diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
index 3f7ba268da..6c1a79c8af 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {ComponentDefInternal, ComponentType, RenderFlags} from './interfaces/def
 import {LElementNode, TNode, TNodeType} from './interfaces/node';
 import {RElement, domRendererFactory3} from './interfaces/renderer';
 import {CONTEXT, FLAGS, INJECTOR, LViewData, LViewFlags, RootContext, TVIEW} from './interfaces/view';
-import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
+import {RootViewRef, ViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 export class ComponentFactoryResolver extends viewEngine_ComponentFactoryResolver {
   resolveComponentFactory<T>(component: Type<T>): viewEngine_ComponentFactory<T> {
@@ -190,16 +190,7 @@ export class ComponentRef<T> extends viewEngine_ComponentRef<T> {
       hostNode: RElement) {
     super();
     this.instance = instance;
-    /* TODO(jasonaden): This is incomplete, to be adjusted in follow-up PR. Notes from Kara:When
-     * ViewRef.detectChanges is called from ApplicationRef.tick, it will call detectChanges at the
-     * component instance level. I suspect this means that lifecycle hooks and host bindings on the
-     * given component won't work (as these are always called at the level above a component).
-     *
-     * In render2, ViewRef.detectChanges uses the root view instance for view checks, not the
-     * component instance. So passing in the root view (1 level above the component) is sufficient.
-     * We might  want to think about creating a fake component for the top level? Or overwrite
-     * detectChanges with a function that calls tickRootContext? */
-    this.hostView = this.changeDetectorRef = new ViewRef(rootView, instance);
+    this.hostView = this.changeDetectorRef = new RootViewRef<T>(rootView);
     this.hostView._lViewNode = createLNode(-1, TNodeType.View, null, null, null, rootView);
     this.injector = injector;
     this.location = new ElementRef(hostNode);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index 228929bc4d..d6686250b3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -2263,6 +2263,15 @@ export function detectChanges<T>(component: T): void {
   detectChangesInternal(hostNode.data as LViewData, hostNode, component);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Synchronously perform change detection on a root view and its components.
+ *
+ * @param lViewData The view which the change detection should be performed on.
+ */
+export function detectChangesInRootView(lViewData: LViewData): void {
+  tickRootContext(lViewData[CONTEXT] as RootContext);
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Checks the change detector and its children, and throws if any changes are detected.
@@ -2279,6 +2288,24 @@ export function checkNoChanges<T>(component: T): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks the change detector on a root view and its components, and throws if any changes are
+ * detected.
+ *
+ * This is used in development mode to verify that running change detection doesn't
+ * introduce other changes.
+ *
+ * @param lViewData The view which the change detection should be checked on.
+ */
+export function checkNoChangesInRootView(lViewData: LViewData): void {
+  checkNoChangesMode = true;
+  try {
+    detectChangesInRootView(lViewData);
+  } finally {
+    checkNoChangesMode = false;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Checks the view of the component provided. Does not gate on dirty checks or execute doCheck. */
 export function detectChangesInternal<T>(
     hostView: LViewData, hostNode: LElementNode, component: T) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
index 1b23cf216c..a28614ec73 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectorRef as viewEngine_ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detec
 import {ViewContainerRef as viewEngine_ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
 import {EmbeddedViewRef as viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef, InternalViewRef as viewEngine_InternalViewRef} from '../linker/view_ref';
 
-import {checkNoChanges, detectChanges, markViewDirty, storeCleanupFn, viewAttached} from './instructions';
+import {checkNoChanges, checkNoChangesInRootView, detectChanges, detectChangesInRootView, markViewDirty, storeCleanupFn, viewAttached} from './instructions';
 import {LViewNode} from './interfaces/node';
 import {FLAGS, LViewData, LViewFlags} from './interfaces/view';
 import {destroyLView} from './node_manipulation';
@@ -243,3 +243,12 @@ export class ViewRef<T> implements viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T>, viewEngine_Int
 
   attachToAppRef(appRef: ApplicationRef) { this._appRef = appRef; }
 }
+
+/** @internal */
+export class RootViewRef<T> extends ViewRef<T> {
+  constructor(protected _view: LViewData) { super(_view, null); }
+
+  detectChanges(): void { detectChangesInRootView(this._view); }
+
+  checkNoChanges(): void { checkNoChangesInRootView(this._view); }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/application_ref_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/application_ref_integration_spec.ts
index 31b57aaa24..5000f8c365 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/application_ref_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/application_ref_integration_spec.ts
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ describe('ApplicationRef bootstrap', () => {
        const appRef = moduleRef.injector.get(ApplicationRef);
        const helloWorldComponent = appRef.components[0].instance as HelloWorldComponent;
        expect(document.body.innerHTML).toEqual('<hello-world><div>Hello World</div></hello-world>');
-       // TODO(jasonaden): Get with Kara on lifecycle hooks
-       //  expect(helloWorldComponent.log).toEqual(['OnInit', 'DoCheck']);
+       expect(helloWorldComponent.log).toEqual(['OnInit', 'DoCheck']);
+
        helloWorldComponent.name = 'Mundo';
        appRef.tick();
        expect(document.body.innerHTML).toEqual('<hello-world><div>Hello Mundo</div></hello-world>');
-       // TODO(jasonaden): Get with Kara on lifecycle hooks
-       //  expect(helloWorldComponent.log).toEqual(['OnInit', 'DoCheck', 'DoCheck']);
+       expect(helloWorldComponent.log).toEqual(['OnInit', 'DoCheck', 'DoCheck']);
 
        // Cleanup TestabilityRegistry
        const registry: TestabilityRegistry = getTestBed().get(TestabilityRegistry);