diff --git a/src/material-examples/example-module.ts b/src/material-examples/example-module.ts
index 07bda41ad4ae..2111b28e6845 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/example-module.ts
+++ b/src/material-examples/example-module.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import {PizzaPartyComponent,SnackBarComponentExample} from './snack-bar-componen
 import {SnackBarOverviewExample} from './snack-bar-overview/snack-bar-overview-example';
 import {SortOverviewExample} from './sort-overview/sort-overview-example';
 import {TableBasicExample} from './table-basic/table-basic-example';
+import {TableHttpExample} from './table-http/table-http-example';
 import {TableFilteringExample} from './table-filtering/table-filtering-example';
 import {TableOverviewExample} from './table-overview/table-overview-example';
 import {TablePaginationExample} from './table-pagination/table-pagination-example';
@@ -424,6 +425,12 @@ export const EXAMPLE_COMPONENTS = {
     additionalFiles: null,
     selectorName: null
   },
+  'table-http': {
+    title: 'Table retrieving data through HTTP',
+    component: TableHttpExample,
+    additionalFiles: null,
+    selectorName: null
+  },
   'table-filtering': {
     title: 'Table with filtering',
     component: TableFilteringExample,
diff --git a/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.css b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c989781b575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.css
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* Structure */
+.example-container {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  max-height: 500px;
+  min-width: 300px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.example-header {
+  min-height: 64px;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding-left: 24px;
+  font-size: 20px;
+}
+
+.example-table {
+  overflow: auto;
+  min-height: 300px;
+}
+
+.mat-column-title {
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  flex: 1;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+/* Column Widths */
+.mat-column-number,
+.mat-column-state {
+  max-width: 64px;
+}
+
+.mat-column-created {
+  max-width: 124px;
+}
+
+.example-loading-shade {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  bottom: 56px;
+  right: 0;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+  z-index: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.example-rate-limit-reached {
+  color: #980000;
+  max-width: 360px;
+  text-align: center;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.html b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9c7ce4a79ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<div class="example-container mat-elevation-z8">
+  <div class="example-loading-shade"
+       *ngIf="dataSource.isLoadingResults || dataSource.isRateLimitReached">
+    <md-spinner *ngIf="dataSource.isLoadingResults"></md-spinner>
+    <div class="example-rate-limit-reached" *ngIf="dataSource.isRateLimitReached">
+      GitHub's API rate limit has been reached. It will be reset in one minute.
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  <md-table #table [dataSource]="dataSource" class="example-table"
+            mdSort mdSortActive="created" mdSortDisableClear mdSortDirection="asc">
+
+    <!--- Note that these columns can be defined in any order.
+          The actual rendered columns are set as a property on the row definition" -->
+
+    <!-- Number Column -->
+    <ng-container cdkColumnDef="number">
+      <md-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef> Number </md-header-cell>
+      <md-cell *cdkCellDef="let row"> {{row.number}} </md-cell>
+    </ng-container>
+
+    <!-- Title Column -->
+    <ng-container cdkColumnDef="title">
+      <md-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef> Title </md-header-cell>
+      <md-cell *cdkCellDef="let row"> {{row.title}} </md-cell>
+    </ng-container>
+
+    <!-- State Column -->
+    <ng-container cdkColumnDef="state">
+      <md-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef> State </md-header-cell>
+      <md-cell *cdkCellDef="let row"> {{row.state}} </md-cell>
+    </ng-container>
+
+    <!-- Created Column -->
+    <ng-container cdkColumnDef="created">
+      <md-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef md-sort-header disableClear="true"> Created </md-header-cell>
+      <md-cell *cdkCellDef="let row"> {{row.created.toDateString()}} </md-cell>
+    </ng-container>
+
+    <md-header-row *cdkHeaderRowDef="displayedColumns"></md-header-row>
+    <md-row *cdkRowDef="let row; columns: displayedColumns;"></md-row>
