NativeScript
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "shelljs": "^0.7.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.17",
     "time-grunt": "1.3.0",
-    "tslib": "^1.7.1",
+    "tslib": "^1.9.3",
     "tslint": "^5.4.3",
     "typedoc": "^0.5.10",
     "typedoc-plugin-external-module-name": "git://github.com/PanayotCankov/typedoc-plugin-external-module-name.git#with-js",

diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "tns-core-modules": "*"
+    "tns-core-modules": "*",
+    "tslib": "^1.9.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-traverse": "6.9.0",

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/globals/decorators.ts b/tns-core-modules/globals/decorators.ts
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts b/tns-core-modules/globals/globals.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 // Required by TypeScript compiler
-require("./decorators");
-
-// Required by V8 snapshot generator
-if (!global.__extends) {
-    global.__extends = function (d, b) {
-        for (var p in b) {
-            if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
-                d[p] = b[p];
-            }
-        }
-        function __() { this.constructor = d; }
-        d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
-    };
-}
+require("./ts-helpers");
 
 // This method iterates all the keys in the source exports object and copies them to the destination exports one.
 // Note: the method will not check for naming collisions and will override any already existing entries in the destination exports.

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/globals/ts-helpers.ts b/tns-core-modules/globals/ts-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Required by V8 snapshot generator
+if (!global.__extends) {
+  global.__extends = function (d, b) {
+      for (var p in b) {
+          if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
+              d[p] = b[p];
+          }
+      }
+      function __() { this.constructor = d; }
+      d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
+  };
+}
+
+import * as tslib from "tslib";
+
+// Bind the tslib helpers to global scope.
+// This is needed when we don't use importHelpers, which
+// breaks extending native-classes
+for (const fnName of Object.keys(tslib)) {
+  if (typeof tslib[fnName] !== "function") {
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  if (fnName in global) {
+    // Don't override globals that are already defined (ex. __extends)
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  global[fnName] = tslib[fnName];
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/inspector_modules.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 console.log("Loading inspector modules...");
-require("./globals/decorators");
+require("./globals/ts-helpers");
 require("./debugger/webinspector-network");
 require("./debugger/webinspector-dom");
 require("./debugger/webinspector-css");

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/package.json b/tns-core-modules/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "typings": "tns-core-modules.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
-    "tns-core-modules-widgets": "next"
+    "tns-core-modules-widgets": "next",
+    "tslib": "^1.9.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "~7.0.5",

diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style-properties.ts
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ export function transformConverter(text: string): TransformFunctionsInfo {
 
     const usedTransforms = transformations.map(t => t.property);
     if (!hasDuplicates(usedTransforms)) {
-        const fullTransformations = Object.assign({}, IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION);
+        const fullTransformations = { ...IDENTITY_TRANSFORMATION };
         transformations.forEach(transform => {
             fullTransformations[transform.property] = transform.value;
         });
@@ -1098,4 +1098,4 @@ export const visibilityProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Visibility>({
         target.view.isCollapsed = (newValue === Visibility.COLLAPSE);
     }
 });
-visibilityProperty.register(Style);
+visibilityProperty.register(Style);
diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/package.json b/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^2.6.1"
+    "typescript": "~2.6.1"
   }
 }