diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a1577d7b5b..a4637e6531 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/bin/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js
           destination: packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js
       - store_artifacts:
-          path: dist/bin/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.min.js.brotli
-          destination: packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.min.js.brotli
+          path: dist/bin/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.min.js.br
+          destination: packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.min.js.br
       - store_artifacts:
-          path: dist/bin/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js.brotli
-          destination: packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js.brotli
+          path: dist/bin/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js.br
+          destination: packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.min.js.br
 
       - save_cache:
           key: *cache_key
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 74c737a13f..75bf37f86b 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ yarn_install(
     yarn_lock = "//tools/ts-api-guardian:yarn.lock",
 )
 
+yarn_install(
+    name = "http-server_runtime_deps",
+    package_json = "//tools/http-server:package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//tools/http-server:yarn.lock",
+)
+
 http_archive(
     name = "build_bazel_rules_typescript",
     url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_typescript/archive/0.12.1.zip",
diff --git a/packages/bazel/src/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl b/packages/bazel/src/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
index 5a1de5ea26..8a4b375d53 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/src/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
+++ b/packages/bazel/src/ng_rollup_bundle.bzl
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ ng_rollup_bundle = rule(
             default = Label("@org_brotli//:brotli")),
     }),
     outputs = dict(ROLLUP_OUTPUTS, **{
-        "build_es5_min_compressed": "%{name}.min.js.brotli",
+        "build_es5_min_compressed": "%{name}.min.js.br",
     }),
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/BUILD.bazel
index f6da85e8b9..afe5cbd8a9 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library", "ivy_ng_module")
 load("//tools/symbol-extractor:index.bzl", "js_expected_symbol_test")
 load("//packages/bazel/src:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", "ng_rollup_bundle")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "jasmine_node_test")
-load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_devserver")
+load("//tools/http-server:http_server.bzl", "http_server")
 
 ivy_ng_module(
     name = "hello_world",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jasmine_node_test(
     data = [
         ":bundle",
         ":bundle.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js.brotli",
+        ":bundle.min.js.br",
         ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
     deps = [":test_lib"],
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ js_expected_symbol_test(
     golden = ":bundle.golden_symbols.json",
 )
 
-ts_devserver(
+http_server(
     name = "devserver",
-    static_files = [
-        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js",
+    data = [
         "index.html",
+        ":bundle.min.js",
+        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
-    deps = [],
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
index 0e57b04e2e..60b4084d98 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_i18n/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library", "ivy_ng_module")
 load("//packages/bazel/src:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", "ng_rollup_bundle")
-load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_devserver")
+load("//tools/http-server:http_server.bzl", "http_server")
 
 ivy_ng_module(
     name = "hello_world_i18n",
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ ng_rollup_bundle(
     ],
 )
 
-ts_devserver(
-    name = "devserver",
-    static_files = [
-        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js",
+http_server(
+    name = "prodserver",
+    data = [
         "index.html",
+        ":bundle.min.js",
+        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
-    deps = [],
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_r2/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_r2/BUILD.bazel
index 0481e4c168..0051558e3b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_r2/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world_r2/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library", "ng_module")
 load("//tools/symbol-extractor:index.bzl", "js_expected_symbol_test")
 load("//packages/bazel/src:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", "ng_rollup_bundle")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "jasmine_node_test")
-load("@build_bazel_rules_typescript//:defs.bzl", "ts_devserver")
+load("//tools/http-server:http_server.bzl", "http_server")
 
 ng_module(
     name = "hello_world",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jasmine_node_test(
     data = [
         ":bundle",
         ":bundle.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js.brotli",
+        ":bundle.min.js.br",
         ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
     deps = [":test_lib"],
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ js_expected_symbol_test(
     golden = ":bundle.golden_symbols.json",
 )
 
