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 f82c2db834..e558ed578a 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, R3Identifiers, R3InjectorMetadata, R3NgModuleMetadata, R3Reference, Statement, WrappedNodeExpr, compileInjector, compileNgModule} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {Expression, ExternalExpr, InvokeFunctionExpr, LiteralArrayExpr, LiteralExpr, R3Identifiers, R3InjectorMetadata, R3NgModuleMetadata, R3Reference, Statement, WrappedNodeExpr, compileInjector, compileNgModule} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {ErrorCode, FatalDiagnosticError} from '../../diagnostics';
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface NgModuleAnalysis {
   metadataStmt: Statement|null;
   declarations: Reference<ClassDeclaration>[];
   exports: Reference<ClassDeclaration>[];
+  id: string|null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -119,6 +120,17 @@ 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;
+    }
+
     // Register this module's information with the LocalModuleScopeRegistry. This ensures that
     // during the compile() phase, the module's metadata is available for selector scope
     // computation.
@@ -184,6 +196,7 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
 
     return {
       analysis: {
+        id,
         ngModuleDef,
         ngInjectorDef,
         declarations: declarationRefs,
@@ -247,6 +260,12 @@ export class NgModuleDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<NgModuleAnalys
         ngModuleStatements.push(callExpr.toStmt());
       }
     }
+    if (analysis.id !== null) {
+      const registerNgModuleType = new ExternalExpr(R3Identifiers.registerNgModuleType);
+      const callExpr = registerNgModuleType.callFn(
+          [new LiteralExpr(analysis.id), new WrappedNodeExpr(node.name)]);
+      ngModuleStatements.push(callExpr.toStmt());
+    }
     return [
       {
         name: 'ngModuleDef',
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index dff76c79fe..026687b012 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -484,6 +484,21 @@ describe('ngtsc behavioral tests', () => {
        expect(jsContents).not.toContain('\u0275\u0275setNgModuleScope(TestModule,');
      });
 
+  it('should emit a \u0275registerNgModuleType call when the module has an id', () => {
+    env.tsconfig();
+    env.write('test.ts', `
+        import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+        @NgModule({id: 'test'})
+        export class TestModule {}
+    `);
+
+    env.driveMain();
+
+    const jsContents = env.getContents('test.js');
+    expect(jsContents).toContain('i0.\u0275registerNgModuleType("test", TestModule);');
+  });
+
   it('should filter out directives and pipes from module exports in the injector def', () => {
     env.tsconfig();
     env.write('test.ts', `
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
index 7b04d69ecc..80f37838c2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ export class Identifiers {
     moduleName: CORE,
   };
 
+  static registerNgModuleType:
+      o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵregisterNgModuleType', moduleName: CORE};
+
   // sanitization-related functions
   static sanitizeHtml: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵɵsanitizeHtml', moduleName: CORE};
   static sanitizeStyle: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵɵsanitizeStyle', moduleName: CORE};
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
index 179735a15e..2d9099f8d8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ export {
   SWITCH_RENDERER2_FACTORY__POST_R3__ as ɵSWITCH_RENDERER2_FACTORY__POST_R3__,
 } from './render/api';
 
-export {getModuleFactory__POST_R3__ as ɵgetModuleFactory__POST_R3__} from './linker/ng_module_factory_loader';
+export {
+  getModuleFactory__POST_R3__ as ɵgetModuleFactory__POST_R3__,
+  registerNgModuleType as ɵregisterNgModuleType,
+} from './linker/ng_module_factory_loader';
 
 export {
   publishGlobalUtil as ɵpublishGlobalUtil,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
index 18c02dd2ba..fa0f5ad8db 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import {ɵɵdefineInjectable, ɵɵdefineInjector,} from '../../di/interface/defs';
 import {ɵɵinject} from '../../di/injector_compatibility';
 import * as r3 from '../index';
+import {registerNgModuleType} from '../../linker/ng_module_factory_loader';
 import * as sanitization from '../../sanitization/sanitization';
 
 
@@ -130,5 +131,7 @@ export const angularCoreEnv: {[name: string]: Function} = {
   'ɵɵsanitizeResourceUrl': sanitization.ɵɵsanitizeResourceUrl,
   'ɵɵsanitizeScript': sanitization.ɵɵsanitizeScript,
   'ɵɵsanitizeUrl': sanitization.ɵɵsanitizeUrl,
-  'ɵɵsanitizeUrlOrResourceUrl': sanitization.ɵɵsanitizeUrlOrResourceUrl
+  'ɵɵsanitizeUrlOrResourceUrl': sanitization.ɵɵsanitizeUrlOrResourceUrl,
+
+  'ɵregisterNgModuleType': registerNgModuleType,
 };