diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
index 67f2658643..044b0a1bbc 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class PackageTransformer {
       case 'esm2015':
       case 'fesm2015':
         return new Esm2015ReflectionHost(program.getTypeChecker());
+      case 'esm5':
       case 'fesm5':
         return new Esm5ReflectionHost(program.getTypeChecker());
       default:
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export class PackageTransformer {
       case 'esm2015':
       case 'fesm2015':
         return new Esm2015FileParser(program, host);
+      case 'esm5':
       case 'fesm5':
         return new Esm5FileParser(program, host);
       default:
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export class PackageTransformer {
       case 'esm2015':
       case 'fesm2015':
         return new Esm2015Renderer(host);
+      case 'esm5':
       case 'fesm5':
         return new Esm5Renderer(host);
       default:
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts
index de80ac54b4..4d3a0e92e2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts
@@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
     if (ngModule.has('declarations')) {
       const declarationMeta =
           staticallyResolve(ngModule.get('declarations') !, this.reflector, this.checker);
-      declarations = resolveTypeList(declarationMeta, 'declarations');
+      declarations = this.resolveTypeList(declarationMeta, 'declarations');
     }
     let imports: Reference[] = [];
     if (ngModule.has('imports')) {
       const importsMeta = staticallyResolve(
           ngModule.get('imports') !, this.reflector, this.checker,
           ref => this._extractModuleFromModuleWithProvidersFn(ref.node));
-      imports = resolveTypeList(importsMeta, 'imports');
+      imports = this.resolveTypeList(importsMeta, 'imports');
     }
     let exports: Reference[] = [];
     if (ngModule.has('exports')) {
       const exportsMeta = staticallyResolve(
           ngModule.get('exports') !, this.reflector, this.checker,
           ref => this._extractModuleFromModuleWithProvidersFn(ref.node));
-      exports = resolveTypeList(exportsMeta, 'exports');
+      exports = this.resolveTypeList(exportsMeta, 'exports');
     }
 
     // Register this module's information with the SelectorScopeRegistry. This ensures that during
@@ -181,39 +181,39 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
 
     return arg.typeName;
   }
-}
 
-/**
- * Compute a list of `Reference`s from a resolved metadata value.
- */
-function resolveTypeList(resolvedList: ResolvedValue, name: string): Reference[] {
-  const refList: Reference[] = [];
-  if (!Array.isArray(resolvedList)) {
-    throw new Error(`Expected array when reading property ${name}`);
-  }
-
-  resolvedList.forEach((entry, idx) => {
-    // Unwrap ModuleWithProviders for modules that are locally declared (and thus static resolution
-    // was able to descend into the function and return an object literal, a Map).
-    if (entry instanceof Map && entry.has('ngModule')) {
-      entry = entry.get('ngModule') !;
+  /**
+   * Compute a list of `Reference`s from a resolved metadata value.
+   */
+  private resolveTypeList(resolvedList: ResolvedValue, name: string): Reference[] {
+    const refList: Reference[] = [];
+    if (!Array.isArray(resolvedList)) {
+      throw new Error(`Expected array when reading property ${name}`);
     }
 
-    if (Array.isArray(entry)) {
-      // Recurse into nested arrays.
-      refList.push(...resolveTypeList(entry, name));
-    } else if (entry instanceof Reference) {
-      if (!entry.expressable) {
-        throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not expressable`);
-      } else if (!ts.isClassDeclaration(entry.node)) {
-        throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not a class declaration`);
+    resolvedList.forEach((entry, idx) => {
+      // Unwrap ModuleWithProviders for modules that are locally declared (and thus static
+      // resolution was able to descend into the function and return an object literal, a Map).
+      if (entry instanceof Map && entry.has('ngModule')) {
+        entry = entry.get('ngModule') !;
       }
-      refList.push(entry);
-    } else {
-      // TODO(alxhub): expand ModuleWithProviders.
-      throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not a reference: ${entry}`);
-    }
-  });
 
-  return refList;
+      if (Array.isArray(entry)) {
+        // Recurse into nested arrays.
+        refList.push(...this.resolveTypeList(entry, name));
+      } else if (entry instanceof Reference) {
+        if (!entry.expressable) {
+          throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not expressable`);
+        } else if (!this.reflector.isClass(entry.node)) {
+          throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not a class declaration`);
+        }
+        refList.push(entry);
+      } else {
+        // TODO(alxhub): expand ModuleWithProviders.
+        throw new Error(`Value at position ${idx} in ${name} array is not a reference: ${entry}`);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return refList;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
index bb8fcd8ff4..bf913fbed1 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ describe('ngcc behavioral tests', () => {
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it('should run ngcc without errors for fesm5', () => {
+    const nodeModulesPath = path.join(basePath, 'node_modules');
+    console.error(nodeModulesPath);
+    const commonPath = path.join(nodeModulesPath, '@angular/common');
+    const exitCode = mainNgcc([commonPath, 'fesm5']);
+
+    console.warn(find('node_modules_ngtsc').filter(p => p.endsWith('.js') || p.endsWith('map')));
+
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/fesm5/common.js').stdout);
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/fesm5/common.js.map').stdout);
+
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it('should run ngcc without errors for esm2015', () => {
     const nodeModulesPath = path.join(basePath, 'node_modules');
     console.error(nodeModulesPath);
@@ -99,4 +113,18 @@ describe('ngcc behavioral tests', () => {
 
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it('should run ngcc without errors for esm5', () => {
+    const nodeModulesPath = path.join(basePath, 'node_modules');
+    console.error(nodeModulesPath);
+    const commonPath = path.join(nodeModulesPath, '@angular/common');
+    const exitCode = mainNgcc([commonPath, 'esm5']);
+
+    console.warn(find('node_modules_ngtsc').filter(p => p.endsWith('.js') || p.endsWith('map')));
+
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/esm5/src/directives/ng_if.js').stdout);
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/esm5/http/src/module.js').stdout);
+
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });