diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/app_module_compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/app_module_compiler.ts
index 907c7fecdd..b0ac17ff1c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/app_module_compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/app_module_compiler.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {CompileAppModuleMetadata, CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileIdentifier
 import {isBlank, isPresent} from './facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, identifierToken} from './identifiers';
 import * as o from './output/output_ast';
+import {convertValueToOutputAst} from './output/value_util';
 import {ParseLocation, ParseSourceFile, ParseSourceSpan} from './parse_util';
 import {AppModuleProviderParser} from './provider_parser';
 import {ProviderAst, ProviderAstType} from './template_ast';
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class _InjectorBuilder {
       result =
           o.importExpr(provider.useClass).instantiate(depsExpr, o.importType(provider.useClass));
     } else {
-      result = o.literal(provider.useValue);
+      result = convertValueToOutputAst(provider.useValue);
     }
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/output_ast.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/output_ast.ts
index 7d51a8b911..b47c2f1e47 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/output_ast.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/output_ast.ts
@@ -896,29 +896,6 @@ export function fn(params: FnParam[], body: Statement[], type: Type = null): Fun
   return new FunctionExpr(params, body, type);
 }
 
-export function literal(value: any, type: Type = null): Expression {
-  return visitValue(value, new _ValueOutputAstTransformer(), type);
-}
-
-class _ValueOutputAstTransformer implements ValueTransformer {
-  visitArray(arr: any[], type: Type): Expression {
-    return literalArr(arr.map(value => visitValue(value, this, null)), type);
-  }
-  visitStringMap(map: {[key: string]: any}, type: MapType): Expression {
-    var entries: Array<string|Expression>[] = [];
-    StringMapWrapper.forEach(map, (value: any, key: string) => {
-      entries.push([key, visitValue(value, this, null)]);
-    });
-    return literalMap(entries, type);
-  }
-  visitPrimitive(value: any, type: Type): Expression { return new LiteralExpr(value, type); }
-  visitOther(value: any, type: Type): Expression {
-    if (value instanceof CompileIdentifierMetadata) {
-      return importExpr(value);
-    } else if (value instanceof Expression) {
-      return value;
-    } else {
-      throw new BaseException(`Illegal state: Don't now how to compile value ${value}`);
-    }
-  }
+export function literal(value: any, type: Type = null): LiteralExpr {
+  return new LiteralExpr(value, type);
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b09a3b1098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {CompileIdentifierMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from '../facade/collection';
+import {BaseException} from '../facade/exceptions';
+import {ValueTransformer, visitValue} from '../util';
+
+import * as o from './output_ast';
+
+export function convertValueToOutputAst(value: any, type: o.Type = null): o.Expression {
+  return visitValue(value, new _ValueOutputAstTransformer(), type);
+}
+
+class _ValueOutputAstTransformer implements ValueTransformer {
+  visitArray(arr: any[], type: o.Type): o.Expression {
+    return o.literalArr(arr.map(value => visitValue(value, this, null)), type);
+  }
+  visitStringMap(map: {[key: string]: any}, type: o.MapType): o.Expression {
+    var entries: Array<string|o.Expression>[] = [];
+    StringMapWrapper.forEach(map, (value: any, key: string) => {
+      entries.push([key, visitValue(value, this, null)]);
+    });
+    return o.literalMap(entries, type);
+  }
+  visitPrimitive(value: any, type: o.Type): o.Expression { return o.literal(value, type); }
+  visitOther(value: any, type: o.Type): o.Expression {
+    if (value instanceof CompileIdentifierMetadata) {
+      return o.importExpr(value);
+    } else if (value instanceof o.Expression) {
+      return value;
+    } else {
+      throw new BaseException(`Illegal state: Don't now how to compile value ${value}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
index 920969790b..c1fbae1972 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from '../facade/collection';
 import {isBlank, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, identifierToken} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
+import {convertValueToOutputAst} from '../output/value_util';
 import {ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst} from '../template_ast';
 
 import {CompileView} from './compile_view';
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
           return o.importExpr(provider.useClass)
               .instantiate(depsExpr, o.importType(provider.useClass));
         } else {
-          return o.literal(provider.useValue);
+          return convertValueToOutputAst(provider.useValue);
         }
       });
       var propName = `_${resolvedProvider.token.name}_${this.nodeIndex}_${this._instances.size}`;