diff --git a/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/src/router.ts
index 3448571926..ad8c6bd5f3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/src/router.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export class Router {
                 if (result) {
                   return this.commit(instruction, _skipLocationChange)
                       .then((_) => {
-                        this._emitNavigationFinish(instruction.toRootUrl());
+                        this._emitNavigationFinish(instruction.component);
                         return true;
                       });
                 }
@@ -284,9 +284,13 @@ export class Router {
         });
   }
 
-  private _emitNavigationFinish(url): void { ObservableWrapper.callEmit(this._subject, url); }
+  private _emitNavigationFinish(instruction: ComponentInstruction): void {
+    ObservableWrapper.callEmit(this._subject, {status: 'success', instruction});
+  }
   /** @internal */
-  _emitNavigationFail(url): void { ObservableWrapper.callError(this._subject, url); }
+  _emitNavigationFail(url: string): void {
+    ObservableWrapper.callEmit(this._subject, {status: 'fail', url});
+  }
 
   private _afterPromiseFinishNavigating(promise: Promise<any>): Promise<any> {
     return PromiseWrapper.catchError(promise.then((_) => this._finishNavigating()), (err) => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/test/router_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/test/router_spec.ts
index 7569fff75c..51278fa3cf 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/test/router_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router-deprecated/test/router_spec.ts
@@ -135,14 +135,31 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
 
-    it('should trigger the onError callback of a router change subscription if the URL does not match a route',
+    it('should pass an object containing the component instruction to the router change subscription after a successful navigation',
        inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
          var outlet = makeDummyOutlet();
 
          router.registerPrimaryOutlet(outlet)
              .then((_) => router.config([new Route({path: '/a', component: DummyComponent})]))
              .then((_) => {
-               router.subscribe((_) => {}, (url) => {
+               router.subscribe(({status, instruction}) => {
+                 expect(status).toEqual('success');
+                 expect(instruction).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({urlPath: 'a', urlParams: []}));
+                 async.done();
+               });
+               (<SpyLocation>location).simulateHashChange('a');
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should pass an object containing the bad url to the router change subscription after a failed navigation',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         var outlet = makeDummyOutlet();
+
+         router.registerPrimaryOutlet(outlet)
+             .then((_) => router.config([new Route({path: '/a', component: DummyComponent})]))
+             .then((_) => {
+               router.subscribe(({status, url}) => {
+                 expect(status).toEqual('fail');
                  expect(url).toEqual('b');
                  async.done();
                });