diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts b/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
index e8d08e7adb..15e805c00f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
@@ -374,11 +374,40 @@ export class ShadowCss {
           rule.selector.startsWith('@media') || rule.selector.startsWith('@supports') ||
           rule.selector.startsWith('@page') || rule.selector.startsWith('@document')) {
         content = this._scopeSelectors(rule.content, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+      } else if (rule.selector.startsWith('@font-face')) {
+        content = this._stripScopingSelectors(rule.content, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
       }
       return new CssRule(selector, content);
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handle a css text that is within a rule that should not contain scope selectors by simply
+   * removing them! An example of such a rule is `@font-face`.
+   *
+   * `@font-face` rules cannot contain nested selectors. Nor can they be nested under a selector.
+   * Normally this would be a syntax error by the author of the styles. But in some rare cases, such
+   * as importing styles from a library, and applying `:host ::ng-deep` to the imported styles, we
+   * can end up with broken css if the imported styles happen to contain @font-face rules.
+   *
+   * For example:
+   *
+   * ```
+   * :host ::ng-deep {
+   *   import 'some/lib/containing/font-face';
+   * }
+   * ```
+   */
+  private _stripScopingSelectors(cssText: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string):
+      string {
+    return processRules(cssText, rule => {
+      const selector = rule.selector.replace(_shadowDeepSelectors, ' ')
+                           .replace(_polyfillHostNoCombinatorRe, ' ');
+      const content = this._scopeSelectors(rule.content, scopeSelector, hostSelector);
+      return new CssRule(selector, content);
+    });
+  }
+
   private _scopeSelector(
       selector: string, scopeSelector: string, hostSelector: string, strict: boolean): string {
     return selector.split(',')
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/shadow_css_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/shadow_css_spec.ts
index 32cd76dbab..16ddc93d0f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/shadow_css_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/shadow_css_spec.ts
@@ -369,6 +369,18 @@ import {normalizeCSS} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
       expect(s(css, 'contenta', 'h')).toEqual('[h] > > .x {}');
     });
 
+    it('should strip ::ng-deep and :host from within @font-face', () => {
+      expect(s('@font-face { font-family {} }', 'contenta', 'h'))
+          .toEqual('@font-face { font-family {}}');
+      expect(s('@font-face { ::ng-deep font-family{} }', 'contenta', 'h'))
+          .toEqual('@font-face { font-family{}}');
+      expect(s('@font-face { :host ::ng-deep font-family{} }', 'contenta', 'h'))
+          .toEqual('@font-face { font-family{}}');
+      expect(s('@supports (display: flex) { @font-face { :host ::ng-deep font-family{} } }',
+               'contenta', 'h'))
+          .toEqual('@supports (display:flex) { @font-face { font-family{}}}');
+    });
+
     it('should pass through @import directives', () => {
       const styleStr = '@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto");';
       const css = s(styleStr, 'contenta');