diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
index e2aedd7ff509..197db5ac4aa2 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 var ngEventDirectives = {};
 forEach(
-  'click dblclick mousedown mouseup mouseover mouseout mousemove mouseenter mouseleave keydown keyup'.split(' '),
+  'click dblclick mousedown mouseup mouseover mouseout mousemove mouseenter mouseleave keydown keyup keypress'.split(' '),
   function(name) {
     var directiveName = directiveNormalize('ng-' + name);
     ngEventDirectives[directiveName] = ['$parse', function($parse) {
@@ -196,6 +196,22 @@ forEach(
  */
 
 
+/**
+ * @ngdoc directive
+ * @name ng.directive:ngKeypress
+ *
+ * @description
+ * Specify custom behavior on keypress event.
+ *
+ * @element ANY
+ * @param {expression} ngKeypress {@link guide/expression Expression} to evaluate upon
+ * keypress. (Event object is available as `$event` and can be interrogated for keyCode, altKey, etc.)
+ *
+ * @example
+ * See {@link ng.directive:ngClick ngClick}
+ */
+
+
 /**
  * @ngdoc directive
  * @name ng.directive:ngSubmit
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/ngKeySpec.js b/test/ng/directive/ngKeySpec.js
index d8c6f9dee46c..c7b989a48b14 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/ngKeySpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/ngKeySpec.js
@@ -25,5 +25,14 @@ describe('ngKeyup and ngKeydown directives', function() {
     expect($rootScope.touched).toEqual(true);
   }));
 
+  it('should get called on a keypress', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+    element = $compile('<input ng-keypress="touched = true">')($rootScope);
+    $rootScope.$digest();
+    expect($rootScope.touched).toBeFalsy();
+
+    browserTrigger(element, 'keypress');
+    expect($rootScope.touched).toEqual(true);
+  }));
+
 });