diff --git a/nativescript-angular/file-system/ns-file-system.ts b/nativescript-angular/file-system/ns-file-system.ts
index f8cf590d5..222a54c12 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/file-system/ns-file-system.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/file-system/ns-file-system.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
-import { knownFolders, Folder } from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
+import { knownFolders, Folder, File } from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
 
 // Allows greater flexibility with `file-system` and Angular
 // Also provides a way for `file-system` to be mocked for testing
 
 @Injectable()
 export class NSFileSystem {
-  public currentApp(): Folder {
-    return knownFolders.currentApp();
-  }
+    public currentApp(): Folder {
+        return knownFolders.currentApp();
+    }
+
+    public fileFromPath(path: string): File {
+        return File.fromPath(path);
+    }
+
+    public fileExists(path: string): boolean {
+        return File.exists(path);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/platform.ts b/nativescript-angular/platform.ts
index 1c418e794..f1a6ad80b 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/platform.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/platform.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ if ((<any>global).___TS_UNUSED) {
 import "./dom-adapter";
 
 import { NativeScriptElementSchemaRegistry } from "./schema-registry";
+import { NSFileSystem } from "./file-system/ns-file-system";
 import { FileSystemResourceLoader } from "./resource-loader";
 
 export const NS_COMPILER_PROVIDERS = [
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const NS_COMPILER_PROVIDERS = [
         provide: COMPILER_OPTIONS,
         useValue: {
             providers: [
+                NSFileSystem,
                 { provide: ResourceLoader, useClass: FileSystemResourceLoader },
                 { provide: ElementSchemaRegistry, useClass: NativeScriptElementSchemaRegistry },
             ]
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts b/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
index e3c2ba4db..43a5091bc 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/resource-loader.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,72 @@
-import { path, knownFolders, File } from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
+import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
 import { ResourceLoader } from "@angular/compiler";
+import { path } from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
 
+import { NSFileSystem } from "./file-system/ns-file-system";
+
+const extensionsFallbacks = [
+    [".scss", ".css"],
+    [".sass", ".css"],
+    [".less", ".css"]
+];
+
+@Injectable()
 export class FileSystemResourceLoader extends ResourceLoader {
-    resolve(url: string, baseUrl: string): string {
-        // Angular assembles absolute URL's and prefixes them with //
+    constructor(private fs: NSFileSystem) {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+        const resolvedPath = this.resolve(url);
+
+        const templateFile = this.fs.fileFromPath(resolvedPath);
+
+        return templateFile.readText();
+    }
+
+    resolve(url: string): string {
+        const normalizedUrl = this.resolveRelativeUrls(url);
+
+        if (this.fs.fileExists(normalizedUrl)) {
+            return normalizedUrl;
+        }
+
+        const { candidates: fallbackCandidates, resource: fallbackResource } =
+            this.fallbackResolve(normalizedUrl);
+
+        if (fallbackResource) {
+            return fallbackResource;
+        }
+
+        throw new Error(`Could not resolve ${url}. Looked for: ${normalizedUrl}, ${fallbackCandidates}`);
+    }
+
+    private resolveRelativeUrls(url: string): string {
+        // Angular assembles absolute URLs and prefixes them with //
         if (url.indexOf("/") !== 0) {
-            // Resolve relative URL's based on the app root.
-            return path.join(baseUrl, url);
+            // Resolve relative URLs based on the app root.
+            return path.join(this.fs.currentApp().path, url);
         } else {
             return url;
         }
     }
 
-    get(url: string): Promise<string> {
-        const appDir = knownFolders.currentApp().path;
-        const templatePath = this.resolve(url, appDir);
+    private fallbackResolve(url: string):
+        ({ resource: string, candidates: string[] }) {
 
