diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
index 4ab9b4241e..d3565679fc 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './src/directives/router_link';
 import {RouterLinkActive} from './src/directives/router_link_active';
 import {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
 
-export {ExtraOptions} from './src/common_router_providers';
+export {ExtraOptions, provideRoutes} from './src/common_router_providers';
 export {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig} from './src/config';
 export {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './src/directives/router_link';
 export {RouterLinkActive} from './src/directives/router_link_active';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 3cf14bd031..711caa9be6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/first';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/concatAll';
+
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {Observer} from 'rxjs/Observer';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
+import {EmptyError} from 'rxjs/util/EmptyError';
 
 import {Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
-import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree, mapChildren} from './url_tree';
-import {merge} from './utils/collection';
+import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
+import {merge, waitForMap} from './utils/collection';
 
 class NoMatch {
   constructor(public segment: UrlSegment = null) {}
@@ -22,138 +28,192 @@ class AbsoluteRedirect {
   constructor(public paths: UrlPathWithParams[]) {}
 }
 
-export function applyRedirects(urlTree: UrlTree, config: RouterConfig): Observable<UrlTree> {
-  try {
-    return createUrlTree(urlTree, expandSegment(config, urlTree.root, PRIMARY_OUTLET));
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof AbsoluteRedirect) {
-      return createUrlTree(
-          urlTree, new UrlSegment([], {[PRIMARY_OUTLET]: new UrlSegment(e.paths, {})}));
-    } else if (e instanceof NoMatch) {
-      return new Observable<UrlTree>(
-          (obs: Observer<UrlTree>) =>
-              obs.error(new Error(`Cannot match any routes: '${e.segment}'`)));
-    } else {
-      return new Observable<UrlTree>((obs: Observer<UrlTree>) => obs.error(e));
-    }
-  }
+function noMatch(segment: UrlSegment): Observable<UrlSegment> {
+  return new Observable<UrlSegment>((obs: Observer<UrlSegment>) => obs.error(new NoMatch(segment)));
 }
 
-function createUrlTree(urlTree: UrlTree, rootCandidate: UrlSegment): Observable<UrlTree> {
+function absoluteRedirect(newPaths: UrlPathWithParams[]): Observable<UrlSegment> {
+  return new Observable<UrlSegment>(
+      (obs: Observer<UrlSegment>) => obs.error(new AbsoluteRedirect(newPaths)));
+}
+
+export function applyRedirects(
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, urlTree: UrlTree, config: RouterConfig): Observable<UrlTree> {
+  return expandSegment(configLoader, config, urlTree.root, PRIMARY_OUTLET)
+      .map(rootSegment => createUrlTree(urlTree, rootSegment))
+      .catch(e => {
+        if (e instanceof AbsoluteRedirect) {
+          return of (createUrlTree(
+              urlTree, new UrlSegment([], {[PRIMARY_OUTLET]: new UrlSegment(e.paths, {})})));
+        } else if (e instanceof NoMatch) {
+          throw new Error(`Cannot match any routes: '${e.segment}'`);
+        } else {
+          throw e;
+        }
+      });
+}
+
+function createUrlTree(urlTree: UrlTree, rootCandidate: UrlSegment): UrlTree {
   const root = rootCandidate.pathsWithParams.length > 0 ?
       new UrlSegment([], {[PRIMARY_OUTLET]: rootCandidate}) :
       rootCandidate;
-  return of (new UrlTree(root, urlTree.queryParams, urlTree.fragment));
+  return new UrlTree(root, urlTree.queryParams, urlTree.fragment);
 }
 
-function expandSegment(routes: Route[], segment: UrlSegment, outlet: string): UrlSegment {
+function expandSegment(
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, routes: Route[], segment: UrlSegment,
+    outlet: string): Observable<UrlSegment> {
   if (segment.pathsWithParams.length === 0 && segment.hasChildren()) {
-    return new UrlSegment([], expandSegmentChildren(routes, segment));
+    return expandSegmentChildren(configLoader, routes, segment)
+        .map(children => new UrlSegment([], children));
   } else {
-    return expandPathsWithParams(segment, routes, segment.pathsWithParams, outlet, true);
+    return expandPathsWithParams(
+        configLoader, segment, routes, segment.pathsWithParams, outlet, true);
   }
 }
 
