diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/benchmarks/README.md b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/benchmarks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14e69f8ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Overview
+
+This folder will be filled with the benchmark sources
+so that we can do offline compilation for them.
+
+
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/tsconfig.json b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/tsconfig.json
index 01090a2570..054b56c206 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/tsconfig.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,5 +15,15 @@
         "declaration": true,
         "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
         "baseUrl": "."
-    }
+    },
+
+    "files": [
+        "src/module",
+        "src/bootstrap",
+        "test/all_spec",
+        "benchmarks/src/tree/ng2/index_aot.ts",
+        "benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts",
+        "benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2/index_aot.ts",
+        "benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts"
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/README.md b/modules/benchmarks/README.md
index acc3ec72a4..266e7a0a51 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/README.md
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ $ ./node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor-perf.conf.js --specs=dist/all/benchm
 Options for protractor with `protractor-perf.conf.js`:
 - `--bundles=true`: use prebuilt bundles
 - `--ng-help`: show all available options
+
+## Compile *_aot.ts files
+
+These files are compiled as part of the compiler_cli integration tests.
+See `@angular/compile_cli/integrationtest/tsconfig.json`
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2/index_aot.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2/index_aot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c4e49de2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2/index_aot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {platformBrowser} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import {init} from './init';
+import {AppModuleNgFactory} from './table.ngfactory';
+
+enableProdMode();
+platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory).then(init);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c4e49de2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {platformBrowser} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import {init} from './init';
+import {AppModuleNgFactory} from './table.ngfactory';
+
+enableProdMode();
+platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory).then(init);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2/index_aot.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2/index_aot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27f907ed17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2/index_aot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {platformBrowser} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import {init} from './init';
+import {AppModuleNgFactory} from './tree.ngfactory';
+
+enableProdMode();
+platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory).then(init);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index.ts
index dd38964858..46623a157e 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,10 @@
-import {ApplicationRef, enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
 import {platformBrowserDynamic} from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
 
-import {bindAction, profile} from '../../util';
-import {buildTree, emptyTree} from '../util';
-
-import {AppModule, TreeComponent} from './tree';
+import {init} from './init';
+import {AppModule} from './tree';
 
 export function main() {
-  var tree: TreeComponent;
-  var appRef: ApplicationRef;
-
-  function destroyDom() {
-    tree.data = emptyTree;
-    appRef.tick();
-  }
-
-  function createDom() {
-    tree.data = buildTree();
-    appRef.tick();
-  }
-
-  function noop() {}
-
-  function init() {
-    enableProdMode();
-    platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule).then((ref) => {
-      const injector = ref.injector;
-      appRef = injector.get(ApplicationRef);
-
-      tree = appRef.components[0].instance;
-      bindAction('#destroyDom', destroyDom);
-      bindAction('#createDom', createDom);
-      bindAction('#updateDomProfile', profile(createDom, noop, 'update'));
-      bindAction('#createDomProfile', profile(createDom, destroyDom, 'create'));
-    });
-  }
-
-  init();
+  enableProdMode();
+  platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule).then(init);
 }
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27f907ed17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/index_aot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {enableProdMode} from '@angular/core';
+import {platformBrowser} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import {init} from './init';
+import {AppModuleNgFactory} from './tree.ngfactory';
+
+enableProdMode();
+platformBrowser().bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory).then(init);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/init.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/init.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..280c9b0ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_switch/init.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {ApplicationRef, NgModuleRef} from '@angular/core';
+
+import {bindAction, profile} from '../../util';
+import {buildTree, emptyTree} from '../util';
+
+import {AppModule, TreeComponent} from './tree';
+
+export function init(moduleRef: NgModuleRef<AppModule>) {
+  var tree: TreeComponent;
+  var appRef: ApplicationRef;
+
+  function destroyDom() {
+    tree.data = emptyTree;
+    appRef.tick();
+  }
+
+  function createDom() {
+    tree.data = buildTree();
+    appRef.tick();
+  }
+
+  function noop() {}
+
+  const injector = moduleRef.injector;
+  appRef = injector.get(ApplicationRef);
+
+  tree = appRef.components[0].instance;
+  bindAction('#destroyDom', destroyDom);
+  bindAction('#createDom', createDom);
+  bindAction('#updateDomProfile', profile(createDom, noop, 'update'));
+  bindAction('#createDomProfile', profile(createDom, destroyDom, 'create'));
+}
diff --git a/modules/tsconfig.json b/modules/tsconfig.json
index 550608e1d4..955827b3f6 100644
--- a/modules/tsconfig.json
+++ b/modules/tsconfig.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "angular2",
     "benchmarks/e2e_test/old",
     "benchmarks/src/old",
+    "benchmarks/src/**/index_aot.ts",
     "benchmarks_external",
     "payload_tests",
     "rollup-test",
diff --git a/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh b/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
index bc3ffdac5c..239f548902 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-lite/offline_compiler_test.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-.}
 readonly TMP=$TMPDIR/e2e_test.$(date +%s)
 mkdir -p $TMP
 cp -R -v modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/* $TMP
+cp -R -v modules/benchmarks $TMP
 # Try to use the same versions as angular, in particular, this will
 # cause us to install the same rxjs version.
 cp -v package.json $TMP