diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/ng-generate/standalone-migration/standalone-bootstrap.ts b/packages/core/schematics/ng-generate/standalone-migration/standalone-bootstrap.ts
index 00596aee972..abb74a127ef 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/ng-generate/standalone-migration/standalone-bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/ng-generate/standalone-migration/standalone-bootstrap.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {ChangeTracker, ImportRemapper} from '../../utils/change_tracker';
 import {getAngularDecorators} from '../../utils/ng_decorators';
+import {getImportSpecifier} from '../../utils/typescript/imports';
 import {closestNode} from '../../utils/typescript/nodes';
+import {isReferenceToImport} from '../../utils/typescript/symbol';
 
 import {
   DeclarationImportsRemapper,
@@ -255,6 +257,22 @@ function migrateBootstrapCall(
     );
   }
 
+  // Top-level `registerLocaleData` calls aren't referenced from the module's metadata so they
+  // have to be carried over explicitly, otherwise the locale data won't be registered anymore
+  // once the module file is pruned.
+  if (moduleSourceFile !== sourceFile) {
+    const localeDataCalls = findRegisterLocaleDataCalls(moduleSourceFile, typeChecker);
+
+    if (localeDataCalls.length > 0) {
+      nodeLookup = nodeLookup || getNodeLookup(moduleSourceFile);
+
+      for (const statement of localeDataCalls) {
+        addNodesToCopy(sourceFile, statement, nodeLookup, tracker, nodesToCopy, referenceResolver);
+        nodesToCopy.add(statement);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   if (additionalProviders) {
     additionalProviders.forEach((moduleSpecifier, name) => {
       providersInNewCall.push(
@@ -633,6 +651,30 @@ function getRouterModuleForRootFeatures(
   return featureExpressions;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Finds all the top-level `registerLocaleData` calls within a file.
+ * @param sourceFile File in which to search for the calls.
+ * @param typeChecker
+ */
+function findRegisterLocaleDataCalls(
+  sourceFile: ts.SourceFile,
+  typeChecker: ts.TypeChecker,
+): ts.ExpressionStatement[] {
+  const importSpecifier = getImportSpecifier(sourceFile, '@angular/common', 'registerLocaleData');
+
+  if (importSpecifier === null) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return sourceFile.statements.filter(
+    (statement): statement is ts.ExpressionStatement =>
+      ts.isExpressionStatement(statement) &&
+      ts.isCallExpression(statement.expression) &&
+      ts.isIdentifier(statement.expression.expression) &&
+      isReferenceToImport(typeChecker, statement.expression.expression, importSpecifier),
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Finds all the nodes that are referenced inside a root node and would need to be copied into a
  * new file in order for the node to compile, and tracks them.
@@ -676,6 +718,37 @@ function addNodesToCopy(
       continue;
     }
 
+    // The reference can also be a default import (e.g. locale data files like
+    // `import localeFr from '@angular/common/locales/fr'`) which the import manager
+    // doesn't support. Copy the import declaration over or recreate it as a named
+    // import of the `default` symbol if it can't be copied verbatim.
+    // Note: when the import clause consists only of a default import, the clause and its name
+    // have the same offsets so the node lookup can resolve the reference to either of the two.
+    const importClause = closestOrSelf(ref, ts.isImportClause);
+    const defaultImportName =
+      importClause !== null && (ref === importClause || ref === importClause.name)
+        ? (importClause.name ?? null)
+        : null;
+
+    if (importClause && defaultImportName) {
+      const declaration = closestNode(importClause, ts.isImportDeclaration);
+
+      if (declaration && ts.isStringLiteralLike(declaration.moduleSpecifier)) {
+        if (
+          importClause.namedBindings === undefined &&
+          !declaration.moduleSpecifier.text.startsWith('.')
+        ) {
+          nodesToCopy.add(declaration);
+        } else {
+          const moduleName = declaration.moduleSpecifier.text.startsWith('.')
+            ? remapRelativeImport(targetFile.fileName, declaration.moduleSpecifier)
+            : declaration.moduleSpecifier.text;
+          tracker.addImport(targetFile, 'default', moduleName, defaultImportName.text);
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
     const variableDeclaration = closestOrSelf(ref, ts.isVariableDeclaration);
     const variableStatement = variableDeclaration
       ? closestNode(variableDeclaration, ts.isVariableStatement)
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/standalone_migration_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/standalone_migration_spec.ts
index fe4450cc067..bfb83074730 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/standalone_migration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/standalone_migration_spec.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ describe('standalone migration', () => {
           [typeof NgIf, typeof NgForOf], [typeof NgIf, typeof NgForOf]>;
       }
 
+      export declare function registerLocaleData(data: any, localeId?: any, extraData?: any): void;
+
       export {NgForOf as NgFor};
     `,
     );
@@ -4285,6 +4287,66 @@ describe('standalone migration', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should copy top-level registerLocaleData calls to the main file', async () => {
+    writeFile(
+      '/node_modules/@angular/common/locales/fr.d.ts',
+      `
+      declare const localeFr: unknown[];
+      export default localeFr;
+    `,
+    );
+
+    writeFile(
+      'main.ts',
+      `
+      import {AppModule} from './app/app.module';
+      import {platformBrowser} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+      platformBrowser().bootstrapModule(AppModule).catch(e => console.error(e));
+    `,
+    );
+
+    writeFile(
+      './app/app.module.ts',
+      `
+      import {NgModule, Component, LOCALE_ID} from '@angular/core';
+      import {registerLocaleData} from '@angular/common';
+      import localeFr from '@angular/common/locales/fr';
+
+      registerLocaleData(localeFr);
+
+      @Component({template: 'hello', standalone: false})
+      export class AppComponent {}
+
+      @NgModule({
+        declarations: [AppComponent],
+        bootstrap: [AppComponent],
+        providers: [{provide: LOCALE_ID, useValue: 'fr'}]
+      })
+      export class AppModule {}
+    `,
+    );
+
+    await runMigration('standalone-bootstrap');
+
+    const content = stripWhitespace(tree.readContent('main.ts'));
+
+    expect(content).toContain(
+      stripWhitespace(`import localeFr from '@angular/common/locales/fr';`),
+    );
+    expect(content).toContain(
+      stripWhitespace(`import {registerLocaleData} from '@angular/common';`),
+    );
+    expect(content).toContain(stripWhitespace(`registerLocaleData(localeFr);`));
+    expect(content).toContain(
+      stripWhitespace(`
+      bootstrapApplication(AppComponent, {
+        providers: [{provide: LOCALE_ID, useValue: 'fr'}]
+      }).catch(e => console.error(e));
+    `),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should not copy over non-declaration references to the main file', async () => {
     writeFile(
       'main.ts',