diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
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+import { RouterOutletMap } from './router_outlet_map';
+import { UrlSerializer, DefaultUrlSerializer } from './url_serializer';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from './router_state';
+import { Router } from './router';
+import { RouterConfig } from './config';
+import { ComponentResolver, ApplicationRef} from '@angular/core';
+import { LocationStrategy, PathLocationStrategy, Location } from '@angular/common';
+
+/**
+ * A list of {@link Provider}s. To use the router, you must add this to your application.
+ *
+ * ### Example
+ *
+ * ```
+ * @Component({directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES]})
+ * class AppCmp {
+ *   // ...
+ * }
+ *
+ * const router = [
+ *   {path: '/home', component: Home}
+ * ];
+ *
+ * bootstrap(AppCmp, [provideRouter(router)]);
+ * ```
+ */
+export function provideRouter(config: RouterConfig):any[] {
+  return [
+    Location,
+    {provide: LocationStrategy, useClass: PathLocationStrategy},
+    {provide: UrlSerializer, useClass: DefaultUrlSerializer},
+
+    {
+      provide: Router,
+      useFactory: (ref, resolver, urlSerializer, outletMap, location) => {
+        if (ref.componentTypes.length == 0) {
+          throw new Error("Bootstrap at least one component before injecting Router.");
+        }
+        const componentType = ref.componentTypes[0];
+        const r = new Router(componentType, resolver, urlSerializer, outletMap, location);
+        r.resetConfig(config);
+        ref.registerDisposeListener(() => r.dispose());
+        return r;
+      },
+      deps: [ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location]
+    },
+
+    RouterOutletMap,
+    {provide: ActivatedRoute, useFactory: (r) => r.routerState.root, deps: [Router]},
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts
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+import { RouterConfig } from './config';
+import * as common from './common_router_providers';
+import {BrowserPlatformLocation} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {PlatformLocation} from '@angular/common';
+
+/**
+ * A list of {@link Provider}s. To use the router, you must add this to your application.
+ *
+ * ### Example
+ *
+ * ```
+ * @Component({directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES]})
+ * class AppCmp {
+ *   // ...
+ * }
+ * 
+ * const router = [
+ *   {path: '/home', component: Home}
+ * ];
+ *
+ * bootstrap(AppCmp, [provideRouter(router)]);
+ * ```
+ */
+export function provideRouter(config: RouterConfig):any[] {
+  return [
+    {provide: PlatformLocation, useClass: BrowserPlatformLocation},
+    ...common.provideRouter(config)
+  ];
+}