diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/definitions.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/definitions.ts
index b748f78eec..e78068bcf7 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/definitions.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/definitions.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {getTargetAtPosition, TargetNodeKind} from './template_target';
 import {findTightestNode, getParentClassDeclaration} from './ts_utils';
-import {flatMap, getDirectiveMatchesForAttribute, getDirectiveMatchesForElementTag, getTemplateInfoAtPosition, getTextSpanOfNode, isDollarEvent, isTypeScriptFile, TemplateInfo, toTextSpan} from './utils';
+import {flatMap, getDirectiveMatchesForAttribute, getDirectiveMatchesForElementTag, getTemplateInfoAtPosition, getTemplateLocationFromShimLocation, getTextSpanOfNode, isDollarEvent, isTypeScriptFile, TemplateInfo, toTextSpan} from './utils';
 
 interface DefinitionMeta {
   node: AST|TmplAstNode;
@@ -100,15 +100,22 @@ export class DefinitionBuilder {
       case SymbolKind.Reference: {
         const definitions: ts.DefinitionInfo[] = [];
         if (symbol.declaration !== node) {
-          definitions.push({
-            name: symbol.declaration.name,
-            containerName: '',
-            containerKind: ts.ScriptElementKind.unknown,
-            kind: ts.ScriptElementKind.variableElement,
-            textSpan: getTextSpanOfNode(symbol.declaration),
-            contextSpan: toTextSpan(symbol.declaration.sourceSpan),
-            fileName: symbol.declaration.sourceSpan.start.file.url,
-          });
+          const shimLocation = symbol.kind === SymbolKind.Variable ? symbol.localVarLocation :
+                                                                     symbol.referenceVarLocation;
+          const mapping = getTemplateLocationFromShimLocation(
+              this.compiler.getTemplateTypeChecker(), shimLocation.shimPath,
+              shimLocation.positionInShimFile);
+          if (mapping !== null) {
+            definitions.push({
+              name: symbol.declaration.name,
+              containerName: '',
+              containerKind: ts.ScriptElementKind.unknown,
+              kind: ts.ScriptElementKind.variableElement,
+              textSpan: getTextSpanOfNode(symbol.declaration),
+              contextSpan: toTextSpan(symbol.declaration.sourceSpan),
+              fileName: mapping.templateUrl,
+            });
+          }
         }
         if (symbol.kind === SymbolKind.Variable) {
           definitions.push(
diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
index 4e71360764..114385e5fd 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/references.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {getTargetAtPosition, TargetNodeKind} from './template_target';
 import {findTightestNode} from './ts_utils';
-import {getDirectiveMatchesForAttribute, getDirectiveMatchesForElementTag, getTemplateInfoAtPosition, isWithin, TemplateInfo, toTextSpan} from './utils';
+import {getDirectiveMatchesForAttribute, getDirectiveMatchesForElementTag, getTemplateInfoAtPosition, getTemplateLocationFromShimLocation, isWithin, TemplateInfo, toTextSpan} from './utils';
 
 interface FilePosition {
   fileName: string;
@@ -376,27 +376,14 @@ export class ReferencesAndRenameBuilder {
     // TODO(atscott): Determine how to consistently resolve paths. i.e. with the project
     // serverHost or LSParseConfigHost in the adapter. We should have a better defined way to
     // normalize paths.
-    const mapping = templateTypeChecker.getTemplateMappingAtShimLocation({
-      shimPath: absoluteFrom(shimDocumentSpan.fileName),
-      positionInShimFile: shimDocumentSpan.textSpan.start,
-    });
+    const mapping = getTemplateLocationFromShimLocation(
+        templateTypeChecker, absoluteFrom(shimDocumentSpan.fileName),
+        shimDocumentSpan.textSpan.start);
     if (mapping === null) {
       return null;
     }
-    const {templateSourceMapping, span} = mapping;
-
-    let templateUrl: AbsoluteFsPath;
-    if (templateSourceMapping.type === 'direct') {
-      templateUrl = absoluteFromSourceFile(templateSourceMapping.node.getSourceFile());
-    } else if (templateSourceMapping.type === 'external') {
-      templateUrl = absoluteFrom(templateSourceMapping.templateUrl);
-    } else {
-      // This includes indirect mappings, which are difficult to map directly to the code
-      // location. Diagnostics similarly return a synthetic template string for this case rather
-      // than a real location.
-      return null;
-    }
 
