diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/BlazorRazorEngine.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/BlazorRazorEngine.cs
index b93a95b7dd..cc7842a081 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/BlazorRazorEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/BlazorRazorEngine.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor
             {
                 FunctionsDirective.Register(configure);
                 TemporaryLayoutPass.Register(configure);
+                TemporaryImplementsPass.Register(configure);
 
                 configure.SetBaseType(BlazorComponent.FullTypeName);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/TemporaryImplementsPass.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/TemporaryImplementsPass.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36ad28d7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor.Extensions/TemporaryImplementsPass.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Intermediate;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Razor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This code is temporary. It finds top-level expressions of the form
+    ///     @Implements<SomeInterfaceType>()
+    /// ... and converts them into interface declarations on the class.
+    /// Once we're able to add Blazor-specific directives and have them show up in tooling,
+    /// we'll replace this with a simpler and cleaner "@implements SomeInterfaceType" directive.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class TemporaryImplementsPass : IntermediateNodePassBase, IRazorDirectiveClassifierPass
+    {
+        // Example: "Implements<MyApp.Namespace.ISomeType<T1, T2>>()"
+        // Captures: MyApp.Namespace.ISomeType<T1, T2>
+        private static readonly Regex ImplementsSourceRegex
+            = new Regex(@"^\s*Implements\s*<(.+)\>\s*\(\s*\)\s*$");
+
+        public static void Register(IRazorEngineBuilder configuration)
+        {
+            configuration.Features.Add(new TemporaryImplementsPass());
+        }
+
+        protected override void ExecuteCore(RazorCodeDocument codeDocument, DocumentIntermediateNode documentNode)
+        {
+            var visitor = new Visitor();
+            visitor.Visit(documentNode);
+
+            foreach (var implementsNode in visitor.ImplementsNodes)
+            {
+                visitor.MethodNode.Children.Remove(implementsNode);
+            }
+            
+            if (visitor.ClassNode.Interfaces == null)
+            {
+                visitor.ClassNode.Interfaces = new List<string>();
+            }
+
+            foreach (var implementsType in visitor.ImplementsTypes)
+            {
+                visitor.ClassNode.Interfaces.Add(implementsType);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private class Visitor : IntermediateNodeWalker
+        {
+            public ClassDeclarationIntermediateNode ClassNode { get; private set; }
+            public MethodDeclarationIntermediateNode MethodNode { get; private set; }
+            public List<CSharpExpressionIntermediateNode> ImplementsNodes { get; private set; }
+                = new List<CSharpExpressionIntermediateNode>();
+            public List<string> ImplementsTypes { get; private set; }
+                = new List<string>();
+
+            public override void VisitClassDeclaration(ClassDeclarationIntermediateNode node)
+            {
+                ClassNode = node;
+                base.VisitClassDeclaration(node);
+            }
+
+            public override void VisitMethodDeclaration(MethodDeclarationIntermediateNode methodNode)
+            {
+                MethodNode = methodNode;
+
+                var topLevelExpressions = methodNode.Children.OfType<CSharpExpressionIntermediateNode>();
+                foreach (var csharpExpression in topLevelExpressions)
+                {
+                    if (csharpExpression.Children.Count == 1)
+                    {
+                        var child = csharpExpression.Children[0];
+                        if (child is IntermediateToken intermediateToken)
+                        {
+                            if (TryGetImplementsType(intermediateToken.Content, out string implementsType))
+                            {
+                                ImplementsNodes.Add(csharpExpression);
+                                ImplementsTypes.Add(implementsType);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                base.VisitMethodDeclaration(methodNode);
+            }
+
+            private bool TryGetImplementsType(string sourceCode, out string implementsType)
+            {
+                var match = ImplementsSourceRegex.Match(sourceCode);
+                if (match.Success)
+                {
+                    implementsType = match.Groups[1].Value;
+                    return true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    implementsType = null;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Components/RazorToolingWorkaround.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Components/RazorToolingWorkaround.cs
index 9f69c73d6e..53ea414131 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Components/RazorToolingWorkaround.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor/Components/RazorToolingWorkaround.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
         // It will be removed when we can add Blazor-specific directives.
         public object Layout<TLayout>() where TLayout : IComponent
             => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        // Similar temporary mechanism as above
+        public object Implements<TInterface>()
+            => throw new NotImplementedException();
     }
 
     namespace Internal
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
index 59469f1159..9ec5eb25d7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test/RazorCompilerTest.cs
@@ -389,6 +389,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test
                 frame => AssertFrame.Text(frame, "Hello"));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void SupportsImplementsDeclarationsViaTemporarySyntax()
+        {
+            // Arrange/Act
+            var testInterfaceTypeName = typeof(ITestInterface).FullName.Replace('+', '.');
+            var component = CompileToComponent(
+                $"@(Implements<{testInterfaceTypeName}>())" +
+                $"Hello");
+            var frames = GetRenderTree(component);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.IsAssignableFrom<ITestInterface>(component);
+            Assert.Collection(frames,
+                frame => AssertFrame.Text(frame, "Hello"));
+        }
+
         private static RenderTreeFrame[] GetRenderTree(IComponent component)
         {
             var renderer = new TestRenderer();
@@ -523,5 +539,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build.Test
             {
             }
         }
+
+        public interface ITestInterface { }
     }
 }