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 372a5e05e330..1a40ab83023f 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
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
+import { tags } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import * as CopyWebpackPlugin from 'copy-webpack-plugin';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { HashedModuleIdsPlugin, debug } from 'webpack';
@@ -272,6 +273,14 @@ export function getCommonConfig(wco: WebpackConfigOptions) {
     );
   }
 
+  if (wco.tsConfig.options.target === 4) {
+    wco.logger.warn(tags.stripIndent`
+      WARNING: Zone.js does not support native async/await in ES2017.
+      These blocks are not intercepted by zone.js and will not triggering change detection.
+      See: https://github.com/angular/zone.js/pull/1140 for more information.
+    `);
+  }
+
   return {
     mode: scriptsOptimization || stylesOptimization
       ? 'production'