diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index ac379e2bb9..e49543bd34 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export * from './platform_core_providers';
 export {TRANSLATIONS, TRANSLATIONS_FORMAT, LOCALE_ID, MissingTranslationStrategy} from './i18n/tokens';
 export {ApplicationModule} from './application_module';
 export {wtfCreateScope, wtfLeave, wtfStartTimeRange, wtfEndTimeRange, WtfScopeFn} from './profile/profile';
-export {Type} from './interface/type';
+export {AbstractType, Type} from './interface/type';
 export {EventEmitter} from './event_emitter';
 export {ErrorHandler} from './error_handler';
 export * from './core_private_export';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/interface/type.ts b/packages/core/src/interface/type.ts
index f99a53df75..faec83d8a1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/interface/type.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/interface/type.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ export function isType(v: any): v is Type<any> {
   return typeof v === 'function';
 }
 
+/**
+ * @description
+ *
+ * Represents an abstract class `T`, if applied to a concrete class it would stop being
+ * instantiatable.
+ *
+ * @publicApi
+ */
+export interface AbstractType<T> extends Function { prototype: T; }
+
 export interface Type<T> extends Function { new (...args: any[]): T; }
 
 export type Mutable<T extends{[x: string]: any}, K extends string> = {
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
index 905f9020d5..8e4d861e77 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+export interface AbstractType<T> extends Function {
+    prototype: T;
+}
+
 export interface AfterContentChecked {
     ngAfterContentChecked(): void;
 }