diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/addon/index.js b/packages/@angular/cli/addon/index.js
index 5bc9aceb51e6..00cd26fe6672 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/addon/index.js
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/addon/index.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
       'version': require('../commands/version').default,
       'completion': require('../commands/completion').default,
       'doc': require('../commands/doc').default,
+      'xi18n': require('../commands/xi18n').default,
 
       // Easter eggs.
       'make-this-awesome': require('../commands/easter-egg').default,
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/xi18n.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/xi18n.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..066319bf9c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/xi18n.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const Command = require('../ember-cli/lib/models/command');
+
+import {Extracti18nTask} from '../tasks/extract-i18n';
+
+export interface Xi18nOptions {
+  outputPath?: string;
+  verbose?: boolean;
+  i18nFormat?: string;
+}
+
+const Xi18nCommand = Command.extend({
+  name: 'xi18n',
+  description: 'Extracts i18n messages from source code.',
+  works: 'insideProject',
+  availableOptions: [
+    {
+      name: 'i18n-format',
+      type: String,
+      default: 'xlf',
+      aliases: ['f', {'xmb': 'xmb'}, {'xlf': 'xlf'}, {'xliff': 'xlf'}]
+    },
+    { name: 'output-path',    type: 'Path', default: null, aliases: ['op']},
+    { name: 'verbose',        type: Boolean, default: false},
+    { name: 'progress',       type: Boolean, default: true }
+
+  ],
+  run: function (commandOptions: any) {
+
+    const xi18nTask = new Extracti18nTask({
+      ui: this.ui,
+      project: this.project
+    });
+
+    return xi18nTask.run(commandOptions);
+  }
+});
+
+
+export default Xi18nCommand;
+
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/index.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/index.ts
index dc3c96bac237..64d0358482cf 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from './production';
 export * from './styles';
 export * from './typescript';
 export * from './utils';
+export * from './xi18n';
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/xi18n.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/xi18n.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8130fcbaeb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/xi18n.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import {ExtractI18nPlugin} from '@ngtools/webpack';
+
+export const getWebpackExtractI18nConfig = function(
+  projectRoot: string,
+  appConfig: any,
+  genDir: string,
+  i18nFormat: string): any {
+
+  let exclude: string[] = [];
+  if (appConfig.test) {
+    exclude.push(path.join(projectRoot, appConfig.root, appConfig.test));
+  }
+
+  return  {
+    plugins: [
+      new ExtractI18nPlugin({
+        tsConfigPath: path.resolve(projectRoot, appConfig.root, appConfig.tsconfig),
+        exclude: exclude,
+        genDir: genDir,
+        i18nFormat: i18nFormat
+      })
+    ]
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-xi18n-config.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-xi18n-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8338d5bf1052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-xi18n-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+import {CliConfig} from './config';
+import {NgCliWebpackConfig} from './webpack-config';
+const webpackMerge = require('webpack-merge');
+import {getWebpackExtractI18nConfig} from './webpack-configs';
+
+export interface XI18WebpackOptions {
+  genDir?: string;
+  buildDir?: string;
+  i18nFormat?: string;
+  verbose?: boolean;
+  progress?: boolean;
+}
+export class XI18nWebpackConfig extends NgCliWebpackConfig {
+
+  public config: any;
+
+  constructor(extractOptions: XI18WebpackOptions) {
+
+    super({
+      target: 'development',
+      verbose: extractOptions.verbose,
+      progress: extractOptions.progress
+    });
+
+    const configPath = CliConfig.configFilePath();
+    const projectRoot = path.dirname(configPath);
+    const appConfig = CliConfig.fromProject().config.apps[0];
+
+    const extractI18nConfig =
+      getWebpackExtractI18nConfig(projectRoot,
+        appConfig,
+        extractOptions.genDir,
+        extractOptions.i18nFormat);
+
+    this.config = webpackMerge([this.config, extractI18nConfig]);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/extract-i18n.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/extract-i18n.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fdea3d210a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/extract-i18n.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import * as webpack from 'webpack';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
