diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/features.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/features.ts
index a9ef563254..62eec6107c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/features.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/src/features.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Component, Inject, OpaqueToken} from '@angular/core';
-import {NgIf} from '@angular/common';
+import * as common from '@angular/common';
 
 export const SOME_OPAQUE_TOKEN = new OpaqueToken('opaqueToken');
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const SOME_OPAQUE_TOKEN = new OpaqueToken('opaqueToken');
   providers: [
     {provide: 'strToken', useValue: 'strValue'},
     {provide: SOME_OPAQUE_TOKEN, useValue: 10},
-    {provide: 'reference', useValue: NgIf},
+    {provide: 'reference', useValue: common.NgIf},
     {provide: 'complexToken', useValue: {a: 1, b: ['test', SOME_OPAQUE_TOKEN]}},
   ]
 })
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class CompWithProviders {
     <input #a>{{a.value}}
     <div *ngIf="true">{{a.value}}</div>
   `,
-  directives: [NgIf]
+  directives: [common.NgIf]
 })
 export class CompWithReferences {
 }
diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
index 3c9a6b5039..e6cdf29276 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
-import {MetadataValue, MetadataSymbolicCallExpression, MetadataSymbolicReferenceExpression, MetadataError, isMetadataError, isMetadataModuleReferenceExpression, isMetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression, isMetadataGlobalReferenceExpression,} from './schema';
+import {MetadataError, MetadataGlobalReferenceExpression, MetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression, MetadataSymbolicCallExpression, MetadataSymbolicReferenceExpression, MetadataValue, isMetadataError, isMetadataGlobalReferenceExpression, isMetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression, isMetadataModuleReferenceExpression, isMetadataSymbolicReferenceExpression} from './schema';
 import {Symbols} from './symbols';
 
 function isMethodCallOf(callExpression: ts.CallExpression, memberName: string): boolean {
@@ -66,14 +66,21 @@ function getSourceFileOfNode(node: ts.Node): ts.SourceFile {
 export function errorSymbol(
     message: string, node?: ts.Node, context?: {[name: string]: string},
     sourceFile?: ts.SourceFile): MetadataError {
+  let result: MetadataError;
   if (node) {
     sourceFile = sourceFile || getSourceFileOfNode(node);
     if (sourceFile) {
       let {line, character} = ts.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(sourceFile, node.pos);
-      return {__symbolic: 'error', message, line, character, context};
+      result = {__symbolic: 'error', message, line, character};
     };
   }
-  return {__symbolic: 'error', message, context};
+  if (!result) {
+    result = {__symbolic: 'error', message};
+  }
+  if (context) {
+    result.context = context;
+  }
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -325,27 +332,36 @@ export class Evaluator {
       case ts.SyntaxKind.TypeReference:
         const typeReferenceNode = <ts.TypeReferenceNode>node;
         const typeNameNode = typeReferenceNode.typeName;
-        if (typeNameNode.kind != ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier) {
-          return errorSymbol('Qualified type names not supported', node);
-        }
-        const typeNameIdentifier = <ts.Identifier>typeReferenceNode.typeName;
-        const typeName = typeNameIdentifier.text;
-        const typeReference = this.symbols.resolve(typeName);
-        if (!typeReference) {
-          return errorSymbol('Could not resolve type', node, {typeName});
-        }
-        if (typeReferenceNode.typeArguments && typeReferenceNode.typeArguments.length) {
-          const args = typeReferenceNode.typeArguments.map(element => this.evaluateNode(element));
-          if (isMetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression(typeReference)) {
-            return {
-              __symbolic: 'reference',
-              module: typeReference.module,
-              name: typeReference.name,
-              arguments: args
+        const getReference: (typeNameNode: ts.Identifier | ts.QualifiedName) =>
+            MetadataSymbolicReferenceExpression | MetadataError = node => {
+              if (typeNameNode.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.QualifiedName) {
+                const qualifiedName = <ts.QualifiedName>node;
+                const left = this.evaluateNode(qualifiedName.left);
+                if (isMetadataModuleReferenceExpression(left)) {
+                  return <MetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression> {
+                    __symbolic: 'reference', module: left.module, name: qualifiedName.right.text
+                  }
+                }
+                return errorSymbol('Qualified type names not supported', node);
+              } else {
+                const identifier = <ts.Identifier>typeNameNode;
+                let symbol = this.symbols.resolve(identifier.text);
+                if (isMetadataError(symbol) || isMetadataSymbolicReferenceExpression(symbol)) {
+                  return symbol;
+                }
+                return errorSymbol('Could not resolve type', node, {typeName: identifier.text});
+              }
             };
-          } else if (isMetadataGlobalReferenceExpression(typeReference)) {
-            return {__symbolic: 'reference', name: typeReference.name, arguments: args};
-          }
+        const typeReference = getReference(typeNameNode);
+        if (isMetadataError(typeReference)) {
+          return typeReference;
+        }
+        if (!isMetadataModuleReferenceExpression(typeReference) &&
+            typeReferenceNode.typeArguments && typeReferenceNode.typeArguments.length) {
+          const args = typeReferenceNode.typeArguments.map(element => this.evaluateNode(element));
+          // TODO: Remove typecast when upgraded to 2.0 as it will be corretly inferred.
+          // Some versions of 1.9 do not infer this correctly.
+          (<MetadataImportedSymbolReferenceExpression>typeReference).arguments = args;
         }
         return typeReference;
       case ts.SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral:
diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/schema.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/schema.ts
index e6a1fdcd8d..4bb94790e8 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/schema.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/schema.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export interface MetadataImportedDefaultReferenceExpression extends MetadataSymb
   module: string;
   default:
     boolean;
+    arguments?: MetadataValue[];
 }
 export function isMetadataImportDefaultReference(value: any):
     value is MetadataImportedDefaultReferenceExpression {
diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/collector.spec.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/collector.spec.ts
index ec27d3225a..5a32785922 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/collector.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/collector.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Collector', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     host = new Host(FILES, [
       '/app/app.component.ts', '/app/cases-data.ts', '/app/error-cases.ts', '/promise.ts',
-      '/unsupported-1.ts', '/unsupported-2.ts'
+      '/unsupported-1.ts', '/unsupported-2.ts', 'import-star.ts'
     ]);
     service = ts.createLanguageService(host);
     program = service.getProgram();
@@ -212,41 +212,16 @@ describe('Collector', () => {
       __symbolic: 'module',
       version: 1,
       metadata: {
-        a: {
-          __symbolic: 'error',
-          message: 'Destructuring declarations cannot be referenced statically',
-          line: 1,
-          character: 16
-        },
-        b: {
-          __symbolic: 'error',
-          message: 'Destructuring declarations cannot be referenced statically',
-          line: 1,
-          character: 18
-        },
-        c: {
-          __symbolic: 'error',
-          message: 'Destructuring declarations cannot be referenced statically',
-          line: 2,
-          character: 16
-        },
-        d: {
-          __symbolic: 'error',
-          message: 'Destructuring declarations cannot be referenced statically',
-          line: 2,
-          character: 18
-        },
-        e: {
-          __symbolic: 'error',
-          message: 'Only intialized variables and constants can be referenced statically',
-          line: 3,
-          character: 14
-        }
+        a: {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Destructuring not supported', line: 1, character: 16},
+        b: {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Destructuring not supported', line: 1, character: 18},
+        c: {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Destructuring not supported', line: 2, character: 16},
+        d: {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Destructuring not supported', line: 2, character: 18},
+        e: {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Variable not initialized', line: 3, character: 14}
       }
     });
   });
 
