diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
index 910f6e4f32..25628fd3c7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import {RouterLinkActive} from './src/directives/router_link_active';
 import {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
 
 export {ExtraOptions} from './src/common_router_providers';
-export {Route, RouterConfig} from './src/config';
-export {CanActivate, CanDeactivate} from './src/interfaces';
+export {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig} from './src/config';
+export {CanActivate, CanDeactivate, Resolve} from './src/interfaces';
 export {Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Router, RoutesRecognized} from './src/router';
 export {RouterOutletMap} from './src/router_outlet_map';
 export {provideRouter} from './src/router_providers';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
index 3e906ee0a5..e415efee02 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 import {Type} from '@angular/core';
 
 export type RouterConfig = Route[];
+export type Data = {
+  [name: string]: any
+};
+export type ResolveData = {
+  [name: string]: any
+};
 
 export interface Route {
   path?: string;
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ export interface Route {
   canDeactivate?: any[];
   redirectTo?: string;
   children?: Route[];
+  data?: Data;
+  resolve?: ResolveData;
 }
 
 export function validateConfig(config: RouterConfig): void {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/create_router_state.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/create_router_state.ts
index dad66c1c63..c89c825a3b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/create_router_state.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/create_router_state.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function createOrReuseChildren(
 
 function createActivatedRoute(c: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
   return new ActivatedRoute(
-      new BehaviorSubject(c.url), new BehaviorSubject(c.params), c.outlet, c.component, c);
+      new BehaviorSubject(c.url), new BehaviorSubject(c.params), new BehaviorSubject(c.data),
+      c.outlet, c.component, c);
 }
 
 function equalRouteSnapshots(a: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, b: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): boolean {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts
index f5ecdc06e7..bcd38b231d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ export interface CanActivate {
 export interface CanDeactivate<T> {
   canDeactivate(component: T, route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot):
       Observable<boolean>|boolean;
+}
+
+export interface Resolve<T> {
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<any>|any;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
index 9350da374b..bef0a9ca08 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {Observer} from 'rxjs/Observer';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
-import {Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
-import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot} from './router_state';
+import {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, InheritedResolve, RouterStateSnapshot} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree, mapChildrenIntoArray} from './url_tree';
 import {last, merge} from './utils/collection';
@@ -22,13 +22,31 @@ class NoMatch {
   constructor(public segment: UrlSegment = null) {}
 }
 
+class InheritedFromParent {
+  constructor(
+      public parent: InheritedFromParent, public params: Params, public data: Data,
+      public resolve: InheritedResolve) {}
+
+  get allParams(): Params {
+    return this.parent ? merge(this.parent.allParams, this.params) : this.params;
+  }
+
+  get allData(): Data { return this.parent ? merge(this.parent.allData, this.data) : this.data; }
+
+  static get empty(): InheritedFromParent {
+    return new InheritedFromParent(null, {}, {}, new InheritedResolve(null, {}));
+  }
+}
+
 export function recognize(
     rootComponentType: Type, config: RouterConfig, urlTree: UrlTree,
     url: string): Observable<RouterStateSnapshot> {
   try {
-    const children = processSegment(config, urlTree.root, {}, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
+    const children =
+        processSegment(config, urlTree.root, InheritedFromParent.empty, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
     const root = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-        [], {}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponentType, null, urlTree.root, -1);
+        [], {}, {}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponentType, null, urlTree.root, -1,
+        InheritedResolve.empty);
     const rootNode = new TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>(root, children);
     return of (new RouterStateSnapshot(url, rootNode, urlTree.queryParams, urlTree.fragment));
   } catch (e) {
@@ -43,19 +61,21 @@ export function recognize(
   }
 }
 
-function processSegment(config: Route[], segment: UrlSegment, extraParams: Params, outlet: string):
-    TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
+function processSegment(
+    config: Route[], segment: UrlSegment, inherited: InheritedFromParent,
+    outlet: string): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
   if (segment.pathsWithParams.length === 0 && segment.hasChildren()) {
-    return processSegmentChildren(config, segment, extraParams);
+    return processSegmentChildren(config, segment, inherited);
   } else {
-    return processPathsWithParams(config, segment, 0, segment.pathsWithParams, extraParams, outlet);
+    return processPathsWithParams(config, segment, 0, segment.pathsWithParams, inherited, outlet);
   }
 }
 