-function expandSegmentChildren(routes: Route[], segment: UrlSegment): {[name: string]: UrlSegment} {
-  return mapChildren(segment, (child, childOutlet) => expandSegment(routes, child, childOutlet));
+function expandSegmentChildren(
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, routes: Route[],
+    segment: UrlSegment): Observable<{[name: string]: UrlSegment}> {
+  return waitForMap(
+      segment.children,
+      (childOutlet, child) => expandSegment(configLoader, routes, child, childOutlet));
 }
 
 function expandPathsWithParams(
-    segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string,
-    allowRedirects: boolean): UrlSegment {
-  for (let r of routes) {
-    try {
-      return expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(segment, routes, r, paths, outlet, allowRedirects);
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (!(e instanceof NoMatch)) throw e;
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[],
+    paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string, allowRedirects: boolean): Observable<UrlSegment> {
+  const processRoutes =
+      of (...routes)
+          .map(r => {
+            return expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
+                       configLoader, segment, routes, r, paths, outlet, allowRedirects)
+                .catch((e) => {
+                  if (e instanceof NoMatch)
+                    return of (null);
+                  else
+                    throw e;
+                });
+          })
+          .concatAll();
+
+  return processRoutes.first(s => !!s).catch((e: any, _: any): Observable<UrlSegment> => {
+    if (e instanceof EmptyError) {
+      throw new NoMatch(segment);
+    } else {
+      throw e;
     }
-  }
-  throw new NoMatch(segment);
+  });
 }
 
 function expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
-    segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string,
-    allowRedirects: boolean): UrlSegment {
-  if (getOutlet(route) !== outlet) throw new NoMatch();
-  if (route.redirectTo !== undefined && !allowRedirects) throw new NoMatch();
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route,
+    paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string, allowRedirects: boolean): Observable<UrlSegment> {
+  if (getOutlet(route) !== outlet) return noMatch(segment);
+  if (route.redirectTo !== undefined && !allowRedirects) return noMatch(segment);
 
   if (route.redirectTo !== undefined) {
-    return expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(segment, routes, route, paths, outlet);
+    return expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(
+        configLoader, segment, routes, route, paths, outlet);
   } else {
-    return matchPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(segment, route, paths);
+    return matchPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(configLoader, segment, route, paths);
   }
 }
 
 function expandPathsWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(
-    segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[],
-    outlet: string): UrlSegment {
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route,
+    paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string): Observable<UrlSegment> {
   if (route.path === '**') {
     return expandWildCardWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(route);
   } else {
     return expandRegularPathWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(
-        segment, routes, route, paths, outlet);
+        configLoader, segment, routes, route, paths, outlet);
   }
 }
 
-function expandWildCardWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(route: Route): UrlSegment {
+function expandWildCardWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(route: Route): Observable<UrlSegment> {
   const newPaths = applyRedirectCommands([], route.redirectTo, {});
   if (route.redirectTo.startsWith('/')) {
-    throw new AbsoluteRedirect(newPaths);
+    return absoluteRedirect(newPaths);
   } else {
-    return new UrlSegment(newPaths, {});
+    return of (new UrlSegment(newPaths, {}));
   }
 }
 
 function expandRegularPathWithParamsAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(
-    segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[],
-    outlet: string): UrlSegment {
-  const {consumedPaths, lastChild, positionalParamSegments} = match(segment, route, paths);
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, segment: UrlSegment, routes: Route[], route: Route,
+    paths: UrlPathWithParams[], outlet: string): Observable<UrlSegment> {
+  const {matched, consumedPaths, lastChild, positionalParamSegments} = match(segment, route, paths);
+  if (!matched) return noMatch(segment);
+
   const newPaths =
       applyRedirectCommands(consumedPaths, route.redirectTo, <any>positionalParamSegments);
   if (route.redirectTo.startsWith('/')) {
-    throw new AbsoluteRedirect(newPaths);
+    return absoluteRedirect(newPaths);
   } else {
     return expandPathsWithParams(
-        segment, routes, newPaths.concat(paths.slice(lastChild)), outlet, false);
+        configLoader, segment, routes, newPaths.concat(paths.slice(lastChild)), outlet, false);
   }
 }
 
 function matchPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
-    rawSegment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]): UrlSegment {
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, rawSegment: UrlSegment, route: Route,
+    paths: UrlPathWithParams[]): Observable<UrlSegment> {
   if (route.path === '**') {
-    return new UrlSegment(paths, {});
+    return of (new UrlSegment(paths, {}));
+
   } else {
-    const {consumedPaths, lastChild} = match(rawSegment, route, paths);
-    const childConfig = route.children ? route.children : [];
+    const {matched, consumedPaths, lastChild} = match(rawSegment, route, paths);
+    if (!matched) return noMatch(rawSegment);
+
     const rawSlicedPath = paths.slice(lastChild);
 
