diff --git a/angular/src/index.ts b/angular/src/index.ts
index 77e1cb77edc..7569db35012 100644
--- a/angular/src/index.ts
+++ b/angular/src/index.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export { NavController } from './providers/nav-controller';
 export { DomController } from './providers/dom-controller';
 export { Config } from './providers/config';
 export { AnimationController } from './providers/animation-controller';
+export { GestureController } from './providers/gesture-controller';
 
 // ROUTER STRATEGY
 export { IonicRouteStrategy } from './util/ionic-router-reuse-strategy';
diff --git a/angular/src/providers/gesture-controller.ts b/angular/src/providers/gesture-controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c69186e3f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angular/src/providers/gesture-controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Gesture, GestureConfig, createGesture } from '@ionic/core';
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root',
+})
+export class GestureController {
+  /**
+   * Create a new gesture
+   */
+  create(opts: GestureConfig): Gesture {
+    return createGesture(opts);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/interface.d.ts b/core/src/interface.d.ts
index dd3fedc0299..b066e44aab5 100644
--- a/core/src/interface.d.ts
+++ b/core/src/interface.d.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export * from './components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll-interface';
 export { Animation, AnimationBuilder } from './utils/animation/animation-interface';
 export * from './utils/overlays-interface';
 export * from './global/config';
-export { Gesture, GestureDetail } from './utils/gesture';
+export { Gesture, GestureConfig, GestureDetail } from './utils/gesture';
 
 // Global aux types
 export type TextFieldTypes = 'date' | 'email' | 'number' | 'password' | 'search' | 'tel' | 'text' | 'url' | 'time';