 function processSegmentChildren(
-    config: Route[], segment: UrlSegment, extraParams: Params): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
+    config: Route[], segment: UrlSegment,
+    inherited: InheritedFromParent): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
   const children = mapChildrenIntoArray(
-      segment, (child, childOutlet) => processSegment(config, child, extraParams, childOutlet));
+      segment, (child, childOutlet) => processSegment(config, child, inherited, childOutlet));
   checkOutletNameUniqueness(children);
   sortActivatedRouteSnapshots(children);
   return children;
@@ -71,10 +91,10 @@ function sortActivatedRouteSnapshots(nodes: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[]):
 
 function processPathsWithParams(
     config: Route[], segment: UrlSegment, pathIndex: number, paths: UrlPathWithParams[],
-    extraParams: Params, outlet: string): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
+    inherited: InheritedFromParent, outlet: string): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
   for (let r of config) {
     try {
-      return processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(r, segment, pathIndex, paths, extraParams, outlet);
+      return processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(r, segment, pathIndex, paths, inherited, outlet);
     } catch (e) {
       if (!(e instanceof NoMatch)) throw e;
     }
@@ -84,32 +104,39 @@ function processPathsWithParams(
 
 function processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
     route: Route, rawSegment: UrlSegment, pathIndex: number, paths: UrlPathWithParams[],
-    parentExtraParams: Params, outlet: string): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
+    inherited: InheritedFromParent, outlet: string): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
   if (route.redirectTo) throw new NoMatch();
 
   if ((route.outlet ? route.outlet : PRIMARY_OUTLET) !== outlet) throw new NoMatch();
 
+  const newInheritedResolve = new InheritedResolve(inherited.resolve, getResolve(route));
+
   if (route.path === '**') {
     const params = paths.length > 0 ? last(paths).parameters : {};
     const snapshot = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-        paths, merge(parentExtraParams, params), outlet, route.component, route,
-        getSourceSegment(rawSegment), getPathIndexShift(rawSegment) - 1);
+        paths, merge(inherited.allParams, params), merge(inherited.allData, getData(route)), outlet,
+        route.component, route, getSourceSegment(rawSegment), getPathIndexShift(rawSegment) - 1,
+        newInheritedResolve);
     return [new TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>(snapshot, [])];
   }
 
-  const {consumedPaths, parameters, extraParams, lastChild} =
-      match(rawSegment, route, paths, parentExtraParams);
+  const {consumedPaths, parameters, lastChild} = match(rawSegment, route, paths);
   const rawSlicedPath = paths.slice(lastChild);
   const childConfig = route.children ? route.children : [];
+  const newInherited = route.component ?
+      InheritedFromParent.empty :
+      new InheritedFromParent(inherited, parameters, getData(route), newInheritedResolve);
 
   const {segment, slicedPath} = split(rawSegment, consumedPaths, rawSlicedPath, childConfig);
 
   const snapshot = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-      consumedPaths, parameters, outlet, route.component, route, getSourceSegment(rawSegment),
-      getPathIndexShift(rawSegment) + pathIndex + lastChild - 1);
+      consumedPaths, merge(inherited.allParams, parameters),
+      merge(inherited.allData, getData(route)), outlet, route.component, route,
+      getSourceSegment(rawSegment), getPathIndexShift(rawSegment) + pathIndex + lastChild - 1,
+      newInheritedResolve);
 
   if (slicedPath.length === 0 && segment.hasChildren()) {
-    const children = processSegmentChildren(childConfig, segment, extraParams);
+    const children = processSegmentChildren(childConfig, segment, newInherited);
     return [new TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>(snapshot, children)];
 
   } else if (childConfig.length === 0 && slicedPath.length === 0) {
@@ -117,18 +144,17 @@ function processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
 
   } else {
     const children = processPathsWithParams(
-        childConfig, segment, pathIndex + lastChild, slicedPath, extraParams, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
+        childConfig, segment, pathIndex + lastChild, slicedPath, newInherited, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
     return [new TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>(snapshot, children)];
   }
 }
 
-function match(
-    segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[], parentExtraParams: Params) {
+function match(segment: UrlSegment, route: Route, paths: UrlPathWithParams[]) {
   if (route.path === '') {
     if (route.terminal && (segment.hasChildren() || paths.length > 0)) {
       throw new NoMatch();
     } else {
-      return {consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, parameters: {}, extraParams: {}};
+      return {consumedPaths: [], lastChild: 0, parameters: {}};
     }
   }
 
