diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/animation_driver.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/animation_driver.ts
index 7967a08eb9..5d560d0529 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/animation_driver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/animation_driver.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import {AnimationPlayer} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {AnimationKeyframe, AnimationStyles, NoOpAnimationPlayer} from '../private_import_core';
 
-class _NoOpAnimationDriver implements AnimationDriver {
+/**
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export class NoOpAnimationDriver implements AnimationDriver {
   animate(
       element: any, startingStyles: AnimationStyles, keyframes: AnimationKeyframe[],
       duration: number, delay: number, easing: string,
@@ -19,11 +22,12 @@ class _NoOpAnimationDriver implements AnimationDriver {
   }
 }
 
+
 /**
  * @experimental
  */
 export abstract class AnimationDriver {
-  static NOOP: AnimationDriver = new _NoOpAnimationDriver();
+  static NOOP: AnimationDriver = new NoOpAnimationDriver();
   abstract animate(
       element: any, startingStyles: AnimationStyles, keyframes: AnimationKeyframe[],
       duration: number, delay: number, easing: string,