diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/single_child_scroll_view.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/single_child_scroll_view.dart
index 91975d76fe4..9bc80478314 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/single_child_scroll_view.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/single_child_scroll_view.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 
 import 'basic.dart';
 import 'framework.dart';
+import 'primary_scroll_controller.dart';
 import 'scroll_controller.dart';
 import 'scroll_physics.dart';
 import 'scrollable.dart';
@@ -42,11 +43,17 @@ class SingleChildScrollView extends StatelessWidget {
     this.scrollDirection: Axis.vertical,
     this.reverse: false,
     this.padding,
+    this.primary: false,
     this.physics,
     this.controller,
     this.child,
   }) : super(key: key) {
     assert(scrollDirection != null);
+    assert(primary != null);
+    assert(controller == null || !primary,
+       'Primary ScrollViews obtain their ScrollController via inheritance from a PrimaryScrollController widget. '
+       'You cannot both set primary to true and pass an explicit controller.'
+    );
   }
 
   final Axis scrollDirection;
@@ -57,6 +64,8 @@ class SingleChildScrollView extends StatelessWidget {
 
   final ScrollController controller;
 
+  final bool primary;
+
   final ScrollPhysics physics;
 
   final Widget child;
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ class SingleChildScrollView extends StatelessWidget {
       contents = new Padding(padding: padding, child: contents);
     return new Scrollable(
       axisDirection: axisDirection,
-      controller: controller,
+      controller: controller ?? (primary ? PrimaryScrollController.of(context) : null),
       physics: physics,
       viewportBuilder: (BuildContext context, ViewportOffset offset) {
         return new _SingleChildViewport(
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/single_child_scroll_view_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/single_child_scroll_view_test.dart
index b5a640a5437..5ae04f25c97 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/single_child_scroll_view_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/single_child_scroll_view_test.dart
@@ -76,6 +76,26 @@ void main() {
     expect(scrollable.position, const isInstanceOf<TestScrollPosition>());
   });
 
+  testWidgets('Sets PrimaryScrollController when primary', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    ScrollController primaryScrollController = new ScrollController();
+    await tester.pumpWidget(new PrimaryScrollController(
+      controller: primaryScrollController,
+      child: new SingleChildScrollView(
+        primary: true,
+        child: new Container(
+          height: 2000.0,
+          decoration: const BoxDecoration(
+            backgroundColor: const Color(0xFF00FF00),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ));
+
+    Scrollable scrollable = tester.widget(find.byType(Scrollable));
+    expect(scrollable.controller, primaryScrollController);
+  });
+
+
   testWidgets('Changing scroll controller inside dirty layout builder does not assert', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     ScrollController controller = new ScrollController();