diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link-active.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link-active.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..699485226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link-active.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import {AfterContentInit, ContentChildren, Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, QueryList, Renderer} from '@angular/core';
+import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
+
+import {NavigationEnd, Router} from '@angular/router/router';
+import {UrlTree, containsTree} from '@angular/router/url_tree';
+
+import {NSRouterLink} from './ns-router-link';
+
+
+/**
+ * The NSRouterLinkActive directive lets you add a CSS class to an element when the link's route
+ * becomes active.
+ *
+ * Consider the following example:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/bob" [nsRouterLinkActive]="active-link">Bob</a>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When the url is either '/user' or '/user/bob', the active-link class will
+ * be added to the component. If the url changes, the class will be removed.
+ *
+ * You can set more than one class, as follows:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/bob" [nsRouterLinkActive]="class1 class2">Bob</a>
+ * <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/bob" [nsRouterLinkActive]="['class1', 'class2']">Bob</a>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * You can configure NSRouterLinkActive by passing `exact: true`. This will add the classes
+ * only when the url matches the link exactly.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/bob" [nsRouterLinkActive]="active-link" [nsRouterLinkActiveOptions]="{exact:
+ * true}">Bob</a>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Finally, you can apply the NSRouterLinkActive directive to an ancestor of a RouterLink.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <div [nsRouterLinkActive]="active-link" [nsRouterLinkActiveOptions]="{exact: true}">
+ *   <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/jim">Jim</a>
+ *   <a [nsRouterLink]="/user/bob">Bob</a>
+ * </div>
+ * ```
+ *
+ * This will set the active-link class on the div tag if the url is either '/user/jim' or
+ * '/user/bob'.
+ *
+ * @stable
+ */
+@Directive({ selector: '[nsRouterLinkActive]' })
+export class NSRouterLinkActive implements OnChanges, OnDestroy, AfterContentInit {
+    @ContentChildren(NSRouterLink) links: QueryList<NSRouterLink>;
+
+    private classes: string[] = [];
+    private subscription: Subscription;
+
+    @Input() private nsRouterLinkActiveOptions: { exact: boolean } = { exact: false };
+
+    constructor(private router: Router, private element: ElementRef, private renderer: Renderer) {
+        this.subscription = router.events.subscribe(s => {
+            if (s instanceof NavigationEnd) {
+                this.update();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    ngAfterContentInit(): void {
+        this.links.changes.subscribe(s => this.update());
+        this.update();
+    }
+
+    @Input("nsRouterLinkActive")
+    set nsRouterLinkActive(data: string[] | string) {
+        if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+            this.classes = <any>data;
+        } else {
+            this.classes = data.split(' ');
+        }
+    }
+
+    ngOnChanges(changes: {}): any { this.update(); }
+    ngOnDestroy(): any { this.subscription.unsubscribe(); }
+
+    private update(): void {
+        if (!this.links) return;
+
+        const currentUrlTree = this.router.parseUrl(this.router.url);
+        const isActiveLinks = this.reduceList(currentUrlTree, this.links);
+        this.classes.forEach(
+            c => this.renderer.setElementClass(
+                this.element.nativeElement, c, isActiveLinks));
+    }
+
+    private reduceList(currentUrlTree: UrlTree, q: QueryList<any>): boolean {
+        return q.reduce(
+            (res: boolean, link: NSRouterLink) =>
+                res || containsTree(currentUrlTree, link.urlTree, this.nsRouterLinkActiveOptions.exact),
+            false);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link.ts
index 9b0af03fb..31835a3a3 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router-link.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {Router, ActivatedRoute, UrlTree} from '@angular/router';
 import {routerLog} from "../trace";
 
 /**
- * The RouterLink directive lets you link to specific parts of your app.
+ * The NSRouterLink directive lets you link to specific parts of your app.
  *
  * Consider the following route configuration:
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {routerLog} from "../trace";
  * <a [nsRouterLink]="['/user']">link to user component</a>
  * ```
  *
- * RouterLink expects the value to be an array of path segments, followed by the params
+ * NSRouterLink expects the value to be an array of path segments, followed by the params
  * for that level of routing. For instance `['/team', {teamId: 1}, 'user', {userId: 2}]`
  * means that we want to generate a link to `/team;teamId=1/user;userId=2`.
  *
@@ -30,30 +30,41 @@ import {routerLog} from "../trace";
  */
 @Directive({ selector: '[nsRouterLink]' })
 export class NSRouterLink {
-  private commands: any[] = [];
-  @Input() target: string;
-  @Input() queryParams: { [k: string]: any };
-  @Input() fragment: string;
+    private commands: any[] = [];
+    @Input() target: string;
+    @Input() queryParams: { [k: string]: any };
+    @Input() fragment: string;
 
-  /**
-   * @internal
-   */
-  constructor(private router: Router, private route: ActivatedRoute) { }
+    urlTree: UrlTree;
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     */
+    constructor(private router: Router, private route: ActivatedRoute) { }
 
-  @Input("nsRouterLink")
-  set params(data: any[] | string) {
-    if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-      this.commands = data;
-    } else {
-      this.commands = [data];
+    @Input("nsRouterLink")
+    set params(data: any[] | string) {
+        if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+            this.commands = data;
+        } else {
+            this.commands = [data];
+        }
     }
-  }
 
-  @HostListener("tap")
-  onTap() {
-    routerLog("nsRouterLink.tapped: " + this.commands);
-    this.router.navigate(
-      this.commands,
-      { relativeTo: this.route, queryParams: this.queryParams, fragment: this.fragment });
-  }
+    ngOnChanges(changes: {}): any {
+        this.updateTargetUrl();
+    }
+
+    @HostListener("tap")
+    onTap() {
+        routerLog("nsRouterLink.tapped: " + this.commands);
+        this.router.navigate(
+            this.commands,
+            { relativeTo: this.route, queryParams: this.queryParams, fragment: this.fragment });
+    }
+
+    private updateTargetUrl(): void {
+        this.urlTree = this.router.createUrlTree(
+            this.commands,
+            { relativeTo: this.route, queryParams: this.queryParams, fragment: this.fragment });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router.ts b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router.ts
index 81f26b65e..36d324676 100644
--- a/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router.ts
+++ b/nativescript-angular/router/ns-router.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { RouterConfig } from '@angular/router';
 import { provideRouter, ExtraOptions } from '@angular/router/common_router_providers';
 
 import {NSRouterLink} from './ns-router-link';
+import {NSRouterLinkActive} from './ns-router-link-active';
 import {PageRouterOutlet} from './page-router-outlet';
 import {NSLocationStrategy} from './ns-location-strategy';
 import {NativescriptPlatformLocation} from './ns-platform-location';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export const NS_ROUTER_PROVIDERS: any[] = [
 
 export const NS_ROUTER_DIRECTIVES: Type[] = [
     NSRouterLink,
+    NSRouterLinkActive,
     PageRouterOutlet
 ];
 
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@ export function nsProvideRouter(config: RouterConfig, opts: ExtraOptions): any[]
         ...NS_ROUTER_PROVIDERS,
         ...provideRouter(config, opts)
     ]
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};