diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/root/tsconfig.app.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/root/tsconfig.app.json.template
index 9a22c6e6ad17..ffbaffb9076e 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/root/tsconfig.app.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/root/tsconfig.app.json.template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "**/*.spec.ts"
   ]<% if (experimentalIvy) { %>,
   "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "enableIvy": "ngtsc"
+    "enableIvy": "ngtsc",
+    "allowEmptyCodegenFiles": true
   }<% } %>
 }