diff --git a/modules/upgrade/src/ng1_facade.ts b/modules/upgrade/src/ng1_facade.ts
index d1a257846a..92da15ea2e 100644
--- a/modules/upgrade/src/ng1_facade.ts
+++ b/modules/upgrade/src/ng1_facade.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class ExportedNg1Component {
     var scope = directive.scope;
     if (typeof scope == 'object') {
       for (var name in scope) {
-        if (scope.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+        if ((<any>scope).hasOwnProperty(name)) {
           var localName = scope[name];
           var type = localName.charAt(0);
           localName = localName.substr(1) || name;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class ExportedNg1Component {
   static resolve(exportedComponents: {[name: string]: ExportedNg1Component},
                  injector: angular.auto.IInjectorService) {
     for (var name in exportedComponents) {
-      if (exportedComponents.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+      if ((<any>exportedComponents).hasOwnProperty(name)) {
         var exportedComponent = exportedComponents[name];
         exportedComponent.extractBindings(injector);
       }
diff --git a/modules/upgrade/src/upgrade_module.ts b/modules/upgrade/src/upgrade_module.ts
index 24423e370b..1e5c4879d2 100644
--- a/modules/upgrade/src/upgrade_module.ts
+++ b/modules/upgrade/src/upgrade_module.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class UpgradeModule {
   }
 
   exportAsNg2Component(name: string): Type {
-    if (this.exportedNg1Components.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+    if ((<any>this.exportedNg1Components).hasOwnProperty(name)) {
       return this.exportedNg1Components[name].type;
     } else {
       return (this.exportedNg1Components[name] = new ExportedNg1Component(name)).type;
diff --git a/modules/upgrade/tsconfig.json b/modules/upgrade/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e49a4cb114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/upgrade/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es3",
+        "noImplicitAny": false,
+        "rootDir": ".",
+        "sourceMap": false,
+        "noEmit": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+      "src/angular.d.ts",
+      "upgrade.ts"
+    ],
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules"
+    ]
+}