@@ -158,10 +184,8 @@ function match(
     throw new NoMatch();
   }
 
-  const parameters = merge(
-      parentExtraParams, merge(posParameters, consumedPaths[consumedPaths.length - 1].parameters));
-  const extraParams = route.component ? {} : parameters;
-  return {consumedPaths, lastChild: currentIndex, parameters, extraParams};
+  const parameters = merge(posParameters, consumedPaths[consumedPaths.length - 1].parameters);
+  return {consumedPaths, lastChild: currentIndex, parameters};
 }
 
 function checkOutletNameUniqueness(nodes: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[]): void {
@@ -274,4 +298,12 @@ function emptyPathMatch(segment: UrlSegment, slicedPath: UrlPathWithParams[], r:
 
 function getOutlet(route: Route): string {
   return route.outlet ? route.outlet : PRIMARY_OUTLET;
+}
+
+function getData(route: Route): Data {
+  return route.data ? route.data : {};
+}
+
+function getResolve(route: Route): ResolveData {
+  return route.resolve ? route.resolve : {};
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 1ed6a86ad5..f45ad73961 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/mergeMap';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/mergeAll';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/reduce';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/every';
 import 'rxjs/add/observable/from';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/forkJoin';
 
 import {Location} from '@angular/common';
 import {ComponentResolver, Injector, ReflectiveInjector, Type} from '@angular/core';
@@ -20,17 +22,17 @@ import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
 import {applyRedirects} from './apply_redirects';
-import {RouterConfig, validateConfig} from './config';
+import {Data, 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 {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from './router_state';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, InheritedResolve, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlSerializer, UrlTree, createEmptyUrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {forEach, shallowEqual} from './utils/collection';
+import {forEach, merge, shallowEqual} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 export interface NavigationExtras {
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ export class Router {
       let updatedUrl: UrlTree;
       let state: RouterState;
       let navigationIsSuccessful: boolean;
+      let preActivation: PreActivation;
       applyRedirects(url, this.config)
           .mergeMap(u => {
             updatedUrl = u;
@@ -296,11 +299,20 @@ export class Router {
           })
           .map((newState: RouterState) => {
             state = newState;
-
+            preActivation =
+                new PreActivation(state.snapshot, this.currentRouterState.snapshot, this.injector);
+            preActivation.traverse(this.outletMap);
           })
           .mergeMap(_ => {
-            return new GuardChecks(state.snapshot, this.currentRouterState.snapshot, this.injector)
-                .check(this.outletMap);
+            return preActivation.checkGuards();
+
+          })
+          .mergeMap(shouldActivate => {
+            if (shouldActivate) {
+              return preActivation.resolveData().map(() => shouldActivate);
+            } else {
+              return of (shouldActivate);
+            }
 
           })
           .forEach((shouldActivate: boolean) => {
@@ -345,18 +357,20 @@ class CanDeactivate {
   constructor(public component: Object, public route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {}
 }
 
-class GuardChecks {
+class PreActivation {
   private checks: Array<CanActivate|CanDeactivate> = [];
   constructor(
       private future: RouterStateSnapshot, private curr: RouterStateSnapshot,
       private injector: Injector) {}
 
-  check(parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap): Observable<boolean> {
+  traverse(parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
     const futureRoot = this.future._root;
     const currRoot = this.curr ? this.curr._root : null;
     this.traverseChildRoutes(futureRoot, currRoot, parentOutletMap);
-    if (this.checks.length === 0) return of (true);
+  }
 
+  checkGuards(): Observable<boolean> {
+    if (this.checks.length === 0) return of (true);
     return Observable.from(this.checks)
         .map(s => {
           if (s instanceof CanActivate) {
@@ -371,6 +385,19 @@ class GuardChecks {
         .every(result => result === true);
   }
 
