diff --git a/modules/store/spec/modules.spec.ts b/modules/store/spec/modules.spec.ts
index 5a6690c691..019896fbb0 100644
--- a/modules/store/spec/modules.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/store/spec/modules.spec.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,39 @@ describe(`Store Modules`, () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe(`: With initial state`, () => {
+    const initialState: RootState = { fruit: 'banana' };
+    const reducerMap: ActionReducerMap<RootState> = { fruit: rootFruitReducer };
+    const noopMetaReducer = (r: Function) => (state: any, action: any) => {
+      return r(state, action);
+    };
+
+    const testWithMetaReducers = (metaReducers: any[]) => () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+          imports: [
+            StoreModule.forRoot(reducerMap, { initialState, metaReducers }),
+          ],
+        });
+        store = TestBed.get(Store);
+      });
+      it('should have initial state', () => {
+        store.take(1).subscribe((s: any) => {
+          expect(s).toEqual(initialState);
+        });
+      });
+    };
+
+    describe(
+      'should add initial state with no meta reducers',
+      testWithMetaReducers([])
+    );
+    describe(
+      'should add initial state with a simple no-op meta reducer',
+      testWithMetaReducers([noopMetaReducer])
+    );
+  });
+
   describe(`: Nested`, () => {
     @NgModule({
       imports: [StoreModule.forFeature('a', featureAReducer)],
diff --git a/modules/store/spec/utils.spec.ts b/modules/store/spec/utils.spec.ts
index 9b2cd7ea28..63d6407198 100644
--- a/modules/store/spec/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/store/spec/utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { omit } from '../src/utils';
-import { combineReducers, compose } from '@ngrx/store';
+import {
+  ActionReducer,
+  ActionReducerMap,
+  combineReducers,
+  compose,
+  createReducerFactory,
+} from '@ngrx/store';
 
 describe(`Store utils`, () => {
   describe(`combineReducers()`, () => {
@@ -73,4 +79,61 @@ describe(`Store utils`, () => {
       expect(id(1)).toBe(1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe(`createReducerFactory()`, () => {
+    const fruitReducer = (state: string = 'banana', action: any) =>
+      action.type === 'fruit' ? action.payload : state;
+    type FruitState = { fruit: string };
+    const reducerMap: ActionReducerMap<FruitState> = { fruit: fruitReducer };
+    const initialState: FruitState = { fruit: 'apple' };
+
+    const runWithExpectations = (
+      metaReducers: any[],
+      initialState: any,
+      expectedState: any
+    ) => () => {
+      let spiedFactory: jasmine.Spy;
+      let reducer: ActionReducer<FruitState>;
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spiedFactory = jasmine
+          .createSpy('spied factory')
+          .and.callFake(combineReducers);
+        reducer = createReducerFactory(spiedFactory, metaReducers)(
+          reducerMap,
+          initialState
+        );
+      });
+      it(`should pass the reducers and initialState to the factory method`, () => {
+        expect(spiedFactory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reducerMap, initialState);
+      });
+      it(`should return the expected initialState`, () => {
+        expect(reducer(undefined, { type: 'init' })).toEqual(expectedState);
+      });
+    };
+
+    describe(`without meta reducers`, () => {
+      const metaReducers: any[] = [];
+      describe(
+        `with initial state`,
+        runWithExpectations(metaReducers, initialState, initialState)
+      );
+      describe(
+        `without initial state`,
+        runWithExpectations(metaReducers, undefined, { fruit: 'banana' })
+      );
+    });
+
+    describe(`with meta reducers`, () => {
+      const noopMetaReducer = (r: any) => r;
+      const metaReducers: any[] = [noopMetaReducer];
+      describe(
+        `with initial state`,
+        runWithExpectations(metaReducers, initialState, initialState)
+      );
+      describe(
+        `without initial state`,
+        runWithExpectations(metaReducers, undefined, { fruit: 'banana' })
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/modules/store/src/utils.ts b/modules/store/src/utils.ts
index a8a30c7642..856a79b705 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/utils.ts
+++ b/modules/store/src/utils.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function createReducerFactory(
   metaReducers?: ActionReducer<any, any>[]
 ): ActionReducerFactory<any, any> {
   if (Array.isArray(metaReducers) && metaReducers.length > 0) {
-    return compose.apply(null, [...metaReducers, reducerFactory]);
+    return compose(...metaReducers)(reducerFactory) as any;
   }
 
   return reducerFactory;