diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dts_dependency_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dts_dependency_host.ts
index 7c5545335a..c651c562b3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dts_dependency_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dts_dependency_host.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import {ModuleResolver} from './module_resolver';
 export class DtsDependencyHost extends EsmDependencyHost {
   constructor(fs: FileSystem, pathMappings?: PathMappings) {
     super(
-        fs, new ModuleResolver(fs, pathMappings, ['', '.d.ts', '/index.d.ts', '.js', '/index.js']));
+        fs, new ModuleResolver(fs, pathMappings, ['', '.d.ts', '/index.d.ts', '.js', '/index.js']),
+        false);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/esm_dependency_host.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/esm_dependency_host.ts
index 16e76af9e3..5ce08b8493 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/esm_dependency_host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/esm_dependency_host.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
-import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '../../../src/ngtsc/file_system';
+import {AbsoluteFsPath, FileSystem} from '../../../src/ngtsc/file_system';
 import {DependencyHostBase} from './dependency_host';
+import {ModuleResolver} from './module_resolver';
 
 /**
  * Helper functions for computing dependencies.
  */
 export class EsmDependencyHost extends DependencyHostBase {
+  constructor(
+      fs: FileSystem, moduleResolver: ModuleResolver, private scanImportExpressions = true) {
+    super(fs, moduleResolver);
+  }
   // By skipping trivia here we don't have to account for it in the processing below
   // It has no relevance to capturing imports.
   private scanner = ts.createScanner(ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, /* skipTrivia */ true);
@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ export class EsmDependencyHost extends DependencyHostBase {
 
     // Check for dynamic import expression
     if (kind === ts.SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken) {
-      return this.tryStringLiteral();
+      return this.scanImportExpressions ? this.tryStringLiteral() : null;
     }
 
     // Check for defaultBinding
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dts_dependency_host_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dts_dependency_host_spec.ts
index 18fb2e2895..291ae50e92 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dts_dependency_host_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dts_dependency_host_spec.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         expect(dependencies.has(_('/node_modules/lib-1/sub-1'))).toBe(true);
       });
 
+      it('should ignore synthetic type imports', () => {
+        const {dependencies, missing, deepImports} = createDependencyInfo();
+        host.collectDependencies(
+            _('/external/synthetic-type-imports/index.d.ts'), {dependencies, missing, deepImports});
+        expect(dependencies.size).toBe(0);
+        expect(missing.size).toBe(0);
+        expect(deepImports.size).toBe(0);
+      });
+
       it('should resolve all the external re-exports of the source file', () => {
         const {dependencies, missing, deepImports} = createDependencyInfo();
         host.collectDependencies(
@@ -165,6 +174,18 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         },
         {name: _('/external/imports/package.json'), contents: '{"esm2015": "./index.js"}'},
         {name: _('/external/imports/index.metadata.json'), contents: 'MOCK METADATA'},
+        {
+          name: _('/external/synthetic-type-imports/index.d.ts'),
+          contents: `const function foo(): Array<import("lib-1").X>;`
+        },
+        {
+          name: _('/external/synthetic-type-imports/package.json'),
+          contents: '{"esm2015": "./index.js"}'
+        },
+        {
+          name: _('/external/synthetic-type-imports/index.metadata.json'),
+          contents: 'MOCK METADATA'
+        },
         {
           name: _('/external/re-exports/index.d.ts'),
           contents: `export {X} from 'lib-1';\nexport {Y} from 'lib-1/sub-1';`