diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/transformers/compiler_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/transformers/compiler_host.ts
index 2796f7a214..08c25472a3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/transformers/compiler_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/transformers/compiler_host.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ export class TsCompilerAotCompilerTypeCheckHostAdapter implements ts.CompilerHos
     const containingFilePackageName = getPackageName(containingFile);
 
     let moduleName: string;
-    if (importedFilePackagName === containingFilePackageName) {
+    if (importedFilePackagName === containingFilePackageName ||
+        GENERATED_FILES.test(originalImportedFile)) {
       const rootedContainingFile = relativeToRootDirs(containingFile, this.rootDirs);
       const rootedImportedFile = relativeToRootDirs(importedFile, this.rootDirs);
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/transformers/compiler_host_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/transformers/compiler_host_spec.ts
index b5e7e398cf..caf7d4ab29 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/transformers/compiler_host_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/transformers/compiler_host_spec.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ describe('NgCompilerHost', () => {
           .toBe('./a/child');
     });
 
+    it('should use a relative import when accessing generated files, even if crossing packages',
+       () => {
+         expect(host.fileNameToModuleName(
+                    '/tmp/node_modules/mod2/b.ngfactory.d.ts',
+                    '/tmp/node_modules/mod1/a.ngfactory.d.ts'))
+             .toBe('../mod2/b.ngfactory');
+       });
+
     it('should support multiple rootDirs when accessing a source file form a source file', () => {
       const hostWithMultipleRoots = createHost({
         options: {