-    const {segment, slicedPath} = split(rawSegment, consumedPaths, rawSlicedPath, childConfig);
+    return getChildConfig(configLoader, route).mergeMap(childConfig => {
+      const {segment, slicedPath} = split(rawSegment, consumedPaths, rawSlicedPath, childConfig);
 
-    if (slicedPath.length === 0 && segment.hasChildren()) {
-      const children = expandSegmentChildren(childConfig, segment);
-      return new UrlSegment(consumedPaths, children);
+      if (slicedPath.length === 0 && segment.hasChildren()) {
+        return expandSegmentChildren(configLoader, childConfig, segment)
+            .map(children => new UrlSegment(consumedPaths, children));
 
-    } else if (childConfig.length === 0 && slicedPath.length === 0) {
-      return new UrlSegment(consumedPaths, {});
+      } else if (childConfig.length === 0 && slicedPath.length === 0) {
+        return of (new UrlSegment(consumedPaths, {}));
 
-    } else {
-      const cs = expandPathsWithParams(segment, childConfig, slicedPath, PRIMARY_OUTLET, true);
-      return new UrlSegment(consumedPaths.concat(cs.pathsWithParams), cs.children);
-    }
+      } else {
+        return expandPathsWithParams(
+                   configLoader, segment, childConfig, slicedPath, PRIMARY_OUTLET, true)
+            .map(cs => new UrlSegment(consumedPaths.concat(cs.pathsWithParams), cs.children));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+function getChildConfig(configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, route: Route): Observable<Route[]> {
+  if (route.children) {
+    return of (route.children);
+  } else if (route.mountChildren) {
+    return configLoader.load(route.mountChildren).map(r => {
+      (<any>route)._loadedConfig = r;
+      return r.routes;
+    });
+  } else {
+    return of ([]);
   }
 }
 
 function match(segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]): {
+  matched: boolean,
   consumedPaths: UrlPathWithParams[],
   lastChild: number,
   positionalParamSegments: {[k: string]: UrlPathWithParams}
 } {
+  const noMatch =
+      {matched: false, consumedPaths: <any[]>[], lastChild: 0, positionalParamSegments: {}};
   if (route.path === '') {
     if ((route.terminal || route.pathMatch === 'full') &&
         (segment.hasChildren() || paths.length > 0)) {
-      throw new NoMatch();
+      return {matched: false, consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, positionalParamSegments: {}};
     } else {
-      return {consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, positionalParamSegments: {}};
+      return {matched: true, consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, positionalParamSegments: {}};
     }
   }
 
@@ -165,13 +225,13 @@ function match(segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]): {
   let currentIndex = 0;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; ++i) {
-    if (currentIndex >= paths.length) throw new NoMatch();
+    if (currentIndex >= paths.length) return noMatch;
     const current = paths[currentIndex];
 
     const p = parts[i];
     const isPosParam = p.startsWith(':');
 
-    if (!isPosParam && p !== current.path) throw new NoMatch();
+    if (!isPosParam && p !== current.path) return noMatch;
     if (isPosParam) {
       positionalParamSegments[p.substring(1)] = current;
     }
@@ -180,10 +240,10 @@ function match(segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]): {
   }
 
   if (route.terminal && (segment.hasChildren() || currentIndex < paths.length)) {
-    throw new NoMatch();
+    return {matched: false, consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, positionalParamSegments: {}};
   }
 
