diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
index 71a1f614f3..13e6868f72 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
     // Extract only top level nodes with the (implicit) "i18n" attribute if not in a block or an ICU
     // message
     const i18nAttr = _getI18nAttr(el);
-    const isImplicit = this._implicitTags.some((tag: string): boolean => el.name === tag);
+    const isImplicit = this._implicitTags.some((tag: string): boolean => el.name === tag) &&
+        !this._inIcu && !this._isInTranslatableSection;
     const isTopLevelImplicit = !wasInImplicitNode && isImplicit;
     this._inImplicitNode = this._inImplicitNode || isImplicit;
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
index b09da17d4f..ddd8ca8c18 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/extractor_merger_spec.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should not create a message for empty elements',
          () => { expect(extract('<div i18n="m|d"></div>')).toEqual([]); });
+
+      it('should ignore implicit elements in translatable elements', () => {
+        expect(extract('<div i18n="m|d"><p></p></div>', ['p'])).toEqual([
+          [['<ph tag name="START_PARAGRAPH"></ph name="CLOSE_PARAGRAPH">'], 'm', 'd']
+        ]);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('blocks', () => {
@@ -68,6 +74,13 @@ export function main() {
             ]);
       });
 
+      it('should ignore implicit elements in blocks', () => {
+        expect(extract('<!-- i18n:m|d --><p></p><!-- /i18n -->', ['p'])).toEqual([
+          [['<ph tag name="START_PARAGRAPH"></ph name="CLOSE_PARAGRAPH">'], 'm', 'd']
+        ]);
+      });
+
+
       it('should extract siblings', () => {
         expect(
             extract(
@@ -141,12 +154,30 @@ export function main() {
       it('should not extract ICU messages outside of i18n sections',
          () => { expect(extract('{count, plural, =0 {text}}')).toEqual([]); });
 
-      it('should not extract nested ICU messages', () => {
+      it('should ignore nested ICU messages', () => {
         expect(extract('<div i18n="m|d">{count, plural, =0 { {sex, gender, =m {m}} }}</div>'))
             .toEqual([
               [['{count, plural, =0 {[{sex, gender, =m {[m]}},  ]}}'], 'm', 'd'],
             ]);
       });
+
+      it('should ignore implicit elements in non translatable ICU messages', () => {
+        expect(
+            extract(
+                '<div i18n="m|d">{count, plural, =0 { {sex, gender, =m {<p>ignore</p>}} }}</div>',
+                ['p']))
+            .toEqual([[
+              [
+                '{count, plural, =0 {[{sex, gender, =m {[<ph tag name="START_PARAGRAPH">ignore</ph name="CLOSE_PARAGRAPH">]}},  ]}}'
+              ],
+              'm', 'd'
+            ]]);
+      });
+
+      it('should ignore implicit elements in non translatable ICU messages', () => {
+        expect(extract('{count, plural, =0 { {sex, gender, =m {<p>ignore</p>}} }}', ['p']))
+            .toEqual([]);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('attributes', () => {
@@ -297,20 +328,6 @@ export function main() {
           ]);
         });
       });
-
-      describe('implicit elements', () => {
-        it('should report implicit element in translatable element', () => {
-          expect(extractErrors(`<p i18n><b></b></p>`, ['b'])).toEqual([
-            ['Could not mark an element as translatable inside a translatable section', '<b>'],
-          ]);
-        });
-
-        it('should report implicit element in translatable blocks', () => {
-          expect(extractErrors(`<!-- i18n --><b></b><!-- /i18n -->`, ['b'])).toEqual([
-            ['Could not mark an element as translatable inside a translatable section', '<b>'],
-          ]);
-        });
-      });
     });
   });