diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/user-app/index.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/user-app/index.ts
index 0da997060a..eef8076437 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/user-app/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/user-app/index.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class UserButton {
   }
 }
 
-var IonicDirectives = [IonicButton];
+var IONIC_DIRECTIVES = [IonicButton];
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'user-modal'
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class UserModal {
     <button (click)="openModal()">Open Modal</button>
     <ng-content></ng-content>
   `,
-  directives: IonicDirectives.concat([UserButton])
+  directives: IONIC_DIRECTIVES.concat([UserButton])
 })
 class UserRootComponent {
   constructor(ionicModal: IonicModal, userService: UserService) {
diff --git a/ionic/config/annotations.ts b/ionic/config/annotations.ts
index 3a9c30035a..4d693c717f 100644
--- a/ionic/config/annotations.ts
+++ b/ionic/config/annotations.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
  * The core Ionic directives.  Automatically available in every IonicView
  * template.
  */
-export const IonicDirectives = [
+export const IONIC_DIRECTIVES = [
 // TODO: Why is forwardRef() required when they're already imported above????
   // Angular
   CORE_DIRECTIVES,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const IonicDirectives = [
 
 class IonicViewImpl extends View {
   constructor(args = {}) {
-    args.directives = (args.directives || []).concat(IonicDirectives);
+    args.directives = (args.directives || []).concat(IONIC_DIRECTIVES);
     super(args);
   }
 }