+  resolveData(): Observable<any> {
+    if (this.checks.length === 0) return of (null);
+    return Observable.from(this.checks)
+        .mergeMap(s => {
+          if (s instanceof CanActivate) {
+            return this.runResolve(s.route);
+          } else {
+            return of (null);
+          }
+        })
+        .reduce((_, __) => _);
+  }
+
   private traverseChildRoutes(
       futureNode: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>, currNode: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>,
       outletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
@@ -476,6 +503,32 @@ class GuardChecks {
         .mergeAll()
         .every(result => result === true);
   }
+
+  private runResolve(future: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Observable<any> {
+    const resolve = future._resolve;
+    return this.resolveNode(resolve.current, future).map(resolvedData => {
+      resolve.resolvedData = resolvedData;
+      future.data = merge(future.data, resolve.flattenedResolvedData);
+      return null;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private resolveNode(resolve: ResolveData, future: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Observable<any> {
+    const resolvingObs: Observable<any>[] = [];
+    const resolvedData: {[k: string]: any} = {};
+    forEach(resolve, (v: any, k: string) => {
+      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] = _; }));
+    });
+
+    if (resolvingObs.length > 0) {
+      return Observable.forkJoin(resolvingObs).map(r => resolvedData);
+    } else {
+      return of (resolvedData);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function wrapIntoObservable<T>(value: T | Observable<T>): Observable<T> {
@@ -492,7 +545,6 @@ class ActivateRoutes {
   activate(parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap): void {
     const futureRoot = this.futureState._root;
     const currRoot = this.currState ? this.currState._root : null;
-
     pushQueryParamsAndFragment(this.futureState);
     advanceActivatedRoute(this.futureState.root);
     this.activateChildRoutes(futureRoot, currRoot, parentOutletMap);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
index 8df82dcb93..7e276b356d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import {ComponentFactory, Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {BehaviorSubject} from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
-import {Route} from './config';
+import {Data, ResolveData, Route} from './config';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
+import {merge, shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
 import {Tree, TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ export function createEmptyState(urlTree: UrlTree, rootComponent: Type): RouterS
   const snapshot = createEmptyStateSnapshot(urlTree, rootComponent);
   const emptyUrl = new BehaviorSubject([new UrlPathWithParams('', {})]);
   const emptyParams = new BehaviorSubject({});
+  const emptyData = new BehaviorSubject({});
   const emptyQueryParams = new BehaviorSubject({});
   const fragment = new BehaviorSubject('');
-  const activated =
-      new ActivatedRoute(emptyUrl, emptyParams, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponent, snapshot.root);
+  const activated = new ActivatedRoute(
+      emptyUrl, emptyParams, emptyData, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponent, snapshot.root);
   activated.snapshot = snapshot.root;
   return new RouterState(
       new TreeNode<ActivatedRoute>(activated, []), emptyQueryParams, fragment, snapshot);
@@ -60,10 +61,12 @@ export function createEmptyState(urlTree: UrlTree, rootComponent: Type): RouterS
 
 function createEmptyStateSnapshot(urlTree: UrlTree, rootComponent: Type): RouterStateSnapshot {
   const emptyParams = {};
+  const emptyData = {};
   const emptyQueryParams = {};
   const fragment = '';
   const activated = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-      [], emptyParams, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponent, null, urlTree.root, -1);
+      [], emptyParams, emptyData, PRIMARY_OUTLET, rootComponent, null, urlTree.root, -1,
+      InheritedResolve.empty);
   return new RouterStateSnapshot(
       '', new TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>(activated, []), emptyQueryParams, fragment);
 }
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ export class ActivatedRoute {
    */
   constructor(
       public url: Observable<UrlPathWithParams[]>, public params: Observable<Params>,
-      public outlet: string, public component: Type|string,
+      public data: Observable<Data>, public outlet: string, public component: Type|string,
       futureSnapshot: ActivatedRouteSnapshot) {
     this._futureSnapshot = futureSnapshot;
   }
@@ -103,6 +106,25 @@ export class ActivatedRoute {
   }
 }
 
+export class InheritedResolve {
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  resolvedData = {};
+
+  constructor(public parent: InheritedResolve, public current: ResolveData) {}
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  get flattenedResolvedData(): Data {
+    return this.parent ? merge(this.parent.flattenedResolvedData, this.resolvedData) :
+                         this.resolvedData;
+  }
+
+  static get empty(): InheritedResolve { return new InheritedResolve(null, {}); }
+}
+
 /**
  * Contains the information about a component loaded in an outlet at a particular moment in time.
  *
@@ -131,16 +153,20 @@ export class ActivatedRouteSnapshot {
   /** @internal */
   _lastPathIndex: number;
 
