diff --git a/resources/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/PolyGerritIndexHtml.soy b/resources/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/PolyGerritIndexHtml.soy
index 147e8f2acc..8598229b52 100644
--- a/resources/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/PolyGerritIndexHtml.soy
+++ b/resources/com/google/gerrit/httpd/raw/PolyGerritIndexHtml.soy
@@ -92,8 +92,17 @@
{\n}
{/if}
- {\n}
+ // TODO(taoalpha): only used by Google, remove once polymer 2 fully rolled out
+ {if $polymer2}
+ {\n}
+ {else}
+ {\n}
+ {/if}
{\n}
+ {if $polymer2}
+ {\n}
+ {else}
{\n}
+ {/if}
{/template}