diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component.ts b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component.ts
index ec846f5d3b45..b644512fcc8c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function downgradeComponent(info: /* ComponentInfo */ {
       link: (scope: angular.IScope, element: angular.IAugmentedJQuery, attrs: angular.IAttributes,
              parentInjector: Injector, transclude: angular.ITranscludeFunction) => {
 
-        if (parentInjector === null) {
+        if (parentInjector == null) {
           parentInjector = $injector.get(INJECTOR_KEY);
         }
 
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ export function downgradeComponent(info: /* ComponentInfo */ {
     };
   };
 
-  directiveFactory.$inject = [$INJECTOR, $PARSE];
+  directiveFactory['$inject'] = [$INJECTOR, $PARSE];
   return directiveFactory;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component_adapter.ts b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component_adapter.ts
index 9f73b81d7a09..e49993f87a24 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/aot/downgrade_component_adapter.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class DowngradeComponentAdapter {
             next: assignExpr ?
                 ((setter: any) => (v: any /** TODO #9100 */) => setter(this.scope, v))(setter) :
                 ((getter: any) => (v: any /** TODO #9100 */) =>
-                     getter(this.scope, {$event: v}))(getter)
+                     getter(this.scope, {'$event': v}))(getter)
           });
         } else {
           throw new Error(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-closure.json b/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-closure.json
index 25c21369cdd7..31087d389f66 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-closure.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-closure.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
+    "static.ts",
     "../../../node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js.d.ts"
   ],
   "angularCompilerOptions": {