diff --git a/packages/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.ts b/packages/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.ts
index 70d67a5cf9..57e58c2f18 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ import {GetterFn, MethodFn, SetterFn} from './types';
 
 
 /**
- * Attention: This regex has to hold even if the code is minified!
+ * Attention: These regex has to hold even if the code is minified!
  */
 export const DELEGATE_CTOR = /^function\s+\S+\(\)\s*{[\s\S]+\.apply\(this,\s*arguments\)/;
+export const INHERITED_CLASS = /^class\s+[A-Za-z\d$_]*\s*extends\s+[A-Za-z\d$_]+\s*{/;
+export const INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR =
+    /^class\s+[A-Za-z\d$_]*\s*extends\s+[A-Za-z\d$_]+\s*{[\s\S]*constructor\s*\(/;
 
 export class ReflectionCapabilities implements PlatformReflectionCapabilities {
   private _reflect: any;
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ export class ReflectionCapabilities implements PlatformReflectionCapabilities {
   }
 
   private _ownParameters(type: Type<any>, parentCtor: any): any[][]|null {
+    const typeStr = type.toString();
     // If we have no decorators, we only have function.length as metadata.
     // In that case, to detect whether a child class declared an own constructor or not,
     // we need to look inside of that constructor to check whether it is
@@ -64,7 +68,8 @@ export class ReflectionCapabilities implements PlatformReflectionCapabilities {
     // This also helps to work around for https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/12439
     // that sets 'design:paramtypes' to []
     // if a class inherits from another class but has no ctor declared itself.
-    if (DELEGATE_CTOR.exec(type.toString())) {
+    if (DELEGATE_CTOR.exec(typeStr) ||
+        (INHERITED_CLASS.exec(typeStr) && !INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR.exec(typeStr))) {
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/reflection/reflector_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/reflection/reflector_spec.ts
index 7c77e5033a..291a74a815 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/reflection/reflector_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/reflection/reflector_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {Reflector} from '@angular/core/src/reflection/reflection';
-import {DELEGATE_CTOR, ReflectionCapabilities} from '@angular/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities';
+import {DELEGATE_CTOR, INHERITED_CLASS, INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR, ReflectionCapabilities} from '@angular/core/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities';
 import {global} from '@angular/core/src/util';
 import {makeDecorator, makeParamDecorator, makePropDecorator} from '@angular/core/src/util/decorators';
 
@@ -188,6 +188,41 @@ class TestObj {
         Object.defineProperty(dummyArrowFn, 'prototype', {value: undefined});
         expect(() => reflector.annotations(dummyArrowFn as any)).not.toThrow();
       });
+
+      it('should support native class', () => {
+        const ChildNoCtor = `class ChildNoCtor extends Parent {}\n`;
+        const ChildWithCtor = `class ChildWithCtor extends Parent {\n` +
+            `  constructor() { super(); }` +
+            `}\n`;
+        const ChildNoCtorPrivateProps = `class ChildNoCtorPrivateProps extends Parent {\n` +
+            `  private x = 10;\n` +
+            `}\n`;
+
+        const checkNoOwnMetadata = (str: string) =>
+            INHERITED_CLASS.exec(str) && !INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR.exec(str);
+
+        expect(checkNoOwnMetadata(ChildNoCtor)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(checkNoOwnMetadata(ChildNoCtorPrivateProps)).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(checkNoOwnMetadata(ChildWithCtor)).toBeFalsy();
+      });
+
+      it('should properly handle all class forms', () => {
+        const ctor = (str: string) => expect(INHERITED_CLASS.exec(str)).toBeTruthy() &&
+            expect(INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR.exec(str)).toBeTruthy();
+        const noCtor = (str: string) => expect(INHERITED_CLASS.exec(str)).toBeTruthy() &&
+            expect(INHERITED_CLASS_WITH_CTOR.exec(str)).toBeFalsy();
+
+        ctor(`class Bar extends Foo {constructor(){}}`);
+        ctor(`class Bar extends Foo { constructor ( ) {} }`);
+        ctor(`class Bar extends Foo { other(){}; constructor(){} }`);
+
+        noCtor(`class extends Foo{}`);
+        noCtor(`class extends Foo {}`);
+        noCtor(`class Bar extends Foo {}`);
+        noCtor(`class $Bar1_ extends $Fo0_ {}`);
+        noCtor(`class Bar extends Foo { other(){} }`);
+      });
+
     });
 
     describe('inheritance with decorators', () => {