+  /** @internal */
+  _resolve: InheritedResolve;
+
   /**
    * @internal
    */
   constructor(
-      public url: UrlPathWithParams[], public params: Params, public outlet: string,
-      public component: Type|string, routeConfig: Route, urlSegment: UrlSegment,
-      lastPathIndex: number) {
+      public url: UrlPathWithParams[], public params: Params, public data: Data,
+      public outlet: string, public component: Type|string, routeConfig: Route,
+      urlSegment: UrlSegment, lastPathIndex: number, resolve: InheritedResolve) {
     this._routeConfig = routeConfig;
     this._urlSegment = urlSegment;
     this._lastPathIndex = lastPathIndex;
+    this._resolve = resolve;
   }
 
   toString(): string {
@@ -191,6 +217,7 @@ export function advanceActivatedRoute(route: ActivatedRoute): void {
   if (route.snapshot) {
     if (!shallowEqual(route.snapshot.params, route._futureSnapshot.params)) {
       (<any>route.params).next(route._futureSnapshot.params);
+      (<any>route.data).next(route._futureSnapshot.data);
     }
     if (!shallowEqualArrays(route.snapshot.url, route._futureSnapshot.url)) {
       (<any>route.url).next(route._futureSnapshot.url);
@@ -198,5 +225,6 @@ export function advanceActivatedRoute(route: ActivatedRoute): void {
     route.snapshot = route._futureSnapshot;
   } else {
     route.snapshot = route._futureSnapshot;
+    (<any>route.data).next(route._futureSnapshot.data);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
index cfcacd7e06..b1ef171672 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
@@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ describe('createUrlTree', () => {
 });
 
 function createRoot(tree: UrlTree, commands: any[], queryParams?: Params, fragment?: string) {
-  const s =
-      new ActivatedRouteSnapshot([], <any>{}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', null, tree.root, -1);
+  const s = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
+      [], <any>{}, <any>{}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', null, tree.root, -1, <any>null);
   const a = new ActivatedRoute(
-      new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null), PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', s);
+      new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null),
+      PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', s);
   advanceActivatedRoute(a);
   return createUrlTree(a, tree, commands, queryParams, fragment);
 }
@@ -182,9 +183,11 @@ function create(
     expect(segment).toBeDefined();
   }
   const s = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-      [], <any>{}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', null, <any>segment, startIndex);
+      [], <any>{}, <any>{}, PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', null, <any>segment, startIndex,
+      <any>null);
   const a = new ActivatedRoute(
-      new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null), PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', s);
+      new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null), new BehaviorSubject(null),
+      PRIMARY_OUTLET, 'someComponent', s);
   advanceActivatedRoute(a);
   return createUrlTree(a, tree, commands, queryParams, fragment);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
index 8bd5a61e10..d10f11536a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,57 @@ describe('recognize', () => {
         });
   });
 
+  describe('data', () => {
+    it('should set static data', () => {
+      checkRecognize(
+          [{path: 'a', data: {one: 1}, component: ComponentA}], 'a', (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+            const r: ActivatedRouteSnapshot = s.firstChild(s.root);
+            expect(r.data).toEqual({one: 1});
+          });
+    });
+
+    it('should merge componentless route\'s data', () => {
+      checkRecognize(
+          [{
+            path: 'a',
+            data: {one: 1},
+            children: [{path: 'b', data: {two: 2}, component: ComponentB}]
+          }],
+          'a/b', (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+            const r: ActivatedRouteSnapshot = s.firstChild(<any>s.firstChild(s.root));
+            expect(r.data).toEqual({one: 1, two: 2});
+          });
+    });
+
+    it('should set resolved data', () => {
+      checkRecognize(
+          [{path: 'a', resolve: {one: 'some-token'}, component: ComponentA}], 'a',
+          (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+            const r: ActivatedRouteSnapshot = s.firstChild(s.root);
+            expect(r._resolve.current).toEqual({one: 'some-token'});
+          });
+    });
+
+    it('should reuse componentless route\'s resolve', () => {
+      checkRecognize(
+          [{
+            path: 'a',
+            resolve: {one: 'one'},
+            children: [
+              {path: '', resolve: {two: 'two'}, component: ComponentB},
+              {path: '', resolve: {three: 'three'}, component: ComponentC, outlet: 'aux'}
+            ]
+          }],
+          'a', (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+            const a: ActivatedRouteSnapshot = s.firstChild(s.root);
+            const c: ActivatedRouteSnapshot[] = s.children(<any>a);
+
+            expect(c[0]._resolve.parent).toBe(a._resolve);
+            expect(c[1]._resolve.parent).toBe(a._resolve);
+          });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('empty path', () => {
     describe('root', () => {
       it('should work', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 1a559232b2..db05b87f40 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ 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, 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} from '../index';
 
 describe('Integration', () => {
 
@@ -433,6 +433,68 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
                .toHaveText('primary {simple} right {user victor}');
          })));
 
