diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example-dialog.html b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example-dialog.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fabf9a6d0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example-dialog.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<h1 mat-dialog-title>Delete file</h1>
+<div mat-dialog-content>
+  Would you like to delete cat.jpeg?
+</div>
+<div mat-dialog-actions>
+  <button mat-button mat-dialog-close>No</button>
+  <button mat-button mat-dialog-close cdkFocusInitial>Ok</button>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.css b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83117bf83c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+button {
+  margin-right: 8px;
+}
diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.html b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e50b6eecdcdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<button mat-raised-button (click)="openDialog('0ms', '0ms')">Open dialog without animation</button>
+<button mat-raised-button (click)="openDialog('3000ms', '1500ms')">Open dialog slowly</button>
diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.ts b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81d23753fee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {MatDialog, MatDialogRef} from '@angular/material/dialog';
+
+/**
+ * @title Dialog Animations
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'dialog-animations-example',
+  styleUrls: ['dialog-animations-example.css'],
+  templateUrl: 'dialog-animations-example.html',
+})
+export class DialogAnimationsExample {
+  constructor(public dialog: MatDialog) {}
+
+  openDialog(enterAnimationDuration: string, exitAnimationDuration: string): void {
+    this.dialog.open(DialogAnimationsExampleDialog, {
+      width: '250px',
+      enterAnimationDuration,
+      exitAnimationDuration,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'dialog-animations-example-dialog',
+  templateUrl: 'dialog-animations-example-dialog.html',
+})
+export class DialogAnimationsExampleDialog {
+  constructor(public dialogRef: MatDialogRef<DialogAnimationsExampleDialog>) {}
+}
diff --git a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/index.ts b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/index.ts
index 187a4df2419d..3230cdd52d10 100644
--- a/src/components-examples/material/dialog/index.ts
+++ b/src/components-examples/material/dialog/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ import {
   DialogFromMenuExampleDialog,
 } from './dialog-from-menu/dialog-from-menu-example';
 import {DialogHarnessExample} from './dialog-harness/dialog-harness-example';
+import {
+  DialogAnimationsExample,
+  DialogAnimationsExampleDialog,
+} from './dialog-animations/dialog-animations-example';
 
 export {
   DialogContentExample,
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ export {
   DialogHarnessExample,
   DialogOverviewExample,
   DialogOverviewExampleDialog,
+  DialogAnimationsExample,
+  DialogAnimationsExampleDialog,
 };
 
 const EXAMPLES = [
@@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ const EXAMPLES = [
   DialogHarnessExample,
   DialogOverviewExample,
   DialogOverviewExampleDialog,
+  DialogAnimationsExample,
+  DialogAnimationsExampleDialog,
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.html b/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.html
index 7605af0d8911..49ad140ae1de 100644
--- a/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.html
+++ b/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.html
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ <h2>Other options</h2>
       </mat-form-field>
     </p>
 
+    <p>
+      <mat-form-field>
+        <mat-label>Enter duration</mat-label>
+        <input matInput [(ngModel)]="config.enterAnimationDuration">
+      </mat-form-field>
+      <mat-form-field>
+        <mat-label>Exit duration</mat-label>
+        <input matInput [(ngModel)]="config.exitAnimationDuration">
+      </mat-form-field>
+    </p>
+
     <p>
       <mat-checkbox [(ngModel)]="config.disableClose">Disable close</mat-checkbox>
     </p>
diff --git a/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.ts b/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.ts
index cc2ce89bcabd..851f00ecd602 100644
--- a/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.ts
+++ b/src/dev-app/dialog/dialog-demo.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export class DialogDemo {
     height: '',
     minWidth: '',
     minHeight: '',
+    enterAnimationDuration: defaultDialogConfig.enterAnimationDuration,
+    exitAnimationDuration: defaultDialogConfig.exitAnimationDuration,
     maxWidth: defaultDialogConfig.maxWidth,
     maxHeight: '',
     position: {
diff --git a/src/material/dialog/dialog-animations.ts b/src/material/dialog/dialog-animations.ts
index 815c140ef9aa..960b4879fc96 100644
--- a/src/material/dialog/dialog-animations.ts
+++ b/src/material/dialog/dialog-animations.ts
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ export const matDialogAnimations: {
     transition(
       '* => enter',
       group([
-        animate('150ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)', style({transform: 'none', opacity: 1})),
+        animate(
+          '{{enterAnimationDuration}} cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)',
+          style({transform: 'none', opacity: 1}),
+        ),
         query('@*', animateChild(), {optional: true}),
       ]),
     ),
     transition(
       '* => void, * => exit',
       group([
-        animate('75ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.0, 0.2, 1)', style({opacity: 0})),
+        animate('{{exitAnimationDuration}} cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.0, 0.2, 1)', style({opacity: 0})),
         query('@*', animateChild(), {optional: true}),
       ]),
     ),
diff --git a/src/material/dialog/dialog-config.ts b/src/material/dialog/dialog-config.ts
index 9fa06481bf1f..79854fb8f8f6 100644
--- a/src/material/dialog/dialog-config.ts
+++ b/src/material/dialog/dialog-config.ts
@@ -126,5 +126,11 @@ export class MatDialogConfig<D = any> {
   /** Alternate `ComponentFactoryResolver` to use when resolving the associated component. */
   componentFactoryResolver?: ComponentFactoryResolver;
 
