diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
index 7f8758026328..51c1b030fc1e 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module.exports = {
     { name: 'route', type: Boolean, default: false },
     { name: 'inline-template', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['it'] },
     { name: 'inline-style', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['is'] },
-    { name: 'prefix', type: Boolean, default: true }
+    { name: 'prefix', type: Boolean, default: true },
+    { name: 'nospec', type: Boolean, default: false }
   ],
 
   normalizeEntityName: function (entityName) {
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
     return {
       dynamicPath: this.dynamicPath.dir.replace(this.dynamicPath.appRoot, ''),
       flat: options.flat,
+      nospec: options.nospec,
       inlineTemplate: options.inlineTemplate,
       inlineStyle: options.inlineStyle,
       route: options.route,
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ module.exports = {
     if (this.options && this.options.inlineStyle) {
       fileList = fileList.filter(p => p.indexOf('.__styleext__') < 0);
     }
+    if (this.options && this.options.nospec) {
+      fileList = fileList.filter(p => p.indexOf('__name__.component.spec.ts') < 0);
+    }
 
     return fileList;
   },
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/generate-component.spec.js b/tests/acceptance/generate-component.spec.js
index f25005165cbe..3c8ccc87eac1 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/generate-component.spec.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/generate-component.spec.js
@@ -178,4 +178,11 @@ describe('Acceptance: ng generate component', function () {
       expect(existsSync(testPath)).to.equal(false);
     });
   });
+
+  it('ng generate component my-comp --nospec', function() {
+    return ng(['generate', 'component', 'my-comp', '--nospec']).then(() => {
+      var testPath = path.join(root, 'tmp', 'foo', 'src', 'app', 'my-comp', 'my-comp.component.spec.ts');
+      expect(existsSync(testPath)).to.equal(false);
+    });
+  })
 });