diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/api.ts
index 2841620fab..978d635719 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/api.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import {ParseSourceFile} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import {ClassDeclaration} from '../../reflection';
 
 /**
  * Describes the kind of identifier found in a template.
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ export interface MethodIdentifier extends TemplateIdentifier { kind: IdentifierK
 /** Describes an element attribute in a template. */
 export interface AttributeIdentifier extends TemplateIdentifier { kind: IdentifierKind.Attribute; }
 
+/** A reference to a directive node and its selector. */
+interface DirectiveReference {
+  node: ClassDeclaration;
+  selector: string;
+}
 /**
  * Describes an indexed element in a template. The name of an `ElementIdentifier` is the entire
  * element tag, which can be parsed by an indexer to determine where used directives should be
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ export interface ElementIdentifier extends TemplateIdentifier {
   attributes: Set<AttributeIdentifier>;
 
   /** Directives applied to an element. */
-  usedDirectives: Set<ts.Declaration>;
+  usedDirectives: Set<DirectiveReference>;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/template.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/template.ts
index 12f32bc2d4..3b68d15318 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/src/template.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ class TemplateVisitor extends TmplAstRecursiveVisitor {
       span: new AbsoluteSourceSpan(start, start + name.length),
       kind: IdentifierKind.Element,
       attributes: new Set(attributes),
-      usedDirectives: new Set(usedDirectives.map(dir => dir.ref.node)),
+      usedDirectives: new Set(usedDirectives.map(dir => {
+        return {
+          node: dir.ref.node,
+          selector: dir.selector,
+        };
+      })),
     };
     this.identifiers.add(elId);
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/test/template_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/test/template_spec.ts
index 6da72750c6..7f27a7b340 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/test/template_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/indexer/test/template_spec.ts
@@ -246,7 +246,20 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         const refs = getTemplateIdentifiers(boundTemplate);
         const [ref] = Array.from(refs);
         const usedDirectives = (ref as ElementIdentifier).usedDirectives;
-        expect(usedDirectives).toEqual(new Set([declA, declB, declC]));
+        expect(usedDirectives).toEqual(new Set([
+          {
+            node: declA,
+            selector: 'a-selector',
+          },
+          {
+            node: declB,
+            selector: '[b-selector]',
+          },
+          {
+            node: declC,
+            selector: ':not(never-selector)',
+          }
+        ]));
       });
     });
   });