diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/main.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/main.ts
index fece2d1369..878507821c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/main.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import {PackageTransformer} from './transform/package_transformer';
 
 export function mainNgcc(args: string[]): number {
   const packagePath = resolve(args[0]);
+  const format = args[1] || 'fesm2015';
 
-  // TODO: find all the package tyoes to transform
+  // TODO: find all the package types to transform
   // TODO: error/warning logging/handling etc
 
   const transformer = new PackageTransformer();
-  transformer.transform(packagePath, 'fesm2015');
+  transformer.transform(packagePath, format);
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
index ab974015c0..67f2658643 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngcc/src/transform/package_transformer.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ export class PackageTransformer {
     const targetNodeModules = sourceNodeModules.replace(/node_modules$/, 'node_modules_ngtsc');
     const entryPointPaths = getEntryPoints(packagePath, format);
     entryPointPaths.forEach(entryPointPath => {
-      const options: ts.CompilerOptions = {allowJs: true, rootDir: entryPointPath};
+      const options: ts.CompilerOptions = {
+        allowJs: true,
+        maxNodeModuleJsDepth: Infinity,
+        rootDir: entryPointPath,
+      };
+
       const host = ts.createCompilerHost(options);
       const packageProgram = ts.createProgram([entryPointPath], options, host);
       const entryPointFile = packageProgram.getSourceFile(entryPointPath) !;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
index aab460be00..bb8fcd8ff4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngcc/ngcc_spec.ts
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ describe('ngcc behavioral tests', () => {
     setupNodeModules(support);
   });
 
-  it('should run ngcc without errors', () => {
+  it('should run ngcc without errors for fesm2015', () => {
     const nodeModulesPath = path.join(basePath, 'node_modules');
     console.error(nodeModulesPath);
     const commonPath = path.join(nodeModulesPath, '@angular/common');
-    const exitCode = mainNgcc([commonPath]);
+    const exitCode = mainNgcc([commonPath, 'fesm2015']);
 
     console.warn(find('node_modules_ngtsc').filter(p => p.endsWith('.js') || p.endsWith('map')));
 
@@ -85,4 +85,18 @@ describe('ngcc behavioral tests', () => {
 
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  it('should run ngcc without errors for esm2015', () => {
+    const nodeModulesPath = path.join(basePath, 'node_modules');
+    console.error(nodeModulesPath);
+    const commonPath = path.join(nodeModulesPath, '@angular/common');
+    const exitCode = mainNgcc([commonPath, 'esm2015']);
+
+    console.warn(find('node_modules_ngtsc').filter(p => p.endsWith('.js') || p.endsWith('map')));
+
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/esm2015/src/directives/ng_if.js').stdout);
+    console.warn(cat('node_modules_ngtsc/@angular/common/esm2015/http/src/module.js').stdout);
+
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });