diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/async_route_handler.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/async_route_handler.ts
index dbc5039038..40f3e1e2e2 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/async_route_handler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/async_route_handler.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export class AsyncRouteHandler implements RouteHandler {
   _resolvedComponent: Promise<any> = null;
   componentType: Type;
 
-  constructor(private _loader: Function) {}
+  constructor(private _loader: Function, public data?: Object) {}
 
   resolveComponentType(): Promise<any> {
     if (isPresent(this._resolvedComponent)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
index 5baf08866a..db8b85508f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export class RouteParams {
   get(param: string): string { return normalizeBlank(StringMapWrapper.get(this.params, param)); }
 }
 
-
 /**
  * `Instruction` is a tree of `ComponentInstructions`, with all the information needed
  * to transition each component in the app to a given route, including all auxiliary routes.
@@ -98,4 +97,6 @@ export class ComponentInstruction {
   get specificity() { return this._recognizer.specificity; }
 
   get terminal() { return this._recognizer.terminal; }
+
+  routeData(): Object { return this._recognizer.handler.data; }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_decorator.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_decorator.ts
index ba518e6b7d..badeba28c0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_decorator.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_decorator.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ import {RouteConfig as RouteConfigAnnotation, RouteDefinition} from './route_con
 import {makeDecorator} from 'angular2/src/util/decorators';
 import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 
-export {Route, Redirect, AuxRoute, AsyncRoute, RouteDefinition} from './route_config_impl';
+export {
+  Route,
+  Redirect,
+  AuxRoute,
+  AsyncRoute,
+  RouteDefinition,
+  ROUTE_DATA
+} from './route_config_impl';
 export var RouteConfig: (configs: List<RouteDefinition>) => ClassDecorator =
     makeDecorator(RouteConfigAnnotation);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_impl.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_impl.ts
index f4e06664ff..e64d978740 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_impl.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_config_impl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import {CONST, Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {CONST, CONST_EXPR, Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {RouteDefinition} from './route_definition';
 export {RouteDefinition} from './route_definition';
+import {OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/di';
+
+export const ROUTE_DATA: OpaqueToken = CONST_EXPR(new OpaqueToken('routeData'));
 
 /**
  * You use the RouteConfig annotation to add routes to a component.
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ export {RouteDefinition} from './route_definition';
  * - `path` (required)
  * - `component`, `loader`,  `redirectTo` (requires exactly one of these)
  * - `as` (optional)
+ * - `data` (optional)
  */
 @CONST()
 export class RouteConfig {
@@ -19,23 +23,29 @@ export class RouteConfig {
 
 @CONST()
 export class Route implements RouteDefinition {
+  data: any;
   path: string;
   component: Type;
   as: string;
   // added next two properties to work around https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4107
   loader: Function;
   redirectTo: string;
-  constructor({path, component, as}: {path: string, component: Type, as?: string}) {
+  constructor({path, component, as, data}:
+                  {path: string, component: Type, as?: string, data?: any}) {
     this.path = path;
     this.component = component;
     this.as = as;
     this.loader = null;
     this.redirectTo = null;
+    this.data = data;
   }
 }
 
+
+
 @CONST()
 export class AuxRoute implements RouteDefinition {
+  data: any = null;
   path: string;
   component: Type;
   as: string;
@@ -51,13 +61,15 @@ export class AuxRoute implements RouteDefinition {
 
 @CONST()
 export class AsyncRoute implements RouteDefinition {
+  data: any;
   path: string;
   loader: Function;
   as: string;
-  constructor({path, loader, as}: {path: string, loader: Function, as?: string}) {
+  constructor({path, loader, as, data}: {path: string, loader: Function, as?: string, data?: any}) {
     this.path = path;
     this.loader = loader;
     this.as = as;
+    this.data = data;
   }
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +80,7 @@ export class Redirect implements RouteDefinition {
   as: string = null;
   // added next property to work around https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4107
   loader: Function = null;
+  data: any = null;
   constructor({path, redirectTo}: {path: string, redirectTo: string}) {
     this.path = path;
     this.redirectTo = redirectTo;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_definition.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_definition.ts
index 1fa46ffd25..c6f90aae36 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_definition.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_definition.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface RouteDefinition {
   loader?: Function;
   redirectTo?: string;
   as?: string;
+  data?: any;
 }
 
 export interface ComponentDefinition {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_handler.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_handler.ts
index e0b7546df6..97c862f56a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_handler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_handler.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ import {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 export interface RouteHandler {
   componentType: Type;
   resolveComponentType(): Promise<any>;
+  data?: Object;
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_recognizer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_recognizer.ts
index e556a0c38c..9046921e4a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_recognizer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_recognizer.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class RouteRecognizer {
     var handler;
 
     if (config instanceof AuxRoute) {
-      handler = new SyncRouteHandler(config.component);
+      handler = new SyncRouteHandler(config.component, config.data);
       let path = config.path.startsWith('/') ? config.path.substring(1) : config.path;
       var recognizer = new PathRecognizer(config.path, handler);
       this.auxRoutes.set(path, recognizer);
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export class RouteRecognizer {
     }
 
     if (config instanceof Route) {
-      handler = new SyncRouteHandler(config.component);
+      handler = new SyncRouteHandler(config.component, config.data);
     } else if (config instanceof AsyncRoute) {
-      handler = new AsyncRouteHandler(config.loader);
+      handler = new AsyncRouteHandler(config.loader, config.data);
     }
     var recognizer = new PathRecognizer(config.path, handler);
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/router_outlet.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/router_outlet.ts
index 5966fb3cb0..0fc9af59dd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/router_outlet.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/router_outlet.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {Injector, bind, Dependency, UNDEFINED} from 'angular2/di';
 
 import * as routerMod from './router';
 import {Instruction, ComponentInstruction, RouteParams} from './instruction';
+import {ROUTE_DATA} from './route_config_impl';
 import * as hookMod from './lifecycle_annotations';
 import {hasLifecycleHook} from './route_lifecycle_reflector';
 
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
     this.childRouter = this._parentRouter.childRouter(componentType);
 
     var bindings = Injector.resolve([
-      bind(RouteParams)
-          .toValue(new RouteParams(instruction.params)),
+      bind(ROUTE_DATA)
+          .toValue(instruction.routeData()),
+      bind(RouteParams).toValue(new RouteParams(instruction.params)),
       bind(routerMod.Router).toValue(this.childRouter)
     ]);
     return this._loader.loadNextToLocation(componentType, this._elementRef, bindings)
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/sync_route_handler.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/sync_route_handler.ts
index 598601c75c..a388657bf3 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/sync_route_handler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/sync_route_handler.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 export class SyncRouteHandler implements RouteHandler {
   _resolvedComponent: Promise<any> = null;
 
-  constructor(public componentType: Type) {
+  constructor(public componentType: Type, public data?: Object) {
     this._resolvedComponent = PromiseWrapper.resolve(componentType);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/outlet_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/outlet_spec.ts
index 00f3adfd59..5b9ea281f9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/outlet_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/outlet_spec.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import {
   xit
 } from 'angular2/test_lib';
 
-import {Injector, bind} from 'angular2/di';
+import {Injector, Inject, bind} from 'angular2/di';
 import {Component, View} from 'angular2/metadata';
-import {CONST, NumberWrapper, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {CONST, NumberWrapper, isPresent, Json} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {
   Promise,
   PromiseWrapper,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 
 import {RootRouter} from 'angular2/src/router/router';
 import {Pipeline} from 'angular2/src/router/pipeline';
-import {Router, RouterOutlet, RouterLink, RouteParams} from 'angular2/router';
+import {Router, RouterOutlet, RouterLink, RouteParams, ROUTE_DATA} from 'angular2/router';
 import {
   RouteConfig,
   Route,
@@ -253,6 +253,91 @@ export function main() {
              });
        }));
 
+    it('should inject RouteData into component', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new Route({path: '/route-data', component: RouteDataCmp, data: {'isAdmin': true}})
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement).toHaveText(Json.stringify({'isAdmin': true}));
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should inject RouteData into component with AsyncRoute',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new AsyncRoute(
+                   {path: '/route-data', loader: AsyncRouteDataCmp, data: {isAdmin: true}})
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement).toHaveText(Json.stringify({'isAdmin': true}));
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should inject nested RouteData into component', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new Route({
+                 path: '/route-data-nested',
+                 component: RouteDataCmp,
+                 data: {'isAdmin': true, 'test': {'moreData': 'testing'}}
+               })
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data-nested'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement)
+                   .toHaveText(Json.stringify({'isAdmin': true, 'test': {'moreData': 'testing'}}));
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should inject null if the route has no data property',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config(
+                       [new Route({path: '/route-data-default', component: RouteDataCmp})]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data-default'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement).toHaveText('null');
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should allow an array as the route data', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new Route({path: '/route-data-array', component: RouteDataCmp, data: [1, 2, 3]})
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data-array'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement).toHaveText(Json.stringify([1, 2, 3]));
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should allow a string as the route data', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         compile()
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new Route(
+                   {path: '/route-data-string', component: RouteDataCmp, data: 'hello world'})
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigate('/route-data-string'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.nativeElement).toHaveText(Json.stringify('hello world'));
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
 
     describe('lifecycle hooks', () => {
       it('should call the onActivate hook', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
@@ -633,6 +718,19 @@ class B {
 }
 
 
+function AsyncRouteDataCmp() {
+  return PromiseWrapper.resolve(RouteDataCmp);
+}
+
+@Component({selector: 'data-cmp'})
+@View({template: "{{myData}}"})
+class RouteDataCmp {
+  myData: string;
+  constructor(@Inject(ROUTE_DATA) data: any) {
+    this.myData = isPresent(data) ? Json.stringify(data) : 'null';
+  }
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'user-cmp'})
 @View({template: "hello {{user}}"})
 class UserCmp {