diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
index 6322ddef86..fe82cfdfca 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/util.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export function getConstructorDependencies(
       const importedSymbol = reflector.getImportOfIdentifier(tokenExpr);
       if (importedSymbol !== null && importedSymbol.from === '@angular/core') {
         switch (importedSymbol.name) {
+          case 'ChangeDetectorRef':
+            resolved = R3ResolvedDependencyType.ChangeDetectorRef;
+            break;
           case 'ElementRef':
             resolved = R3ResolvedDependencyType.ElementRef;
             break;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/fake_core/index.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/fake_core/index.ts
index 7999ab1cc4..0735b5621a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/fake_core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/fake_core/index.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@ export const Injectable = callableClassDecorator();
 export const NgModule = callableClassDecorator();
 export const Pipe = callableClassDecorator();
 
+export const Attribute = callableParamDecorator();
 export const Inject = callableParamDecorator();
 export const Self = callableParamDecorator();
 export const SkipSelf = callableParamDecorator();
 export const Optional = callableParamDecorator();
 export type ModuleWithProviders<T> = any;
+
+export class ChangeDetectorRef {}
+export class ElementRef {}
+export class Injector {}
+export class TemplateRef {}
+export class ViewContainerRef {}
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diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
index 7ad4cf2ffa..0d5fc832b5 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/ngtsc_spec.ts
@@ -370,4 +370,42 @@ describe('ngtsc behavioral tests', () => {
     expect(dtsContents).toContain(`import * as i1 from 'router';`);
     expect(dtsContents).toContain('i0.ɵNgModuleDef<TestModule, [], [i1.RouterModule], []>');
   });
+
+  it('should inject special types according to the metadata', () => {
+    writeConfig();
+    write(`test.ts`, `
+        import {
+          Attribute,
+          ChangeDetectorRef,
+          Component,
+          ElementRef,
+          Injector,
+          TemplateRef,
+          ViewContainerRef,
+        } from '@angular/core';
+
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'test',
+          template: 'Test',
+        })
+        class FooCmp {
+          constructor(
+            @Attribute("test") attr: string,
+            cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
+            er: ElementRef,
+            i: Injector,
+            tr: TemplateRef,
+            vcr: ViewContainerRef,
+          ) {}
+        }
+    `);
+
+    const exitCode = main(['-p', basePath], errorSpy);
+    expect(errorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    const jsContents = getContents('test.js');
+    expect(jsContents)
+        .toContain(
+            `factory: function FooCmp_Factory() { return new FooCmp(i0.ɵinjectAttribute("test"), i0.ɵinjectChangeDetectorRef(), i0.ɵinjectElementRef(), i0.ɵdirectiveInject(i0.INJECTOR), i0.ɵinjectTemplateRef(), i0.ɵinjectViewContainerRef()); }`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_factory.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_factory.ts
index 178434026d..ba50ae1550 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_factory.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_factory.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ export enum R3ResolvedDependencyType {
    * The dependency is for `ViewContainerRef`.
    */
   ViewContainerRef = 5,
+
+  /**
+   * The dependency is for `ChangeDetectorRef`.
+   */
+  ChangeDetectorRef = 6,
 }
 
 /**
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ function compileInjectDependency(
       }
 
       // Build up the arguments to the injectFn call.
-      const injectArgs = [dep.token];
+      const injectArgs = [token];
       // If this dependency is optional or otherwise has non-default flags, then additional
       // parameters describing how to inject the dependency must be passed to the inject function
       // that's being used.
@@ -200,6 +205,8 @@ function compileInjectDependency(
       return o.importExpr(R3.injectTemplateRef).callFn([]);
     case R3ResolvedDependencyType.ViewContainerRef:
       return o.importExpr(R3.injectViewContainerRef).callFn([]);
+    case R3ResolvedDependencyType.ChangeDetectorRef:
+      return o.importExpr(R3.injectChangeDetectorRef).callFn([]);
     default:
       return unsupported(
           `Unknown R3ResolvedDependencyType: ${R3ResolvedDependencyType[dep.resolved]}`);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
index 698326b6a8..72f2f30ba0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ export class Identifiers {
   static injectViewContainerRef:
       o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵinjectViewContainerRef', moduleName: CORE};
 
+  static injectChangeDetectorRef:
+      o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵinjectChangeDetectorRef', moduleName: CORE};
+
   static directiveInject: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵdirectiveInject', moduleName: CORE};
 
   static defineComponent: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵdefineComponent', moduleName: CORE};