+    const {span, templateUrl} = mapping;
     if (requiredNodeText !== undefined && span.toString() !== requiredNodeText) {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/definitions_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/definitions_spec.ts
index 52f1f82983..5b0cd19aaa 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/definitions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/definitions_spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@ import {extractCursorInfo, LanguageServiceTestEnvironment} from './env';
 import {assertFileNames, createModuleWithDeclarations, humanizeDocumentSpanLike} from './test_utils';
 
 describe('definitions', () => {
+  it('gets definition for template reference in overridden template', () => {
+    initMockFileSystem('Native');
+    const templateFile = {contents: '', name: absoluteFrom('/app.html')};
+    const appFile = {
+      name: absoluteFrom('/app.ts'),
+      contents: `
+        import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+
+        @Component({templateUrl: '/app.html'})
+        export class AppCmp {}
+      `,
+    };
+
+    const env = createModuleWithDeclarations([appFile], [templateFile]);
+    const {cursor} = env.overrideTemplateWithCursor(
+        absoluteFrom('/app.ts'), 'AppCmp', '<input #myInput /> {{myIn¦put.value}}');
+    env.expectNoSourceDiagnostics();
+    const {definitions} = env.ngLS.getDefinitionAndBoundSpan(absoluteFrom('/app.html'), cursor)!;
+    expect(definitions![0].name).toEqual('myInput');
+    assertFileNames(Array.from(definitions!), ['app.html']);
+  });
+
   it('returns the pipe class as definition when checkTypeOfPipes is false', () => {
     initMockFileSystem('Native');
     const {cursor, text} = extractCursorInfo('{{"1/1/2020" | dat¦e}}');
diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/test_utils.ts
index ccc0408862..4ddb57d80a 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function humanizeDocumentSpanLike<T extends ts.DocumentSpan>(
                                                        env.host.readFile(item.fileName)) ??
       '';
   if (!fileContents) {
-    throw new Error('Could not read file ${entry.fileName}');
+    throw new Error(`Could not read file ${item.fileName}`);
   }
   return {
     ...item,
diff --git a/packages/language-service/ivy/utils.ts b/packages/language-service/ivy/utils.ts
index 07c4c15c28..a7ab8156b8 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/ivy/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/ivy/utils.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
  */
 import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, CssSelector, ParseSourceSpan, SelectorMatcher, TmplAstBoundEvent} from '@angular/compiler';
 import {NgCompiler} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core';
+import {absoluteFrom, absoluteFromSourceFile, AbsoluteFsPath} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system';
 import {isExternalResource} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/metadata';
 import {DeclarationNode} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection';
-import {DirectiveSymbol} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api';
+import {DirectiveSymbol, TemplateTypeChecker} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api';
 import * as e from '@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast';  // e for expression AST
 import * as t from '@angular/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast';         // t for template AST
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
@@ -346,3 +347,31 @@ export function isWithin(position: number, span: AbsoluteSourceSpan|ParseSourceS
   // like ¦start and end¦ where ¦ is the cursor.
   return start <= position && position <= end;
 }
+
+/**
+ * For a given location in a shim file, retrieves the corresponding file url for the template and
+ * the span in the template.
+ */
+export function getTemplateLocationFromShimLocation(
+    templateTypeChecker: TemplateTypeChecker, shimPath: AbsoluteFsPath,
+    positionInShimFile: number): {templateUrl: AbsoluteFsPath, span: ParseSourceSpan}|null {
+  const mapping =
+      templateTypeChecker.getTemplateMappingAtShimLocation({shimPath, positionInShimFile});
+  if (mapping === null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const {templateSourceMapping, span} = mapping;
+
+  let templateUrl: AbsoluteFsPath;
+  if (templateSourceMapping.type === 'direct') {
+    templateUrl = absoluteFromSourceFile(templateSourceMapping.node.getSourceFile());
+  } else if (templateSourceMapping.type === 'external') {
+    templateUrl = absoluteFrom(templateSourceMapping.templateUrl);
+  } else {
+    // This includes indirect mappings, which are difficult to map directly to the code
+    // location. Diagnostics similarly return a synthetic template string for this case rather
+    // than a real location.
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {templateUrl, span};
+}
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