diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
index 02d4a26013..316dc2c474 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class DependencyResolver {
 
     let sortedEntryPointNodes: string[];
     if (target) {
-      if (target.compiledByAngular) {
+      if (target.compiledByAngular && graph.hasNode(target.path)) {
         sortedEntryPointNodes = graph.dependenciesOf(target.path);
         sortedEntryPointNodes.push(target.path);
       } else {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
index abb47d0fef..6d395632d7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/dependencies/dependency_resolver_spec.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,19 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         expect(sorted.entryPoints).toEqual([fifth]);
       });
 
+      it('should not process the provided target if it has missing dependencies', () => {
+        spyOn(host, 'findDependencies').and.callFake(createFakeComputeDependencies({
+          [_('/first/index.js')]: {resolved: [], missing: ['/missing']},
+        }));
+        const entryPoints = [first];
+        let sorted: SortedEntryPointsInfo;
+
+        sorted = resolver.sortEntryPointsByDependency(entryPoints, first);
+        expect(sorted.entryPoints).toEqual([]);
+        expect(sorted.invalidEntryPoints[0].entryPoint).toEqual(first);
+        expect(sorted.invalidEntryPoints[0].missingDependencies).toEqual(['/missing']);
+      });
+
       it('should use the appropriate DependencyHost for each entry-point', () => {
         const esm5Host = new EsmDependencyHost(fs, moduleResolver);
         const esm2015Host = new EsmDependencyHost(fs, moduleResolver);