diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
index 316dc2c474..e2c404c9c2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {Logger} from '../logging/logger';
 import {EntryPoint, EntryPointFormat, EntryPointJsonProperty, getEntryPointFormat} from '../packages/entry_point';
 import {DependencyHost, DependencyInfo} from './dependency_host';
 
+const builtinNodeJsModules = new Set<string>(require('module').builtinModules);
+
 /**
  * Holds information about entry points that are removed because
  * they have dependencies that are missing (directly or transitively).
@@ -128,10 +130,12 @@ export class DependencyResolver {
     angularEntryPoints.forEach(entryPoint => {
       const {dependencies, missing, deepImports} = this.getEntryPointDependencies(entryPoint);
 
-      if (missing.size > 0) {
+      const missingDependencies = Array.from(missing).filter(dep => !builtinNodeJsModules.has(dep));
+
+      if (missingDependencies.length > 0) {
         // This entry point has dependencies that are missing
         // so remove it from the graph.
-        removeNodes(entryPoint, Array.from(missing));
+        removeNodes(entryPoint, missingDependencies);
       } else {
         dependencies.forEach(dependencyPath => {
           if (!graph.hasNode(entryPoint.path)) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
index 6d395632d7..b5645f0aa5 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         expect(sorted.invalidEntryPoints[0].missingDependencies).toEqual(['/missing']);
       });
 
+      it('should not consider builtin NodeJS modules as missing dependency', () => {
+        spyOn(host, 'findDependencies').and.callFake(createFakeComputeDependencies({
+          [_('/first/index.js')]: {resolved: [], missing: ['fs']},
+        }));
+        const entryPoints = [first];
+        let sorted: SortedEntryPointsInfo;
+
+        sorted = resolver.sortEntryPointsByDependency(entryPoints, first);
+        expect(sorted.entryPoints).toEqual([first]);
+        expect(sorted.invalidEntryPoints).toEqual([]);
+        expect(sorted.ignoredDependencies).toEqual([]);
+      });
+
       it('should use the appropriate DependencyHost for each entry-point', () => {
         const esm5Host = new EsmDependencyHost(fs, moduleResolver);
         const esm2015Host = new EsmDependencyHost(fs, moduleResolver);