diff --git a/lib/core/scope.dart b/lib/core/scope.dart
index 914c02638..3f67ff552 100644
--- a/lib/core/scope.dart
+++ b/lib/core/scope.dart
@@ -109,6 +109,36 @@ class ScopeLocals implements Map {
   dynamic putIfAbsent(key, fn) => _scope.putIfAbsent(key, fn);
 }
 
+/**
+ * When a [Component] or the root context class implements [ScopeAware] the scope setter will be
+ * called to set the [Scope] on this component.
+ *
+ * Typically classes implementing [ScopeAware] will declare a `Scope scope` property which will get
+ * initialized after the [Scope] is available. For this reason the `scope` property will not be
+ * initialized during the execution of the constructor - it will be immediately after.
+ *
+ * However, if you need to execute some code as soon as the scope is available you should implement
+ * a `scope` setter:
+ *
+ *     @Component(...)
+ *     class MyComponent implements ScopeAware {
+ *       Watch watch;
+ *
+ *       MyComponent(Dependency myDep) {
+ *         // It is an error to add a Scope / RootScope argument to the ctor and will result in a DI
+ *         // circular dependency error - the scope is never accessible in the class constructor
+ *       }
+ *
+ *       void set scope(Scope scope) {
+ *          // This setter gets called to initialize the scope
+ *          watch = scope.rootScope.watch("expression", (v, p) => ...);
+ *       }
+ *     }
+ */
+abstract class ScopeAware {
+  void set scope(Scope scope);
+}
+
 /**
  * [Scope] represents a collection of [watch]es [observer]s, and a [context] for the watchers,
  * observers and [eval]uations. Scopes structure loosely mimics the DOM structure. Scopes and
diff --git a/lib/core_dom/shadow_dom_component_factory.dart b/lib/core_dom/shadow_dom_component_factory.dart
index 7c8a48c9a..922516983 100644
--- a/lib/core_dom/shadow_dom_component_factory.dart
+++ b/lib/core_dom/shadow_dom_component_factory.dart
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class BoundShadowDomComponentFactory implements BoundComponentFactory {
       }
 
       var controller = shadowInjector.getByKey(_ref.typeKey);
+      if (controller is ScopeAware) controller.scope = shadowScope;
       BoundComponentFactory._setupOnShadowDomAttach(controller, templateLoader, shadowScope);
       shadowScope.context[_component.publishAs] = controller;
 
diff --git a/lib/core_dom/transcluding_component_factory.dart b/lib/core_dom/transcluding_component_factory.dart
index 29f8f2663..5cc1c652c 100644
--- a/lib/core_dom/transcluding_component_factory.dart
+++ b/lib/core_dom/transcluding_component_factory.dart
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class BoundTranscludingComponentFactory implements BoundComponentFactory {
 
       var controller = childInjector.getByKey(_ref.typeKey);
       shadowScope.context[component.publishAs] = controller;
+      if (controller is ScopeAware) controller.scope = shadowScope;
       BoundComponentFactory._setupOnShadowDomAttach(controller, templateLoader, shadowScope);
       return controller;
     };
diff --git a/test/angular_spec.dart b/test/angular_spec.dart
index f3ee12120..3d1985fba 100644
--- a/test/angular_spec.dart
+++ b/test/angular_spec.dart
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ main() {
         "angular.core_internal.Interpolate",
         "angular.core_internal.RootScope",
         "angular.core_internal.Scope",
+        "angular.core_internal.ScopeAware",
         "angular.core_internal.ScopeDigestTTL",
         "angular.core_internal.ScopeEvent",
         "angular.core_internal.ScopeStats",
diff --git a/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart b/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
index 6e637fa29..4aa1c4481 100644
--- a/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
+++ b/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ void main() {
           ..bind(MyChildController)
           ..bind(MyScopeModifyingController)
           ..bind(SameNameDecorator)
-          ..bind(SameNameTransclude);
+          ..bind(SameNameTransclude)
+          ..bind(ScopeAwareComponent);
     });
 
     beforeEach((TestBed tb) => _ = tb);
@@ -928,6 +929,14 @@ void main() {
 
         expect(element.text).toContain('my data');
       });
+
+      it('should call scope setter on ScopeAware components', async((TestBed _, Logger log) {
+        var element = _.compile('<scope-aware-cmp></scope-aware-cmp>');
+
+        _.rootScope.apply();
+
+        expect(log.result()).toEqual('Scope set');
+      }));
     });
 
 
@@ -1392,3 +1401,14 @@ class SameNameDecorator {
     scope.context['sameDecorator'] = this;
   }
 }
+
+@Component(
+    selector: 'scope-aware-cmp'
+)
+class ScopeAwareComponent implements ScopeAware {
+  Logger log;
+  ScopeAwareComponent(this.log) {}
+  void set scope(Scope scope) {
+    log('Scope set');
+  }
+}