diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
index b2ebf8531c..bf55a8f3ab 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export abstract class Instruction {
   // default instructions override these
   toLinkUrl(): string {
     return this.urlPath + this._stringifyAux() +
-           (isPresent(this.child) ? this.child._toLinkUrl() : '');
+           (isPresent(this.child) ? this.child._toLinkUrl() : '') + this.toUrlQuery();
   }
 
   // this is the non-root version (called recursively)
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/route_registry_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/route_registry_spec.ts
index df9b9f2384..a204cf52a1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/route_registry_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/route_registry_spec.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ export function main() {
       expect(instruction.component.params).toEqual({});
     });
 
+    it('should generate URLs with extra params in the query', () => {
+      registry.config(RootHostCmp,
+                      new Route({path: '/first/second', component: DummyCmpA, name: 'FirstCmp'}));
+
+      var instruction = registry.generate(['FirstCmp', {a: 'one'}], []);
+      expect(instruction.toLinkUrl()).toEqual('first/second?a=one');
+    });
+
+
     it('should generate URLs of loaded components after they are loaded',
        inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
          registry.config(