+  </md-table>
+  <md-paginator [length]="dataSource.resultsLength"
+                [pageSize]="30">
+  </md-paginator>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.ts b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2c9da53161b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-examples/table-http/table-http-example.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import {Component, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
+import {Http, Response} from '@angular/http';
+import {DataSource} from '@angular/cdk';
+import {MdPaginator, MdSort} from '@angular/material';
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/startWith';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/switchMap';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/merge';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/interval';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'table-http-example',
+  styleUrls: ['table-http-example.css'],
+  templateUrl: 'table-http-example.html',
+})
+export class TableHttpExample {
+  displayedColumns = ['created', 'state', 'number', 'title'];
+  exampleDatabase: ExampleHttpDao | null;
+  dataSource: ExampleDataSource | null;
+
+  @ViewChild(MdPaginator) paginator: MdPaginator;
+  @ViewChild(MdSort) sort: MdSort;
+
+  constructor(http: Http) {
+    this.exampleDatabase = new ExampleHttpDao(http);
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.dataSource = new ExampleDataSource(this.exampleDatabase!,
+        this.sort, this.paginator);
+  }
+}
+
+export interface GithubIssue {
+  number: string;
+  state: string;
+  title: string;
+  created: Date;
+}
+
+/** An example database that the data source uses to retrieve data for the table. */
+export class ExampleHttpDao {
+  constructor(private http: Http) {}
+
+  getRepoIssues(sort: string, order: string, page: number): Observable<Response> {
+    const href = 'https://api.github.com/search/issues';
+    const requestUrl =
+        `${href}?q=repo:angular/material2&sort=${sort}&order=${order}&page=${page + 1}`;
+    return this.http.get(requestUrl);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Data source to provide what data should be rendered in the table. Note that the data source
+ * can retrieve its data in any way. In this case, the data source is provided a reference
+ * to a common data base, ExampleHttpDao. It is not the data source's responsibility to manage
+ * the underlying data. Instead, it only needs to take the data and send the table exactly what
+ * should be rendered.
+ */
+export class ExampleDataSource extends DataSource<GithubIssue> {
+  // The number of issues returned by github matching the query.
+  resultsLength: number = 0;
+  isLoadingResults: boolean;
+  isRateLimitReached: boolean;
+
+  constructor(private _exampleDatabase: ExampleHttpDao,
+              private _sort: MdSort,
+              private _paginator: MdPaginator) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  /** Connect function called by the table to retrieve one stream containing the data to render. */
+  connect(): Observable<GithubIssue[]> {
+    const displayDataChanges = [
+      this._sort.mdSortChange,
+      this._paginator.page,
+    ];
+
+    // If the user changes the sort order, reset back to the first page.
+    this._sort.mdSortChange.subscribe(() => {
+      this._paginator.pageIndex = 0;
+    });
+
+    return Observable.merge(...displayDataChanges)
+        .startWith(null)
+        .switchMap(() => {
+          this.isLoadingResults = true;
+          return this._exampleDatabase.getRepoIssues(
+              this._sort.active, this._sort.direction, this._paginator.pageIndex);
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          // Catch if the GitHub API has reached its rate limit. Return empty result.
+          this.isRateLimitReached = true;
+          return Observable.of(null);
+        })
+        .map(result => {
+          // Flip flag to show that loading has finished.
+          this.isLoadingResults = false;
+          return result;
+        })
+        .map(result => {
+          if (!result) { return []; }
+
+          this.isRateLimitReached = false;
+          this.resultsLength = result.json().total_count;
+
+          return this.readGithubResult(result);
+        });
+
+
+  }
+
+  disconnect() {}
+
+  private readGithubResult(result: Response): GithubIssue[] {
+    return result.json().items.map(issue => {
+      return {
+        number: issue.number,
+        created: new Date(issue.created_at),
+        state: issue.state,
+        title: issue.title,
+      };
+    });
+  }
+}