diff --git a/preprocessor.js b/preprocessor.js
index 6234c9fbce..0493dc4193 100644
--- a/preprocessor.js
+++ b/preprocessor.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const process = require('ts-jest').process;
-const TEMPLATE_URL_REGEX = /templateUrl\s*:\s*('|")(\.\/){0,}(.*)('|")/g;
+const TEMPLATE_URL_REGEX = /templateUrl\s*:\s*('|"|`)(\.\/){0,}(.*)('|"|`)/g;
 const STYLE_URLS_REGEX = /styleUrls\s*:\s*\[[^\]]*\]/g;
 const ESCAPE_TEMPLATE_REGEX = /(\${|\`)/g;