+  /** Duration of the enter animation. Has to be a valid CSS value (e.g. 100ms). */
+  enterAnimationDuration?: string = '150ms';
+
+  /** Duration of the exit animation. Has to be a valid CSS value (e.g. 50ms). */
+  exitAnimationDuration?: string = '75ms';
+
   // TODO(jelbourn): add configuration for lifecycle hooks, ARIA labelling.
 }
diff --git a/src/material/dialog/dialog-container.ts b/src/material/dialog/dialog-container.ts
index 162b3e94d9c8..4e3300f42232 100644
--- a/src/material/dialog/dialog-container.ts
+++ b/src/material/dialog/dialog-container.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ export abstract class _MatDialogContainerBase extends BasePortalOutlet {
     '[attr.aria-labelledby]': '_config.ariaLabel ? null : _ariaLabelledBy',
     '[attr.aria-label]': '_config.ariaLabel',
     '[attr.aria-describedby]': '_config.ariaDescribedBy || null',
-    '[@dialogContainer]': '_state',
+    '[@dialogContainer]': `_getAnimationState()`,
     '(@dialogContainer.start)': '_onAnimationStart($event)',
     '(@dialogContainer.done)': '_onAnimationDone($event)',
   },
@@ -360,4 +360,14 @@ export class MatDialogContainer extends _MatDialogContainerBase {
       this._trapFocus();
     }
   }
+
+  _getAnimationState() {
+    return {
+      value: this._state,
+      params: {
+        enterAnimationDuration: this._config.enterAnimationDuration || '150ms',
+        exitAnimationDuration: this._config.exitAnimationDuration || '75ms',
+      },
+    };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/material/dialog/dialog.md b/src/material/dialog/dialog.md
index 6aefedfce50b..49795fc4db2c 100644
--- a/src/material/dialog/dialog.md
+++ b/src/material/dialog/dialog.md
@@ -118,6 +118,44 @@ You can control which elements are tab stops with the `tabindex` attribute
 
 <!-- example(dialog-content) -->
 
+### Configuring dialog content via `entryComponents`
+
+Because `MatDialog` instantiates components at run-time, the Angular compiler needs extra
+information to create the necessary `ComponentFactory` for your dialog content component.
+
+For any component loaded into a dialog, you must include your component class in the list of
+`entryComponents` in your NgModule definition so that the Angular compiler knows to create
+the `ComponentFactory` for it.
+
+```ts
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    // ...
+    MatDialogModule
+  ],
+
+  declarations: [
+    AppComponent,
+    ExampleDialogComponent
+  ],
+
+  entryComponents: [
+    ExampleDialogComponent
+  ],
+
+  providers: [],
+  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
+})
+export class AppModule {}
+```
+
+### Controlling the dialog animation
+You can control the duration of the dialog's enter and exit animations using the
+`enterAnimationDuration` and `exitAnimationDuration` options. If you want to disable the dialog's
+animation completely, you can do so by setting the properties to `0ms`.
+
+<!-- example(dialog-animations) -->
+
 ### Accessibility
 
 `MatDialog` creates modal dialogs that implements the ARIA `role="dialog"` pattern by default.
diff --git a/src/material/dialog/dialog.spec.ts b/src/material/dialog/dialog.spec.ts
index c874e01e4389..63221b92ea1e 100644
--- a/src/material/dialog/dialog.spec.ts
+++ b/src/material/dialog/dialog.spec.ts
@@ -1959,6 +1959,8 @@ describe('MatDialog with default options', () => {
       minHeight: '50px',
       maxWidth: '150px',
       maxHeight: '150px',
+      enterAnimationDuration: '100ms',
+      exitAnimationDuration: '50ms',
       autoFocus: false,
     };
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/material/dialog.md b/tools/public_api_guard/material/dialog.md
index e8cbe9d65967..2a6049b393eb 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/material/dialog.md
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/material/dialog.md
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ export class MatDialogConfig<D = any> {
     delayFocusTrap?: boolean;
     direction?: Direction;
     disableClose?: boolean;
+    enterAnimationDuration?: string;
+    exitAnimationDuration?: string;
     hasBackdrop?: boolean;
     height?: string;
     id?: string;
@@ -186,6 +188,14 @@ export class MatDialogConfig<D = any> {
 
 // @public
 export class MatDialogContainer extends _MatDialogContainerBase {
+    // (undocumented)
+    _getAnimationState(): {
+        value: "enter" | "void" | "exit";
+        params: {
+            enterAnimationDuration: string;
+            exitAnimationDuration: string;
+        };
+    };
     // (undocumented)
     _initializeWithAttachedContent(): void;
     _onAnimationDone({ toState, totalTime }: AnimationEvent_2): void;