diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/package.json b/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
index 9996f94379..25f420400f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
     "typescript": ">=2.7.2 <2.8",
     "@angular/compiler": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER"
   },
+  "engines" : {
+    "node" : ">=8.0"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/angular/angular.git"
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig-build.json b/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig-build.json
index 1fb3b19b2e..1bc16e72e0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "commonjs",
     "stripInternal": false,
-    "target": "es5",
+    "target": "es2015",
+    "lib": [
+      "es2015"
+    ],
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "rootDir": ".",
     "paths": {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8431b17e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "es2015",
+        "lib": [
+            "es2015"
+        ]
+    }
+}
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