+
+const Task = require('../ember-cli/lib/models/task');
+
+import {XI18nWebpackConfig} from '../models/webpack-xi18n-config';
+import {CliConfig} from '../models/config';
+
+
+export const Extracti18nTask = Task.extend({
+  run: function (runTaskOptions: any) {
+
+    const project = this.project;
+
+    const appConfig = CliConfig.fromProject().config.apps[0];
+
+    const buildDir = '.tmp';
+    const genDir = runTaskOptions.outputPath || appConfig.root;
+
+    const config = new XI18nWebpackConfig({
+      genDir,
+      buildDir,
+      i18nFormat: runTaskOptions.i18nFormat,
+      verbose: runTaskOptions.verbose,
+      progress: runTaskOptions.progress
+    }).config;
+
+    const webpackCompiler = webpack(config);
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const callback: webpack.compiler.CompilerCallback = (err, stats) => {
+        if (err) {
+          return reject(err);
+        }
+
+        if (stats.hasErrors()) {
+          reject();
+        } else {
+          resolve();
+        }
+      };
+
+      webpackCompiler.run(callback);
+    })
+      .then(() => {
+        // Deletes temporary build folder
+        rimraf.sync(path.resolve(project.root, buildDir));
+      })
+      .catch((err: Error) => {
+        if (err) {
+          this.ui.writeError('\nAn error occured during the i18n extraction:\n'
+            + ((err && err.stack) || err));
+        }
+        throw err;
+      });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/extract_i18n_plugin.ts b/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/extract_i18n_plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b4d9ed0a778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/extract_i18n_plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+import {__NGTOOLS_PRIVATE_API_2} from '@angular/compiler-cli';
+
+import {Tapable} from './webpack';
+import {WebpackResourceLoader} from './resource_loader';
+
+export interface ExtractI18nPluginOptions {
+  tsConfigPath: string;
+  basePath?: string;
+  genDir?: string;
+  i18nFormat?: string;
+  exclude?: string[];
+}
+
+export class ExtractI18nPlugin implements Tapable {
+  private _resourceLoader: WebpackResourceLoader;
+
+  private _donePromise: Promise<void>;
+  private _compiler: any = null;
+  private _compilation: any = null;
+
+  private _tsConfigPath: string;
+  private _basePath: string;
+  private _genDir: string;
+  private _rootFilePath: string[];
+  private _compilerOptions: any = null;
+  private _angularCompilerOptions: any = null;
+  // private _compilerHost: WebpackCompilerHost;
+  private _compilerHost: ts.CompilerHost;
+  private _program: ts.Program;
+
+  private _i18nFormat: string;
+
+  constructor(options: ExtractI18nPluginOptions) {
+    this._setupOptions(options);
+  }
+
+  private _setupOptions(options: ExtractI18nPluginOptions) {
+    if (!options.hasOwnProperty('tsConfigPath')) {
+      throw new Error('Must specify "tsConfigPath" in the configuration of @ngtools/webpack.');
+    }
+    this._tsConfigPath = options.tsConfigPath;
+
+    // Check the base path.
+    const maybeBasePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), this._tsConfigPath);
+    let basePath = maybeBasePath;
+    if (fs.statSync(maybeBasePath).isFile()) {
+      basePath = path.dirname(basePath);
+    }
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('basePath')) {
+      basePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), options.basePath);
+    }
+
+    let tsConfigJson: any = null;
+    try {
+      tsConfigJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(this._tsConfigPath, 'utf8'));
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(`An error happened while parsing ${this._tsConfigPath} JSON: ${err}.`);
+    }
+    const tsConfig = ts.parseJsonConfigFileContent(
+      tsConfigJson, ts.sys, basePath, null, this._tsConfigPath);
+
+    let fileNames = tsConfig.fileNames;
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('exclude')) {
+      let exclude: string[] = typeof options.exclude == 'string'
+        ? [options.exclude as string] : (options.exclude as string[]);
+
+      exclude.forEach((pattern: string) => {
+        const basePathPattern = '(' + basePath.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+            .replace(/[\-\[\]\/{}()+?.\\^$|*]/g, '\\$&') + ')?';
+        pattern = pattern
+        // Replace windows path separators with forward slashes.
+          .replace(/\\/g, '/')
+          // Escape characters that are used normally in regexes, except stars.
+          .replace(/[\-\[\]{}()+?.\\^$|]/g, '\\$&')
+          // Two stars replacement.
+          .replace(/\*\*/g, '(?:.*)')
+          // One star replacement.
+          .replace(/\*/g, '(?:[^/]*)')
+          // Escape characters from the basePath and make sure it's forward slashes.
