diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter.ts
index 426be4d4e7..f18a0181dc 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class CommonJsRenderingFormatter extends Esm5RenderingFormatter {
 
     const insertionPoint = this.findEndOfImports(file);
     const renderedImports =
-        imports.map(i => `var ${i.qualifier} = require('${i.specifier}');\n`).join('');
+        imports.map(i => `var ${i.qualifier.text} = require('${i.specifier}');\n`).join('');
     output.appendLeft(insertionPoint, renderedImports);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter.ts
index 17d55d5d45..7edf77e072 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class EsmRenderingFormatter implements RenderingFormatter {
 
     const insertionPoint = this.findEndOfImports(sf);
     const renderedImports =
-        imports.map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier} from '${i.specifier}';\n`).join('');
+        imports.map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier.text} from '${i.specifier}';\n`).join('');
     output.appendLeft(insertionPoint, renderedImports);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter.ts
index 4055c81865..662c046d07 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ function renderFactoryParameters(
   }
 
   const parameters = factoryFunction.parameters;
-  const parameterString = imports.map(i => i.qualifier).join(',');
+  const parameterString = imports.map(i => i.qualifier.text).join(',');
   if (parameters.length > 0) {
     const injectionPoint = parameters[0].getFullStart();
     output.appendLeft(injectionPoint, parameterString + ',');
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
index 423a3ec673..6d3cf14b68 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/commonjs_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ exports.D = D;
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             sourceFile);
         expect(output.toString()).toContain(`/* A copyright notice */
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ var A = (function() {`);
         const file = getSourceFileOrError(program, _('/node_modules/test-package/some/file.js'));
         const output = new MagicString(PROGRAM.contents);
         renderer.addConstants(output, 'var x = 3;', file);
-        renderer.addImports(output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'}], file);
+        renderer.addImports(
+            output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')}], file);
         expect(output.toString()).toContain(`
 var core = require('@angular/core');
 var i0 = require('@angular/core');
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm5_rendering_formatter_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm5_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
index 4c82098f01..8da3f9323b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm5_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm5_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ export { F };
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             sourceFile);
         expect(output.toString()).toContain(`/* A copyright notice */
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ var A = (function() {`);
         const file = getSourceFileOrError(program, _('/node_modules/test-package/some/file.js'));
         const output = new MagicString(PROGRAM.contents);
         renderer.addConstants(output, 'var x = 3;', file);
-        renderer.addImports(output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'}], file);
+        renderer.addImports(
+            output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')}], file);
         expect(output.toString()).toContain(`
 import {Directive} from '@angular/core';
 import * as i0 from '@angular/core';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
index eae5f15d9e..0f7749108e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/esm_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
           renderer.addImports(
               output,
               [
-                {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-                {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+                {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+                {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
               ],
               sourceFile);
           expect(output.toString()).toContain(`/* A copyright notice */
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ const x = 3;
           const file = getSourceFileOrError(program, _('/node_modules/test-package/some/file.js'));
           const output = new MagicString(PROGRAM.contents);
           renderer.addConstants(output, 'const x = 3;', file);
-          renderer.addImports(output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'}], file);
+          renderer.addImports(
+              output, [{specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')}], file);
           expect(output.toString()).toContain(`
 import {Directive} from '@angular/core';
 import * as i0 from '@angular/core';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/renderer_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/renderer_spec.ts
index 58654cebdf..e66474f3b6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/renderer_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/renderer_spec.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ A.ɵcmp = ɵngcc0.ɵɵdefineComponent({ type: A, selectors: [["a"]], decls: 1, v
              const addImportsSpy = testFormatter.addImports as jasmine.Spy;
              expect(addImportsSpy.calls.first().args[0].toString()).toEqual(RENDERED_CONTENTS);
              expect(addImportsSpy.calls.first().args[1]).toEqual([
-               {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'ɵngcc0'}
+               {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: jasmine.objectContaining({text: 'ɵngcc0'})}
              ]);
            });
 
