diff --git a/scripts/ci/run_angular_material_unit_tests.sh b/scripts/ci/run_angular_material_unit_tests.sh
index b044daf953bed..6f43e22b0fdea 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run_angular_material_unit_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run_angular_material_unit_tests.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ cd ${MATERIAL_REPO_TMP_DIR}
 # Note that it's not necessary to perform a yarn install, as Bazel performs its own yarn install.
 node ${angular_dir}/scripts/ci/update-deps-to-dist-packages.js ${MATERIAL_REPO_TMP_DIR}/package.json ${angular_dir}/dist/packages-dist-ivy-aot/
 
-# Append the test blocklist into angular/material2's karma-test-shim.js.
-# This filters out known-failing tests because the goal is to prevent regressions.
-cat ${angular_dir}/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js >> ./test/karma-test-shim.js
+# Copy the test blocklist into the "angular/components" repository. The components
+# repository automatically picks up the blocklist and disables the specified tests.
+cp ${angular_dir}/tools/material-ci/test-blocklist.ts ${MATERIAL_REPO_TMP_DIR}/test/
 
 # Create a symlink for the Bazel binary installed through NPM, as running through Yarn introduces OOM errors.
 ./scripts/circleci/setup_bazel_binary.sh
diff --git a/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js b/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a66259a87836a..0000000000000
--- a/tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
- */
-
-/**
- * Blocklist of unit tests from angular/material2 with ivy that are skipped when running on
- * angular/angular. As bugs are resolved, items should be removed from this blocklist.
- *
- * The `notes` section should be used to keep track of specific issues associated with the failures.
- */
-
-// clang-format off
-// tslint:disable
-
-window.testBlocklist = {};
-// clang-format on
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/material-ci/instructions.md b/tools/material-ci/instructions.md
index 804e1b6c63897..a000c32809632 100644
--- a/tools/material-ci/instructions.md
+++ b/tools/material-ci/instructions.md
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 ### Unit tests for Angular CDK/Material
-The unit tests from angular/material2 run on CircleCI under the `material-unit-tests` job.
-Known failing tests are skipped based on the blocklist in
-`tools/material-ci/angular_material_test_blocklist.js`. Whenever the root cause of a known failure
-is identified, the `notes` field for the corresponding tests should be updated. Whenever a failure
-is resolved, the corresponding tests should be removed from the blocklist.
+
+Currently, all changes to Ivy are validated against the test suite of the
+`angular/components` repository. Known failing tests are skipped based on
+the blocklist in `tools/material-ci/test-blocklist.ts`.
+
+Whenever the root cause of a known failure is identified, the `notes` field
+for the corresponding tests should be updated. Whenever a failure is resolved,
+the corresponding tests should be removed from the blocklist.
 
 ### Debugging
-To debug a failure, you need to work against the angular/material2 repo:
-1. Clone `angular/material2`
-2. Checkout the `ivy-2019` branch
-3. Run `yarn`
-4. Run `scripts/ivy/install-angular.sh path/to/local/angular/repo`
-5. Run `gulp test`
-
-### Regenerating the blocklist
-If a problem has been fixed, you can regenerate the blocklist by:
-1. Clone `angular/material2`
-2. Checkout the `ivy-2019` branch
-3. Run `yarn`
-4. Run `scripts/ivy/install-angular.sh path/to/local/angular/repo`
-5. Run `gulp test`. Let it finish. It will take a few minutes.
-6. Run `scripts/ivy/generate-blocklist.js path/to/local/angular/repo`
-7. Copy the new blocklist from `dist/angular_material_test_blocklist.js`
+
+Information on debugging can be found [here](../../docs/DEBUG_MATERIAL_IVY.md).
+
+### Excluding new tests
+
+In case there are any tests in the components test suite that fail due to
+recent changes in the framework and you want to exclude the tests temporarily,
+a new entry can be added to the `test-blocklist.ts` file.
+
+Each property in the blocklist object corresponds to a test in the components
+repository. The name of the property **must** match the exact test name. Additionally
+it's **recommended** that every entry has a field with a note on why the test is disabled.
+
+```ts
+export const testBlocklist: any = {
+  'MatSlider should be able to drag thumb': {
+    error: 'Cannot register event "dragstart".',
+    notes: 'Breaking change where HammerJS module needs to be imported.'
+  }
+}
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/material-ci/test-blocklist.ts b/tools/material-ci/test-blocklist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..84540fb3a4f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/material-ci/test-blocklist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+// clang-format off
+// tslint:disable
+
+interface BlocklistEntry {
+  /** Description on why the given test is disabled. */
+  notes: string;
+  /** Optional error that has been thrown in the test. */
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * List of tests that should not run in the Angular component test suites. This should
+ * be empty in the components repository, but the file will be overwritten if the framework
+ * repository runs the Angular component test suites against the latest snapshots. This is
+ * helpful because sometimes breaking changes that break individual tests land in the framework
+ * repository. It should be possible to disable these tests until the component repository
+ * migrated the broken tests.
+ */
+export const testBlocklist: {[testName: string]: BlocklistEntry} = {};
+
+// clang-format on