diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/test/evaluator_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/test/evaluator_spec.ts
index 640c332b31..ee3b2c83c4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/test/evaluator_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/test/evaluator_spec.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,20 @@ describe('ngtsc metadata', () => {
     ]);
     expect(value instanceof Reference).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('should resolve shorthand properties to values', () => {
+    const {program} = makeProgram([
+      {name: 'entry.ts', contents: `const prop = 42; const target$ = {prop};`},
+    ]);
+    const checker = program.getTypeChecker();
+    const reflectionHost = new TypeScriptReflectionHost(checker);
+    const result = getDeclaration(program, 'entry.ts', 'target$', ts.isVariableDeclaration);
+    const expr = result.initializer !as ts.ObjectLiteralExpression;
+    const prop = expr.properties[0] as ts.ShorthandPropertyAssignment;
+    const evaluator = new PartialEvaluator(reflectionHost, checker);
+    const resolved = evaluator.evaluate(prop.name);
+    expect(resolved).toBe(42);
+  });
 });
 
 function owningModuleOf(ref: Reference): string|null {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/typescript.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/typescript.ts
index 460a1e3eea..519e767138 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/typescript.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/reflection/src/typescript.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ export class TypeScriptReflectionHost implements ReflectionHost {
    * @internal
    */
   protected getDeclarationOfSymbol(symbol: ts.Symbol): Declaration|null {
+    // If the symbol points to a ShorthandPropertyAssignment, resolve it.
+    if (symbol.valueDeclaration !== undefined &&
+        ts.isShorthandPropertyAssignment(symbol.valueDeclaration)) {
+      const shorthandSymbol =
+          this.checker.getShorthandAssignmentValueSymbol(symbol.valueDeclaration);
+      if (shorthandSymbol === undefined) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return this.getDeclarationOfSymbol(shorthandSymbol);
+    }
     let viaModule: string|null = null;
     // Look through the Symbol's immediate declarations, and see if any of them are import-type
     // statements.