diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
index 22f76a7abd..8a901ffb98 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ function getFirstNativeNode(lView: LView, tNode: TNode | null): RNode|null {
                      TNodeType.IcuContainer, TNodeType.Projection);
 
     const tNodeType = tNode.type;
-
     if (tNodeType === TNodeType.Element) {
       return getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView);
     } else if (tNodeType === TNodeType.Container) {
@@ -692,7 +691,12 @@ function getFirstNativeNode(lView: LView, tNode: TNode | null): RNode|null {
       if (elIcuContainerChild !== null) {
         return getFirstNativeNode(lView, elIcuContainerChild);
       } else {
-        return getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView);
+        const rNodeOrLContainer = lView[tNode.index];
+        if (isLContainer(rNodeOrLContainer)) {
+          return getBeforeNodeForView(-1, rNodeOrLContainer);
+        } else {
+          return unwrapRNode(rNodeOrLContainer);
+        }
       }
     } else {
       const componentView = lView[DECLARATION_COMPONENT_VIEW];
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
index 06f8c6fcbd..9e846e25dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
@@ -578,5 +578,37 @@ describe('view insertion', () => {
       expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('container start|test|container end|click');
     });
 
+    it('should properly insert before views in a ViewContainerRef injected on ng-container', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'app-root',
+        template: `            
+          <ng-template #parameterListItem let-parameter="parameter">
+            {{parameter}}
+          </ng-template>
+          <ng-container *ngFor="let parameter of items;"
+            [ngTemplateOutlet]="parameterListItem"
+            [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{parameter:parameter}">
+          </ng-container>
+        `
+      })
+      class AppComponent {
+        items = [1];
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [AppComponent],
+        imports: [CommonModule],
+      });
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toContain('1');
+
+      fixture.componentInstance.items = [2, 1];
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent.trim()).toContain('2  1');
+    });
+
   });
 });