diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
index 12cc5684b5..c925718dca 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {ComponentDecoratorHandler, DirectiveDecoratorHandler, InjectableDecorato
 import {BaseDefDecoratorHandler} from './annotations/src/base_def';
 import {TypeScriptReflectionHost} from './metadata';
 import {FileResourceLoader, HostResourceLoader} from './resource_loader';
-import {FactoryGenerator, FactoryInfo, GeneratedShimsHostWrapper, generatedFactoryTransform} from './shims';
+import {FactoryGenerator, FactoryInfo, GeneratedShimsHostWrapper, SummaryGenerator, generatedFactoryTransform} from './shims';
 import {ivySwitchTransform} from './switch';
 import {IvyCompilation, ivyTransformFactory} from './transform';
 import {TypeCheckContext, TypeCheckProgramHost} from './typecheck';
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ export class NgtscProgram implements api.Program {
     let rootFiles = [...rootNames];
     if (shouldGenerateShims) {
       // Summary generation.
+      const summaryGenerator = SummaryGenerator.forRootFiles(rootNames);
 
       // Factory generation.
       const factoryGenerator = FactoryGenerator.forRootFiles(rootNames);
       const factoryFileMap = factoryGenerator.factoryFileMap;
-      const factoryFileNames = Array.from(factoryFileMap.keys());
-      rootFiles.push(...factoryFileNames);
       this.factoryToSourceInfo = new Map<string, FactoryInfo>();
       this.sourceToFactorySymbols = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
       factoryFileMap.forEach((sourceFilePath, factoryPath) => {
@@ -69,7 +68,10 @@ export class NgtscProgram implements api.Program {
         this.sourceToFactorySymbols !.set(sourceFilePath, moduleSymbolNames);
         this.factoryToSourceInfo !.set(factoryPath, {sourceFilePath, moduleSymbolNames});
       });
-      this.host = new GeneratedShimsHostWrapper(host, [factoryGenerator]);
+
+      const factoryFileNames = Array.from(factoryFileMap.keys());
+      rootFiles.push(...factoryFileNames, ...summaryGenerator.getSummaryFileNames());
+      this.host = new GeneratedShimsHostWrapper(host, [summaryGenerator, factoryGenerator]);
     }
 
     this.tsProgram =
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/index.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/index.ts
index 5323905db3..3980a4362c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 
 export {FactoryGenerator, FactoryInfo, generatedFactoryTransform} from './src/factory_generator';
 export {GeneratedShimsHostWrapper} from './src/host';
+export {SummaryGenerator} from './src/summary_generator';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/src/summary_generator.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/src/summary_generator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..799c3187c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/shims/src/summary_generator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+
+import {ShimGenerator} from './host';
+import {isNonDeclarationTsFile} from './util';
+
+export class SummaryGenerator implements ShimGenerator {
+  private constructor(private map: Map<string, string>) {}
+
+  getSummaryFileNames(): string[] { return Array.from(this.map.keys()); }
+
+  getOriginalSourceOfShim(fileName: string): string|null { return this.map.get(fileName) || null; }
+
+  generate(original: ts.SourceFile, genFilePath: string): ts.SourceFile {
+    // Collect a list of classes that need to have factory types emitted for them. This list is
+    // overly broad as at this point the ts.TypeChecker has not been created and so it can't be used
+    // to semantically understand which decorators are Angular decorators. It's okay to output an
+    // overly broad set of summary exports as the exports are no-ops anyway, and summaries are a
+    // compatibility layer which will be removed after Ivy is enabled.
+    const symbolNames = original
+                            .statements
+                            // Pick out top level class declarations...
+                            .filter(ts.isClassDeclaration)
+                            // which are named, exported, and have decorators.
+                            .filter(
+                                decl => isExported(decl) && decl.decorators !== undefined &&
+                                    decl.name !== undefined)
+                            // Grab the symbol name.
+                            .map(decl => decl.name !.text);
+
+    const varLines = symbolNames.map(name => `export const ${name}NgSummary: any = null;`);
+
+    if (varLines.length === 0) {
+      // In the event there are no other exports, add an empty export to ensure the generated
+      // summary file is still an ES module.
+      varLines.push(`export const ɵempty = null;`);
+    }
+    const sourceText = varLines.join('\n');
+    return ts.createSourceFile(
+        genFilePath, sourceText, original.languageVersion, true, ts.ScriptKind.TS);
+  }
+
+  static forRootFiles(files: ReadonlyArray<string>): SummaryGenerator {
+    const map = new Map<string, string>();
+    files.filter(sourceFile => isNonDeclarationTsFile(sourceFile))
+        .forEach(sourceFile => map.set(sourceFile.replace(/\.ts$/, '.ngsummary.ts'), sourceFile));
+    return new SummaryGenerator(map);
+  }
+}
+
+function isExported(decl: ts.Declaration): boolean {
+  return decl.modifiers !== undefined &&
+      decl.modifiers.some(mod => mod.kind == ts.SyntaxKind.ExportKeyword);
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index 58d43230c9..7f9244b1f0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,38 @@ describe('ngtsc behavioral tests', () => {
     expect(emptyFactory).toContain(`export var ɵNonEmptyModule = true;`);
   });
 
+  it('should generate a summary stub for decorated classes in the input file only', () => {
+    env.tsconfig({'allowEmptyCodegenFiles': true});
+
+    env.write('test.ts', `
+        import {Injectable, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+        export class NotAModule {}
+
+        @NgModule({})
+        export class TestModule {}
+    `);
+
+    env.driveMain();
+
+    const summaryContents = env.getContents('test.ngsummary.js');
+    expect(summaryContents).toEqual(`export var TestModuleNgSummary = null;\n`);
+  });
+
+  it('it should generate empty export when there are no other summary symbols, to ensure the output is a valid ES module',
+     () => {
+       env.tsconfig({'allowEmptyCodegenFiles': true});
+       env.write('empty.ts', `
+        export class NotAModule {}
+    `);
+
+       env.driveMain();
+
+       const emptySummary = env.getContents('empty.ngsummary.js');
+       // The empty export ensures this js file is still an ES module.
+       expect(emptySummary).toEqual(`export var ɵempty = null;\n`);
+     });
+
   it('should compile a banana-in-a-box inside of a template', () => {
     env.tsconfig();
     env.write('test.ts', `