
+             expect(buttonElement.disabled).toBe(true);
+
+             // Clicking the button should not invoke the handler.
+             buttonElement.click();
+             expect(testAppComponent.clickCount).toBe(0);
+             async.done();
+           });
+         }));
+    });
+
+    describe('a[md-button]', () => {
+      const anchorTemplate = `<a md-button href="http://google.com" [disabled]="isDisabled">Go</a>`;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        builder = builder.overrideView(
+            TestApp, new ViewMetadata({template: anchorTemplate, directives: [MdAnchor]}));
+      });
+
+      it('should remove disabled anchors from tab order', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           builder.createAsync(TestApp).then(rootTestComponent => {
+             let testAppComponent = rootTestComponent.debugElement.componentInstance;
+             let anchorDebugElement = getChildDebugElement(rootTestComponent.debugElement, 'a');
+             let anchorElement = anchorDebugElement.nativeElement;
+
+             // The anchor should initially be in the tab order.
+             expect(anchorElement.tabIndex).toBe(0);
+
+             // After the disabled binding has been changed.
+             testAppComponent.isDisabled = true;
+             rootTestComponent.detectChanges();
+
+             // The anchor should now be out of the tab order.
+             expect(anchorElement.tabIndex).toBe(-1);
+
+             async.done();
+           });
+
+           it('should preventDefault for disabled anchor clicks',
+              inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+                // No clear way to test this; see https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/3782
+                async.done();
+              }));
+         }));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/** Gets a child DebugElement by tag name. */
+function getChildDebugElement(parent: DebugElement, tagName: string): DebugElement {
+  return parent.query(debugEl => debugEl.nativeElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == tagName);
+}
+
+/** Test component that contains an MdButton. */
+@Component({selector: 'test-app'})
+@View({
+  directives: [MdButton],
+  template:
+      `<button md-button type="button" (click)="increment()" [disabled]="isDisabled">Go</button>`
+})
+class TestApp {
+  clickCount: number = 0;
+  isDisabled: boolean = false;
+
+  increment() {
+    this.clickCount++;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.dart b/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1a15f650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+library ng_material.test_url_resolver;
+
+import 'package:angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.dart';
+import 'package:angular2/src/core/services/url_resolver.dart';
+
+void commonDemoSetup() {
+  BrowserDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
+}
+
+class TestUrlResolver extends UrlResolver {
+  @override
+  String resolve(String baseUrl, String url) {
+    const MATERIAL_PKG = 'package:angular2_material/';
+
+    if (url.startsWith(MATERIAL_PKG)) {
+      return '/packages/angular2_material/' +
+          url.substring(MATERIAL_PKG.length);
+    }
+    return super.resolve(baseUrl, url);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.ts b/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b941422c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/test/test_url_resolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/services/url_resolver';
+
+export class TestUrlResolver extends UrlResolver {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  resolve(baseUrl: string, url: string): string {
+    // The standard UrlResolver looks for "package:" templateUrls in
+    // node_modules, however in our repo we host material widgets at the root.
+    if (url.startsWith('package:angular2_material/')) {
+      return '/base/dist/js/dev/es5/' + url.substring(8);
+    }
+    return super.resolve(baseUrl, url);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-main.js b/test-main.js
index 661b10f8cc..1d343aaf75 100644
--- a/test-main.js
+++ b/test-main.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ System.config({
   paths: {
     'benchpress/*': 'dist/js/dev/es5/benchpress/*.js',
     'angular2/*': 'dist/js/dev/es5/angular2/*.js',
+    'angular2_material/*': 'dist/js/dev/es5/angular2_material/*.js',
     'rtts_assert/*': 'dist/js/dev/es5/rtts_assert/*.js',
     'rx': 'node_modules/rx/dist/rx.js'
   }