-ts_devserver(
-    name = "devserver",
-    static_files = [
-        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js",
+http_server(
+    name = "prodserver",
+    data = [
         "index.html",
+        ":bundle.min.js",
+        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
-    deps = [],
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/BUILD.bazel b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/BUILD.bazel
index 32186f674b..c979e1c49e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library", "ivy_ng_module")
+load("//tools/http-server:http_server.bzl", "http_server")
 load("//tools/symbol-extractor:index.bzl", "js_expected_symbol_test")
 load("//packages/bazel/src:ng_rollup_bundle.bzl", "ng_rollup_bundle")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "jasmine_node_test")
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ jasmine_node_test(
     data = [
         ":bundle",
         ":bundle.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js.brotli",
+        ":bundle.min.js.br",
         ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
     deps = [":test_lib"],
@@ -82,15 +83,13 @@ ts_devserver(
     deps = [":todo"],
 )
 
-# Even though this is `ts_devserver` rule, we are using it as simple static server
-# This is mostly broken for `ibazel`, use `:devserver` instead.
-ts_devserver(
+http_server(
     name = "prodserver",
-    static_files = [
-        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
-        ":bundle.min.js",
+    data = [
+        "base.css",
         "index.html",
         "todo.css",
-        "base.css",
+        ":bundle.min.js.br",
+        ":bundle.min_debug.js",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/index.html b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/index.html
index 304af5a248..5d25aabdeb 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/index.html
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/index.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     -->
   <script>
     document.write('<script src="' +
-      (document.location.search.endsWith('debug') ? '/bundle.min_debug.js' : '/bundle.min.js') +
+      (document.location.search.endsWith('debug') ? '/bundle.min_debug.js' : '/bundle.min.js.br') +
       '"></' + 'script>');
   </script>
   <script>
diff --git a/tools/http-server/BUILD.bazel b/tools/http-server/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cea2580869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/http-server/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Marker this directory is a Bazel package.
diff --git a/tools/http-server/README.md b/tools/http-server/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f85aa7735a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/http-server/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# http-server
+
+This is a simple Bazel wrapper around the http-server npm package.
+
+A typical frontend project is served by a specific server.
+For Angular's example applications, our needs are simple so we can just use http-server.
+Real projects might need history-server (for router support) or even better a full-featured production server like express.
+
+We modify http-server to support serving Brotli-compressed files, which end with a `.br` extension.
+This is equivalent to gzip-compression support.
+See https://github.com/alexeagle/http-server/commits/master which points to a modified ecstatic library.
diff --git a/tools/http-server/http_server.bzl b/tools/http-server/http_server.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e835fd5ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/http-server/http_server.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Simple Bazel wrapper around npm http-server package.
+
+See https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server
+"""
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "nodejs_binary")
+
+def http_server(args = [], **kwargs):
+  # By default, we pass an argument pointing the http server to the
+  # package of the caller.
+  # This assumes there is an index.html in the package directory.
+  if not args:
+    args = [native.package_name()]
+
+  nodejs_binary(
+      node_modules = "@http-server_runtime_deps//:node_modules",
+      entry_point = "http-server/bin/http-server",
+      args = args,
+      **kwargs)