-  return {consumedPaths, lastChild: currentIndex, positionalParamSegments};
+  return {matched: true, consumedPaths, lastChild: currentIndex, positionalParamSegments};
 }
 
 function applyRedirectCommands(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
index 9e7381557f..4f7f3c3b4a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {Location, LocationStrategy, PathLocationStrategy} from '@angular/common';
-import {APP_INITIALIZER, ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, Injector, OpaqueToken} from '@angular/core';
+import {APP_INITIALIZER, AppModuleFactoryLoader, ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, Injector, OpaqueToken, SystemJsAppModuleLoader} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {RouterConfig} from './config';
 import {Router} from './router';
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ export interface ExtraOptions { enableTracing?: boolean; }
 
 export function setupRouter(
     ref: ApplicationRef, resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer,
-    outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector, config: RouterConfig,
-    opts: ExtraOptions) {
+    outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector,
+    loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, config: RouterConfig, opts: ExtraOptions) {
   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, injector, config);
+  const r = new Router(
+      componentType, resolver, urlSerializer, outletMap, location, injector, loader, config);
   ref.registerDisposeListener(() => r.dispose());
 
   if (opts.enableTracing) {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function provideRouter(_config: RouterConfig, _opts: ExtraOptions): any[]
       useFactory: setupRouter,
       deps: [
         ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location, Injector,
-        ROUTER_CONFIG, ROUTER_OPTIONS
+        AppModuleFactoryLoader, ROUTER_CONFIG, ROUTER_OPTIONS
       ]
     },
 
@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@ export function provideRouter(_config: RouterConfig, _opts: ExtraOptions): any[]
     {provide: ActivatedRoute, useFactory: (r: Router) => r.routerState.root, deps: [Router]},
 
     // Trigger initial navigation
-    {provide: APP_INITIALIZER, multi: true, useFactory: setupRouterInitializer, deps: [Injector]}
+    {provide: APP_INITIALIZER, multi: true, useFactory: setupRouterInitializer, deps: [Injector]},
+    {provide: AppModuleFactoryLoader, useClass: SystemJsAppModuleLoader}
   ];
 }
+
+/**
+ * Router configuration.
+ *
+ * ### Example
+ *
+ * ```
+ * @AppModule({providers: [
+ *   provideRoutes([{path: 'home', component: Home}])
+ * ]})
+ * class LazyLoadedModule {
+ *   // ...
+ * }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export function provideRoutes(config: RouterConfig): any {
+  return {provide: ROUTER_CONFIG, useValue: config};
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
index 89775f55fb..a84e9745dc 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ export interface Route {
   data?: Data;
   resolve?: ResolveData;
   children?: Route[];
+  mountChildren?: string;
 }
 
 export function validateConfig(config: RouterConfig): void {
@@ -278,13 +279,22 @@ function validateNode(route: Route): void {
     throw new Error(
         `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and children cannot be used together`);
   }
+  if (!!route.redirectTo && !!route.mountChildren) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+  }
+  if (!!route.children && !!route.mountChildren) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': children and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+  }
   if (!!route.redirectTo && !!route.component) {
     throw new Error(
         `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and component cannot be used together`);
   }
-  if (route.redirectTo === undefined && !route.component && !route.children) {
+  if (route.redirectTo === undefined && !route.component && !route.children &&
+      !route.mountChildren) {
     throw new Error(
-        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': component, redirectTo, children must be provided`);
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': component, redirectTo, children, mountChildren must be provided`);
   }
   if (route.path === undefined) {
     throw new Error(`Invalid route configuration: routes must have path specified`);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
index 01cb65511e..9cfac24aba 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
 
   constructor(
       parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap, private location: ViewContainerRef,
-      private componentFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver, @Attribute('name') name: string) {
+      private resolver: ComponentFactoryResolver, @Attribute('name') name: string) {
     parentOutletMap.registerOutlet(name ? name : PRIMARY_OUTLET, this);
   }
 
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
   }
 
   activate(
-      activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute, providers: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[],
-      outletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
+      activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute, loadedResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver,
+      providers: ResolvedReflectiveProvider[], outletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
     this.outletMap = outletMap;
     this._activatedRoute = activatedRoute;
 
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
 
     let factory: ComponentFactory<any>;
     try {
-      factory = typeof component === 'string' ?
-          snapshot._resolvedComponentFactory :
-          this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(component);
+      if (typeof component === 'string') {
+        factory = snapshot._resolvedComponentFactory;
+      } else if (loadedResolver) {
+        factory = loadedResolver.resolveComponentFactory(component);
+      } else {
+        factory = this.resolver.resolveComponentFactory(component);
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       if (!(e instanceof NoComponentFactoryError)) throw e;
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
index a3d1b2e38e..63e5a5880d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
 
   const {consumedPaths, parameters, lastChild} = match(rawSegment, route, paths);
   const rawSlicedPath = paths.slice(lastChild);
-  const childConfig = route.children ? route.children : [];
+  const childConfig = getChildConfig(route);
   const newInherited = route.component ?
       InheritedFromParent.empty :
       new InheritedFromParent(inherited, parameters, getData(route), newInheritedResolve);
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ function processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
   }
 }
 
