diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/src/ast/babel_ast_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/src/ast/babel_ast_host.ts
index 5f9426847a..39490b7f4b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/src/ast/babel_ast_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/src/ast/babel_ast_host.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@ export class BabelAstHost implements AstHost<t.Expression> {
     return num.value;
   }
 
-  isBooleanLiteral = t.isBooleanLiteral;
+  isBooleanLiteral(bool: t.Expression): boolean {
+    return t.isBooleanLiteral(bool) || isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(bool);
+  }
 
   parseBooleanLiteral(bool: t.Expression): boolean {
-    assert(bool, t.isBooleanLiteral, 'a boolean literal');
-    return bool.value;
+    if (t.isBooleanLiteral(bool)) {
+      return bool.value;
+    } else if (isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(bool)) {
+      return !bool.argument.value;
+    } else {
+      throw new FatalLinkerError(bool, 'Unsupported syntax, expected a boolean literal.');
+    }
   }
 
   isArrayLiteral = t.isArrayExpression;
@@ -165,3 +172,13 @@ type ArgumentType = t.CallExpression['arguments'][number];
 function isNotSpreadArgument(arg: ArgumentType): arg is Exclude<ArgumentType, t.SpreadElement> {
   return !t.isSpreadElement(arg);
 }
+
+type MinifiedBooleanLiteral = t.Expression&t.UnaryExpression&{argument: t.NumericLiteral};
+
+/**
+ * Return true if the node is either `!0` or `!1`.
+ */
+function isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(node: t.Expression): node is MinifiedBooleanLiteral {
+  return t.isUnaryExpression(node) && node.prefix && node.operator === '!' &&
+      t.isNumericLiteral(node.argument) && (node.argument.value === 0 || node.argument.value === 1);
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/test/ast/babel_ast_host_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/test/ast/babel_ast_host_spec.ts
index 81b4571e93..2540a6508d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/test/ast/babel_ast_host_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel/test/ast/babel_ast_host_spec.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ describe('BabelAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('false'))).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('should return true if the expression is a minified boolean literal', () => {
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!0'))).toBe(true);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!1'))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('should return false if the expression is not a boolean literal', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('"moo"'))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\'moo\''))).toBe(false);
@@ -106,6 +111,8 @@ describe('BabelAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('null'))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\'a\' + \'b\''))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\`moo\`'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!2'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('~1'))).toBe(false);
     });
   });
 
@@ -115,6 +122,11 @@ describe('BabelAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('false'))).toEqual(false);
     });
 
+    it('should extract a minified boolean value', () => {
+      expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('!0'))).toEqual(true);
+      expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('!1'))).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
     it('should error if the value is not a boolean literal', () => {
       expect(() => host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('"moo"')))
           .toThrowError('Unsupported syntax, expected a boolean literal.');
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/ast_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/ast_host.ts
index 11907f6115..ff7a5a9222 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/ast_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/ast_host.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,17 @@ export interface AstHost<TExpression> {
   parseNumericLiteral(num: TExpression): number;
 
   /**
-   * Return `true` if the given expression is a boolean literal, or false otherwise.
+   * Return `true` if the given expression can be considered a boolean literal, or false otherwise.
+   *
+   * Note that this should also cover the special case of some minified code where `true` and
+   * `false` are replaced by `!0` and `!1` respectively.
    */
   isBooleanLiteral(node: TExpression): boolean;
   /**
    * Parse the boolean value from the given expression, or throw if it is not a boolean literal.
+   *
+   * Note that this should also cover the special case of some minified code where `true` and
+   * `false` are replaced by `!0` and `!1` respectively.
    */
   parseBooleanLiteral(bool: TExpression): boolean;
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host.ts
index f23223d0b8..9b6bb9069f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/src/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ export class TypeScriptAstHost implements AstHost<ts.Expression> {
     return parseInt(num.text);
   }
 
-  isBooleanLiteral(node: ts.Expression): node is ts.FalseLiteral|ts.TrueLiteral {
-    return node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword || node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword;
+  isBooleanLiteral(node: ts.Expression): boolean {
+    return isBooleanLiteral(node) || isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(node);
   }
 
   parseBooleanLiteral(bool: ts.Expression): boolean {
-    assert(bool, this.isBooleanLiteral, 'a boolean literal');
-    return bool.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword;
+    if (isBooleanLiteral(bool)) {
+      return bool.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword;
+    } else if (isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(bool)) {
+      return !(+bool.operand.text);
+    } else {
+      throw new FatalLinkerError(bool, 'Unsupported syntax, expected a boolean literal.');
+    }
   }
 
   isArrayLiteral = ts.isArrayLiteralExpression;
@@ -160,3 +165,20 @@ function isNotSpreadElement(e: ts.Expression|ts.SpreadElement): e is ts.Expressi
 function isPropertyName(e: ts.PropertyName): e is ts.Identifier|ts.StringLiteral|ts.NumericLiteral {
   return ts.isIdentifier(e) || ts.isStringLiteral(e) || ts.isNumericLiteral(e);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Return true if the node is either `true` or `false` literals.
+ */
+function isBooleanLiteral(node: ts.Expression): node is ts.TrueLiteral|ts.FalseLiteral {
+  return node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword || node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword;
+}
+
+type MinifiedBooleanLiteral = ts.PrefixUnaryExpression&{operand: ts.NumericLiteral};
+
+/**
+ * Return true if the node is either `!0` or `!1`.
+ */
+function isMinifiedBooleanLiteral(node: ts.Expression): node is MinifiedBooleanLiteral {
+  return ts.isPrefixUnaryExpression(node) && node.operator === ts.SyntaxKind.ExclamationToken &&
+      ts.isNumericLiteral(node.operand) && (node.operand.text === '0' || node.operand.text === '1');
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/test/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/test/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host_spec.ts
index c904b50a4c..1b840eee42 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/linker/test/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/linker/test/ast/typescript/typescript_ast_host_spec.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ describe('TypeScriptAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('false'))).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('should return true if the expression is a minified boolean literal', () => {
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!0'))).toBe(true);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!1'))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('should return false if the expression is not a boolean literal', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('"moo"'))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\'moo\''))).toBe(false);
@@ -104,6 +109,8 @@ describe('TypeScriptAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('null'))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\'a\' + \'b\''))).toBe(false);
       expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('\`moo\`'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('!2'))).toBe(false);
+      expect(host.isBooleanLiteral(expr('~1'))).toBe(false);
     });
   });
 
@@ -113,6 +120,11 @@ describe('TypeScriptAstHost', () => {
       expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('false'))).toEqual(false);
     });
 
+    it('should extract a minified boolean value', () => {
+      expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('!0'))).toEqual(true);
+      expect(host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('!1'))).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
     it('should error if the value is not a boolean literal', () => {
       expect(() => host.parseBooleanLiteral(expr('"moo"')))
           .toThrowError('Unsupported syntax, expected a boolean literal.');