diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
index 169e02a48055..bddfdd9563d3 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
     "protractor": "4.0.3",
     "ts-node": "1.2.1",
     "tslint": "3.13.0",
-    "typescript": "^2.0.0"
+    "typescript": "2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/addon/ng2/models/webpack-build-common.ts b/addon/ng2/models/webpack-build-common.ts
index cbe92ef13711..d4291f118851 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/models/webpack-build-common.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/models/webpack-build-common.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 import * as webpack from 'webpack';
 const atl = require('awesome-typescript-loader');
 
+import { BaseHrefWebpackPlugin } from '@angular-cli/base-href-webpack';
 import { findLazyModules } from './find-lazy-modules';
 
 
-import { BaseHrefWebpackPlugin } from '../utilities/base-href-webpack-plugin';
-
-
 export function getWebpackCommonConfig(
   projectRoot: string,
   environment: string,
diff --git a/addon/ng2/package.json b/addon/ng2/package.json
index 53d9f38255cc..8a0c28b1cd33 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/package.json
+++ b/addon/ng2/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "name": "ng2",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "An addon to generate an ng2 project",
-  "author": "rodyhaddad",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
     "ember-addon"
diff --git a/addon/ng2/tsconfig.json b/addon/ng2/tsconfig.json
index 116aa140dbe1..f347288cb434 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/addon/ng2/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "baseUrl": "",
     "paths": {
       "@angular-cli/ast-tools": [ "../../packages/ast-tools/src" ],
+      "@angular-cli/base-href-webpack": [ "../../packages/base-href-webpack/src" ],
       "@angular-cli/webpack": [ "../../packages/webpack/src" ]
     }
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67a56cc62e00..f95f508de2ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "ts-loader": "^0.8.2",
     "tslint-loader": "^2.1.4",
     "typedoc": "^0.4.2",
-    "typescript": "^2.0.0",
+    "typescript": "2.0.0",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
     "webpack": "2.1.0-beta.21",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.1.0-beta.0",
diff --git a/packages/ast-tools/package.json b/packages/ast-tools/package.json
index f95f5bcd049c..90591e58782c 100644
--- a/packages/ast-tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/ast-tools/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@angular-cli/ast-tools",
   "version": "1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.5",
   "description": "CLI tool for Angular",
-  "main": "./index.js",
+  "main": "./src/index.js",
   "keywords": [
     "angular",
     "cli",
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "rxjs": "^5.0.0-beta.11",
     "denodeify": "^1.2.1",
-    "typescript": "^2.0.0"
+    "typescript": "2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/base-href-webpack/package.json b/packages/base-href-webpack/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43f31ab33f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base-href-webpack/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "@angular-cli/base-href-webpack",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Base HREF Webpack plugin",
+  "main": "./src/index.js",
+  "keywords": [
+    "angular",
+    "cli",
+    "webpack",
+    "plugin",
+    "tool"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/angular/angular-cli.git"
+  },
+  "author": "angular",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular-cli",
+  "dependencies": {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/base-href-webpack/src/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.ts b/packages/base-href-webpack/src/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b86b707d2313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base-href-webpack/src/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {oneLineTrim} from 'common-tags';
+import {BaseHrefWebpackPlugin} from './base-href-webpack-plugin';
+
+
+function mockCompiler(indexHtml, callback) {
+  return {
+    plugin: function (event, compilerCallback) {
+      const compilation = {
+        plugin: function (hook, compilationCallback) {
+          const htmlPluginData = {
+            html: indexHtml
+          };
+          compilationCallback(htmlPluginData, callback);
+        }
+      };
+      compilerCallback(compilation);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+describe('base href webpack plugin', () => {
+  const html = oneLineTrim`
+    <html>
+      <head></head>
+      <body></body>
+    </html>
+  `;
+
+  it('should do nothing when baseHref is null', () => {
+    const plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: null });
+
+    const compiler = mockCompiler(html, (x, htmlPluginData) => {
+      expect(htmlPluginData.html).toEqual('<body><head></head></body>');
+    });
+    plugin.apply(compiler);
+  });
+
+  it('should insert base tag when not exist', function () {
+    const plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: '/' });
+    const compiler = mockCompiler(html, (x, htmlPluginData) => {
+        expect(htmlPluginData.html).toEqual(oneLineTrim`
+          <html>
+            <head><base href="/"></head>
+            <body></body>
+          </html>
+        `);
+      });
+
+    plugin.apply(compiler);
+  });
+
+  it('should replace href attribute when base tag already exists', function () {
+    const plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: '/myUrl/' });
+
+    const compiler = mockCompiler(oneLineTrim`
+          <head><base href="/" target="_blank"></head>
+          <body></body>
+        `, (x, htmlPluginData) => {
+      expect(htmlPluginData.html).toEqual(oneLineTrim`
+          <head><base href="/myUrl/" target="_blank"></head>
+          <body></body>
+        `);
+    });
+    plugin.apply(compiler);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/addon/ng2/utilities/base-href-webpack-plugin.ts b/packages/base-href-webpack/src/base-href-webpack-plugin.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from addon/ng2/utilities/base-href-webpack-plugin.ts
rename to packages/base-href-webpack/src/base-href-webpack-plugin.ts
diff --git a/packages/base-href-webpack/src/index.ts b/packages/base-href-webpack/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3140fa868c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base-href-webpack/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+export * from './base-href-webpack-plugin';
diff --git a/packages/base-href-webpack/tsconfig.json b/packages/base-href-webpack/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a607ecd030db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/base-href-webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "declaration": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "mapRoot": "",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "outDir": "../../dist/base-href-webpack",
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "sourceRoot": "/",
+    "target": "es5",
+    "lib": ["es6"],
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "../../node_modules/@types"
+    ],
+    "types": [
+      "jasmine",
+      "node"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/run-packages-spec.js b/scripts/run-packages-spec.js
index 07f18f5140cb..8e798a7402ce 100644
--- a/scripts/run-packages-spec.js
+++ b/scripts/run-packages-spec.js
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ const projectBaseDir = path.join(__dirname, '../packages');
 
