diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/host/buffer.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/host/buffer.ts
index 274b223eaf35..8a08b36ef172 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/host/buffer.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/host/buffer.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ export function stringToFileBuffer(str: string): FileBuffer {
   }
 }
 
+
+export const fileBuffer: TemplateTag<FileBuffer> = (strings, ...values) => {
+  return stringToFileBuffer(String.raw(strings, ...values));
+};
+
+
 export function fileBufferToString(fileBuffer: FileBuffer): string {
   if (fileBuffer.toString.length == 1) {
     return (fileBuffer.toString as (enc: string) => string)('utf-8');
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/path.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/path.ts
index e7ca6b82aa76..11ec697b0311 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/path.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/virtual-fs/path.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 import { BaseException } from '../exception';
+import { TemplateTag } from '../utils/literals';
 
 
 export class InvalidPathException extends BaseException {
@@ -250,6 +251,11 @@ export function normalize(path: string): Path {
 }
 
 
+export const path: TemplateTag<Path> = (strings, ...values) => {
+  return normalize(String.raw(strings, ...values));
+};
+
+
 // Platform-specific paths.
 export type WindowsPath = string & {
   __PRIVATE_DEVKIT_WINDOWS_PATH: void;