diff --git a/tools/http-server/package.json b/tools/http-server/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43be8ec75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/http-server/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "http_server",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "http-server": "github:alexeagle/http-server#97205e945b69091606ed83aa0c8489e9ce65d282"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/http-server/yarn.lock b/tools/http-server/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a3bed8292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/http-server/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+async@^1.5.2:
+  version "1.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz#ec6a61ae56480c0c3cb241c95618e20892f9672a"
+
+colors@1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/colors/-/colors-1.0.3.tgz#0433f44d809680fdeb60ed260f1b0c262e82a40b"
+
+corser@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/corser/-/corser-2.0.1.tgz#8eda252ecaab5840dcd975ceb90d9370c819ff87"
+
+debug@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.6.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz#5d128515df134ff327e90a4c93f4e077a536341f"
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.0.0"
+
+"ecstatic@github:alexeagle/node-ecstatic#833f734497f72f8cf396f162f46ad48c56ddc4ca":
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/alexeagle/node-ecstatic/tar.gz/833f734497f72f8cf396f162f46ad48c56ddc4ca"
+  dependencies:
+    he "^1.1.1"
+    mime "^1.4.1"
+    minimist "^1.1.0"
+    url-join "^2.0.2"
+
+eventemitter3@1.x.x:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-1.2.0.tgz#1c86991d816ad1e504750e73874224ecf3bec508"
+
+he@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/he/-/he-1.1.1.tgz#93410fd21b009735151f8868c2f271f3427e23fd"
+
+http-proxy@^1.8.1:
+  version "1.16.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.16.2.tgz#06dff292952bf64dbe8471fa9df73066d4f37742"
+  dependencies:
+    eventemitter3 "1.x.x"
+    requires-port "1.x.x"
+
+"http-server@github:alexeagle/http-server#97205e945b69091606ed83aa0c8489e9ce65d282":
+  version "0.11.1"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/alexeagle/http-server/tar.gz/97205e945b69091606ed83aa0c8489e9ce65d282"
+  dependencies:
+    colors "1.0.3"
+    corser "~2.0.0"
+    ecstatic "github:alexeagle/node-ecstatic#833f734497f72f8cf396f162f46ad48c56ddc4ca"
+    http-proxy "^1.8.1"
+    opener "~1.4.0"
+    optimist "0.6.x"
+    portfinder "^1.0.13"
+    union "~0.4.3"
+
+mime@^1.4.1:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime/-/mime-1.6.0.tgz#32cd9e5c64553bd58d19a568af452acff04981b1"
+
+minimist@0.0.8:
+  version "0.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz#857fcabfc3397d2625b8228262e86aa7a011b05d"
+
+minimist@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz#a35008b20f41383eec1fb914f4cd5df79a264284"
+
+minimist@~0.0.1:
+  version "0.0.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.10.tgz#de3f98543dbf96082be48ad1a0c7cda836301dcf"
+
+mkdirp@0.5.x:
+  version "0.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz#30057438eac6cf7f8c4767f38648d6697d75c903"
+  dependencies:
+    minimist "0.0.8"
+
+ms@2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"
+
+opener@~1.4.0:
+  version "1.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/opener/-/opener-1.4.3.tgz#5c6da2c5d7e5831e8ffa3964950f8d6674ac90b8"
+
+optimist@0.6.x:
+  version "0.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/optimist/-/optimist-0.6.1.tgz#da3ea74686fa21a19a111c326e90eb15a0196686"
+  dependencies:
+    minimist "~0.0.1"
+    wordwrap "~0.0.2"
+
+portfinder@^1.0.13:
+  version "1.0.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/portfinder/-/portfinder-1.0.13.tgz#bb32ecd87c27104ae6ee44b5a3ccbf0ebb1aede9"
+  dependencies:
+    async "^1.5.2"
+    debug "^2.2.0"
+    mkdirp "0.5.x"
+
+qs@~2.3.3:
+  version "2.3.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-2.3.3.tgz#e9e85adbe75da0bbe4c8e0476a086290f863b404"
+
+requires-port@1.x.x:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz#925d2601d39ac485e091cf0da5c6e694dc3dcaff"
+
+union@~0.4.3:
+  version "0.4.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/union/-/union-0.4.6.tgz#198fbdaeba254e788b0efcb630bc11f24a2959e0"
+  dependencies:
+    qs "~2.3.3"
+
+url-join@^2.0.2:
+  version "2.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-join/-/url-join-2.0.5.tgz#5af22f18c052a000a48d7b82c5e9c2e2feeda728"
+
+wordwrap@~0.0.2:
+  version "0.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-0.0.3.tgz#a3d5da6cd5c0bc0008d37234bbaf1bed63059107"