diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
index 64abe85f5b..6c248bb727 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/completions.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {getExpressionCompletions} from './expressions';
 import {attributeNames, elementNames, eventNames, propertyNames} from './html_info';
 import {InlineTemplate} from './template';
 import * as ng from './types';
-import {diagnosticInfoFromTemplateInfo, findTemplateAstAt, getPathToNodeAtPosition, getSelectors, hasTemplateReference, inSpan, spanOf} from './utils';
+import {diagnosticInfoFromTemplateInfo, findTemplateAstAt, getPathToNodeAtPosition, getSelectors, inSpan, isStructuralDirective, spanOf} from './utils';
 
 const HIDDEN_HTML_ELEMENTS: ReadonlySet<string> =
     new Set(['html', 'script', 'noscript', 'base', 'body', 'title', 'head', 'link']);
@@ -629,11 +629,11 @@ function angularAttributes(info: AstResult, elementName: string): AngularAttribu
       continue;
     }
     const summary = selectorMap.get(selector) !;
-    const isTemplateRef = hasTemplateReference(summary.type);
+    const hasTemplateRef = isStructuralDirective(summary.type);
     // attributes are listed in (attribute, value) pairs
     for (let i = 0; i < selector.attrs.length; i += 2) {
       const attr = selector.attrs[i];
-      if (isTemplateRef) {
+      if (hasTemplateRef) {
         templateRefs.add(attr);
       } else {
         others.add(attr);
diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/utils.ts b/packages/language-service/src/utils.ts
index 4b8c062ee1..33ac9be37a 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/utils.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ export function isNarrower(spanA: Span, spanB: Span): boolean {
   return spanA.start >= spanB.start && spanA.end <= spanB.end;
 }
 
-export function hasTemplateReference(type: CompileTypeMetadata): boolean {
+export function isStructuralDirective(type: CompileTypeMetadata): boolean {
   for (const diDep of type.diDeps) {
-    if (diDep.token && identifierName(diDep.token.identifier) === Identifiers.TemplateRef.name) {
+    const diDepName = identifierName(diDep.token?.identifier);
+    if (diDepName === Identifiers.TemplateRef.name ||
+        diDepName === Identifiers.ViewContainerRef.name) {
       return true;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
index 2d6967570c..33cab0f1c0 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/completions_spec.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ describe('completions', () => {
       'ngSwitchCase',
       'ngSwitchDefault',
       'ngPluralCase',
+      'ngTemplateOutlet',
     ]);
   });