+function getChildConfig(route: Route): Route[] {
+  if (route.children) {
+    return route.children;
+  } else if (route.mountChildren) {
+    return (<any>route)._loadedConfig.routes;
+  } else {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
 function match(segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]) {
   if (route.path === '') {
     if ((route.terminal || route.pathMatch === 'full') &&
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 3a5652c372..fc579e6299 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -15,24 +15,25 @@ import 'rxjs/add/observable/from';
 import 'rxjs/add/observable/forkJoin';
 
 import {Location} from '@angular/common';
-import {ComponentResolver, Injector, ReflectiveInjector, Type} from '@angular/core';
+import {AppModuleFactoryLoader, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentResolver, Injector, ReflectiveInjector, Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
 import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
 import {applyRedirects} from './apply_redirects';
-import {Data, ResolveData, RouterConfig, validateConfig} from './config';
+import {ResolveData, RouterConfig, validateConfig} from './config';
 import {createRouterState} from './create_router_state';
 import {createUrlTree} from './create_url_tree';
 import {RouterOutlet} from './directives/router_outlet';
 import {recognize} from './recognize';
 import {resolve} from './resolve';
+import {RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, InheritedResolve, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from './router_state';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlSerializer, UrlTree, createEmptyUrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {forEach, merge, shallowEqual} from './utils/collection';
+import {forEach, merge, shallowEqual, waitForMap} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 export interface NavigationExtras {
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ export class Router {
   private navigationId: number = 0;
   private config: RouterConfig;
   private futureUrlTree: UrlTree;
+  private configLoader: RouterConfigLoader;
 
   /**
    * Creates the router service.
@@ -131,11 +133,13 @@ export class Router {
   constructor(
       private rootComponentType: Type, private resolver: ComponentResolver,
       private urlSerializer: UrlSerializer, private outletMap: RouterOutletMap,
-      private location: Location, private injector: Injector, config: RouterConfig) {
+      private location: Location, private injector: Injector, loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader,
+      config: RouterConfig) {
     this.resetConfig(config);
     this.routerEvents = new Subject<Event>();
     this.currentUrlTree = createEmptyUrlTree();
     this.futureUrlTree = this.currentUrlTree;
+    this.configLoader = new RouterConfigLoader(loader);
     this.currentRouterState = createEmptyState(this.currentUrlTree, this.rootComponentType);
   }
 
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ export class Router {
       let state: RouterState;
       let navigationIsSuccessful: boolean;
       let preActivation: PreActivation;
-      applyRedirects(url, this.config)
+      applyRedirects(this.configLoader, url, this.config)
           .mergeMap(u => {
             this.futureUrlTree = u;
             return recognize(
@@ -555,20 +559,11 @@ class PreActivation {
   }
 
   private resolveNode(resolve: ResolveData, future: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Observable<any> {
-    const resolvingObs: Observable<any>[] = [];
-    const resolvedData: {[k: string]: any} = {};
-    forEach(resolve, (v: any, k: string) => {
+    return waitForMap(resolve, (k, v) => {
       const resolver = this.injector.get(v);
-      const obs = resolver.resolve ? wrapIntoObservable(resolver.resolve(future, this.future)) :
-                                     wrapIntoObservable(resolver(future, this.future));
-      resolvingObs.push(obs.map((_: any) => { resolvedData[k] = _; }));
+      return resolver.resolve ? wrapIntoObservable(resolver.resolve(future, this.future)) :
+                                wrapIntoObservable(resolver(future, this.future));
     });
-
-    if (resolvingObs.length > 0) {
-      return Observable.forkJoin(resolvingObs).map(r => resolvedData);
-    } else {
-      return of (resolvedData);
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -656,11 +651,22 @@ class ActivateRoutes {
 
