diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/loader-import-attribute_spec.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/loader-import-attribute_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f360047b278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/loader-import-attribute_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import { buildApplication } from '../../index';
+import { APPLICATION_BUILDER_INFO, BASE_OPTIONS, describeBuilder } from '../setup';
+
+describeBuilder(buildApplication, APPLICATION_BUILDER_INFO, (harness) => {
+  describe('Behavior: "loader import attribute"', () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await harness.modifyFile('tsconfig.json', (content) => {
+        return content.replace('"module": "ES2022"', '"module": "esnext"');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should inline text content for loader attribute set to "text"', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.unknown', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.unknown" with { loader: "text" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('ABC');
+    });
+
+    it('should inline binary content for loader attribute set to "binary"', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.unknown', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.unknown" with { loader: "binary" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      // Should contain the binary encoding used esbuild and not the text content
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('__toBinary("QUJD")');
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.not.toContain('ABC');
+    });
+
+    it('should emit an output file for loader attribute set to "file"', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.unknown', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.unknown" with { loader: "file" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('a.unknown');
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/media/a.unknown').toExist();
+    });
+
+    it('should emit an output file with hashing when enabled for loader attribute set to "file"', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        outputHashing: 'media' as any,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.unknown', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.unknown" with { loader: "file" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('a.unknown');
+      expect(harness.hasFileMatch('dist/browser/media', /a-[0-9A-Z]{8}\.unknown$/)).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('should allow overriding default `.txt` extension behavior', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.txt', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.txt" with { loader: "file" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('a.txt');
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/media/a.txt').toExist();
+    });
+
+    it('should allow overriding default `.js` extension behavior', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.js', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.js" with { loader: "file" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(true);
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/main.js').content.toContain('a.js');
+      harness.expectFile('dist/browser/media/a.js').toExist();
+    });
+
+    it('should fail with an error if an invalid loader attribute value is used', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      harness.useTarget('build', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      await harness.writeFile('./src/a.unknown', 'ABC');
+      await harness.writeFile(
+        'src/main.ts',
+        '// @ts-expect-error\nimport contents from "./a.unknown" with { loader: "invalid" };\n console.log(contents);',
+      );
+
+      const { result, logs } = await harness.executeOnce({ outputLogsOnFailure: false });
+      expect(result?.success).toBe(false);
+      expect(logs).toContain(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          message: jasmine.stringMatching('Unsupported loader import attribute'),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
index b09a96d91361..6789c1e70c4a 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/application-code-bundle.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { BundlerOptionsFactory } from './bundler-context';
 import { createCompilerPluginOptions } from './compiler-plugin-options';
 import { createExternalPackagesPlugin } from './external-packages-plugin';
 import { createAngularLocaleDataPlugin } from './i18n-locale-plugin';
+import { createLoaderImportAttributePlugin } from './loader-import-attribute-plugin';
 import { createRxjsEsmResolutionPlugin } from './rxjs-esm-resolution-plugin';
 import { createSourcemapIgnorelistPlugin } from './sourcemap-ignorelist-plugin';
 import { getFeatureSupport, isZonelessApp } from './utils';
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export function createBrowserCodeBundleOptions(
     target,
     supported: getFeatureSupport(target, zoneless),
     plugins: [
+      createLoaderImportAttributePlugin(),
       createWasmPlugin({ allowAsync: zoneless, cache: sourceFileCache?.loadResultCache }),
       createSourcemapIgnorelistPlugin(),
       createCompilerPlugin(
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ export function createServerCodeBundleOptions(
     entryPoints,
     supported: getFeatureSupport(target, zoneless),
     plugins: [
+      createLoaderImportAttributePlugin(),
       createWasmPlugin({ allowAsync: zoneless, cache: sourceFileCache?.loadResultCache }),
       createSourcemapIgnorelistPlugin(),
       createCompilerPlugin(
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/loader-import-attribute-plugin.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/loader-import-attribute-plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2856ad5c4100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/loader-import-attribute-plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import type { Loader, Plugin } from 'esbuild';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+const SUPPORTED_LOADERS: Loader[] = ['binary', 'file', 'text'];
+
+export function createLoaderImportAttributePlugin(): Plugin {
+  return {
+    name: 'angular-loader-import-attributes',
+    setup(build) {
+      build.onLoad({ filter: /./ }, async (args) => {
+        const loader = args.with['loader'] as Loader | undefined;
+        if (!loader) {
+          return undefined;
+        }
+
+        if (!SUPPORTED_LOADERS.includes(loader)) {
+          return {
+            errors: [
+              {
+                text: 'Unsupported loader import attribute',
+                notes: [
+                  { text: 'Attribute value must be one of: ' + SUPPORTED_LOADERS.join(', ') },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          };
+        }
+
+        return {
+          contents: await readFile(args.path),
+          loader,
+        };
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}