diff --git a/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts b/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
index dc0790865..4ce3523e2 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/nativescript.module.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import {
     NgModule, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA,
 } from "@angular/core";
 import {
-    defaultPageProvider, defaultFrameProvider, defaultDeviceProvider
+    defaultPageProvider,
+    defaultFrameProvider,
+    defaultDeviceProvider
 } from "./platform-providers";
 import { NS_DIRECTIVES } from "./directives";
 
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ export function errorHandlerFactory() {
         defaultFrameProvider,
         defaultPageProvider,
         defaultDeviceProvider,
+
         NativeScriptRootRenderer,
         { provide: RootRenderer, useClass: NativeScriptRootRenderer },
         NativeScriptRenderer,
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts b/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
index 168a4946c..a1ebaaa48 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/platform-common.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
     EventEmitter,
     Provider,
     Sanitizer,
-    OpaqueToken,
+    OpaqueToken
 } from "@angular/core";
 
 // Work around a TS bug requiring an import of OpaqueToken without using it
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router.ts b/nativescript-angular/router.ts
index 2a8c10c47..8be260fb1 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NgModule, ModuleWithProviders, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from "@angular/core";
+import { NgModule, ModuleWithProviders, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModuleFactoryLoader } from "@angular/core";
 import { RouterModule, Routes, ExtraOptions } from "@angular/router";
 import { LocationStrategy, PlatformLocation } from "@angular/common";
 import { NSRouterLink } from "./router/ns-router-link";
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export { routerTraceCategory } from "./trace";
 export { PageRoute } from "./router/page-router-outlet";
 export { RouterExtensions } from "./router/router-extensions";
 import { NativeScriptModule } from "./nativescript.module";
+import { NsModuleFactoryLoader } from "./router/ns-module-factory-loader";
 
 @NgModule({
     declarations: [
@@ -39,7 +40,14 @@ import { NativeScriptModule } from "./nativescript.module";
 })
 export class NativeScriptRouterModule {
     static forRoot(routes: Routes, config?: ExtraOptions): ModuleWithProviders {
-        return RouterModule.forRoot(routes, config);
+        let moduleWithProviders = RouterModule.forRoot(routes, config);
+
+        // Override the stock SystemJsNgModuleLoader
+        moduleWithProviders.providers.push(
+            { provide: NgModuleFactoryLoader, useClass: NsModuleFactoryLoader },
+        );
+
+        return moduleWithProviders;
     }
 
     static forChild(routes: Routes): ModuleWithProviders {
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-module-factory-loader.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-module-factory-loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17fa0d97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-module-factory-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import {
+    Injectable,
+    Compiler,
+    NgModuleFactory,
+    NgModuleFactoryLoader
+} from "@angular/core";
+
+import { path, knownFolders } from "file-system";
+
+declare var System: any;
+const SEPARATOR = "#";
+const FACTORY_CLASS_SUFFIX = "NgFactory";
+const FACTORY_PATH_SUFFIX = ".ngfactory";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class NsModuleFactoryLoader implements NgModuleFactoryLoader {
+    private offlineMode: boolean;
+
+    constructor(private compiler: Compiler) {
+        this.offlineMode = compiler instanceof Compiler;
+    }
+
+    load(path: string): Promise<NgModuleFactory<any>> {
+        let {modulePath, exportName} = this.splitPath(path);
+
+        if (this.offlineMode) {
+            return this.loadFactory(modulePath, exportName);
+        } else {
+            return this.loadAndCompile(modulePath, exportName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private loadFactory(modulePath: string, exportName: string): Promise<NgModuleFactory<any>> {
+        modulePath = factoryModulePath(modulePath);
+        exportName = factoryExportName(exportName);
+
+        return System.import(modulePath)
+            .then((module: any) => module[exportName])
+            .then((factory: any) => checkNotEmpty(factory, modulePath, exportName));
+    }
+
+    private loadAndCompile(modulePath: string, exportName: string): Promise<NgModuleFactory<any>> {
+        modulePath = getAbsolutePath(modulePath);
+
+        let loadedModule = require(modulePath)[exportName];
+        checkNotEmpty(loadedModule, modulePath, exportName);
+
+        return Promise.resolve(this.compiler.compileModuleAsync(loadedModule));
+    }
+
+    private splitPath(path: string): {modulePath: string, exportName: string} {
+        let [modulePath, exportName] = path.split(SEPARATOR);
+
+        if (typeof exportName === "undefined") {
+            exportName = "default";
+        }
+
+        return {modulePath, exportName};
+    }
+}
+
+function getAbsolutePath(relativePath: string) {
+    return path.normalize(path.join(knownFolders.currentApp().path, relativePath));
+}
+
+function factoryModulePath(modulePath) {
+    return `${modulePath}${FACTORY_PATH_SUFFIX}`;
+}
+
+function factoryExportName(exportName) {
+    return exportName === "default" ?
+        exportName :
+        `${exportName}${FACTORY_CLASS_SUFFIX}`;
+}
+
+function checkNotEmpty(value: any, modulePath: string, exportName: string): any {
+    if (!value) {
+        throw new Error(`Cannot find '${exportName}' in '${modulePath}'`);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
diff --git a/tests/app/lazy-load-main.ts b/tests/app/lazy-load-main.ts
index f7ac1fb02..71a17f2b4 100644
--- a/tests/app/lazy-load-main.ts
+++ b/tests/app/lazy-load-main.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ export class LazyLoadMain {
 export const routes = [
     { path: "", redirectTo: "first/lazy-load", pathMatch: "full" },
     { path: "first/:id", component: FirstComponent },
-    { path: "second", loadChildren: () => require("./lazy-loaded.module")["SecondModule"] }
+    { path: "second", loadChildren: "./lazy-loaded.module#SecondModule" }
 ];
diff --git a/tests/app/main.ts b/tests/app/main.ts
index 64d4b97d9..c5c5535f5 100644
--- a/tests/app/main.ts
+++ b/tests/app/main.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,31 @@
 import { NativeScriptModule, platformNativeScriptDynamic } from "nativescript-angular/platform";
 import { NativeScriptRouterModule } from "nativescript-angular/router";
 import { NativeScriptFormsModule } from "nativescript-angular/forms";
-import {AppComponent} from "./app.component";
-import {GestureComponent} from "./snippets/gestures.component";
-import {LayoutsComponent} from "./snippets/layouts.component";
-import {IconFontComponent} from "./snippets/icon-font.component";
-import {APP_ROOT_VIEW} from "nativescript-angular/platform-providers";
-import {Page} from "ui/page";
-import {StackLayout} from "ui/layouts/stack-layout";
+import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
+import { GestureComponent } from "./snippets/gestures.component";
+import { LayoutsComponent } from "./snippets/layouts.component";
+import { IconFontComponent } from "./snippets/icon-font.component";
+import { APP_ROOT_VIEW } from "nativescript-angular/platform-providers";
+import { Page } from "ui/page";
+import { StackLayout } from "ui/layouts/stack-layout";
 