+          .replace(/^/, basePathPattern);
+
+        const re = new RegExp('^' + pattern + '$');
+        fileNames = fileNames.filter(x => !x.replace(/\\/g, '/').match(re));
+      });
+    } else {
+      fileNames = fileNames.filter(fileName => !/\.spec\.ts$/.test(fileName));
+    }
+    this._rootFilePath = fileNames;
+
+    // By default messages will be generated in basePath
+    let genDir = basePath;
+
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('genDir')) {
+      genDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), options.genDir);
+    }
+
+    this._compilerOptions = tsConfig.options;
+    this._angularCompilerOptions = Object.assign(
+      { genDir },
+      this._compilerOptions,
+      tsConfig.raw['angularCompilerOptions'],
+      { basePath }
+    );
+
+    this._basePath = basePath;
+    this._genDir = genDir;
+
+    // this._compilerHost = new WebpackCompilerHost(this._compilerOptions, this._basePath);
+    this._compilerHost = ts.createCompilerHost(this._compilerOptions, true);
+    this._program = ts.createProgram(
+      this._rootFilePath, this._compilerOptions, this._compilerHost);
+
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('i18nFormat')) {
+      this._i18nFormat = options.i18nFormat;
+    }
+  }
+
+  apply(compiler: any) {
+    this._compiler = compiler;
+
+    compiler.plugin('make', (compilation: any, cb: any) => this._make(compilation, cb));
+
+    compiler.plugin('after-emit', (compilation: any, cb: any) => {
+      this._donePromise = null;
+      this._compilation = null;
+      compilation._ngToolsWebpackXi18nPluginInstance = null;
+      cb();
+    });
+  }
+
+  private _make(compilation: any, cb: (err?: any, request?: any) => void) {
+    this._compilation = compilation;
+    if (this._compilation._ngToolsWebpackXi18nPluginInstance) {
+      return cb(new Error('An @ngtools/webpack xi18n plugin already exist for ' +
+        'this compilation.'));
+    }
+    if (!this._compilation._ngToolsWebpackPluginInstance) {
+      return cb(new Error('An @ngtools/webpack aot plugin does not exists ' +
+        'for this compilation'));
+    }
+
+    this._compilation._ngToolsWebpackXi18nPluginInstance = this;
+
+    this._resourceLoader = new WebpackResourceLoader(compilation);
+
+    this._donePromise = Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => {
+        return __NGTOOLS_PRIVATE_API_2.extractI18n({
+          basePath: this._basePath,
+          compilerOptions: this._compilerOptions,
+          program: this._program,
+          host: this._compilerHost,
+          angularCompilerOptions: this._angularCompilerOptions,
+          i18nFormat: this._i18nFormat,
+
+          readResource: (path: string) => this._resourceLoader.get(path)
+        });
+      })
+      .then(() => cb(), (err: any) => {
+        compilation.errors.push(err);
+        cb();
+      });
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/index.ts b/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/index.ts
index 067d1e724697..ae975e53884f 100644
--- a/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ngtools/webpack/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 
 export * from './plugin';
+export * from './extract_i18n_plugin';
 export {ngcLoader as default} from './loader';
 export {PathsPlugin} from './paths-plugin';
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-default.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-default.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..066711600685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-default.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {
+  expectFileToExist, writeFile,
+  expectFileToMatch
+} from '../../utils/fs';
+
+
+export default function() {
+  return ng('generate', 'component', 'i18n-test')
+    .then(() => writeFile(
+      join('src/app/i18n-test', 'i18n-test.component.html'),
+      '<p i18n>Hello world</p>'))
+    .then(() => ng('xi18n', '--no-progress'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToExist(join('src', 'messages.xlf')))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch(join('src', 'messages.xlf'), /Hello world/));
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-output.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87677b5a6864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {
+  expectFileToExist, writeFile,
+  expectFileToMatch
+} from '../../utils/fs';
+
+
+export default function() {
+  return ng('generate', 'component', 'i18n-test')
+    .then(() => writeFile(
+      join('src/app/i18n-test', 'i18n-test.component.html'),
+      '<p i18n>Hello world</p>'))
+    .then(() => ng('xi18n', '--no-progress', '--output-path', 'src/locale'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToExist(join('src', 'locale', 'messages.xlf')))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch(join('src', 'locale', 'messages.xlf'), /Hello world/));
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-xmb.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-xmb.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04adaab6549a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-xmb.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import {
+  expectFileToExist, writeFile,
+  expectFileToMatch
+} from '../../utils/fs';
+
+
+export default function() {
+  return ng('generate', 'component', 'i18n-test')
+    .then(() => writeFile(
+      join('src/app/i18n-test', 'i18n-test.component.html'),
+      '<p i18n>Hello world</p>'))
+    .then(() => ng('xi18n', '--no-progress', '--i18n-format', 'xmb'))
+    .then(() => expectFileToExist(join('src', 'messages.xmb')))
+    .then(() => expectFileToMatch(join('src', 'messages.xmb'), /Hello world/));
+}