diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c84538eb975..1f2e7c5491da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "rxjs": "^5.0.1",
     "systemjs": "0.19.43",
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1",
     "zone.js": "^0.8.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
     "request": "^2.81.0",
     "resolve-bin": "^0.4.0",
     "rollup": "^0.41.6",
+    "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^3.0.0",
     "run-sequence": "^1.2.2",
     "scss-bundle": "^2.0.1-beta.7",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^3.4.0",
diff --git a/src/cdk/package.json b/src/cdk/package.json
index 527a67d80882..c69eadbb69bf 100644
--- a/src/cdk/package.json
+++ b/src/cdk/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
     "@angular/common": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cdk/tsconfig-build.json b/src/cdk/tsconfig-build.json
index 1bd184156235..6f9147eba187 100644
--- a/src/cdk/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/src/cdk/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "stripInternal": false,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "importHelpers": true,
     "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "outDir": "../../dist/packages/cdk",
diff --git a/src/cdk/tsconfig-tests.json b/src/cdk/tsconfig-tests.json
index b4331fcd5fed..95e7f82d42ef 100644
--- a/src/cdk/tsconfig-tests.json
+++ b/src/cdk/tsconfig-tests.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig-build",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "importHelpers": false,
     "module": "commonjs",
     "target": "es5",
     "types": ["jasmine"],
diff --git a/src/lib/package.json b/src/lib/package.json
index 885abbc6218a..8dc98c84ba44 100644
--- a/src/lib/package.json
+++ b/src/lib/package.json
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
     "@angular/common": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/tsconfig-build.json b/src/lib/tsconfig-build.json
index a8ec71d3c30b..5efd7f75f478 100644
--- a/src/lib/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/src/lib/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "stripInternal": false,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "importHelpers": true,
     "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "outDir": "../../dist/packages/material",
diff --git a/src/lib/tsconfig-tests.json b/src/lib/tsconfig-tests.json
index 61f25f94361c..4c289bb0a2aa 100644
--- a/src/lib/tsconfig-tests.json
+++ b/src/lib/tsconfig-tests.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig-build",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "importHelpers": false,
     "module": "commonjs",
     "target": "es5",
     "types": ["jasmine"],
diff --git a/src/material-examples/package.json b/src/material-examples/package.json
index ad8a5041849f..5ad0f1f5a52f 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/package.json
+++ b/src/material-examples/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@
     "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
     "@angular/common": "^4.0.0",
     "@angular/http": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/material-examples/tsconfig-build.json b/src/material-examples/tsconfig-build.json
index 5c9b9d3bc238..275f76fe1c53 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/src/material-examples/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "stripInternal": false,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "importHelpers": true,
     "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "outDir": "../../dist/packages/material-examples",
diff --git a/tools/gulp/packaging/build-bundles.ts b/tools/gulp/packaging/build-bundles.ts
index 015afaa0b282..3c6d2821404a 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/packaging/build-bundles.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/packaging/build-bundles.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export async function buildPackageBundles(entryFile: string, packageName: string
 
   // Downlevel FESM-2015 file to ES5.
   transpileFile(fesm2015File, fesm2014File, {
+    importHelpers: true,
     target: ScriptTarget.ES5,
     module: ModuleKind.ES2015,
     allowJs: true
diff --git a/tools/gulp/packaging/rollup-helpers.ts b/tools/gulp/packaging/rollup-helpers.ts
index ab1c10b8e94e..aff500a276a8 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/packaging/rollup-helpers.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/packaging/rollup-helpers.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ import {LICENSE_BANNER} from '../constants';
 
 // There are no type definitions available for these imports.
 const rollup = require('rollup');
+const rollupNodeResolutionPlugin = require('rollup-plugin-node-resolve');
 
 const ROLLUP_GLOBALS = {
+  // Import tslib rather than having TypeScript output its helpers multiple times.
+  // See https://github.com/Microsoft/tslib
+  'tslib': 'tslib',
+
   // Angular dependencies
   '@angular/animations': 'ng.animations',
   '@angular/core': 'ng.core',
@@ -50,10 +55,10 @@ export type BundleConfig = {
 
 /** Creates a rollup bundle of a specified JavaScript file.*/
 export function createRollupBundle(config: BundleConfig): Promise<any> {
-  const bundleOptions = {
+  const bundleOptions: any = {
     context: 'this',
     external: Object.keys(ROLLUP_GLOBALS),
-    entry: config.entry
+    entry: config.entry,
   };
 
   const writeOptions = {
@@ -67,5 +72,15 @@ export function createRollupBundle(config: BundleConfig): Promise<any> {
     sourceMap: true
   };
 
+  // When creating a UMD, we want to exclude tslib from the `external` bundle option so that it
+  // is inlined into the bundle.
+  if (config.format === 'umd') {
+    bundleOptions.plugins = [rollupNodeResolutionPlugin()];
+
+    const external = Object.keys(ROLLUP_GLOBALS);
+    external.splice(external.indexOf('tslib'), 1);
+    bundleOptions.external = external;
+  }
+
   return rollup.rollup(bundleOptions).then((bundle: any) => bundle.write(writeOptions));
 }