 import * as application from "application";
 import "ui/styling/style";
 import "ui/frame";
-import {HOOKS_LOG} from "./base.component";
-import {MultiPageMain, routes as multiPageRoutes} from "./multi-page-main.component";
-import {SinglePageMain, routes as singlePageRoutes} from "./single-page-main.component";
-import {LazyLoadMain, routes as lazyLoadRoutes} from "./lazy-load-main";
-import {FirstComponent} from "./first.component";
-import {SecondComponent} from "./second.component";
+import { HOOKS_LOG } from "./base.component";
+import { MultiPageMain, routes as multiPageRoutes } from "./multi-page-main.component";
+import { SinglePageMain, routes as singlePageRoutes } from "./single-page-main.component";
+import { LazyLoadMain, routes as lazyLoadRoutes } from "./lazy-load-main";
+import { FirstComponent } from "./first.component";
+import { SecondComponent } from "./second.component";
 import { OpaqueToken, NgModule } from "@angular/core";
 
-import {PageNavigationApp} from "./snippets/navigation/page-outlet";
-import {NavigationApp} from "./snippets/navigation/router-outlet";
+import { PageNavigationApp } from "./snippets/navigation/page-outlet";
+import { NavigationApp } from "./snippets/navigation/router-outlet";
 
 import { rendererTraceCategory, routerTraceCategory } from "nativescript-angular/trace";
 
-import {BehaviorSubject} from "rxjs";
+import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
 
 import trace = require("trace");
 // trace.setCategories(rendererTraceCategory + "," + routerTraceCategory);
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ trace.enable();
 // nativeScriptBootstrap(GestureComponent);
 // nativeScriptBootstrap(LayoutsComponent);
 // nativeScriptBootstrap(IconFontComponent);
-const platform = platformNativeScriptDynamic({bootInExistingPage: true});
+const platform = platformNativeScriptDynamic({ bootInExistingPage: true });
 const root = new StackLayout();
-const rootViewProvider = {provide: APP_ROOT_VIEW, useValue: root};
+const rootViewProvider = { provide: APP_ROOT_VIEW, useValue: root };
 const singlePageHooksLog = new BehaviorSubject([]);
-const singlePageHooksLogProvider = {provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: singlePageHooksLog};
+const singlePageHooksLogProvider = { provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: singlePageHooksLog };
 const multiPageHooksLog = new BehaviorSubject([]);
-const multiPageHooksLogProvider = {provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: multiPageHooksLog};
+const multiPageHooksLogProvider = { provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: multiPageHooksLog };
 const lazyLoadHooksLog = new BehaviorSubject([]);
-const lazyLoadHooksLogProvider = {provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: lazyLoadHooksLog};
+const lazyLoadHooksLogProvider = { provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: lazyLoadHooksLog };
 
 @NgModule({
     bootstrap: [
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const lazyLoadHooksLogProvider = {provide: HOOKS_LOG, useValue: lazyLoadHooksLog
         singlePageHooksLogProvider,
     ]
 })
-class SinglePageModule {}
+class SinglePageModule { }
 
 @NgModule({
     bootstrap: [
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class SinglePageModule {}
         multiPageHooksLogProvider,
     ]
 })
-class MultiPageModule {}
+class MultiPageModule { }
 
 @NgModule({
     bootstrap: [
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ class MultiPageModule {}
         lazyLoadHooksLogProvider,
     ]
 })
-class LazyLoadModule {}
+class LazyLoadModule { }
 
 application.start({
     create: (): Page => {
         const page = new Page();
         page.content = root;
 
-        let onLoadedHandler = function(args) {
+        let onLoadedHandler = function (args) {
             page.off('loaded', onLoadedHandler);
             //profiling.stop('application-start');
             console.log('Page loaded');