diff --git a/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts b/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
index a015ad79b97..58ed2211160 100644
--- a/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/declarationEmitter.ts
@@ -1121,6 +1121,14 @@ namespace ts {
             writeLine();
         }
 
+
+        function emitSpreadTypeElement(type: SpreadTypeElement) {
+            write("...");
+            emitType(type.type);
+            write(";");
+            writeLine();
+        }
+
         function emitVariableDeclaration(node: VariableDeclaration) {
             // If we are emitting property it isn't moduleElement and hence we already know it needs to be emitted
             // so there is no check needed to see if declaration is visible
@@ -1702,6 +1710,8 @@ namespace ts {
                 case SyntaxKind.PropertyDeclaration:
                 case SyntaxKind.PropertySignature:
                     return emitPropertyDeclaration(<PropertyDeclaration>node);
+                case SyntaxKind.SpreadTypeElement:
+                    return emitSpreadTypeElement(node as SpreadTypeElement);
                 case SyntaxKind.EnumMember:
                     return emitEnumMemberDeclaration(<EnumMember>node);
                 case SyntaxKind.ExportAssignment:
diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index 14e743cf59f..cd00f7ad769 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ const _super = (function (geti, seti) {
                 helpersEmitted = true;
             }
 
-            if (compilerOptions.jsx !== JsxEmit.Preserve && !assignEmitted && (node.flags & NodeFlags.HasJsxSpreadAttributes)) {
+            if (compilerOptions.jsx !== JsxEmit.Preserve && !assignEmitted && (node.flags & NodeFlags.HasSpreadAttribute)) {
                 writeLines(assignHelper);
                 assignEmitted = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformer.ts b/src/compiler/transformer.ts
index 6242a2f2347..2fa57730bf0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformer.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference path="visitor.ts" />
 /// <reference path="transformers/ts.ts" />
 /// <reference path="transformers/jsx.ts" />
+/// <reference path="transformers/experimental.ts" />
 /// <reference path="transformers/es7.ts" />
 /// <reference path="transformers/es6.ts" />
 /// <reference path="transformers/generators.ts" />
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ namespace ts {
             transformers.push(transformJsx);
         }
 
+        transformers.push(transformExperimental);
         transformers.push(transformES7);
 
         if (languageVersion < ScriptTarget.ES6) {
@@ -629,4 +631,4 @@ namespace ts {
             return t => t;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/es7.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/es7.ts
index 5d848bc608b..5aaaacb9ecd 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/es7.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/es7.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ namespace ts {
             switch (node.kind) {
                 case SyntaxKind.BinaryExpression:
                     return visitBinaryExpression(<BinaryExpression>node);
-
                 default:
                     Debug.failBadSyntaxKind(node);
                     return visitEachChild(node, visitor, context);
@@ -94,4 +93,4 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/experimental.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/experimental.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..715cf91afd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/experimental.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/// <reference path="../factory.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../visitor.ts" />
+
+/*@internal*/
+namespace ts {
+    export function transformExperimental(context: TransformationContext) {
+        return transformSourceFile;
+
+        function transformSourceFile(node: SourceFile) {
+            return visitEachChild(node, visitor, context);
+        }
+
+        function visitor(node: Node): VisitResult<Node> {
+            if (node.transformFlags & TransformFlags.Experimental) {
+                return visitorWorker(node);
+            }
+            else if (node.transformFlags & TransformFlags.ContainsExperimental) {
+                return visitEachChild(node, visitor, context);
+            }
+            else {
+                return node;
+            }
+        }
+
+        function visitorWorker(node: Node): VisitResult<Node> {
+            switch (node.kind) {
+                case SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression:
+                    return visitObjectLiteralExpression(node as ObjectLiteralExpression);
+                default:
+                    Debug.failBadSyntaxKind(node);
+                    return visitEachChild(node, visitor, context);
+            }
+        }
+
+        function chunkObjectLiteralElements(elements: ObjectLiteralElement[]): Expression[] {
+            let chunkObject: (ShorthandPropertyAssignment | PropertyAssignment)[];
+            const objects: Expression[] = [];
+            for (const e of elements) {
+                if (e.kind === SyntaxKind.SpreadElement) {
+                    if (chunkObject) {
+                        objects.push(createObjectLiteral(chunkObject));
+                        chunkObject = undefined;
+                    }
+                    const target = (e as SpreadElement).target;
+                    objects.push(visitNode(target, visitor, isExpression));
+                }
+                else {
+                    if (!chunkObject) {
+                        chunkObject = [];
+                    }
+                    if (e.kind === SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment) {
+                        const p = e as PropertyAssignment;
+                        chunkObject.push(createPropertyAssignment(p.name, visitNode(p.initializer, visitor, isExpression)));
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        chunkObject.push(e as ShorthandPropertyAssignment);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (chunkObject) {
+                objects.push(createObjectLiteral(chunkObject));
+            }
+
+            return objects;
+        }
+
+        function visitObjectLiteralExpression(node: ObjectLiteralExpression): Expression {
+            // spread elements emit like so:
+            // non-spread elements are chunked together into object literals, and then all are passed to __assign:
+            //     { a, ...o, b } => __assign({a}, o, {b});
+            // If the first element is a spread element, then the first argument to __assign is {}:
+            //     { ...o, a, b, ...o2 } => __assign({}, o, {a, b}, o2)
+            const objects = chunkObjectLiteralElements(node.properties);
+            if (objects.length && objects[0].kind !== SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression) {
+                objects.unshift(createObjectLiteral());
+            }
+            return createCall(createIdentifier("__assign"), undefined, objects);
+        }
+    }
+}