+  describe('data', () => {
+    class ResolveSix implements Resolve<TeamCmp> {
+      resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): number { return 6; }
+    }
+
+    beforeEachProviders(
+        () =>
+            [{provide: 'resolveTwo', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => 2},
+             {provide: 'resolveFour', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => 4},
+             {provide: 'resolveSix', useClass: ResolveSix}]);
+
+    it('should provide resolved data',
+       fakeAsync(inject(
+           [Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location],
+           (router: Router, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, location: Location) => {
+             const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmpWithTwoOutlets);
+             advance(fixture);
+
+             router.resetConfig([{
+               path: 'parent/:id',
+               data: {one: 1},
+               resolve: {two: 'resolveTwo'},
+               children: [
+                 {path: '', data: {three: 3}, resolve: {four: 'resolveFour'}, component: RouteCmp},
+                 {
+                   path: '',
+                   data: {five: 5},
+                   resolve: {six: 'resolveSix'},
+                   component: RouteCmp,
+                   outlet: 'right'
+                 }
+               ]
+             }]);
+
+             router.navigateByUrl('/parent/1');
+             advance(fixture);
+
+             const primaryCmp = fixture.debugElement.children[1].componentInstance;
+             const rightCmp = fixture.debugElement.children[3].componentInstance;
+
+             expect(primaryCmp.route.snapshot.data).toEqual({one: 1, two: 2, three: 3, four: 4});
+             expect(rightCmp.route.snapshot.data).toEqual({one: 1, two: 2, five: 5, six: 6});
+
+             let primaryRecorded: any[] = [];
+             primaryCmp.route.data.forEach((rec: any) => primaryRecorded.push(rec));
+
+             let rightRecorded: any[] = [];
+             rightCmp.route.data.forEach((rec: any) => rightRecorded.push(rec));
+
+             router.navigateByUrl('/parent/2');
+             advance(fixture);
+
+             expect(primaryRecorded).toEqual([
+               {one: 1, three: 3, two: 2, four: 4}, {one: 1, three: 3, two: 2, four: 4}
+             ]);
+             expect(rightRecorded).toEqual([
+               {one: 1, five: 5, two: 2, six: 6}, {one: 1, five: 5, two: 2, six: 6}
+             ]);
+           })));
+  });
+
+
   describe('router links', () => {
     it('should support string router links',
        fakeAsync(
@@ -1120,6 +1182,11 @@ class QueryParamsAndFragmentCmp {
   }
 }
 
+@Component({selector: 'route-cmp', template: `route`, directives: ROUTER_DIRECTIVES})
+class RouteCmp {
+  constructor(public route: ActivatedRoute) {}
+}
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'root-cmp',
   template: `<router-outlet></router-outlet>`,
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
index 8ad2de9701..89dffb0969 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export declare class ActivatedRoute {
     component: Type | string;
+    data: Observable<Data>;
     outlet: string;
     params: Observable<Params>;
     snapshot: ActivatedRouteSnapshot;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export declare class ActivatedRoute {
 
 export declare class ActivatedRouteSnapshot {
     component: Type | string;
+    data: Data;
     outlet: string;
     params: Params;
     url: UrlPathWithParams[];
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ export interface CanDeactivate<T> {
     canDeactivate(component: T, route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<boolean> | boolean;
 }
 
+export declare type Data = {
+    [name: string]: any;
+};
+
 export declare class DefaultUrlSerializer implements UrlSerializer {
     parse(url: string): UrlTree;
     serialize(tree: UrlTree): string;
@@ -72,14 +78,24 @@ export declare const PRIMARY_OUTLET: string;
 
 export declare function provideRouter(config: RouterConfig, opts?: ExtraOptions): any[];
 
+export interface Resolve<T> {
+    resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<any> | any;
+}
+
+export declare type ResolveData = {
+    [name: string]: any;
+};
+
 export interface Route {
     canActivate?: any[];
     canDeactivate?: any[];
     children?: Route[];
     component?: Type | string;
+    data?: Data;
     outlet?: string;
     path?: string;
     redirectTo?: string;
+    resolve?: ResolveData;
     terminal?: boolean;
 }