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ UndecoratedBase.ɵdir = ɵngcc0.ɵɵdefineDirective({ type: UndecoratedBase, vie
                   `function () { (typeof ngDevMode === "undefined" || ngDevMode) && ɵngcc0.setClassMetadata(`);
           const addImportsSpy = testFormatter.addImports as jasmine.Spy;
           expect(addImportsSpy.calls.first().args[1]).toEqual([
-            {specifier: './r3_symbols', qualifier: 'ɵngcc0'}
+            {specifier: './r3_symbols', qualifier: jasmine.objectContaining({text: 'ɵngcc0'})}
           ]);
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
index b1a6e2ca36..9872271c37 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/rendering/umd_rendering_formatter_spec.ts
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             file);
         expect(output.toString())
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             file);
         expect(output.toString())
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             file);
         expect(output.toString())
@@ -249,10 +249,12 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@ngrx/store', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic', qualifier: 'i1'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common/testing', qualifier: 'i2'},
-              {specifier: '@angular-foo/package', qualifier: 'i3'}
+              {specifier: '@ngrx/store', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')}, {
+                specifier: '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic',
+                qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')
+              },
+              {specifier: '@angular/common/testing', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i2')},
+              {specifier: '@angular-foo/package', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i3')}
             ],
             file);
         expect(output.toString())
@@ -270,8 +272,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
            renderer.addImports(
                output,
                [
-                 {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-                 {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+                 {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+                 {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
                ],
                file);
            expect(output.toString())
@@ -287,8 +289,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
            renderer.addImports(
                output,
                [
-                 {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-                 {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+                 {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+                 {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
                ],
                file);
            expect(output.toString())
@@ -315,8 +317,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             file);
         const outputSrc = output.toString();
@@ -361,8 +363,8 @@ typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define('file', ['exports','/tslib',
         renderer.addImports(
             output,
             [
-              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: 'i0'},
-              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: 'i1'}
+              {specifier: '@angular/core', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i0')},
+              {specifier: '@angular/common', qualifier: ts.createIdentifier('i1')}
             ],
             file);
         const outputSrc = output.toString();
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/transform/src/utils.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/transform/src/utils.ts
index ddbdfe7397..57f08b9fa6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/transform/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/transform/src/utils.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,27 @@ export function addImports(
     extraStatements: ts.Statement[] = []): ts.SourceFile {
   // Generate the import statements to prepend.
   const addedImports = importManager.getAllImports(sf.fileName).map(i => {
-    const qualifier = ts.createIdentifier(i.qualifier);
+    const qualifier = ts.createIdentifier(i.qualifier.text);
     const importClause = ts.createImportClause(
         /* name */ undefined,
         /* namedBindings */ ts.createNamespaceImport(qualifier));
-    return ts.createImportDeclaration(
+    const decl = ts.createImportDeclaration(
         /* decorators */ undefined,
         /* modifiers */ undefined,
         /* importClause */ importClause,
         /* moduleSpecifier */ ts.createLiteral(i.specifier));
+
+    // Set the qualifier's original TS node to the `ts.ImportDeclaration`. This allows downstream
+    // transforms such as tsickle to properly process references to this import.
+    //
+    // This operation is load-bearing in g3 as some imported modules contain special metadata
+    // generated by clutz, which tsickle uses to transform imports and references to those imports.
+    //
+    // TODO(alxhub): add a test for this when tsickle is updated externally to depend on this
+    // behavior.
+    ts.setOriginalNode(i.qualifier, decl);
+
+    return decl;
   });
 
   // Filter out the existing imports and the source file body. All new statements
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/index.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/index.ts
index be45c20340..b6300ba02a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 export {AstFactory, BinaryOperator, LeadingComment, ObjectLiteralProperty, SourceMapLocation, SourceMapRange, TemplateElement, TemplateLiteral, UnaryOperator, VariableDeclarationType} from './src/api/ast_factory';
-export {Import, ImportGenerator, NamedImport} from './src/api/import_generator';
+export {ImportGenerator, NamedImport} from './src/api/import_generator';
 export {Context} from './src/context';
-export {ImportManager} from './src/import_manager';
+export {Import, ImportManager} from './src/import_manager';
 export {ExpressionTranslatorVisitor, RecordWrappedNodeExprFn, TranslatorOptions} from './src/translator';
 export {translateType} from './src/type_translator';
 export {attachComments, createTemplateMiddle, createTemplateTail, TypeScriptAstFactory} from './src/typescript_ast_factory';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/api/import_generator.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/api/import_generator.ts
index 5e5fd3474d..07a1bd22f5 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/api/import_generator.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/api/import_generator.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-/**
- * Information about an import that has been added to a module.
- */
-export interface Import {
-  /** The name of the module that has been imported. */
-  specifier: string;
-  /** The alias of the imported module. */
-  qualifier: string;
-}
-
 /**
  * The symbol name and import namespace of an imported symbol,
  * which has been registered through the ImportGenerator.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/import_manager.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/import_manager.ts
index f5eeec0f4b..65a083308e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/import_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/translator/src/import_manager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,17 @@
  */
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import {ImportRewriter, NoopImportRewriter} from '../../imports';
-import {Import, ImportGenerator, NamedImport} from './api/import_generator';
+import {ImportGenerator, NamedImport} from './api/import_generator';
+
+/**
+ * Information about an import that has been added to a module.
+ */
+export interface Import {
+  /** The name of the module that has been imported. */
+  specifier: string;
+  /** The `ts.Identifer` by which the imported module is known. */
+  qualifier: ts.Identifier;
+}
 
 export class ImportManager implements ImportGenerator<ts.Identifier> {
   private specifierToIdentifier = new Map<string, ts.Identifier>();
@@ -42,11 +52,14 @@ export class ImportManager implements ImportGenerator<ts.Identifier> {
   }
 
   getAllImports(contextPath: string): Import[] {
-    const imports: {specifier: string, qualifier: string}[] = [];
-    this.specifierToIdentifier.forEach((qualifier, specifier) => {
-      specifier = this.rewriter.rewriteSpecifier(specifier, contextPath);
-      imports.push({specifier, qualifier: qualifier.text});
-    });
+    const imports: Import[] = [];
+    for (const [originalSpecifier, qualifier] of this.specifierToIdentifier) {
+      const specifier = this.rewriter.rewriteSpecifier(originalSpecifier, contextPath);
+      imports.push({
+        specifier,
+        qualifier,
+      });
+    }
     return imports;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/context.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/context.ts
index e9729b1ff6..6754c93cc2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/context.ts
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class TypeCheckContextImpl implements TypeCheckContext {
 
     // Write out the imports that need to be added to the beginning of the file.
     let imports = importManager.getAllImports(sf.fileName)
-                      .map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier} from '${i.specifier}';`)
+                      .map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier.text} from '${i.specifier}';`)
                       .join('\n');
     code = imports + '\n' + code;
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_file.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_file.ts
index 5b2996b8c4..88efdeb6b0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_file.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_file.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class TypeCheckFile extends Environment {
 
   render(): string {
     let source: string = this.importManager.getAllImports(this.contextFile.fileName)
-                             .map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier} from '${i.specifier}';`)
+                             .map(i => `import * as ${i.qualifier.text} from '${i.specifier}';`)
                              .join('\n') +
         '\n\n';
     const printer = ts.createPrinter();