 // Create a Jasmine runner and configure it.
 const jasmine = new Jasmine({ projectBaseDir: projectBaseDir });
-jasmine.loadConfig({
-  spec_dir: projectBaseDir
-});
+jasmine.loadConfig({});
 jasmine.addReporter(new JasmineSpecReporter());
 
 // Run the tests.
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.js b/tests/acceptance/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 58bf73442e25..000000000000
--- a/tests/acceptance/base-href-webpack-plugin.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*eslint-disable no-console */
-'use strict';
-
-var expect = require('chai').expect;
-var BaseHrefWebpackPlugin = require('../../addon/ng2/utilities/base-href-webpack-plugin').BaseHrefWebpackPlugin;
-
-function mockCompiler(indexHtml, callback) {
-  return {
-    plugin: function (event, compilerCallback) {
-      var compilation = {
-        plugin: function (hook, compilationCallback) {
-          var htmlPluginData = {
-            html: indexHtml
-          };
-          compilationCallback(htmlPluginData, callback);
-        }
-      };
-      compilerCallback(compilation);
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-describe('base href webpack plugin', function () {
-  it('should do nothing when baseHref is null', function () {
-    var plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: null });
-
-    var compiler = mockCompiler('<body><head></head></body>', function (x, htmlPluginData) {
-      expect(htmlPluginData.html).to.equal('<body><head></head></body>');
-    });
-    plugin.apply(compiler);
-  });
-
-  it('should insert base tag when not exist', function () {
-    var plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: '/' });
-
-    var compiler = mockCompiler('<body><head></head></body>', function (x, htmlPluginData) {
-      expect(htmlPluginData.html).to.equal('<body><head><base href="/"></head></body>');
-    });
-    plugin.apply(compiler);
-  });
-
-  it('should replace href attribute when base tag already exists', function () {
-    var plugin = new BaseHrefWebpackPlugin({ baseHref: '/myUrl/' });
-
-    var compiler = mockCompiler('<body><head><base href="/" target="_blank"></head></body>', function (x, htmlPluginData) {
-      expect(htmlPluginData.html).to.equal('<body><head><base href="/myUrl/" target="_blank"></head></body>');
-    });
-    plugin.apply(compiler);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7d2ae56c1324..6b1b9c40b8dd 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     ],
     "paths": {
       "@angular-cli/ast-tools": [ "./packages/ast-tools/src" ],
+      "@angular-cli/base-href-webpack": [ "./packages/base-href-webpack/src" ],
       "@angular-cli/webpack": [ "./packages/webpack/src" ]
     }
   },