diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/mock_compile/index.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/mock_compile/index.ts
index 4c56d03741..95c50391ea 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/mock_compile/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/mock_compile/index.ts
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ function buildMatcher(pieces: (string|RegExp)[]): {regexp: RegExp, groups: Map<s
   };
 }
 
-export function doCompile(
+export function compileFiles(
     data: MockDirectory, angularFiles: MockData, options: NgCompilerOptions = {}): {
-  source: string,
-} {
+  fileName: string; source: string,
+}[] {
   setFileSystem(new NodeJSFileSystem());
   const testFiles = toMockFileArray(data);
   const scripts = testFiles.map(entry => entry.fileName);
@@ -217,8 +217,18 @@ export function doCompile(
       },
       mockCompilerHost);
   program.emit();
-  const source =
-      scripts.map(script => mockCompilerHost.readFile(script.replace(/\.ts$/, '.js'))).join('\n');
+  return scripts.map(script => {
+    const fileName = script.replace(/\.ts$/, '.js');
+    const source = mockCompilerHost.readFile(fileName);
+    return {fileName, source};
+  });
+}
+
+function doCompile(data: MockDirectory, angularFiles: MockData, options: NgCompilerOptions = {}): {
+  source: string,
+} {
+  const scripts = compileFiles(data, angularFiles, options);
+  const source = scripts.map(script => script.source).join('\n');
 
   return {source};
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/BUILD.bazel b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/BUILD.bazel
index c0e657d274..d4a988f8e8 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/BUILD.bazel
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ ts_library(
     srcs = ["bootstrap.ts"],
     deps = [
         "//packages:types",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel",
         "//packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/mock_compile",
+        "@npm//@babel/core",
+        "@npm//@babel/generator",
+        "@npm//@babel/template",
+        "@npm//@babel/types",
+        "@npm//@types/babel__core",
+        "@npm//@types/babel__generator",
+        "@npm//@types/babel__template",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/bootstrap.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/bootstrap.ts
index 38d8efa990..527d6e881f 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/prelink/bootstrap.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
  * 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 {CompileFn, doCompile, setCompileFn} from '../mock_compile';
+import {PluginObj, transformSync} from '@babel/core';
+
+import {createEs2015LinkerPlugin} from '../../../linker/babel';
+import {compileFiles, CompileFn, setCompileFn} from '../mock_compile';
 
 /**
  * A function to compile the given code in two steps:
@@ -16,11 +19,43 @@ import {CompileFn, doCompile, setCompileFn} from '../mock_compile';
  * This should produce the same output as the full AOT compilation
  */
 const linkedCompile: CompileFn = (data, angularFiles, options) => {
-  const result = doCompile(data, angularFiles, {...options, compilationMode: 'partial'});
-  // TODO: additional post linking
-  return result;
+  const compiledFiles = compileFiles(data, angularFiles, {...options, compilationMode: 'partial'});
+
+  const linkerPlugin = createEs2015LinkerPlugin({
+    enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat: options?.enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat,
+    i18nNormalizeLineEndingsInICUs: options?.i18nNormalizeLineEndingsInICUs,
+  });
+
+  const source = compiledFiles.map(file => applyLinker(file, linkerPlugin)).join('\n');
+
+  return {source};
 };
 
+/**
+ * Runs the provided code through the Babel linker plugin, if the file has the .js extension.
+ *
+ * @param file The file name and its source to be transformed using the linker.
+ * @param linkerPlugin The linker plugin to apply.
+ * @returns The file's source content, which has been transformed using the linker if necessary.
+ */
+function applyLinker(file: {fileName: string; source: string}, linkerPlugin: PluginObj): string {
+  if (!file.fileName.endsWith('.js')) {
+    return file.source;
+  }
+  const result = transformSync(file.source, {
+    filename: file.fileName,
+    plugins: [linkerPlugin],
+    parserOpts: {sourceType: 'unambiguous'},
+  });
+  if (result === null) {
+    throw fail('Babel transform did not have output');
+  }
+  if (result.code == null) {
+    throw fail('Babel transform result does not have any code');
+  }
+  return result.code;
+}
+
 // Update the function that will do the compiling with this specialised version that
 // runs the prelink and postlink parts of AOT compilation, to check it produces the
 // same result as a normal full AOT compile.