diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
index 4c24168fedce7f..61dffb82f3fb3c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   SafePropertyRead,
   ThisReceiver,
 } from '../../expression_parser/ast';
-import {SelectorMatcher} from '../../selector';
+import {CssSelector, SelectorMatcher} from '../../selector';
 import {
   BoundAttribute,
   BoundEvent,
@@ -59,8 +59,71 @@ import {
   TargetBinder,
   TemplateEntity,
 } from './t2_api';
+import {parseTemplate} from './template';
 import {createCssSelectorFromNode} from './util';
 
+/**
+ * Computes a difference between full list (first argument) and
+ * list of items that should be excluded from the full list (second
+ * argument).
+ */
+function diff(fullList: string[], itemsToExclude: string[]): string[] {
+  const exclude = new Set(itemsToExclude);
+  return fullList.filter((item) => !exclude.has(item));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given a template string and a set of available directive selectors,
+ * computes a list of matching selectors and splits them into 2 buckets:
+ * (1) eagerly used in a template and (2) directives used only in defer
+ * blocks. Similarly, returns 2 lists of pipes (eager and deferrable).
+ *
+ * Note: deferrable directives selectors and pipes names used in `@defer`
+ * blocks are **candidates** and API caller should make sure that:
+ *
+ *  * A Component where a given template is defined is standalone
+ *  * Underlying dependency classes are also standalone
+ *  * Dependency class symbols are not eagerly used in a TS file
+ *    where a host component (that owns the template) is located
+ */
+export function findMatchingDirectivesAndPipes(template: string, directiveSelectors: string[]) {
+  const matcher = new SelectorMatcher<unknown[]>();
+  for (const selector of directiveSelectors) {
+    // Create a fake directive instance to satisfy the `R3TargetBinder` contract.
+    const fakeDirective = {
+      selector,
+      inputs: {
+        hasBindingPropertyName() {
+          return false;
+        },
+      },
+      outputs: {
+        hasBindingPropertyName() {
+          return false;
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    matcher.addSelectables(CssSelector.parse(selector), [fakeDirective]);
+  }
+  const parsedTemplate = parseTemplate(template, '' /* templateUrl */);
+  const binder = new R3TargetBinder(matcher as any);
+  const bound = binder.bind({template: parsedTemplate.nodes});
+
+  const eagerDirectiveSelectors = bound.getEagerlyUsedDirectives().map((dir) => dir.selector!);
+  const allMatchedDirectiveSelectors = bound.getUsedDirectives().map((dir) => dir.selector!);
+  const eagerPipes = bound.getEagerlyUsedPipes();
+  return {
+    directives: {
+      regular: eagerDirectiveSelectors,
+      deferCandidates: diff(allMatchedDirectiveSelectors, eagerDirectiveSelectors),
+    },
+    pipes: {
+      regular: eagerPipes,
+      deferCandidates: diff(bound.getUsedPipes(), eagerPipes),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Processes `Target`s with a given set of directives and performs a binding operation, which
  * returns an object similar to TypeScript's `ts.TypeChecker` that contains knowledge about the
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/view/binding_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/view/binding_spec.ts
index 837623292668ec..6dfef515078a3b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/view/binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/view/binding_spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import * as e from '../../../src/expression_parser/ast';
 import * as a from '../../../src/render3/r3_ast';
 import {DirectiveMeta, InputOutputPropertySet} from '../../../src/render3/view/t2_api';
-import {R3TargetBinder} from '../../../src/render3/view/t2_binder';
+import {findMatchingDirectivesAndPipes, R3TargetBinder} from '../../../src/render3/view/t2_binder';
 import {parseTemplate} from '../../../src/render3/view/template';
 import {CssSelector, SelectorMatcher} from '../../../src/selector';
 
@@ -140,6 +140,32 @@ function makeSelectorMatcher(): SelectorMatcher<DirectiveMeta[]> {
   return matcher;
 }
 
+describe('findMatchingDirectivesAndPipes', () => {
+  it(
+    'should match directives and detect pipes in ' + 'eager and deferrable parts of a template',
+    () => {
+      const template = `
+      <div [title]="abc | uppercase"></div>
+      @defer {
+        <my-defer-cmp [label]="abc | lowercase" />
+      } @placeholder {}
+    `;
+      const directiveSelectors = ['[title]', 'my-defer-cmp', 'not-matching'];
+      const result = findMatchingDirectivesAndPipes(template, directiveSelectors);
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        directives: {
+          regular: ['[title]'],
+          deferCandidates: ['my-defer-cmp'],
+        },
+        pipes: {
+          regular: ['uppercase'],
+          deferCandidates: ['lowercase'],
+        },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 describe('t2 binding', () => {
   it('should bind a simple template', () => {
     const template = parseTemplate('<div *ngFor="let item of items">{{item.name}}</div>', '', {});