diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/BUILD.bazel b/tools/public_api_guard/BUILD.bazel
index 57d7066617..f2ee5ea534 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/BUILD.bazel
@@ -65,3 +65,14 @@ ts_api_guardian_test(
     ],
     golden = "angular/tools/public_api_guard/global_utils.d.ts",
 )
+
+# explicit target because the d.ts file is nested in the core and not part of typical public d.ts api
+ts_api_guardian_test(
+    name = "error_code_api",
+    actual = "angular/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics/src/code.d.ts",
+    data = [
+        ":error_code.d.ts",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics",
+    ],
+    golden = "angular/tools/public_api_guard/error_code.d.ts",
+)
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/error_code.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/error_code.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..738dbaea60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/error_code.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+export declare enum ErrorCode {
+    DECORATOR_ARG_NOT_LITERAL = 1001,
+    DECORATOR_ARITY_WRONG = 1002,
+    DECORATOR_NOT_CALLED = 1003,
+    DECORATOR_ON_ANONYMOUS_CLASS = 1004,
+    DECORATOR_UNEXPECTED = 1005,
+    DECORATOR_COLLISION = 1006,
+    VALUE_HAS_WRONG_TYPE = 1010,
+    VALUE_NOT_LITERAL = 1011,
+    COMPONENT_MISSING_TEMPLATE = 2001,
+    PIPE_MISSING_NAME = 2002,
+    PARAM_MISSING_TOKEN = 2003,
+    DIRECTIVE_MISSING_SELECTOR = 2004,
+    UNDECORATED_PROVIDER = 2005,
+    DIRECTIVE_INHERITS_UNDECORATED_CTOR = 2006,
+    SYMBOL_NOT_EXPORTED = 3001,
+    SYMBOL_EXPORTED_UNDER_DIFFERENT_NAME = 3002,
+    CONFIG_FLAT_MODULE_NO_INDEX = 4001,
+    CONFIG_STRICT_TEMPLATES_IMPLIES_FULL_TEMPLATE_TYPECHECK = 4002,
+    HOST_BINDING_PARSE_ERROR = 5001,
+    NGMODULE_INVALID_DECLARATION = 6001,
+    NGMODULE_INVALID_IMPORT = 6002,
+    NGMODULE_INVALID_EXPORT = 6003,
+    NGMODULE_INVALID_REEXPORT = 6004,
+    NGMODULE_MODULE_WITH_PROVIDERS_MISSING_GENERIC = 6005,
+    NGMODULE_REEXPORT_NAME_COLLISION = 6006,
+    NGMODULE_DECLARATION_NOT_UNIQUE = 6007,
+    SCHEMA_INVALID_ELEMENT = 8001,
+    SCHEMA_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE = 8002,
+    MISSING_REFERENCE_TARGET = 8003,
+    MISSING_PIPE = 8004,
+    WRITE_TO_READ_ONLY_VARIABLE = 8005,
+    INJECTABLE_DUPLICATE_PROV = 9001
+}