diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
index f3445e2df7..5f83f6fe5c 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/evaluator.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ export class Evaluator {
         case ts.SyntaxKind.CallExpression:
           const callExpression = <ts.CallExpression>node;
           // We can fold a <array>.concat(<v>).
-          if (isMethodCallOf(callExpression, 'concat') && callExpression.arguments.length === 1) {
+          if (isMethodCallOf(callExpression, 'concat') &&
+              arrayOrEmpty(callExpression.arguments).length === 1) {
             const arrayNode = (<ts.PropertyAccessExpression>callExpression.expression).expression;
             if (this.isFoldableWorker(arrayNode, folding) &&
                 this.isFoldableWorker(callExpression.arguments[0], folding)) {
@@ -167,7 +168,8 @@ export class Evaluator {
           }
 
           // We can fold a call to CONST_EXPR
-          if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'CONST_EXPR') && callExpression.arguments.length === 1)
+          if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'CONST_EXPR') &&
+              arrayOrEmpty(callExpression.arguments).length === 1)
             return this.isFoldableWorker(callExpression.arguments[0], folding);
           return false;
         case ts.SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral:
@@ -295,14 +297,15 @@ export class Evaluator {
         return recordEntry({__symbolic: 'spread', expression: spreadExpression}, node);
       case ts.SyntaxKind.CallExpression:
         const callExpression = <ts.CallExpression>node;
-        if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'forwardRef') && callExpression.arguments.length === 1) {
+        if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'forwardRef') &&
+            arrayOrEmpty(callExpression.arguments).length === 1) {
           const firstArgument = callExpression.arguments[0];
           if (firstArgument.kind == ts.SyntaxKind.ArrowFunction) {
             const arrowFunction = <ts.ArrowFunction>firstArgument;
             return recordEntry(this.evaluateNode(arrowFunction.body), node);
           }
         }
-        const args = callExpression.arguments.map(arg => this.evaluateNode(arg));
+        const args = arrayOrEmpty(callExpression.arguments).map(arg => this.evaluateNode(arg));
         if (!this.options.verboseInvalidExpression && args.some(isMetadataError)) {
           return args.find(isMetadataError);
         }
@@ -315,7 +318,8 @@ export class Evaluator {
           }
         }
         // Always fold a CONST_EXPR even if the argument is not foldable.
-        if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'CONST_EXPR') && callExpression.arguments.length === 1) {
+        if (isCallOf(callExpression, 'CONST_EXPR') &&
+            arrayOrEmpty(callExpression.arguments).length === 1) {
           return recordEntry(args[0], node);
         }
         const expression = this.evaluateNode(callExpression.expression);
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ export class Evaluator {
         return recordEntry(result, node);
       case ts.SyntaxKind.NewExpression:
         const newExpression = <ts.NewExpression>node;
-        const newArgs = newExpression.arguments.map(arg => this.evaluateNode(arg));
+        const newArgs = arrayOrEmpty(newExpression.arguments).map(arg => this.evaluateNode(arg));
         if (!this.options.verboseInvalidExpression && newArgs.some(isMetadataError)) {
           return recordEntry(newArgs.find(isMetadataError), node);
         }
@@ -575,3 +579,9 @@ export class Evaluator {
 function isPropertyAssignment(node: ts.Node): node is ts.PropertyAssignment {
   return node.kind == ts.SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment;
 }
+
+const empty = [] as ts.NodeArray<any>;
+
+function arrayOrEmpty<T extends ts.Node>(v: ts.NodeArray<T>): ts.NodeArray<T> {
+  return v || empty;
+}
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diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
index 30d28ac32c..0e5e05350a 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/test/evaluator.spec.ts
@@ -215,8 +215,21 @@ describe('Evaluator', () => {
       0, {__symbolic: 'spread', expression: {__symbolic: 'reference', name: 'arrImport'}}, 5
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('should be able to handle a new expression with no arguments', () => {
+    const source = sourceFileOf(`
+      export var a = new f;
+    `);
+    const expr = findVar(source, 'a');
+    expect(evaluator.evaluateNode(expr.initializer))
+        .toEqual({__symbolic: 'new', expression: {__symbolic: 'reference', name: 'f'}});
+  });
 });
 
+function sourceFileOf(text: string): ts.SourceFile {
+  return ts.createSourceFile('test.ts', text, ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true);
+}
+
 const FILES: Directory = {
   'directives.ts': `
     export function Pipe(options: { name?: string, pure?: boolean}) {