diff --git a/packages/core/src/view/refs.ts b/packages/core/src/view/refs.ts
index e77d0ea2f3..fac2adef91 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/view/refs.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/view/refs.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ class ComponentFactory_ extends ComponentFactory<any> {
     const view = Services.createRootView(
         injector, projectableNodes || [], rootSelectorOrNode, viewDef, ngModule, EMPTY_CONTEXT);
     const component = asProviderData(view, componentNodeIndex).instance;
-    view.renderer.setAttribute(asElementData(view, 0).renderElement, 'ng-version', VERSION.full);
+    if (rootSelectorOrNode) {
+      view.renderer.setAttribute(asElementData(view, 0).renderElement, 'ng-version', VERSION.full);
+    }
 
     return new ComponentRef_(view, new ViewRef_(view), component);
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
index dd11db580a..7a65d3f7f2 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, Component, ContentChild, Directive, InjectionToken, Injector, Input, Pipe, PipeTransform, Provider, QueryList, Renderer2, SimpleChanges, TemplateRef, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, Component, ContentChild, Directive, InjectionToken, Injector, Input, NgModule, NgModuleRef, Pipe, PipeTransform, Provider, QueryList, Renderer2, SimpleChanges, TemplateRef, ViewChildren, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {TestBed, fakeAsync, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 
 export function main() {
@@ -365,6 +366,23 @@ function declareTests({useJit}: {useJit: boolean}) {
       expect(testDirs[1].tpl).toBeDefined();
       expect(testDirs[2].tpl).toBeDefined();
     });
+
+    it('should not add ng-version for dynamically created components', () => {
+      @Component({template: ''})
+      class App {
+      }
+
+      @NgModule({declarations: [App], entryComponents: [App]})
+      class MyModule {
+      }
+
+      const modRef = TestBed.configureTestingModule({imports: [MyModule]})
+                         .get(NgModuleRef) as NgModuleRef<MyModule>;
+      const compRef =
+          modRef.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(App).create(Injector.NULL);
+
+      expect(getDOM().hasAttribute(compRef.location.nativeElement, 'ng-version')).toBe(false);
+    });
   });
 }