diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
index b02373d27b..dd50834e7e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/view_insertion_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, EmbeddedViewRef, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ComponentFactoryResolver, Directive, EmbeddedViewRef, Injector, NgModule, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, ViewRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
@@ -249,4 +249,246 @@ describe('view insertion', () => {
       expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('div.dynamic')).length).toBe(4);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('before another view', () => {
+    @Directive({selector: '[viewInserting]', exportAs: 'vi'})
+    class ViewInsertingDir {
+      constructor(private _vcRef: ViewContainerRef) {}
+
+      insert(beforeView: ViewRef, insertTpl: TemplateRef<{}>) {
+        this._vcRef.insert(beforeView, 0);
+        this._vcRef.createEmbeddedView(insertTpl, {}, 0);
+      }
+    }
+
+    describe('before embedded view', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'test-cmpt',
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #insert>insert</ng-template>  
+          <ng-template #before>|before</ng-template>
+          
+          <div><ng-template #vi="vi" viewInserting></ng-template></div>
+        `
+      })
+      class TestCmpt {
+        @ViewChild('before', {static: true}) beforeTpl !: TemplateRef<{}>;
+        @ViewChild('insert', {static: true}) insertTpl !: TemplateRef<{}>;
+        @ViewChild('vi', {static: true}) viewInsertingDir !: ViewInsertingDir;
+
+        minutes = 10;
+
+        insert() {
+          const beforeView = this.beforeTpl.createEmbeddedView({});
+          // change-detect the "before view" to create all child views
+          beforeView.detectChanges();
+          this.viewInsertingDir.insert(beforeView, this.insertTpl);
+        }
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+          declarations: [TestCmpt, ViewInsertingDir],
+          imports: [CommonModule],
+        });
+      });
+
+      function createAndInsertViews(beforeTpl: string): any {
+        TestBed.overrideTemplate(TestCmpt, `
+          <ng-template #insert>insert</ng-template>  
+          <ng-template #before>${beforeTpl}</ng-template>
+          
+          <div><ng-template #vi="vi" viewInserting></ng-template></div>
+        `);
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestCmpt);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        fixture.componentInstance.insert();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        return fixture.nativeElement;
+      }
+
+
+      it('should insert before a view with the text node as the first root node',
+         () => { expect(createAndInsertViews('|before').textContent).toBe('insert|before'); });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with the element as the first root node', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews('<span>|before</span>').textContent).toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with the ng-container as the first root node', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews(`
+          <ng-container>
+            <ng-container>|before</ng-container>
+          </ng-container>
+        `).textContent)
+            .toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with ICU container inside a ng-container as the first root node',
+         () => {
+           expect(
+               createAndInsertViews(
+                   `<ng-container i18n>{minutes, plural, =0 {just now} =1 {one minute ago} other {|before}}</ng-container>`)
+                   .textContent)
+               .toBe('insert|before');
+         });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with a container as the first root node', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews(`<ng-template [ngIf]="true">|before</ng-template>`).textContent)
+            .toBe('insert|before');
+
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with an empty container as the first root node', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews(`<ng-template [ngIf]="true"></ng-template>`).textContent)
+            .toBe('insert');
+
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with an empty projection as the first root node', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews(`<ng-content></ng-content>|before`).textContent)
+            .toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with complex node structure', () => {
+        expect(createAndInsertViews(`
+          <ng-template [ngIf]="true">
+            <ng-container>
+              <ng-container>
+                <ng-template [ngIf]="true">|before</ng-template>
+              </ng-container>
+            </ng-container>
+          </ng-template>
+        `).textContent)
+            .toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('before embedded view with projection', () => {
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'with-content',
+        template: `
+          <ng-template #insert>insert</ng-template>
+          <ng-template #before><ng-content></ng-content></ng-template>
+          <div><ng-template #vi="vi" viewInserting></ng-template></div>
+        `
+      })
+      class WithContentCmpt {
+        @ViewChild('insert', {static: true}) insertTpl !: TemplateRef<{}>;
+        @ViewChild('before', {static: true}) beforeTpl !: TemplateRef<{}>;
+        @ViewChild('vi', {static: true}) viewInsertingDir !: ViewInsertingDir;
+
+        insert() {
+          const beforeView = this.beforeTpl.createEmbeddedView({});
+          // change-detect the "before view" to create all child views
+          beforeView.detectChanges();
+          this.viewInsertingDir.insert(beforeView, this.insertTpl);
+        }
+      }
+
+      @Component({selector: 'test-cmpt', template: ''})
+      class TestCmpt {
+        @ViewChild('wc', {static: true}) withContentCmpt !: WithContentCmpt;
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+          declarations: [ViewInsertingDir, WithContentCmpt, TestCmpt],
+          imports: [CommonModule],
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with projected text nodes', () => {
+        TestBed.overrideTemplate(TestCmpt, `<with-content #wc>|before</with-content>`);
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestCmpt);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        fixture.componentInstance.withContentCmpt.insert();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+      it('should insert before a view with projected container', () => {
+        TestBed.overrideTemplate(
+            TestCmpt,
+            `<with-content #wc><ng-template [ngIf]="true">|before</ng-template></with-content>`);
+
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestCmpt);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        fixture.componentInstance.withContentCmpt.insert();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('before component view', () => {
+      @Directive({selector: '[viewInserting]', exportAs: 'vi'})
+      class ViewInsertingDir {
+        constructor(private _vcRef: ViewContainerRef) {}
+
+        insert(beforeView: ViewRef, insertTpl: TemplateRef<{}>) {
+          this._vcRef.insert(beforeView, 0);
+          this._vcRef.createEmbeddedView(insertTpl, {}, 0);
+        }
+      }
+
+      @Component({selector: 'dynamic-cmpt', template: '|before'})
+      class DynamicComponent {
+      }
+
+      it('should insert in front a dynamic component view', () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'test-cmpt',
+          template: `
+                <ng-template #insert>insert</ng-template>  
+                <div><ng-template #vi="vi" viewInserting></ng-template></div>
+              `
+        })
+        class TestCmpt {
+          @ViewChild('insert', {static: true}) insertTpl !: TemplateRef<{}>;
+          @ViewChild('vi', {static: true}) viewInsertingDir !: ViewInsertingDir;
+
+          constructor(private _cfr: ComponentFactoryResolver, private _injector: Injector) {}
+
+          insert() {
+            // create a dynamic component view to act as an "insert before" view
+            const componentFactory = this._cfr.resolveComponentFactory(DynamicComponent);
+            const beforeView = componentFactory.create(this._injector).hostView;
+            // change-detect the "before view" to create all child views
+            beforeView.detectChanges();
+            this.viewInsertingDir.insert(beforeView, this.insertTpl);
+          }
+        }
+
+
+        @NgModule({
+          declarations: [TestCmpt, ViewInsertingDir, DynamicComponent],
+          imports: [CommonModule],
+          entryComponents: [DynamicComponent]
+        })
+        class TestModule {
+        }
+
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({imports: [TestModule]});
+
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestCmpt);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        fixture.componentInstance.insert();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('insert|before');
+      });
+
+    });
+  });
+
 });