diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/angular-cli-files/models/webpack-configs/common.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/angular-cli-files/models/webpack-configs/common.ts
index 849abbef7e1a..6316dded32cd 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/angular-cli-files/models/webpack-configs/common.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/angular-cli-files/models/webpack-configs/common.ts
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ export function getCommonConfig(wco: WebpackConfigOptions): Configuration {
       safari10: true,
       output: {
         ecma: terserEcma,
+        // For differential loading, this is handled in the bundle processing.
+        // The experimental rollup support breaks without this check.
+        ascii_only: !differentialLoadingMode,
         // default behavior (undefined value) is to keep only important comments (licenses, etc.)
         comments: !buildOptions.extractLicenses && undefined,
         webkit: true,
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/browser/optimization-level_spec_large.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/browser/optimization-level_spec_large.ts
index b37c9dc9afaf..3d982aff4ac8 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/browser/optimization-level_spec_large.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/browser/optimization-level_spec_large.ts
@@ -79,4 +79,17 @@ describe('Browser Builder optimization level', () => {
     expect(await files['main.js']).toContain('color: white');
     expect(await files['styles.css']).toContain('color: white');
   });
+
+  it('outputs ASCII only content', async () => {
+    const overrides = { aot: true, optimization: true };
+
+    host.writeMultipleFiles({
+      'src/app/app.component.html': `<p>€€€</p>`,
+    });
+
+    const { files } = await browserBuild(architect, host, target, overrides);
+    expect(await files['main.js']).not.toContain('ɵ');
+    expect(await files['main.js']).not.toContain('€€€');
+    expect(await files['main.js']).toContain('\\u20ac\\u20ac\\u20ac');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/basic/ivy.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/basic/ivy.ts
index 80bb9fff78f0..fc5a42a594ef 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/basic/ivy.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/basic/ivy.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default async function() {
     const mainUrl = mainUrlMatch && mainUrlMatch[1];
     const main = await request('http://localhost:4200/' + mainUrl);
 
-    if (!main.match(/ɵcmp\s*=/)) {
+    if (!main.match(/ɵcmp\s*=/) && !main.match(/\\u0275cmp\s*=/)) {
       throw new Error('Ivy could not be found.');
     }
     if (main.match(/ngDevMode/)) {