diff --git a/templates/module/angular/src/polyfills.ts b/templates/module/angular/src/polyfills.ts
index aa665d6b87..6e00c561ed 100644
--- a/templates/module/angular/src/polyfills.ts
+++ b/templates/module/angular/src/polyfills.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/***************************************************************************************************
+ * Load `$localize` onto the global scope - used if i18n tags appear in Angular templates.
+ */
+import '@angular/localize/init';
 /**
  * This file includes polyfills needed by Angular and is loaded before the app.
  * You can add your own extra polyfills to this file.
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@
  * will put import in the top of bundle, so user need to create a separate file
  * in this directory (for example: zone-flags.ts), and put the following flags
  * into that file, and then add the following code before importing zone.js.
- * import './zone-flags.ts';
+ * import './zone-flags';
  *
  * The flags allowed in zone-flags.ts are listed here.
  *
@@ -55,8 +59,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************************************
  * Zone JS is required by default for Angular itself.
  */
-import 'zone.js/dist/zone';  // Included with Angular CLI.
-
+import 'zone.js/dist/zone'; // Included with Angular CLI.
 
 /***************************************************************************************************
  * APPLICATION IMPORTS