diff --git a/ionic/components/input/input.ts b/ionic/components/input/input.ts
index 27f2dfe3c09..22d84542397 100644
--- a/ionic/components/input/input.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/input/input.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ export class TextInput extends InputBase {
   inputFocused(event) {
     this.focus.emit(event);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   */
+  clearTextInput() {
+    this._value = '';
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/e2e.ts b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be86073f5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+it('should clear input', function() {
+  element(by.css('.e2eClearInput')).click();
+  expect(by.css('.e2eClearInput').getText()).toEqual('');
+});
diff --git a/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/index.ts b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb0b644bf02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {App} from 'ionic-angular';
+
+
+@App({
+    templateUrl: 'main.html'
+})
+class E2EApp {
+    constructor() {
+        this.myValue = 'value';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/main.html b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3f743570ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/components/input/test/clear-input/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+<ion-toolbar>
+  <ion-title>Clear Input</ion-title>
+</ion-toolbar>
+
+
+<ion-content>
+
+
+  <ion-list>
+
+    <ion-item>
+      <ion-label>Text 1:</ion-label>
+      <ion-input class="e2eClearInput" [(ngModel)]="myParam" clearInput></ion-input>
+    </ion-item>
+
+
+  </ion-list>
+
+</ion-content>