diff --git a/packages/common/src/common.ts b/packages/common/src/common.ts
index 21889ba297..0c3e04abde 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/common.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/common.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export * from './location/index';
 export {NgLocaleLocalization, NgLocalization} from './localization';
 export {CommonModule} from './common_module';
 export {NgClass, NgFor, NgForOf, NgForOfContext, NgIf, NgIfContext, NgPlural, NgPluralCase, NgStyle, NgSwitch, NgSwitchCase, NgSwitchDefault, NgTemplateOutlet, NgComponentOutlet} from './directives/index';
+export {DOCUMENT} from './dom_tokens';
 export {AsyncPipe, DatePipe, I18nPluralPipe, I18nSelectPipe, JsonPipe, LowerCasePipe, CurrencyPipe, DecimalPipe, PercentPipe, SlicePipe, UpperCasePipe, TitleCasePipe} from './pipes/index';
 export {PLATFORM_BROWSER_ID as ɵPLATFORM_BROWSER_ID, PLATFORM_SERVER_ID as ɵPLATFORM_SERVER_ID, PLATFORM_WORKER_APP_ID as ɵPLATFORM_WORKER_APP_ID, PLATFORM_WORKER_UI_ID as ɵPLATFORM_WORKER_UI_ID, isPlatformBrowser, isPlatformServer, isPlatformWorkerApp, isPlatformWorkerUi} from './platform_id';
 export {VERSION} from './version';
diff --git a/packages/common/src/dom_tokens.ts b/packages/common/src/dom_tokens.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c31db4436f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/src/dom_tokens.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {InjectionToken} from '@angular/core';
+
+/**
+ * A DI Token representing the main rendering context. In a browser this is the DOM Document.
+ *
+ * Note: Document might not be available in the Application Context when Application and Rendering
+ * Contexts are not the same (e.g. when running the application into a Web Worker).
+ *
+ * @stable
+ */
+export const DOCUMENT = new InjectionToken<Document>('DocumentToken');
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_tokens.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_tokens.ts
index c31db4436f..6ceef650cd 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_tokens.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_tokens.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 
 import {InjectionToken} from '@angular/core';
 
+import {DOCUMENT as commonDOCUMENT} from '@angular/common';
+
 /**
  * A DI Token representing the main rendering context. In a browser this is the DOM Document.
  *
  * Note: Document might not be available in the Application Context when Application and Rendering
  * Contexts are not the same (e.g. when running the application into a Web Worker).
  *
- * @stable
+ * @deprecated, import from `@angular/common` instead.
  */
-export const DOCUMENT = new InjectionToken<Document>('DocumentToken');
+export const DOCUMENT = commonDOCUMENT;