   private placeComponentIntoOutlet(
       outletMap: RouterOutletMap, future: ActivatedRoute, outlet: RouterOutlet): void {
-    const resolved = ReflectiveInjector.resolve([
-      {provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: future},
-      {provide: RouterOutletMap, useValue: outletMap}
-    ]);
-    outlet.activate(future, resolved, outletMap);
+    const resolved = <any[]>[{provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: future}, {
+      provide: RouterOutletMap,
+      useValue: outletMap
+    }];
+
+    const parentFuture = this.futureState.parent(future);  // find the closest parent?
+    const config = parentFuture ? parentFuture.snapshot._routeConfig : null;
+    let loadedFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver = null;
+
+    if (config && (<any>config)._loadedConfig) {
+      const loadedResolver = (<any>config)._loadedConfig.factoryResolver;
+      loadedFactoryResolver = loadedResolver;
+      resolved.push({provide: ComponentFactoryResolver, useValue: loadedResolver});
+    };
+
+    outlet.activate(future, loadedFactoryResolver, ReflectiveInjector.resolve(resolved), outletMap);
   }
 
   private deactivateOutletAndItChildren(outlet: RouterOutlet): void {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67e0b97879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {AppModuleFactoryLoader, AppModuleRef, ComponentFactoryResolver} from '@angular/core';
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {fromPromise} from 'rxjs/observable/fromPromise';
+
+import {ROUTER_CONFIG} from './common_router_providers';
+import {Route} from './config';
+
+export class LoadedRouterConfig {
+  constructor(public routes: Route[], public factoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver) {}
+}
+
+export class RouterConfigLoader {
+  constructor(private loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader) {}
+
+  load(path: string): Observable<LoadedRouterConfig> {
+    return fromPromise(this.loader.load(path).then(r => {
+      const ref = r.create();
+      return new LoadedRouterConfig(ref.injector.get(ROUTER_CONFIG), ref.componentFactoryResolver);
+    }));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/url_tree.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/url_tree.ts
index b78fb00e53..34571b1f81 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/url_tree.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/url_tree.ts
@@ -135,22 +135,6 @@ export function equalPath(a: UrlPathWithParams[], b: UrlPathWithParams[]): boole
   return true;
 }
 
-export function mapChildren(segment: UrlSegment, fn: (v: UrlSegment, k: string) => UrlSegment):
-    {[name: string]: UrlSegment} {
-  const newChildren: {[name: string]: UrlSegment} = {};
-  forEach(segment.children, (child: UrlSegment, childOutlet: string) => {
-    if (childOutlet === PRIMARY_OUTLET) {
-      newChildren[childOutlet] = fn(child, childOutlet);
-    }
-  });
-  forEach(segment.children, (child: UrlSegment, childOutlet: string) => {
-    if (childOutlet !== PRIMARY_OUTLET) {
-      newChildren[childOutlet] = fn(child, childOutlet);
-    }
-  });
-  return newChildren;
-}
-
 export function mapChildrenIntoArray<T>(
     segment: UrlSegment, fn: (v: UrlSegment, k: string) => T[]): T[] {
   let res: T[] = [];
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
index b765c9747b..af5f3737fe 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
  */
 
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/concatAll';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/last';
+
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
+
+import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from '../shared';
+
 export function shallowEqualArrays(a: any[], b: any[]): boolean {
   if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
   for (let i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
@@ -77,4 +85,34 @@ export function forEach<K, V>(
       callback(map[prop], prop);
     }
   }
+}
+
+export function waitForMap<A, B>(
+    obj: {[k: string]: A}, fn: (k: string, a: A) => Observable<B>): Observable<{[k: string]: B}> {
+  const waitFor: Observable<B>[] = [];
+  const res: {[k: string]: B} = {};
+
+  forEach(obj, (a: A, k: string) => {
+    if (k === PRIMARY_OUTLET) {
+      waitFor.push(fn(k, a).map((_: B) => {
+        res[k] = _;
+        return _;
+      }));
+    }
+  });
+
+  forEach(obj, (a: A, k: string) => {
+    if (k !== PRIMARY_OUTLET) {
+      waitFor.push(fn(k, a).map((_: B) => {
+        res[k] = _;
+        return _;
+      }));
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (waitFor.length > 0) {
+    return of (...waitFor).concatAll().last().map((last) => res);
+  } else {
+    return of (res);
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
index d7c73c5467..dd2a95c400 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
+
 import {applyRedirects} from '../src/apply_redirects';
 import {RouterConfig} from '../src/config';
+import {LoadedRouterConfig} from '../src/router_config_loader';
 import {DefaultUrlSerializer, UrlSegment, UrlTree, equalPathsWithParams} from '../src/url_tree';
-import {TreeNode} from '../src/utils/tree';
 
 describe('applyRedirects', () => {
   it('should return the same url tree when no redirects', () => {
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
   });
 
   it('should throw when cannot handle a positional parameter', () => {
-    applyRedirects(tree('/a/1'), [
+    applyRedirects(null, tree('/a/1'), [
       {path: 'a/:id', redirectTo: 'a/:other'}
     ]).subscribe(() => {}, (e) => {
       expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot redirect to \'a/:other\'. Cannot find \':other\'.');
@@ -128,6 +131,31 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
         '/a/b/1', (t: UrlTree) => { compareTrees(t, tree('/absolute/1')); });
   });
 
