diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/scaffold.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/scaffold.dart
index 413777823a..733e7f367e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/scaffold.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/scaffold.dart
@@ -304,6 +304,17 @@ class ScaffoldState extends State<Scaffold> {
     }
   }
 
+  void removeCurrentSnackBar() {
+    if (_snackBars.isEmpty)
+      return;
+    Completer<Null> completer = _snackBars.first._completer;
+    if (!completer.isCompleted)
+      completer.complete();
+    _snackBarTimer?.cancel();
+    _snackBarTimer = null;
+    _snackBarController.value = 0.0;
+  }
+
   void _hideSnackBar() {
     assert(_snackBarController.status == AnimationStatus.forward ||
            _snackBarController.status == AnimationStatus.completed);
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/snack_bar.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/snack_bar.dart
index 301e917ccc..e5bf115369 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/snack_bar.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/snack_bar.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'button.dart';
 import 'flat_button.dart';
 import 'material.dart';
+import 'scaffold.dart';
 import 'theme_data.dart';
 import 'theme.dart';
 import 'typography.dart';
@@ -118,23 +119,30 @@ class SnackBar extends StatelessWidget {
         },
         child: new Semantics(
           container: true,
-          child: new Material(
-            elevation: 6,
-            color: _kSnackBackground,
-            child: new Container(
-              margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: _kSideMargins),
-              child: new Theme(
-                data: new ThemeData(
-                  brightness: ThemeBrightness.dark,
-                  accentColor: theme.accentColor,
-                  accentColorBrightness: theme.accentColorBrightness,
-                  textTheme: Typography.white
-                ),
-                child: new FadeTransition(
-                  opacity: fadeAnimation,
-                  child: new Row(
-                    children: children,
-                    crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center
+          child: new Dismissable(
+            key: new Key('dismissable'),
+            direction: DismissDirection.down,
+            onDismissed: (DismissDirection direction) {
+              Scaffold.of(context).removeCurrentSnackBar();
+            },
+            child: new Material(
+              elevation: 6,
+              color: _kSnackBackground,
+              child: new Container(
+                margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: _kSideMargins),
+                child: new Theme(
+                  data: new ThemeData(
+                    brightness: ThemeBrightness.dark,
+                    accentColor: theme.accentColor,
+                    accentColorBrightness: theme.accentColorBrightness,
+                    textTheme: Typography.white
+                  ),
+                  child: new FadeTransition(
+                    opacity: fadeAnimation,
+                    child: new Row(
+                      children: children,
+                      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center
+                    )
                   )
                 )
               )