diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js b/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
index 1448b2bb4408..a1ebc214c1dc 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/plugins/karma.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const init = (config) => {
   }
   const angularCliConfig = require(path.join(config.basePath, config.angularCli.config));
   const appConfig = angularCliConfig.apps[0];
+  const appRoot = path.join(config.basePath, appConfig.root);
   const environment = config.angularCli.environment || 'dev';
   const testConfig = {
     codeCoverage: config.angularCli.codeCoverage || false,
@@ -43,6 +44,25 @@ const init = (config) => {
     .filter((file) => config.preprocessors[file].indexOf('angular-cli') !== -1)
     .map((file) => config.preprocessors[file])
     .map((arr) => arr.splice(arr.indexOf('angular-cli'), 1, 'webpack', 'sourcemap'));
+
+  // Add global scripts
+  if (appConfig.scripts || appConfig.scripts.length > 0) {
+    const globalScriptPatterns = appConfig.scripts
+      .map(script => typeof script === 'string' ? { input: script } : script)
+      // Neither renamed nor lazy scripts are currently supported
+      .filter(script => !(script.output || script.lazy))
+      .map(script => ({
+        pattern: path.resolve(appRoot, script.input),
+        included: true,
+        served: true,
+        watched: true
+      }));
+
+    // Unshift elements onto the beginning of the files array.
+    // It's important to not replace the array, because
+    // karma already has a reference to the existing array.
+    Array.prototype.unshift.apply(config.files, globalScriptPatterns);
+  }
 }
 
 init.$inject = ['config'];
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test.ts
index c64a17088ada..e8b938f76646 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/test/test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/test/test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,71 @@
-import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import { writeMultipleFiles } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
+import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags';
 
-
-export default function() {
+export default function () {
   // make sure both --watch=false and --single-run work
   return ng('test', '--single-run')
-    .then(() => ng('test', '--watch=false'));
+    .then(() => ng('test', '--watch=false'))
+    // prepare global scripts test files
+    .then(() => writeMultipleFiles({
+      'src/string-script.js': `stringScriptGlobal = 'string-scripts.js';`,
+      'src/input-script.js': `inputScriptGlobal = 'input-scripts.js';`,
+      'src/typings.d.ts': stripIndent`
+        declare var stringScriptGlobal: any;
+        declare var inputScriptGlobal: any;
+      `,
+      'src/app/app.component.ts': stripIndent`
+        import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+        @Component({ selector: 'app-root', template: '' })
+        export class AppComponent {
+          stringScriptGlobalProp = stringScriptGlobal;
+          inputScriptGlobalProp = inputScriptGlobal;
+        }
+      `,
+      'src/app/app.component.spec.ts': stripIndent`
+        import { TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
+        import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
+
+        describe('AppComponent', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            TestBed.configureTestingModule({ declarations: [ AppComponent ] });
+            TestBed.compileComponents();
+          });
+
+          it('should have access to string-script.js', async(() => {
+            let app = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent).debugElement.componentInstance;
+            expect(app.stringScriptGlobalProp).toEqual('string-scripts.js');
+          }));
+
+          it('should have access to input-script.js', async(() => {
+            let app = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent).debugElement.componentInstance;
+            expect(app.inputScriptGlobalProp).toEqual('input-scripts.js');
+          }));
+        });
+
+        describe('Spec', () => {
+          it('should have access to string-script.js', async(() => {
+            expect(stringScriptGlobal).toBe('string-scripts.js');
+          }));
+
+          it('should have access to input-script.js', async(() => {
+            expect(inputScriptGlobal).toBe('input-scripts.js');
+          }));
+        });
+      `
+    }))
+    // should fail because the global scripts were not added to scripts array
+    .then(() => expectToFail(() => ng('test', '--single-run')))
+    .then(() => updateJsonFile('angular-cli.json', configJson => {
+      const app = configJson['apps'][0];
+      app['scripts'] = [
+        'string-script.js',
+        { input: 'input-script.js' }
+      ];
+    }))
+    // should pass now
+    .then(() => ng('test', '--single-run'));
 }