diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index f0b7be0af2..4b6553986b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -96,14 +96,21 @@ export const CIRCULAR = '__CIRCULAR__';
  * Renderer2.
  */
 let renderer: Renderer3;
-let rendererFactory: RendererFactory3;
-let currentElementNode: LElementNode|null = null;
 
 export function getRenderer(): Renderer3 {
   // top level variables should not be exported for performance reasons (PERF_NOTES.md)
   return renderer;
 }
 
+let rendererFactory: RendererFactory3;
+
+export function getRendererFactory(): RendererFactory3 {
+  // top level variables should not be exported for performance reasons (PERF_NOTES.md)
+  return rendererFactory;
+}
+
+let currentElementNode: LElementNode|null = null;
+
 export function getCurrentSanitizer(): Sanitizer|null {
   return viewData && viewData[SANITIZER];
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
index a28614ec73..8b57d6a546 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import {ChangeDetectorRef as viewEngine_ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detec
 import {ViewContainerRef as viewEngine_ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
 import {EmbeddedViewRef as viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef, InternalViewRef as viewEngine_InternalViewRef} from '../linker/view_ref';
 
-import {checkNoChanges, checkNoChangesInRootView, detectChanges, detectChangesInRootView, markViewDirty, storeCleanupFn, viewAttached} from './instructions';
+import {checkNoChanges, checkNoChangesInRootView, detectChanges, detectChangesInRootView, getRendererFactory, markViewDirty, storeCleanupFn, viewAttached} from './instructions';
 import {LViewNode} from './interfaces/node';
 import {FLAGS, LViewData, LViewFlags} from './interfaces/view';
 import {destroyLView} from './node_manipulation';
 
+
 // Needed due to tsickle downleveling where multiple `implements` with classes creates
 // multiple @extends in Closure annotations, which is illegal. This workaround fixes
 // the multiple @extends by making the annotation @implements instead
@@ -227,7 +228,16 @@ export class ViewRef<T> implements viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T>, viewEngine_Int
    *
    * See {@link ChangeDetectorRef#detach detach} for more information.
    */
-  detectChanges(): void { detectChanges(this.context); }
+  detectChanges(): void {
+    const rendererFactory = getRendererFactory();
+    if (rendererFactory.begin) {
+      rendererFactory.begin();
+    }
+    detectChanges(this.context);
+    if (rendererFactory.end) {
+      rendererFactory.end();
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Checks the change detector and its children, and throws if any changes are detected.
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 70f606c52a..6a5eec93f7 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@
   {
     "name": "getRenderer"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "getRendererFactory"
+  },
   {
     "name": "getRootView"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
index 1a9f2b3d1c..bde9dd461b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/change_detection_spec.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 
 import {withBody} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
-import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, DoCheck} from '../../src/core';
+import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, DoCheck, RendererType2} from '../../src/core';
 import {getRenderedText, whenRendered} from '../../src/render3/component';
 import {LifecycleHooksFeature, defineComponent, defineDirective, injectChangeDetectorRef} from '../../src/render3/index';
 import {bind, container, containerRefreshEnd, containerRefreshStart, detectChanges, element, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, embeddedViewEnd, embeddedViewStart, interpolation1, interpolation2, listener, markDirty, text, textBinding, tick} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
 import {RenderFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
+import {RElement, Renderer3, RendererFactory3} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
 
 import {containerEl, createComponent, renderComponent, requestAnimationFrame} from './render_util';
 
@@ -1043,4 +1044,40 @@ describe('change detection', () => {
 
   });
 
+  it('should call begin and end when the renderer factory implements them', () => {
+    const log: string[] = [];
+
+    const testRendererFactory: RendererFactory3 = {
+      createRenderer: (hostElement: RElement | null, rendererType: RendererType2 | null):
+                          Renderer3 => { return document; },
+      begin: () => log.push('begin'),
+      end: () => log.push('end'),
+    };
+
+    class MyComponent {
+      get value(): string {
+        log.push('detect changes');
+        return 'works';
+      }
+
+      static ngComponentDef = defineComponent({
+        type: MyComponent,
+        selectors: [['my-comp']],
+        factory: () => new MyComponent(),
+        template: (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyComponent) => {
+          if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
+            text(0);
+          }
+          if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
+            textBinding(0, bind(ctx.value));
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    const myComp = renderComponent(MyComponent, {rendererFactory: testRendererFactory});
+    expect(getRenderedText(myComp)).toEqual('works');
+    expect(log).toEqual(['begin', 'detect changes', 'end']);
+  });
+
 });