diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/index.ts
index 3321a15c7c..85000e9477 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export { RouterOutletMap } from './router_outlet_map';
 export { RouterConfig, Route } from './config';
 export { Params, PRIMARY_OUTLET } from './shared';
 export { provideRouter } from './router_providers';
+export { CanActivate, CanDeactivate } from './interfaces';
 
 import { RouterOutlet } from './directives/router_outlet';
 import { RouterLink } from './directives/router_link';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e271070155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot} from './router_state';
+
+/**
+ * An interface a class can implement to be a guard deciding if a route can be activated.
+ */
+export interface CanActivate {
+  canActivate(route:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state:RouterStateSnapshot):Observable<boolean> | boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * An interface a class can implement to be a guard deciding if a route can be deactivated.
+ */
+export interface CanDeactivate<T> {
+  canDeactivate(component:T, route:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state:RouterStateSnapshot):Observable<boolean> | boolean;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 9cf4ee21c2..8ce4848234 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,11 @@ class GuardChecks {
     if (!canActivate || canActivate.length === 0) return of(true);
     return forkJoin(canActivate.map(c => {
       const guard = this.injector.get(c);
-      return of(guard(future, this.future));
+      if (guard.canActivate) {
+        return of(guard.canActivate(future, this.future));
+      } else {
+        return of(guard(future, this.future));
+      }
     })).map(and);
   }
 
@@ -263,7 +267,11 @@ class GuardChecks {
     if (!canDeactivate || canDeactivate.length === 0) return of(true);
     return forkJoin(canDeactivate.map(c => {
       const guard = this.injector.get(c);
-      return of(guard(component, curr, this.curr));
+      if (guard.canDeactivate) {
+        return of(guard.canDeactivate(component, curr, this.curr));
+      } else {
+        return of(guard(component, curr, this.curr));
+      }
     })).map(and);
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 4ae8b78ece..3420d35962 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {TestComponentBuilder, ComponentFixture} from '@angular/compiler/testing'
 import { ComponentResolver } from '@angular/core';
 import { SpyLocation } from '@angular/common/testing';
 import { UrlSerializer, DefaultUrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Router, ActivatedRoute, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Params,
- RouterStateSnapshot, ActivatedRouteSnapshot } from '../src/index';
+ RouterStateSnapshot, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate } from '../src/index';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
 
@@ -330,13 +330,38 @@ describe("Integration", () => {
 
       describe("should activate a route when CanActivate returns true", () => {
         beforeEachProviders(() => [
-          {provide: 'alwaysFalse', useValue: (a:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, s:RouterStateSnapshot) => true}
+          {provide: 'alwaysTrue', useValue: (a:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, s:RouterStateSnapshot) => true}
         ]);
 
         it('works',
           fakeAsync(inject([Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location], (router, tcb, location) => {
             router.resetConfig([
-              { path: 'team/:id', component: TeamCmp, canActivate: ["alwaysFalse"] }
+              { path: 'team/:id', component: TeamCmp, canActivate: ["alwaysTrue"] }
+            ]);
+
+            const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmp);
+            advance(fixture);
+
+            router.navigateByUrl('/team/22');
+            advance(fixture);
+
+            expect(location.path()).toEqual('/team/22');
+          })));
+      });
+
+      describe("should work when given a class", () => {
+        class AlwaysTrue implements CanActivate {
+          canActivate(route:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state:RouterStateSnapshot):boolean {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+
+        beforeEachProviders(() => [AlwaysTrue]);
+
+        it('works',
+          fakeAsync(inject([Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location], (router, tcb, location) => {
+            router.resetConfig([
+              { path: 'team/:id', component: TeamCmp, canActivate: [AlwaysTrue] }
             ]);
 
             const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmp);
@@ -384,6 +409,31 @@ describe("Integration", () => {
             expect(location.path()).toEqual('/team/33');
           })));
       });
+
+      describe("should work when given a class", () => {
+        class AlwaysTrue implements CanDeactivate<TeamCmp> {
+          canDeactivate(component: TeamCmp, route:ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state:RouterStateSnapshot):boolean {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+
+        beforeEachProviders(() => [AlwaysTrue]);
+
+        it('works',
+          fakeAsync(inject([Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location], (router, tcb, location) => {
+            router.resetConfig([
+              { path: 'team/:id', component: TeamCmp, canDeactivate: [AlwaysTrue] }
+            ]);
+
+            const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmp);
+            advance(fixture);
+
+            router.navigateByUrl('/team/22');
+            advance(fixture);
+
+            expect(location.path()).toEqual('/team/22');
+          })));
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json b/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
index 7ac428001d..95fe5988b1 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "src/create_url_tree.ts",
     "src/directives/router_outlet.ts",
     "src/directives/router_link.ts",
+    "src/interfaces.ts",
     "src/utils/tree.ts",
     "src/utils/collection.ts",
     "test/utils/tree.spec.ts",