diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/jit/compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/jit/compiler.ts
index 5ef6c022f9..4e4e3de69c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/jit/compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/jit/compiler.ts
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ export class JitCompiler implements Compiler {
       const compMeta = this._metadataResolver.getDirectiveMetadata(compType);
       assertComponent(compMeta);
 
-      class HostClass {
-        static overriddenName = `${identifierName(compMeta.type)}_Host`;
-      }
+      const hostClass = {
+        overriddenName: `${identifierName(compMeta.type)}_Host`,
+      };
 
-      const hostMeta = createHostComponentMeta(HostClass, compMeta);
+      const hostMeta = createHostComponentMeta(hostClass, compMeta);
       compiledTemplate = new CompiledTemplate(
           true, compMeta.selector, compMeta.type, hostMeta, ngModule, [compMeta.type]);
       this._compiledHostTemplateCache.set(compType, compiledTemplate);