diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index.ts
index 868205182de6..a2d661abf565 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index.ts
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ function getSourceFile(host: Tree, path: string): ts.SourceFile {
 
 function getServerModulePath(
   host: Tree,
-  projectRoot: string,
+  sourceRoot: string,
   mainPath: string,
 ): string | null {
-  const mainSource = getSourceFile(host, mainPath);
+  const mainSource = getSourceFile(host, join(normalize(sourceRoot), mainPath));
   const allNodes = getSourceNodes(mainSource);
-  const expNode = allNodes.filter(node => node.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ExportDeclaration)[0];
+  const expNode = allNodes.find(node => ts.isExportDeclaration(node));
   if (!expNode) {
     return null;
   }
   const relativePath = (expNode as ts.ExportDeclaration).moduleSpecifier as ts.StringLiteral;
-  const modulePath = normalize(`/${projectRoot}/src/${relativePath.text}.ts`);
+  const modulePath = normalize(`/${sourceRoot}/${relativePath.text}.ts`);
 
   return modulePath;
 }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function addServerRoutes(options: AppShellOptions): Rule {
     if (!clientServerOptions) {
       throw new SchematicsException('Server target does not contain options.');
     }
-    const modulePath = getServerModulePath(host, clientProject.root, clientServerOptions.main);
+    const modulePath = getServerModulePath(host, clientProject.sourceRoot || 'src', options.main as string);
     if (modulePath === null) {
       throw new SchematicsException('Universal/server module not found.');
     }
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index_spec.ts
index 2161a7c0ffd0..4bf8efeb159d 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/app-shell/index_spec.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ describe('App Shell Schematic', () => {
     expect(content).toMatch(/import { Routes, RouterModule } from \'@angular\/router\';/);
   });
 
+  it('should work after adding nguniversal', async () => {
+    let tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('universal', defaultOptions, appTree)
+      .toPromise();
+
+    // change main tsconfig to mimic ng add for nguniveral
+    const workspace = JSON.parse(appTree.readContent('/angular.json'));
+    workspace.projects.bar.architect.server.options.main = 'server.ts';
+    appTree.overwrite('angular.json', JSON.stringify(workspace, undefined, 2));
+
+    tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('appShell', defaultOptions, tree)
+      .toPromise();
+    const filePath = '/projects/bar/src/app/app.server.module.ts';
+    const content = tree.readContent(filePath);
+    expect(content).toMatch(/import { Routes, RouterModule } from \'@angular\/router\';/);
+  });
+
   it('should define a server route', async () => {
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('appShell', defaultOptions, appTree)
       .toPromise();