diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index d2f8a0d41..7d80e43aa 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ gulp.task('build/async-test.js', function(cb) {
   return generateBrowserScript('./lib/zone-spec/async-test.ts', 'async-test.js', false, cb);
 });
 
+gulp.task('build/sync-test.js', function(cb) {
+  return generateBrowserScript('./lib/zone-spec/sync-test.ts', 'sync-test.js', false, cb);
+});
+
 gulp.task('build', [
   'build/zone.js',
   'build/zone.js.d.ts',
@@ -113,7 +117,8 @@ gulp.task('build', [
   'build/long-stack-trace-zone.min.js',
   'build/wtf.js',
   'build/wtf.min.js',
-  'build/async-test.js'
+  'build/async-test.js',
+  'build/sync-test.js'
 ]);
 
 
diff --git a/lib/zone-spec/sync-test.ts b/lib/zone-spec/sync-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59799fa4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zone-spec/sync-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+(function() {
+  class SyncTestZoneSpec implements ZoneSpec {
+    runZone = Zone.current;
+
+    constructor(namePrefix: string) {
+      this.name = 'syncTestZone for ' + namePrefix;
+    }
+
+    // ZoneSpec implementation below.
+
+    name: string;
+
+    onScheduleTask(delegate: ZoneDelegate, current: Zone, target: Zone, task: Task): Task {
+      switch (task.type) {
+        case 'microTask':
+        case 'macroTask':
+          throw new Error(`Cannot call ${task.source} from within a sync test.`);
+        case 'eventTask':
+          task = delegate.scheduleTask(target, task);
+          break;
+      }
+      return task;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Export the class so that new instances can be created with proper
+  // constructor params.
+  Zone['SyncTestZoneSpec'] = SyncTestZoneSpec;
+})();
diff --git a/test/browser_entry_point.ts b/test/browser_entry_point.ts
index 064bd6060..e95be90b6 100644
--- a/test/browser_entry_point.ts
+++ b/test/browser_entry_point.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import './test-env-setup';
 // List all tests here:
 import './long-stack-trace-zone.spec';
 import './async-test.spec';
+import './sync-test.spec';
 import './microtasks.spec';
 import './zone.spec';
 import './integration/brick.spec';
diff --git a/test/sync-test.spec.ts b/test/sync-test.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22871475a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sync-test.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import '../lib/zone-spec/sync-test';
+
+describe('SyncTestZoneSpec', () => {
+  var SyncTestZoneSpec = Zone['SyncTestZoneSpec'];
+  var testZoneSpec;
+  var syncTestZone;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    testZoneSpec = new SyncTestZoneSpec('name');
+    syncTestZone = Zone.current.fork(testZoneSpec);
+  });
+
+  it('should fail on Promise.then', () => {
+    syncTestZone.run(() => {
+      expect(() => { Promise.resolve().then(function() {}); })
+        .toThrow(new Error("Cannot call Promise.then from within a sync test."));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should fail on setTimeout', () => {
+    syncTestZone.run(() => {
+      expect(() => { setTimeout(() => { }, 100); })
+        .toThrow(new Error("Cannot call setTimeout from within a sync test."));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should work with event tasks', () => {
+    syncTestZone.run(() => {
+      var button = document.createElement('button');
+      document.body.appendChild(button);
+      var x = 1;
+      try {
+        button.addEventListener('click', () => { x++; });
+
+        button.click();
+        expect(x).toEqual(2);
+
+        button.click();
+        expect(x).toEqual(3);
+      } finally {
+        document.body.removeChild(button);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+export var __something__;