diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
index 540a01e336..553da3136e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ export class ActivatedRoute {
     this._futureSnapshot = futureSnapshot;
   }
 
+  get routeConfig(): Route { return this._futureSnapshot.routeConfig; }
+
   toString(): string {
     return this.snapshot ? this.snapshot.toString() : `Future(${this._futureSnapshot})`;
   }
@@ -179,6 +181,8 @@ export class ActivatedRouteSnapshot {
     this._resolve = resolve;
   }
 
+  get routeConfig(): Route { return this._routeConfig; }
+
   toString(): string {
     const url = this.url.map(s => s.toString()).join('/');
     const matched = this._routeConfig ? this._routeConfig.path : '';