+  describe('lazy loading', () => {
+    it('should load config on demand', () => {
+      const loadedConfig =
+          new LoadedRouterConfig([{path: 'b', component: ComponentB}], <any>'stubFactoryResolver');
+      const loader = {load: (p: any) => of (loadedConfig)};
+      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, mountChildren: 'children'}];
+
+      applyRedirects(<any>loader, tree('a/b'), config).forEach(r => {
+        compareTrees(r, tree('/a/b'));
+        expect((<any>config[0])._loadedConfig).toBe(loadedConfig);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should handle the case when the loader errors', () => {
+      const loader = {
+        load: (p: any) => new Observable<any>((obs: any) => obs.error(new Error('Loading Error')))
+      };
+      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, mountChildren: 'children'}];
+
+      applyRedirects(<any>loader, tree('a/b'), config).subscribe(() => {}, (e) => {
+        expect(e.message).toEqual('Loading Error');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('empty paths', () => {
     it('redirect from an empty path should work (local redirect)', () => {
       checkRedirect(
@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
         {path: '', redirectTo: 'a', pathMatch: 'full'}
       ];
 
-      applyRedirects(tree('b'), config)
+      applyRedirects(null, tree('b'), config)
           .subscribe(
               (_) => { throw 'Should not be reached'; },
               e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes: \'b\''); });
@@ -301,7 +329,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
           ]
         }];
 
-        applyRedirects(tree('a/(d//aux:e)'), config)
+        applyRedirects(null, tree('a/(d//aux:e)'), config)
             .subscribe(
                 (_) => { throw 'Should not be reached'; },
                 e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes: \'a\''); });
@@ -311,7 +339,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
 });
 
 function checkRedirect(config: RouterConfig, url: string, callback: any): void {
-  applyRedirects(tree(url), config).subscribe(callback, e => { throw e; });
+  applyRedirects(null, tree(url), config).subscribe(callback, e => { throw e; });
 }
 
 function tree(url: string): UrlTree {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
index 7bd5d0d6eb..a86aad9df5 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ describe('config', () => {
               `Invalid configuration of route 'a': redirectTo and children cannot be used together`);
     });
 
+    it('should throw when redirectTo and mountChildren are used together', () => {
+      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', redirectTo: 'b', mountChildren: 'value'}]); })
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': redirectTo and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+    });
+
+    it('should throw when children and mountChildren are used together', () => {
+      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', children: [], mountChildren: 'value'}]); })
+          .toThrowError(
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': children and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+    });
+
     it('should throw when component and redirectTo are used together', () => {
       expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, redirectTo: 'b'}]); })
           .toThrowError(
@@ -30,7 +42,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
     it('should throw when none of component and children or direct are missing', () => {
       expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a'}]); })
           .toThrowError(
-              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': component, redirectTo, children must be provided`);
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': component, redirectTo, children, mountChildren must be provided`);
     });
 
     it('should throw when path starts with a slash', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 46ec0a7ce8..f8aca4656c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import {Location, LocationStrategy} from '@angular/common';
 import {SpyLocation} from '@angular/common/testing';
 import {MockLocationStrategy} from '@angular/common/testing/mock_location_strategy';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestComponentBuilder} from '@angular/compiler/testing';
-import {Component, Injector} from '@angular/core';
+import {AppModule, AppModuleFactory, AppModuleFactoryLoader, Compiler, Component, Injectable, Injector, Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentResolver} from '@angular/core';
 import {beforeEach, beforeEachProviders, ddescribe, describe, fakeAsync, iit, inject, it, tick, xdescribe, xit} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, DefaultUrlSerializer, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Resolve, Router, RouterConfig, RouterOutletMap, RouterStateSnapshot, RoutesRecognized, UrlSerializer} from '../index';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, DefaultUrlSerializer, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Resolve, Router, RouterConfig, RouterOutletMap, RouterStateSnapshot, RoutesRecognized, UrlSerializer, provideRoutes} from '../index';
 
