diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.app.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.app.json
index eb874ea011..b9d68b57b8 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "<%= relativeRootPath %>/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "<%= relativeRootPath %>/out-tsc/app",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
     "module": "es2015",
-    "baseUrl": "",
     "types": []
   },
   "exclude": [
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.spec.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.spec.json
index d072d14b1b..06529a688f 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.spec.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/__path__/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "extends": "<%= relativeRootPath %>/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "<%= relativeRootPath %>/out-tsc/spec",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "target": "es5",
-    "baseUrl": "",
     "types": [
       "jasmine",
       "node"
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json
index 39b800f789..1d9e5edf09 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/e2e/tsconfig.e2e.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "../out-tsc/e2e",
+    "baseUrl": "./",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "target": "es5",
     "types": [
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tsconfig.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tsconfig.json
index a35a8ee3a4..1f9b55851b 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
-    "baseUrl": "src",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "declaration": false,
     "moduleResolution": "node",