diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/location.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/location.ts
index b91a0c3f8c..896953c710 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/location.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/location.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
  */
 
 import {LocationChangeEvent, LocationChangeListener, PlatformLocation} from '@angular/common';
-import {Inject, Injectable} from '@angular/core';
+import {Inject, Injectable, Optional} from '@angular/core';
 import {DOCUMENT} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
 import * as url from 'url';
 
 import {scheduleMicroTask} from './facade/lang';
 import {getDOM} from './private_import_platform-browser';
+import {INITIAL_CONFIG, PlatformConfig} from './tokens';
 
 
 
@@ -28,7 +29,16 @@ export class ServerPlatformLocation implements PlatformLocation {
   private _hash: string = '';
   private _hashUpdate = new Subject<LocationChangeEvent>();
 
-  constructor(@Inject(DOCUMENT) private _doc: any) {}
+  constructor(
+      @Inject(DOCUMENT) private _doc: any, @Optional() @Inject(INITIAL_CONFIG) _config: any) {
+    const config = _config as PlatformConfig | null;
+    if (!!config && !!config.url) {
+      const parsedUrl = url.parse(config.url);
+      this._path = parsedUrl.pathname;
+      this._search = parsedUrl.search;
+      this._hash = parsedUrl.hash;
+    }
+  }
 
   getBaseHrefFromDOM(): string { return getDOM().getBaseHref(this._doc); }
 
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ export class ServerPlatformLocation implements PlatformLocation {
   replaceState(state: any, title: string, newUrl: string): void {
     const oldUrl = this.url;
     const parsedUrl = url.parse(newUrl, true);
-    this._path = parsedUrl.path;
+    this._path = parsedUrl.pathname;
     this._search = parsedUrl.search;
     this.setHash(parsedUrl.hash, oldUrl);
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/platform-server.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/platform-server.ts
index a054afa842..ffb56751c0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/platform-server.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/platform-server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 export {PlatformState} from './platform_state';
-export {INITIAL_CONFIG, ServerModule, platformDynamicServer, platformServer} from './server';
+export {ServerModule, platformDynamicServer, platformServer} from './server';
+export {INITIAL_CONFIG, PlatformConfig} from './tokens';
 export {renderModule, renderModuleFactory} from './utils';
 
 export * from './private_export';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/server.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/server.ts
index 2424f0e298..9a1a2ac46f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/server.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/server.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {ALLOW_MULTIPLE_PLATFORMS, DebugDomRendererV2, DebugDomRootRenderer} from
 import {SharedStylesHost, getDOM} from './private_import_platform-browser';
 import {ServerRendererV2, ServerRootRenderer} from './server_renderer';
 import {ServerStylesHost} from './styles_host';
+import {INITIAL_CONFIG, PlatformConfig} from './tokens';
 
 function notSupported(feature: string): Error {
   throw new Error(`platform-server does not support '${feature}'.`);
@@ -65,23 +66,6 @@ export const SERVER_RENDER_PROVIDERS: Provider[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-/**
- * Config object passed to initialize the platform.
- *
- * @experimental
- */
-export interface PlatformConfig {
-  document?: string;
-  url?: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * The DI token for setting the initial config for the platform.
- *
- * @experimental
- */
-export const INITIAL_CONFIG = new InjectionToken<PlatformConfig>('Server.INITIAL_CONFIG');
-
 /**
  * The ng module for the server.
  *
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/tokens.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/tokens.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c212a96668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/tokens.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {InjectionToken} from '@angular/core';
+
+/**
+ * Config object passed to initialize the platform.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export interface PlatformConfig {
+  document?: string;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The DI token for setting the initial config for the platform.
+ *
+ * @experimental
+ */
+export const INITIAL_CONFIG = new InjectionToken<PlatformConfig>('Server.INITIAL_CONFIG');
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/utils.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/utils.ts
index e2002b334a..0e840f0449 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/utils.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/src/utils.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {first} from 'rxjs/operator/first';
 import {toPromise} from 'rxjs/operator/toPromise';
 
 import {PlatformState} from './platform_state';
-import {INITIAL_CONFIG, platformDynamicServer, platformServer} from './server';
+import {platformDynamicServer, platformServer} from './server';
+import {INITIAL_CONFIG} from './tokens';
 
 const parse5 = require('parse5');
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
index 74e2ce15f3..f176ad707a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ export function main() {
          });
        }));
 
-
     describe('PlatformLocation', () => {
       it('is injectable', async(() => {
            const platform = platformDynamicServer(
@@ -173,6 +172,19 @@ export function main() {
              platform.destroy();
            });
          }));
+      it('is configurable via INITIAL_CONFIG', () => {
+        platformDynamicServer([{
+          provide: INITIAL_CONFIG,
+          useValue: {document: '<app></app>', url: 'http://test.com/deep/path?query#hash'}
+        }])
+            .bootstrapModule(ExampleModule)
+            .then(appRef => {
+              const location: PlatformLocation = appRef.injector.get(PlatformLocation);
+              expect(location.pathname).toBe('/deep/path');
+              expect(location.search).toBe('?query');
+              expect(location.hash).toBe('#hash');
+            });
+      });
       it('pushState causes the URL to update', async(() => {
            const platform = platformDynamicServer(
                [{provide: INITIAL_CONFIG, useValue: {document: '<app></app>'}}]);
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/platform-server/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/platform-server/index.d.ts
index de8e4ac8a8..9623845b08 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/platform-server/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/platform-server/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /** @experimental */
 export declare const INITIAL_CONFIG: InjectionToken<PlatformConfig>;
 
+/** @experimental */
+export interface PlatformConfig {
+    document?: string;
+    url?: string;
+}
+
 /** @experimental */
 export declare const platformDynamicServer: (extraProviders?: Provider[]) => PlatformRef;