diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
index a4c5f105f6..a8e02ccc3f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import {ConstantPool} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
+import {ParsedConfiguration} from '../../..';
 import {ComponentDecoratorHandler, DirectiveDecoratorHandler, InjectableDecoratorHandler, NgModuleDecoratorHandler, PipeDecoratorHandler, ReferencesRegistry, ResourceLoader} from '../../../src/ngtsc/annotations';
 import {CycleAnalyzer, ImportGraph} from '../../../src/ngtsc/cycles';
 import {isFatalDiagnosticError} from '../../../src/ngtsc/diagnostics';
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export class DecorationAnalyzer {
   private rootDirs = this.bundle.rootDirs;
   private packagePath = this.bundle.entryPoint.package;
   private isCore = this.bundle.isCore;
+  private compilerOptions = this.tsConfig !== null? this.tsConfig.options: {};
 
   moduleResolver =
       new ModuleResolver(this.program, this.options, this.host, /* moduleResolutionCache */ null);
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ export class DecorationAnalyzer {
     new ComponentDecoratorHandler(
         this.reflectionHost, this.evaluator, this.fullRegistry, this.fullMetaReader,
         this.scopeRegistry, this.scopeRegistry, this.isCore, this.resourceManager, this.rootDirs,
-        /* defaultPreserveWhitespaces */ false,
+        !!this.compilerOptions.preserveWhitespaces,
         /* i18nUseExternalIds */ true, this.bundle.enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat,
         this.moduleResolver, this.cycleAnalyzer, this.refEmitter, NOOP_DEFAULT_IMPORT_RECORDER,
         NOOP_DEPENDENCY_TRACKER, this.injectableRegistry, /* annotateForClosureCompiler */ false),
@@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ export class DecorationAnalyzer {
   constructor(
       private fs: FileSystem, private bundle: EntryPointBundle,
       private reflectionHost: NgccReflectionHost, private referencesRegistry: ReferencesRegistry,
-      private diagnosticHandler: (error: ts.Diagnostic) => void = () => {}) {}
+      private diagnosticHandler: (error: ts.Diagnostic) => void = () => {},
+      private tsConfig: ParsedConfiguration|null = null) {}
 
   /**
    * Analyze a program to find all the decorated files should be transformed.
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/main.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/main.ts
index 6a202be471..a069b8b03b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/main.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export function mainNgcc(
   const createCompileFn: CreateCompileFn = onTaskCompleted => {
     const fileWriter = getFileWriter(
         fileSystem, logger, pkgJsonUpdater, createNewEntryPointFormats, errorOnFailedEntryPoint);
-    const transformer = new Transformer(fileSystem, logger);
+    const transformer = new Transformer(fileSystem, logger, tsConfig);
 
     return (task: Task) => {
       const {entryPoint, formatProperty, formatPropertiesToMarkAsProcessed, processDts} = task;
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/transformer.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/transformer.ts
index 6ae9785929..f7a30944f7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/packages/transformer.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
+import {ParsedConfiguration} from '../../..';
 import {FileSystem} from '../../../src/ngtsc/file_system';
 import {TypeScriptReflectionHost} from '../../../src/ngtsc/reflection';
 import {DecorationAnalyzer} from '../analysis/decoration_analyzer';
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ export type TransformResult = {
  * - Some formats may contain multiple "modules" in a single file.
  */
 export class Transformer {
-  constructor(private fs: FileSystem, private logger: Logger) {}
+  constructor(
+      private fs: FileSystem, private logger: Logger,
+      private tsConfig: ParsedConfiguration|null = null) {}
 
   /**
    * Transform the source (and typings) files of a bundle.
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ export class Transformer {
     const diagnostics: ts.Diagnostic[] = [];
     const decorationAnalyzer = new DecorationAnalyzer(
         this.fs, bundle, reflectionHost, referencesRegistry,
-        diagnostic => diagnostics.push(diagnostic));
+        diagnostic => diagnostics.push(diagnostic), this.tsConfig);
     const decorationAnalyses = decorationAnalyzer.analyzeProgram();
 
     const moduleWithProvidersAnalyzer =
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
index 328ea2ee44..4cc67792d5 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
@@ -1373,6 +1373,44 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
          });
     });
 
+    describe('whitespace preservation', () => {
+      it('should default not to preserve whitespace', () => {
+        mainNgcc({basePath: '/dist', propertiesToConsider: ['es2015']});
+        expect(loadPackage('local-package', _('/dist')).__processed_by_ivy_ngcc__).toEqual({
+          es2015: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+          typings: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+        });
+        expect(fs.readFile(_('/dist/local-package/index.js')))
+            .toMatch(/ɵɵtext\(\d+, " Hello\\n"\);/);
+      });
+
+      it('should preserve whitespace if set in a loaded tsconfig.json', () => {
+        fs.writeFile(
+            _('/tsconfig.json'),
+            JSON.stringify({angularCompilerOptions: {preserveWhitespaces: true}}));
+        mainNgcc({basePath: '/dist', propertiesToConsider: ['es2015']});
+        expect(loadPackage('local-package', _('/dist')).__processed_by_ivy_ngcc__).toEqual({
+          es2015: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+          typings: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+        });
+        expect(fs.readFile(_('/dist/local-package/index.js')))
+            .toMatch(/ɵɵtext\(\d+, "\\n  Hello\\n"\);/);
+      });
+
+      it('should not preserve whitespace if set to false in a loaded tsconfig.json', () => {
+        fs.writeFile(
+            _('/tsconfig.json'),
+            JSON.stringify({angularCompilerOptions: {preserveWhitespaces: false}}));
+        mainNgcc({basePath: '/dist', propertiesToConsider: ['es2015']});
+        expect(loadPackage('local-package', _('/dist')).__processed_by_ivy_ngcc__).toEqual({
+          es2015: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+          typings: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+        });
+        expect(fs.readFile(_('/dist/local-package/index.js')))
+            .toMatch(/ɵɵtext\(\d+, " Hello\\n"\);/);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('with configuration files', () => {
       it('should process a configured deep-import as an entry-point', () => {
         loadTestFiles([
@@ -1883,7 +1921,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
         {
           name: _('/dist/local-package/index.js'),
           contents:
-              `import {Component} from '@angular/core';\nexport class AppComponent {};\nAppComponent.decorators = [\n{ type: Component, args: [{selector: 'app', template: '<h2>Hello</h2>'}] }\n];`
+              `import {Component} from '@angular/core';\nexport class AppComponent {};\nAppComponent.decorators = [\n{ type: Component, args: [{selector: 'app', template: '<h2>\\n  Hello\\n</h2>'}] }\n];`
         },
         {
           name: _('/dist/local-package/index.d.ts'),