diff --git a/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh b/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
index a3e2be1d1fbf..56fe671737ff 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ $(npm bin)/gulp docs
 
 # Run publishing of artifacts in parallel.
 # This is possible because the output has been built before.
-./scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh --no-build &
-./scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh --no-build &
+./scripts/deploy/publish-build-artifacts.sh --no-build &
+./scripts/deploy/publish-docs-content.sh --no-build &
 
-# Deploy the screenshot functions for each push build.
-./scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh &
+# Deploy the screenshot and dashboard functions for each push build.
+./scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh &
+./scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard-functions.sh &
 
 wait
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard-functions.sh b/scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard-functions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9272f4de729d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard-functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Go to the project root directory
+cd $(dirname ${0})/../..
+
+# Paths to the dashboard and functions directories.
+dashboardFolder=tools/dashboard
+
+# Go to the dashboard folder because otherwise the Firebase CLI tries to deploy the wrong project.
+cd ${dashboardFolder}
+
+# Install node modules for dashboard functions. Firebase CLI needs to execute the functions
+# before it can collect all functions and deploy them.
+(cd functions; npm install)
+
+if [ -z ${MATERIAL2_DASHBOARD_ACCESS_TOKEN} ]; then
+  echo "Error: No access token for firebase specified." \
+       "Please set the environment variable 'MATERIAL2_DASHBOARD_ACCESS_TOKEN'."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Deploy the dashboard functions to Firebase. For now only the functions will be deployed.
+$(npm bin)/firebase deploy \
+  --only functions --token ${MATERIAL2_DASHBOARD_ACCESS_TOKEN} --project material2-dashboard
diff --git a/scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh b/scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/release/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
rename to scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh b/scripts/deploy/publish-build-artifacts.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/release/publish-build-artifacts.sh
rename to scripts/deploy/publish-build-artifacts.sh
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh b/scripts/deploy/publish-docs-content.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/release/publish-docs-content.sh
rename to scripts/deploy/publish-docs-content.sh
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/firebase.json b/tools/dashboard/firebase.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a453cfa5793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/firebase.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "hosting": {
+    "public": "dist",
+    "rewrites": [
+      {
+        "source": "**",
+        "destination": "/index.html"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff59155dee72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/functions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export {payloadGithubStatus} from './payload-github-status';
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-status.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c964df091431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/github/github-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import {config} from 'firebase-functions';
+
+const request = require('request');
+const {version, name} = require('../package.json');
+
+/** API token for the Github repository. Required to set the github status on commits and PRs. */
+const repoToken = config().repoToken;
+
+/** Data that must be specified to set a Github PR status. */
+export type GithubStatusData = {
+  result: boolean;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  url: string;
+};
+
+/** Function that sets a Github commit status */
+export function setGithubStatus(commitSHA: string, data: GithubStatusData) {
+  const state = data.result ? 'success' : 'failure';
+
+  const requestData = JSON.stringify({
+    state: state,
+    target_url: data.url,
+    context: data.name,
+    description: data.description
+  });
+
+  const headers = {
+    'Authorization': `token ${repoToken}`,
+    'User-Agent': `${name}/${version}`,
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(requestData)
+  };
+
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    request({
+      url: `https://api.github.com/repos/angular/material2/statuses/${commitSHA}`,
+      method: 'POST',
+      form: requestData,
+      headers: headers
+    }, (error: any, response: any) => resolve(response.statusCode));
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/index.js b/tools/dashboard/functions/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a797ac292a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Entry point for the Firebase functions of the dashboard app. Firebase functions only support
+ * JavaScript files and therefore the TypeScript files needs to be transpiled.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Enable TypeScript compilation at runtime using ts-node.
+require('ts-node').register({
+  project: path.join(__dirname, 'tsconfig.json')
+});
+
+// Export all functions from the TypeScript source.
+Object.assign(exports, require('./functions'));
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/jwt/verify-token.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/jwt/verify-token.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de0c477af1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/jwt/verify-token.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {verify} from 'jsonwebtoken';
+import {config} from 'firebase-functions';
+
+/** The JWT secret. This is used to validate JWT. */
+const jwtSecret = config().jwtSecret;
+
+/** The repo slug. This is used to validate the JWT is sent from correct repo. */
+const repoSlug = config().repoSlug;
+
+export function verifyToken(token: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const tokenPayload = verify(token, jwtSecret, {issuer: 'Travis CI, GmbH'});
+
+    if (tokenPayload.slug !== repoSlug) {
+      console.log(`JWT slugs are not matching. Expected ${repoSlug}`);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json b/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf5530e38ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "material2-dashboard-functions",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.0",
+    "firebase-admin": "~4.2.1",
+    "firebase-functions": "^0.5.7",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.4.1",
+    "request": "^2.81.0",
+    "ts-node": "^3.0.4",
+    "typescript": "^2.3.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts b/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6fdfb8b0af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/payload-github-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {https} from 'firebase-functions';
+import {verifyToken} from './jwt/verify-token';
+import {setGithubStatus} from './github/github-status';
+
+export const payloadGithubStatus = https.onRequest(async (request, response) => {
+  const authToken = request.header('auth-token');
+  const commitSha = request.header('commit-sha');
+  const payloadDiff = parseInt(request.header('commit-payload-diff'));
+
+  if (!verifyToken(authToken)) {
+    return response.status(403).json({message: 'Auth token is not valid'});
+  }
+
+  if (!commitSha) {
+    return response.status(404).json({message: 'No commit has been specified'});
+  }
+
+  if (!payloadDiff || isNaN(payloadDiff)) {
+    return response.status(400).json({message: 'No valid payload diff has been specified.'});
+  }
+
+  await setGithubStatus(commitSha, {
+    result: true,
+    name: 'Library Payload',
+    url: `https://travis-ci.org/angular/material2/jobs/${process.env['TRAVIS_JOB_ID']}`,
+    description: `${payloadDiff > 0 ? `+` : ''} ${payloadDiff.toFixed(2)}KB`
+  });
+
+  response.json({message: 'Payload Github status successfully set.'});
+});
diff --git a/tools/dashboard/functions/tsconfig.json b/tools/dashboard/functions/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ead7ebada8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dashboard/functions/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "lib": ["es2015", "es2016", "dom"],
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "target": "es5",
+    "baseUrl": "",
+    "outDir": "../../../dist/dashboard-functions/"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "./functions.ts"
+  ]
+}