diff --git a/packages/angular/ssr/src/routes/ng-routes.ts b/packages/angular/ssr/src/routes/ng-routes.ts
index 1f4f7c7d5613..44c4ca5660e1 100644
--- a/packages/angular/ssr/src/routes/ng-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/ssr/src/routes/ng-routes.ts
@@ -407,7 +407,9 @@ export async function getRoutesFromAngularRouterConfig(
   const platformRef = platformServer([
     {
       provide: INITIAL_CONFIG,
-      useValue: { document, url: `${protocol}//${host}/` },
+      // The route below is intentionally set to a non-existent path
+      // to avoid rendering the root route during route extraction.
+      useValue: { document, url: `${protocol}//${host}/ng-extract-routes` },
     },
     {
       provide: ɵConsole,