diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.js b/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.js
index 7292a43568..0bc06e8290 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.js
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const cliRelativePath = BOILERPLATE_PATHS.cli.map(file => `../cli/${file}`);
 
 BOILERPLATE_PATHS.elements = [...cliRelativePath, 'package.json', 'src/polyfills.ts'];
 
-BOILERPLATE_PATHS.i18n = [...cliRelativePath, 'angular.json', 'package.json'];
+BOILERPLATE_PATHS.i18n = [...cliRelativePath, 'angular.json', 'package.json', 'src/polyfills.ts'];
 
 BOILERPLATE_PATHS['service-worker'] = [...cliRelativePath, 'angular.json', 'package.json'];
 
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.spec.js b/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.spec.js
index 1a4f8fb2ed..db9c8d5f72 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/example-boilerplate.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('example-boilerplate tool', () => {
     const sharedNodeModulesDir = path.resolve(sharedDir, 'node_modules');
     const BPFiles = {
       cli: 20,
-      i18n: 2,
+      i18n: 3,
       universal: 2,
       systemjs: 7,
       common: 1,
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/i18n/polyfills.ts b/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/i18n/src/polyfills.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/i18n/polyfills.ts
rename to aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/i18n/src/polyfills.ts