MTS Systems (MTSC) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
MTS Systems Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 33-75880, 333-28661, 333-39388, 333-82582 and 333-136113) on Form S-8 of MTS Systems Corporation and subsidiaries of our reports dated November 25, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of MTS Systems Corporation and subsidiaries as of September 27, 2008, and September 29, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ investment and comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 27, 2008, and the related financial statement schedule II and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 27, 2008, which reports appear in the September 27, 2008, annual report on Form 10-K of MTS Systems Corporation and subsidiaries.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 25, 2008