 describe('Integration', () => {
 
@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
       {provide: LocationStrategy, useClass: MockLocationStrategy},
       {
         provide: Router,
-        useFactory: (resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer,
-                     outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector) => {
-          return new Router(
-              RootCmp, resolver, urlSerializer, outletMap, location, injector, config);
-        },
-        deps: [ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location, Injector]
+        useFactory:
+            (resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer, outletMap: RouterOutletMap,
+             location: Location, loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, injector: Injector) => {
+              return new Router(
+                  RootCmp, resolver, urlSerializer, outletMap, location, injector, loader, config);
+            },
+        deps: [
+          ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location, AppModuleFactoryLoader,
+          Injector
+        ]
       },
+      {provide: AppModuleFactoryLoader, useClass: SpyAppModuleFactoryLoader},
       {provide: ActivatedRoute, useFactory: (r: Router) => r.routerState.root, deps: [Router]},
     ];
   });
@@ -713,6 +718,8 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
       describe('should not activate a route when CanActivate returns false', () => {
         beforeEachProviders(() => [{provide: 'alwaysFalse', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => false}]);
 
+        // handle errors
+
         it('works',
            fakeAsync(inject(
                [Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location],
@@ -1084,8 +1091,90 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
            })));
 
   });
+
+  describe('lazy loading', () => {
+    it('works', fakeAsync(inject(
+                    [Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location, AppModuleFactoryLoader],
+                    (router: Router, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, location: Location,
+                     loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader) => {
+                      @Component({
+                        selector: 'lazy',
+                        template: 'lazy-loaded-parent {<router-outlet></router-outlet>}',
+                        directives: ROUTER_DIRECTIVES
+                      })
+                      class ParentLazyLoadedComponent {
+                      }
+
+                      @Component({selector: 'lazy', template: 'lazy-loaded-child'})
+                      class ChildLazyLoadedComponent {
+                      }
+
+                      @AppModule({
+                        providers: [provideRoutes([{
+                          path: 'loaded',
+                          component: ParentLazyLoadedComponent,
+                          children: [{path: 'child', component: ChildLazyLoadedComponent}]
+                        }])],
+                        precompile: [ParentLazyLoadedComponent, ChildLazyLoadedComponent]
+                      })
+                      class LoadedModule {
+                      }
+                      (<any>loader).expectedPath = 'expected';
+                      (<any>loader).expected = LoadedModule;
+
+                      const fixture = createRoot(tcb, router, RootCmp);
+
+                      router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', mountChildren: 'expected'}]);
+
+                      router.navigateByUrl('/lazy/loaded/child');
+                      advance(fixture);
+
+                      expect(location.path()).toEqual('/lazy/loaded/child');
+                      expect(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement)
+                          .toHaveText('lazy-loaded-parent {lazy-loaded-child}');
+                    })));
+
+    it('error emit an error when cannot load a config',
+       fakeAsync(inject(
+           [Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location, AppModuleFactoryLoader],
+           (router: Router, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, location: Location,
+            loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader) => {
+             (<any>loader).expectedPath = 'expected';
+             const fixture = createRoot(tcb, router, RootCmp);
+
+             router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', mountChildren: 'invalid'}]);
+
+             const recordedEvents: any = [];
+             router.events.forEach(e => recordedEvents.push(e));
+
+             router.navigateByUrl('/lazy/loaded').catch(s => {})
+             advance(fixture);
+
+             expect(location.path()).toEqual('/');
+
+             expectEvents(
+                 recordedEvents,
+                 [[NavigationStart, '/lazy/loaded'], [NavigationError, '/lazy/loaded']]);
+           })));
+  });
 });
 
+@Injectable()
+class SpyAppModuleFactoryLoader implements AppModuleFactoryLoader {
+  public expected: any;
+  public expectedPath: string;
+
+  constructor(private compiler: Compiler) {}
+
+  load(path: string): Promise<AppModuleFactory<any>> {
+    if (path === this.expectedPath) {
+      return this.compiler.compileAppModuleAsync(this.expected);
+    } else {
+      return <any>Promise.reject(new Error('boom'));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function expectEvents(events: Event[], pairs: any[]) {
   for (let i = 0; i < events.length; ++i) {
     expect((<any>events[i].constructor).name).toBe(pairs[i][0].name);