diff --git a/modules/@angular/integration_test/public_api_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/integration_test/public_api_spec.ts
index be89420ef9..862bc901c3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/integration_test/public_api_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/integration_test/public_api_spec.ts
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ var ROUTER: string[] = [
   'ROUTER_PROVIDERS',
   'Route',
   'Router',
+  'RouterOutlet',
+  'RouterLink',
   'DefaultRouterUrlSerializer',
   'RouteSegment',
   'RouteTree',
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
index e2c8544624..c8c4942be7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
@@ -12,27 +12,6 @@ export {RouterUrlSerializer, DefaultRouterUrlSerializer} from './src/router_url_
 export {OnActivate, CanDeactivate} from './src/interfaces';
 export {ROUTER_PROVIDERS} from './src/router_providers';
 
-import {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
-import {RouterLink} from './src/directives/router_link';
-
-/**
- * A list of directives. To use the router directives like {@link RouterOutlet} and
- * {@link RouterLink}, add this to your `directives` array in the {@link View} decorator of your
- * component.
- *
- * ```
- * import {Component} from '@angular/core';
- * import {ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Routes} from '@angular/router';
- *
- * @Component({directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES]})
- * @Routes([
- *  {...},
- * ])
- * class AppCmp {
- *    // ...
- * }
- *
- * bootstrap(AppCmp);
- * ```
- */
-export const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES: any[] = /*@ts2dart_const*/[RouterOutlet, RouterLink];
+export {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
+export {RouterLink} from './src/directives/router_link';
+export {ROUTER_DIRECTIVES} from "./src/directives/router_directives";
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_directives.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_directives.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..315ce6fffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_directives.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {RouterOutlet} from "./router_outlet";
+import {RouterLink} from "./router_link";
+
+/**
+ * A list of directives. To use the router directives like {@link RouterOutlet} and
+ * {@link RouterLink}, add this to your `directives` array in the {@link View} decorator of your
+ * component.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+ * import {ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Routes} from '@angular/router';
+ *
+ * @Component({directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES]})
+ * @Routes([
+ *  {...},
+ * ])
+ * class AppCmp {
+ *    // ...
+ * }
+ *
+ * bootstrap(AppCmp);
+ * ```
+ */
+
+export const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES: any[] = /*@ts2dart_const*/[RouterOutlet, RouterLink];