diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
index aae10dd75c..7106f69f13 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
@@ -649,8 +649,14 @@ class TypeScriptSymbolQuery implements SymbolQuery {
   }
 
   getNonNullableType(symbol: Symbol): Symbol {
-    // TODO: Replace with typeChecker API when available;
-    return symbol;
+    if (symbol instanceof TypeWrapper && (typeof this.checker.getNonNullableType == 'function')) {
+      const tsType = symbol.tsType;
+      const nonNullableType = this.checker.getNonNullableType(tsType);
+      if (nonNullableType != tsType) {
+        return new TypeWrapper(nonNullableType, symbol.context);
+      }
+    }
+    return this.getBuiltinType(BuiltinType.Any);
   }
 
   getPipes(): SymbolTable {
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
index eb9131f9ef..abb5d6c10b 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
       const code = '\n@Component({template: \'<form></form>\'}) export class MyComponent {}';
       addCode(code, (fileName, content) => {
         const diagnostics = ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName);
-        onlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
+        expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
       });
     });
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
           ` @Component({template: \`<div *ngIf="something === 'foo'"></div>\`}) export class MyComponent { something: 'foo' | 'bar'; }`;
       addCode(code, fileName => {
         const diagnostics = ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName);
-        onlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
+        expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
       });
     });
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
           ` @Component({template: \`<div *ngIf="something === undefined"></div>\`}) export class MyComponent { something = 'foo'; }})`;
       addCode(code, fileName => {
         const diagnostics = ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName);
-        onlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
+        expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics !);
       });
     });
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
         })
         export class MyComponent {}
       `,
-          fileName => onlyModuleDiagnostics(ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName)));
+          fileName => expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName)));
     });
 
     // Issue #15625
@@ -254,10 +254,33 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
       `,
           fileName => {
             const diagnostics = ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName);
-            onlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics);
+            expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics);
           });
     });
 
+    // Issue #15885
+    it('should be able to remove null and undefined from a type', () => {
+      mockHost.overrideOptions(options => {
+        options.strictNullChecks = true;
+        return options;
+      });
+      addCode(
+          `
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'my-component',
+          template: \` {{test?.a}}
+          \`
+        })
+        export class MyComponent {
+          test: {a: number, b: number} | null = {
+            a: 1,
+            b: 2
+          };
+        }
+      `,
+          fileName => expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(ngService.getDiagnostics(fileName)));
+    });
+
     function addCode(code: string, cb: (fileName: string, content?: string) => void) {
       const fileName = '/app/app.component.ts';
       const originalContent = mockHost.getFileContent(fileName);
@@ -271,7 +294,7 @@ describe('diagnostics', () => {
       }
     }
 
-    function onlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics: Diagnostics) {
+    function expectOnlyModuleDiagnostics(diagnostics: Diagnostics) {
       // Expect only the 'MyComponent' diagnostic
       expect(diagnostics.length).toBe(1);
       if (diagnostics.length > 1) {
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/language-service/test/test_utils.ts
index 380c652ad9..0cd46fcd0e 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class MockTypescriptHost implements ts.LanguageServiceHost {
   private scriptVersion = new Map<string, number>();
   private overrides = new Map<string, string>();
   private projectVersion = 0;
+  private options: ts.CompilerOptions;
 
   constructor(private scriptNames: string[], private data: MockData) {
     const moduleFilename = module.filename.replace(/\\/g, '/');
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ export class MockTypescriptHost implements ts.LanguageServiceHost {
     let distIndex = moduleFilename.indexOf('/dist/all');
     if (distIndex >= 0)
       this.nodeModulesPath = path.join(moduleFilename.substr(0, distIndex), 'node_modules');
+    this.options = {
+      target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES5,
+      module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS,
+      moduleResolution: ts.ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs,
+      emitDecoratorMetadata: true,
+      experimentalDecorators: true,
+      removeComments: false,
+      noImplicitAny: false,
+      lib: ['lib.es2015.d.ts', 'lib.dom.d.ts'],
+    };
   }
 
   override(fileName: string, content: string) {
@@ -99,19 +110,13 @@ export class MockTypescriptHost implements ts.LanguageServiceHost {
 
   forgetAngular() { this.angularPath = undefined; }
 
-  getCompilationSettings(): ts.CompilerOptions {
-    return {
-      target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES5,
-      module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS,
-      moduleResolution: ts.ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs,
-      emitDecoratorMetadata: true,
-      experimentalDecorators: true,
-      removeComments: false,
-      noImplicitAny: false,
-      lib: ['lib.es2015.d.ts', 'lib.dom.d.ts'],
-    };
+  overrideOptions(cb: (options: ts.CompilerOptions) => ts.CompilerOptions) {
+    this.options = cb(this.options);
+    this.projectVersion++;
   }
 
+  getCompilationSettings(): ts.CompilerOptions { return this.options; }
+
   getProjectVersion(): string { return this.projectVersion.toString(); }
 
   getScriptFileNames(): string[] { return this.scriptNames; }