-        if (!File.exists(templatePath)) {
-            throw new Error(`File ${templatePath} does not exist. Resolved from: ${url}.`);
-        }
-        let templateFile = File.fromPath(templatePath);
-        return templateFile.readText();
+        const candidates = extensionsFallbacks
+            .filter(([extension]) => url.endsWith(extension))
+            .map(([extension, fallback]) =>
+                 this.replaceExtension(url, extension, fallback));
+
+        const resource = candidates.find(candidate => this.fs.fileExists(candidate));
+
+        return { candidates, resource };
+    }
+
+    private replaceExtension(fileName: string, oldExtension: string, newExtension: string): string {
+        const baseName = fileName.substr(0, fileName.length - oldExtension.length);
+        return baseName + newExtension;
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/tests/app/tests/xhr-paths.ts b/tests/app/tests/xhr-paths.ts
index 9a4927515..c3de6a6dc 100644
--- a/tests/app/tests/xhr-paths.ts
+++ b/tests/app/tests/xhr-paths.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,72 @@
 // make sure you import mocha-config before @angular/core
-import {assert} from "./test-config";
-import {FileSystemResourceLoader} from "nativescript-angular/resource-loader";
+import { assert } from "./test-config";
+import { FileSystemResourceLoader } from "nativescript-angular/resource-loader";
+
+import { File } from "tns-core-modules/file-system";
+import { NSFileSystem } from "nativescript-angular/file-system/ns-file-system";
+
+class NSFileSystemMock {
+    public currentApp(): any {
+        return { path: "/app/dir" };
+    }
+
+    public fileFromPath(path: string): File {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public fileExists(path: string): boolean {
+        // mycomponent.html always exists
+        // mycomponent.css is the other file
+        return path.indexOf("mycomponent.html") >= 0 || path === "/app/dir/mycomponent.css";
+    }
+}
+const fsMock = new NSFileSystemMock();
 
 describe("XHR name resolution", () => {
+    let resourceLoader: FileSystemResourceLoader;
+    before(() => {
+        resourceLoader = new FileSystemResourceLoader(new NSFileSystemMock());
+    });
+
     it("resolves relative paths from app root", () => {
-        const xhr = new FileSystemResourceLoader();
-        assert.strictEqual("/app/dir/mydir/mycomponent.html", xhr.resolve("mydir/mycomponent.html", "/app/dir"));
+        assert.strictEqual("/app/dir/mydir/mycomponent.html", resourceLoader.resolve("mydir/mycomponent.html"));
     });
 
     it("resolves double-slashed absolute paths as is", () => {
-        const xhr = new FileSystemResourceLoader();
-        assert.strictEqual("//app/mydir/mycomponent.html", xhr.resolve("//app/mydir/mycomponent.html", "/app/dir"));
+        assert.strictEqual("//app/mydir/mycomponent.html", resourceLoader.resolve("//app/mydir/mycomponent.html"));
     });
 
     it("resolves single-slashed absolute paths as is", () => {
-        const xhr = new FileSystemResourceLoader();
         assert.strictEqual(
             "/data/data/app/mydir/mycomponent.html",
-            xhr.resolve("/data/data/app/mydir/mycomponent.html", "/app/dir"));
+            resourceLoader.resolve("/data/data/app/mydir/mycomponent.html"));
+    });
+
+    it("resolves existing CSS file", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            "/app/dir/mycomponent.css",
+            resourceLoader.resolve("mycomponent.css"));
+    });
+
+    it("resolves non-existing .scss file to existing .css file", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            "/app/dir/mycomponent.css",
+            resourceLoader.resolve("mycomponent.scss"));
+    });
+
+    it("resolves non-existing .sass file to existing .css file", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            "/app/dir/mycomponent.css",
+            resourceLoader.resolve("mycomponent.sass"));
+    });
+
+    it("resolves non-existing .less file to existing .css file", () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(
+            "/app/dir/mycomponent.css",
+            resourceLoader.resolve("mycomponent.less"));
+    });
+
+    it("throws for non-existing file that has no fallbacks", () => {
+        assert.throws(() => resourceLoader.resolve("does-not-exist.css"));
     });
 });