diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/api.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/api.ts
index 0516b66db8..5107a9b7e3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/api.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ export interface TaskQueue {
    */
   markAsFailed(task: Task): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Mark a task as not processed (i.e. add an in-progress task back to the queue).
+   *
+   * This removes the task from the internal list of in-progress tasks and adds it back to the list
+   * of pending tasks.
+   *
+   * @param task The task to mark as not processed.
+   */
+  markAsUnprocessed(task: Task): void;
+
   /**
    * Return a string representation of the task queue (for debugging purposes).
    *
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/queues/base_task_queue.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/queues/base_task_queue.ts
index cd709f1a1c..1e379def95 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/queues/base_task_queue.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/execution/tasks/queues/base_task_queue.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ export abstract class BaseTaskQueue implements TaskQueue {
     this.inProgressTasks.delete(task);
   }
 
+  markAsUnprocessed(task: Task): void {
+    if (!this.inProgressTasks.has(task)) {
+      throw new Error(
+          `Trying to mark task that was not in progress as unprocessed: ${stringifyTask(task)}`);
+    }
+
+    this.inProgressTasks.delete(task);
+    this.tasks.unshift(task);
+  }
+
   toString(): string {
     const inProgTasks = Array.from(this.inProgressTasks);
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/parallel_task_queue_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/parallel_task_queue_spec.ts
index cb524d970e..0753864bef 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/parallel_task_queue_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/parallel_task_queue_spec.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,65 @@ describe('ParallelTaskQueue', () => {
        });
   });
 
+  describe('markAsUnprocessed()', () => {
+    it('should mark an in-progress task as unprocessed, so that it can be picked again', () => {
+      const {queue} = createQueue(2);
+
+      const task1 = queue.getNextTask()!;
+      const task2 = queue.getNextTask()!;
+      expect(queue.allTasksCompleted).toBe(false);
+
+      queue.markAsUnprocessed(task1);
+      queue.markTaskCompleted(task2);
+      expect(queue.allTasksCompleted).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(task1);
+      expect(queue.allTasksCompleted).toBe(false);
+
+      queue.markTaskCompleted(task1);
+      expect(queue.allTasksCompleted).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw, if the specified task is not in progress', () => {
+      const {tasks, queue} = createQueue(3);
+      queue.getNextTask();
+      queue.markAsCompleted(tasks[0]);
+
+      // Try with a task that is already completed.
+      expect(() => queue.markAsUnprocessed(tasks[0]))
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Trying to mark task that was not in progress as unprocessed: ` +
+              `{entryPoint: entry-point-0, formatProperty: prop-0, processDts: true}`);
+
+      // Try with a task that is not yet started.
+      expect(() => queue.markAsUnprocessed(tasks[2]))
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Trying to mark task that was not in progress as unprocessed: ` +
+              `{entryPoint: entry-point-2, formatProperty: prop-0, processDts: true}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should not remove the unprocessed task from the lists of blocking tasks', () => {
+      const {tasks, queue} = createQueue(3, 1, {
+        0: [],      // Entry-point #0 does not depend on anything.
+        1: [0],     // Entry-point #1 depends on #0.
+        2: [0, 1],  // Entry-point #2 depends on #0 and #1.
+      });
+
+      // Pick task #0 first, since it is the only one that is not blocked by other tasks.
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(tasks[0]);
+
+      // No task available, until task #0 is completed.
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(null);
+
+      // Put task #0 back to the unprocessed tasks.
+      queue.markAsUnprocessed(tasks[0]);
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(tasks[0]);
+
+      // Other tasks are still blocked on task #0.
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(null);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('toString()', () => {
     it('should include the `TaskQueue` constructor\'s name', () => {
       const {queue} = createQueue(0);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/serial_task_queue_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/serial_task_queue_spec.ts
index c5cd05c5f4..6e26f8f5bc 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/serial_task_queue_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/execution/tasks/queues/serial_task_queue_spec.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,36 @@ describe('SerialTaskQueue', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('markAsUnprocessed()', () => {
+    it('should mark an in-progress task as unprocessed, so that it can be picked again', () => {
+      const {queue} = createQueue(3);
+      const task = queue.getNextTask()!;
+
+      expect(() => queue.getNextTask()).toThrow();
+
+      queue.markAsUnprocessed(task);
+      expect(queue.getNextTask()).toBe(task);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw, if the specified task is not in progress', () => {
+      const {tasks, queue} = createQueue(3);
+      queue.getNextTask();
+      queue.markAsCompleted(tasks[0]);
+
+      // Try with a task that is already completed.
+      expect(() => queue.markAsUnprocessed(tasks[0]))
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Trying to mark task that was not in progress as unprocessed: ` +
+              `{entryPoint: entry-point-0, formatProperty: prop-0, processDts: true}`);
+
+      // Try with a task that is not yet started.
+      expect(() => queue.markAsUnprocessed(tasks[2]))
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Trying to mark task that was not in progress as unprocessed: ` +
+              `{entryPoint: entry-point-2, formatProperty: prop-2, processDts: true}`);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('toString()', () => {
     it('should include the `TaskQueue` constructor\'s name', () => {
       const {queue} = createQueue(0);