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 97691411bc..f65b93db86 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/ng_module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {Expression, ExternalExpr, InvokeFunctionExpr, LiteralArrayExpr, LiteralExpr, R3Identifiers, R3InjectorMetadata, R3NgModuleMetadata, R3Reference, Statement, WrappedNodeExpr, compileInjector, compileNgModule} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {Expression, ExternalExpr, InvokeFunctionExpr, LiteralArrayExpr, R3Identifiers, R3InjectorMetadata, R3NgModuleMetadata, R3Reference, Statement, WrappedNodeExpr, compileInjector, compileNgModule} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {ErrorCode, FatalDiagnosticError} from '../../diagnostics';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface NgModuleAnalysis {
   metadataStmt: Statement|null;
   declarations: Reference<ClassDeclaration>[];
   exports: Reference<ClassDeclaration>[];
-  id: string|null;
+  id: Expression|null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -121,16 +121,8 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
       bootstrapRefs = this.resolveTypeList(expr, bootstrapMeta, name, 'bootstrap');
     }
 
-    let id: string|null = null;
-    if (ngModule.has('id')) {
-      const expr = ngModule.get('id') !;
-      const value = this.evaluator.evaluate(expr);
-      if (typeof value !== 'string') {
-        throw new FatalDiagnosticError(
-            ErrorCode.VALUE_HAS_WRONG_TYPE, expr, `NgModule.id must be a string`);
-      }
-      id = value;
-    }
+    const id: Expression|null =
+        ngModule.has('id') ? new WrappedNodeExpr(ngModule.get('id') !) : null;
 
     // Register this module's information with the LocalModuleScopeRegistry. This ensures that
     // during the compile() phase, the module's metadata is available for selector scope
@@ -267,8 +259,7 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
     }
     if (analysis.id !== null) {
       const registerNgModuleType = new ExternalExpr(R3Identifiers.registerNgModuleType);
-      const callExpr = registerNgModuleType.callFn(
-          [new LiteralExpr(analysis.id), new WrappedNodeExpr(node.name)]);
+      const callExpr = registerNgModuleType.callFn([analysis.id, new WrappedNodeExpr(node.name)]);
       ngModuleStatements.push(callExpr.toStmt());
     }
     return [
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index 6f9f9f26c3..68d0a983b0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -496,9 +496,28 @@ describe('ngtsc behavioral tests', () => {
     env.driveMain();
 
     const jsContents = env.getContents('test.js');
-    expect(jsContents).toContain('i0.\u0275registerNgModuleType("test", TestModule);');
+    expect(jsContents).toContain('i0.\u0275registerNgModuleType(\'test\', TestModule);');
   });
 
+  it('should emit a \u0275registerNgModuleType call when the module id is defined as `module.id`',
+     () => {
+       env.tsconfig();
+       env.write('index.d.ts', `
+         declare const module = {id: string};
+       `);
+       env.write('test.ts', `
+         import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+         @NgModule({id: module.id})
+         export class TestModule {}
+       `);
+
+       env.driveMain();
+
+       const jsContents = env.getContents('test.js');
+       expect(jsContents).toContain('i0.\u0275registerNgModuleType(module.id, TestModule);');
+     });
+
   it('should filter out directives and pipes from module exports in the injector def', () => {
     env.tsconfig();
     env.write('test.ts', `