diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
index 6f746fe6dd..8df82dcb93 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {Route} from './config';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {shallowEqual} from './utils/collection';
+import {shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
 import {Tree, TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 
@@ -188,10 +188,14 @@ function serializeNode(node: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>): string {
  * And we detect that by checking if the snapshot field is set.
  */
 export function advanceActivatedRoute(route: ActivatedRoute): void {
-  if (route.snapshot && !shallowEqual(route.snapshot.params, route._futureSnapshot.params)) {
+  if (route.snapshot) {
+    if (!shallowEqual(route.snapshot.params, route._futureSnapshot.params)) {
+      (<any>route.params).next(route._futureSnapshot.params);
+    }
+    if (!shallowEqualArrays(route.snapshot.url, route._futureSnapshot.url)) {
+      (<any>route.url).next(route._futureSnapshot.url);
+    }
     route.snapshot = route._futureSnapshot;
-    (<any>route.url).next(route.snapshot.url);
-    (<any>route.params).next(route.snapshot.params);
   } else {
     route.snapshot = route._futureSnapshot;
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
index e022a95f5c..a9139715c2 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+export function shallowEqualArrays(a:any[], b:any[]):boolean {
+  if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
+    if (!shallowEqual(a[i], b[i])) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 export function shallowEqual(a: {[x: string]: any}, b: {[x: string]: any}): boolean {
   const k1 = Object.keys(a);
   const k2 = Object.keys(b);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 7140ce7f1d..9ea6c9b915 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -133,17 +133,21 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
            const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmp);
            advance(fixture);
 
-           router.resetConfig([{path: '**', component: SimpleCmp}]);
+           router.resetConfig([{path: '**', component: CollectParamsCmp}]);
 
            router.navigateByUrl('/one/two');
            advance(fixture);
+           const cmp = fixture.debugElement.children[1].componentInstance;
            expect(location.path()).toEqual('/one/two');
-           expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText('simple');
+           expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText('collect-params');
+
+           expect(cmp.recordedUrls()).toEqual(['one/two']);
 
            router.navigateByUrl('/three/four');
            advance(fixture);
            expect(location.path()).toEqual('/three/four');
-           expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText('simple');
+           expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText('collect-params');
+           expect(cmp.recordedUrls()).toEqual(['one/two', 'three/four']);
          })));
 
   it('should support secondary routes',
@@ -1025,6 +1029,21 @@ class LinkWithQueryParamsAndFragment {
 class SimpleCmp {
 }
 
+@Component({selector: 'collect-params-cmp', template: `collect-params`, directives: ROUTER_DIRECTIVES})
+class CollectParamsCmp {
+  private params: any = [];
+  private urls: any = [];
+
+  constructor(a: ActivatedRoute) {
+    a.params.forEach(p => this.params.push(p));
+    a.url.forEach(u => this.urls.push(u));
+  }
+
+  recordedUrls(): string[] {
+    return this.urls.map(a => a.map(p => p.path).join('/'));
+  }
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'blank-cmp', template: ``, directives: ROUTER_DIRECTIVES})
 class BlankCmp {
 }