-  it('should report an error for refrences to unexpected types', () => {
+  it('should report an error for references to unexpected types', () => {
     let unsupported1 = program.getSourceFile('/unsupported-2.ts');
     let metadata = collector.getMetadata(unsupported1);
     let barClass = <ClassMetadata>metadata.metadata['Bar'];
@@ -254,11 +229,23 @@ describe('Collector', () => {
     let parameter = ctor.parameters[0];
     expect(parameter).toEqual({
       __symbolic: 'error',
-      message: 'Reference to non-exported class Foo',
+      message: 'Reference to non-exported class',
       line: 1,
-      character: 45
+      character: 45,
+      context: {className: 'Foo'}
     });
   });
+
+  it('should be able to handle import star type references', () => {
+    let importStar = program.getSourceFile('/import-star.ts');
+    let metadata = collector.getMetadata(importStar);
+    let someClass = <ClassMetadata>metadata.metadata['SomeClass'];
+    let ctor = <ConstructorMetadata>someClass.members['__ctor__'][0];
+    let parameters = ctor.parameters;
+    expect(parameters).toEqual([
+      {__symbolic: 'reference', module: 'angular2/common', name: 'NgFor'}
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 // TODO: Do not use \` in a template literal as it confuses clang-format
@@ -468,6 +455,15 @@ const FILES: Directory = {
       constructor(private f: Foo) {}
     }
   `,
+  'import-star.ts': `
+    import {Injectable} from 'angular2/core';
+    import * as common from 'angular2/common';
+
+    @Injectable()
+    export class SomeClass {
+      constructor(private f: common.NgFor) {}
+    }
+  `,
   'node_modules': {
     'angular2': {
       'core.d.ts': `
diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
index dd509f4b7c..f47841bf1f 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
@@ -156,31 +156,29 @@ describe('Evaluator', () => {
       character: 10
     });
     let fDecl = findVar(errors, 'f');
-    expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(fDecl.initializer)).toEqual({
-      __symbolic: 'error',
-      message:
-          'Functions cannot be evaluated statically; consider replacing with a reference to an exported function',
-      line: 6,
-      character: 11
-    });
+    expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(fDecl.initializer))
+        .toEqual(
+            {__symbolic: 'error', message: 'Function call not supported', line: 6, character: 11});
     let eDecl = findVar(errors, 'e');
     expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(eDecl.type)).toEqual({
       __symbolic: 'error',
-      message: 'Could not resolve type NotFound',
+      message: 'Could not resolve type',
       line: 7,
-      character: 10
+      character: 10,
+      context: {typeName: 'NotFound'}
     });
     let sDecl = findVar(errors, 's');
     expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(sDecl.initializer)).toEqual({
       __symbolic: 'error',
-      message: 'Name expected a string or an identifier but received "1"',
+      message: 'Name expected',
       line: 8,
-      character: 13
+      character: 13,
+      context: {received: '1'}
     });
     let tDecl = findVar(errors, 't');
     expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(tDecl.initializer)).toEqual({
       __symbolic: 'error',
-      message: 'Expression form not supported statically',
+      message: 'Expression form not supported',
       line: 9,
       character: 11
     });