diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-footer.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-footer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95a77c89db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-footer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Directive, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { VirtualContext } from './virtual-util';
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
+@Directive({selector: '[virtualFooter]'})
+export class VirtualFooter {
+  constructor(public templateRef: TemplateRef<VirtualContext>) {}
+}
diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-header.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-header.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e78aa2a5f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-header.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Directive, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { VirtualContext } from './virtual-util';
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
+@Directive({selector: '[virtualHeader]'})
+export class VirtualHeader {
+  constructor(public templateRef: TemplateRef<VirtualContext>) {}
+}
diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-item.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-item.ts
index dc3fdd9a82..2fd350c36f 100644
--- a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-item.ts
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-item.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,6 @@
 import { Directive, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { VirtualContext } from './virtual-util';
 
-
-/**
- * @private
- */
-@Directive({selector: '[virtualHeader]'})
-export class VirtualHeader {
-  constructor(public templateRef: TemplateRef<VirtualContext>) {}
-}
-
-
-/**
- * @private
- */
-@Directive({selector: '[virtualFooter]'})
-export class VirtualFooter {
-  constructor(public templateRef: TemplateRef<VirtualContext>) {}
-}
-
-
 /**
  * @private
  */
diff --git a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
index 2509491e7b..24c2831c06 100644
--- a/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
+++ b/src/components/virtual-scroll/virtual-scroll.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import { isBlank, isFunction, isPresent } from '../../util/util';
 import { Platform } from '../../platform/platform';
 import { ViewController } from '../../navigation/view-controller';
 import { VirtualCell, VirtualData, VirtualNode } from './virtual-util';
-import { VirtualFooter, VirtualHeader, VirtualItem } from './virtual-item';
+import { VirtualItem } from './virtual-item';
+import { VirtualFooter } from './virtual-footer';
+import { VirtualHeader } from './virtual-header';
 
 
 /**