diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
index 1c61347362..21d6c217ae 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AotCompiler, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileMetadataResolver, CompileNgModuleMetadata, NgAnalyzedModules, StaticSymbol, TemplateAst, findStaticQueryIds, staticViewQueryIds} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AotCompiler, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileMetadataResolver, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileStylesheetMetadata, NgAnalyzedModules, StaticSymbol, TemplateAst, findStaticQueryIds, staticViewQueryIds} from '@angular/compiler';
 import {Diagnostic, createProgram, readConfiguration} from '@angular/compiler-cli';
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ export class QueryTemplateStrategy implements TimingStrategy {
     // this by just accessing the necessary private properties using the bracket notation.
     this.compiler = (aotProgram as any)['compiler'];
     this.metadataResolver = this.compiler !['_metadataResolver'];
+
+    // Modify the "DirectiveNormalizer" to not normalize any referenced external stylesheets.
+    // This is necessary because in CLI projects preprocessor files are commonly referenced
+    // and we don't want to parse them in order to extract relative style references. This
+    // breaks the analysis of the project because we instantiate a standalone AOT compiler
+    // program which does not contain the custom logic by the Angular CLI Webpack compiler plugin.
+    const directiveNormalizer = this.metadataResolver !['_directiveNormalizer'];
+    directiveNormalizer['_normalizeStylesheet'] = function(metadata: CompileStylesheetMetadata) {
+      return new CompileStylesheetMetadata(
+          {styles: metadata.styles, styleUrls: [], moduleUrl: metadata.moduleUrl !});
+    };
+
+    // Retrieves the analyzed modules of the current program. This data can be
+    // used to determine the timing for registered queries.
     const analyzedModules = (aotProgram as any)['analyzedModules'] as NgAnalyzedModules;
 
     const ngDiagnostics = [
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
index b2ce90c8cb..8cdbf8091b 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
@@ -488,5 +488,32 @@ describe('static-queries migration with template strategy', () => {
       expect(warnOutput[0])
           .toMatch(/^⮑ {3}index.ts@6:11: Content queries cannot be migrated automatically\./);
     });
+
+    it('should not normalize stylesheets which are referenced in component', async() => {
+      writeFile('sub_dir/index.ts', `
+        import {Component, NgModule, ContentChild} from '@angular/core';
+
+        @Component({
+          template: '<p #myRef></p>',
+          styleUrls: ['./my-comp.scss']
+        })
+        export class MyComp {}
+
+        @NgModule({declarations: [MyComp]})
+        export class MyModule {}
+      `);
+
+      // In order to check that the stylesheet is not normalized, we add an "@import" statement
+      // that would be extracted by the "DirectiveNormalizer" and fail because the URL resolver
+      // is not able to resolve the "../shared" relative import to the SCSS file extension.
+      writeFile('/sub_dir/my-comp.scss', `@import '../shared'`);
+      writeFile('/shared.scss', `shared {}`);
+
+      spyOn(console, 'error').and.callThrough();
+
+      await runMigration();
+
+      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    });
   });
 });