diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/diagnostics.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/diagnostics.ts
index e270cb213c..17af7e00f6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/diagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/diagnostics.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ class TraceDynamicValueVisitor implements DynamicValueVisitor<ts.DiagnosticRelat
     return [makeRelatedInformation(value.node, 'Unknown reference.')];
   }
 
+  visitDynamicType(value: DynamicValue): ts.DiagnosticRelatedInformation[] {
+    return [makeRelatedInformation(value.node, 'Dynamic type.')];
+  }
+
   visitUnsupportedSyntax(value: DynamicValue): ts.DiagnosticRelatedInformation[] {
     return [makeRelatedInformation(value.node, 'This syntax is not supported.')];
   }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/dynamic.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/dynamic.ts
index c19bfa3e3d..a9a6c940e2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/dynamic.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/dynamic.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ export const enum DynamicValueReason {
    */
   COMPLEX_FUNCTION_CALL,
 
+  /**
+   * A value that could not be determined because it contains type information that cannot be
+   * statically evaluated. This happens when producing a value from type information, but the value
+   * of the given type cannot be determined statically.
+   *
+   * E.g. evaluating a tuple.
+   *
+   *   `declare const foo: [string];`
+   *
+   *  Evaluating `foo` gives a DynamicValue wrapped in an array with a reason of DYNAMIC_TYPE. This
+   * is because the static evaluator has a `string` type for the first element of this tuple, and
+   * the value of that string cannot be determined statically. The type `string` permits it to be
+   * 'foo', 'bar' or any arbitrary string, so we evaluate it to a DynamicValue.
+   */
+  DYNAMIC_TYPE,
+
   /**
    * A value could not be determined statically for any reason other the above.
    */
@@ -104,6 +120,10 @@ export class DynamicValue<R = unknown> {
     return new DynamicValue(node, fn, DynamicValueReason.COMPLEX_FUNCTION_CALL);
   }
 
+  static fromDynamicType(node: ts.TypeNode): DynamicValue {
+    return new DynamicValue(node, undefined, DynamicValueReason.DYNAMIC_TYPE);
+  }
+
   static fromUnknown(node: ts.Node): DynamicValue {
     return new DynamicValue(node, undefined, DynamicValueReason.UNKNOWN);
   }
@@ -136,6 +156,10 @@ export class DynamicValue<R = unknown> {
     return this.code === DynamicValueReason.COMPLEX_FUNCTION_CALL;
   }
 
+  isFromDynamicType(this: DynamicValue<R>): this is DynamicValue {
+    return this.code === DynamicValueReason.DYNAMIC_TYPE;
+  }
+
   isFromUnknown(this: DynamicValue<R>): this is DynamicValue {
     return this.code === DynamicValueReason.UNKNOWN;
   }
@@ -158,6 +182,8 @@ export class DynamicValue<R = unknown> {
       case DynamicValueReason.COMPLEX_FUNCTION_CALL:
         return visitor.visitComplexFunctionCall(
             this as unknown as DynamicValue<FunctionDefinition>);
+      case DynamicValueReason.DYNAMIC_TYPE:
+        return visitor.visitDynamicType(this);
       case DynamicValueReason.UNKNOWN:
         return visitor.visitUnknown(this);
     }
@@ -172,5 +198,6 @@ export interface DynamicValueVisitor<R> {
   visitUnknownIdentifier(value: DynamicValue): R;
   visitInvalidExpressionType(value: DynamicValue): R;
   visitComplexFunctionCall(value: DynamicValue<FunctionDefinition>): R;
+  visitDynamicType(value: DynamicValue): R;
   visitUnknown(value: DynamicValue): R;
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/interpreter.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/interpreter.ts
index 5579e6ccf3..44868a6b52 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/interpreter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/partial_evaluator/src/interpreter.ts
@@ -276,12 +276,28 @@ export class StaticInterpreter {
       return this.getReference(node, context);
     }
   }
-
   private visitVariableDeclaration(node: ts.VariableDeclaration, context: Context): ResolvedValue {
     const value = this.host.getVariableValue(node);
     if (value !== null) {
       return this.visitExpression(value, context);
     } else if (isVariableDeclarationDeclared(node)) {
+      // If the declaration has a literal type that can be statically reduced to a value, resolve to
+      // that value. If not, the historical behavior for variable declarations is to return a
+      // `Reference` to the variable, as the consumer could use it in a context where knowing its
+      // static value is not necessary.
+      //
+      // Arguably, since the value cannot be statically determined, we should return a
+      // `DynamicValue`. This returns a `Reference` because it's the same behavior as before
+      // `visitType` was introduced.
+      //
+      // TODO(zarend): investigate switching to a `DynamicValue` and verify this won't break any
+      // use cases, especially in ngcc
+      if (node.type !== undefined) {
+        const evaluatedType = this.visitType(node.type, context);
+        if (!(evaluatedType instanceof DynamicValue)) {
+          return evaluatedType;
+        }
+      }
       return this.getReference(node, context);
     } else {
       return undefined;
@@ -681,6 +697,28 @@ export class StaticInterpreter {
   private getReference<T extends DeclarationNode>(node: T, context: Context): Reference<T> {
     return new Reference(node, owningModule(context));
   }
+
+  private visitType(node: ts.TypeNode, context: Context): ResolvedValue {
+    if (ts.isLiteralTypeNode(node)) {
+      return this.visitExpression(node.literal, context);
+    } else if (ts.isTupleTypeNode(node)) {
+      return this.visitTupleType(node, context);
+    } else if (ts.isNamedTupleMember(node)) {
+      return this.visitType(node.type, context);
+    }
+
+    return DynamicValue.fromDynamicType(node);
+  }
+
+  private visitTupleType(node: ts.TupleTypeNode, context: Context): ResolvedValueArray {
+    const res: ResolvedValueArray = [];
+
+    for (const elem of node.elements) {
+      res.push(this.visitType(elem, context));
+    }
+
+    return res;
+  }
 }
 
 function isFunctionOrMethodReference(ref: Reference<ts.Node>):
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 e597f6d0f3..7582aaebcf 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
@@ -357,6 +357,30 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       expect(value.reason.node.getText()).toEqual('window: any');
     });
 
+    it('supports declarations of primitive constant types', () => {
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: 'foo';`, `x`)).toEqual('foo');
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: 42;`, `x`)).toEqual(42);
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: null;`, `x`)).toEqual(null);
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: true;`, `x`)).toEqual(true);
+    });
+
+    it('supports declarations of tuples', () => {
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: ['foo', 42, null, true];`, `x`)).toEqual([
+        'foo', 42, null, true
+      ]);
+      expect(evaluate(`declare const x: ['bar'];`, `[...x]`)).toEqual(['bar']);
+    });
+
+    it('evaluates tuple elements it cannot understand to DynamicValue', () => {
+      const value = evaluate(`declare const x: ['foo', string];`, `x`) as [string, DynamicValue];
+
+      expect(Array.isArray(value)).toBeTrue();
+      expect(value[0]).toEqual('foo');
+      expect(value[1] instanceof DynamicValue).toBeTrue();
+      expect(value[1].isFromDynamicType()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+
     it('imports work', () => {
       const {program} = makeProgram([
         {name: _('/second.ts'), contents: 'export function foo(bar) { return bar; }'},