diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/package.json b/modules/@angular/http/package.json
index d849333b0c..d3af3f8c06 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/package.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
-    "@angular/core": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER"
+    "@angular/core": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
+    "@angular/common": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
+    "@angular/platform-browser": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
index d4c58e0d6b..181e8dabcc 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/src/backends/xhr_backend.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
+import {__platform_browser_private__} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import {ConnectionBackend, Connection, XSRFStrategy} from '../interfaces';
 import {ReadyState, RequestMethod, ResponseType, ContentType} from '../enums';
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import {Request} from '../static_request';
 import {Response} from '../static_response';
 import {Headers} from '../headers';
 import {ResponseOptions} from '../base_response_options';
-import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {BrowserXhr} from './browser_xhr';
 import {isPresent, isString} from '../../src/facade/lang';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class CookieXSRFStrategy implements XSRFStrategy {
       private _cookieName: string = 'XSRF-TOKEN', private _headerName: string = 'X-XSRF-TOKEN') {}
 
   configureRequest(req: Request) {
-    let xsrfToken = getDOM().getCookie(this._cookieName);
+    let xsrfToken = __platform_browser_private__.getDOM().getCookie(this._cookieName);
     if (xsrfToken && !req.headers.has(this._headerName)) {
       req.headers.set(this._headerName, xsrfToken);
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
index 301b488d80..662c5d9c9f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/test/backends/xhr_backend_spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {BrowserXhr} from '../../src/backends/browser_xhr';
 import {XSRFStrategy} from '../../src/interfaces';
 import {XHRConnection, XHRBackend, CookieXSRFStrategy} from '../../src/backends/xhr_backend';
 import {provide, Injector, Injectable, ReflectiveInjector} from '@angular/core';
-import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {__platform_browser_private__} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {Request} from '../../src/static_request';
 import {Response} from '../../src/static_response';
 import {Headers} from '../../src/headers';
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export function main() {
          () => { expect(() => backend.createConnection(sampleRequest)).not.toThrow(); });
     });
 
+    const getDOM = __platform_browser_private__.getDOM;
     if (getDOM().supportsCookies()) {
       describe('XSRF support', () => {
         it('sets an XSRF header by default', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es2015.json b/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es2015.json
index fc62b849ee..f11638fb7b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es2015.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es2015.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "outDir": "../../../dist/packages-dist/http/esm",
     "paths": {
-      "@angular/core": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/core"]
+      "@angular/core": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/core"],
+      "@angular/common": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/common"],
+      "@angular/platform-browser": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/platform-browser"]
     },
     "rootDir": ".",
     "sourceMap": true,
diff --git a/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es5.json b/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es5.json
index 009d0eea2d..43f06c4c88 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es5.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/http/tsconfig-es5.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "outDir": "../../../dist/packages-dist/http/",
     "paths": {
-      "@angular/core": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/core"]
+      "@angular/core": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/core"],
+      "@angular/common": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/common"],
+      "@angular/platform-browser": ["../../../dist/packages-dist/platform-browser"]
     },
     "rootDir": ".",
     "sourceMap": true,