diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
index 4d65a7dcab0ff..26729fa67715a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {Attribute, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, Directive, NoComponentFactoryError, ReflectiveInjector, ResolvedReflectiveProvider, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {Attribute, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, Directive, EventEmitter, NoComponentFactoryError, Output, ReflectiveInjector, ResolvedReflectiveProvider, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {RouterOutletMap} from '../router_outlet_map';
 import {ActivatedRoute} from '../router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from '../shared';
 
+
 /**
  * A router outlet is a placeholder that Angular dynamically fills based on the application's route.
  *
- * ## Use
+ * ## Example
  *
  * ```
  * <router-outlet></router-outlet>
@@ -23,6 +24,16 @@ import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from '../shared';
  * <router-outlet name="right"></router-outlet>
  * ```
  *
+ * A router outlet will emit an activate event any time a new component is being instantiated,
+ * and a deactivate event when it is being destroyed.
+ *
+ * ## Example
+ *
+ * ```
+ * <router-outlet (activate)="onActivate($event)"
+ * (deactivate)="onDeactivate($event)"></router-outlet>
+ * ```
+ *
  * @stable
  */
 @Directive({selector: 'router-outlet'})
@@ -31,6 +42,9 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
   private _activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute;
   public outletMap: RouterOutletMap;
 
+  @Output('activate') activateEvents = new EventEmitter<any>();
+  @Output('deactivate') deactivateEvents = new EventEmitter<any>();
+
   constructor(
       parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap, private location: ViewContainerRef,
       private resolver: ComponentFactoryResolver, @Attribute('name') name: string) {
@@ -49,8 +63,10 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
 
   deactivate(): void {
     if (this.activated) {
+      const c = this.component;
       this.activated.destroy();
       this.activated = null;
+      this.deactivateEvents.emit(c);
     }
   }
 
@@ -86,5 +102,7 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
     const inj = ReflectiveInjector.fromResolvedProviders(providers, this.location.parentInjector);
     this.activated = this.location.createComponent(factory, this.location.length, inj, []);
     this.activated.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
+
+    this.activateEvents.emit(this.activated.instance);
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index f6a43166ed0ea..991030c4ff785 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -415,6 +415,48 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
                .toHaveText('primary {simple} right {user victor}');
          })));
 
+  it('should emit an event when an outlet gets activated',
+     fakeAsync(inject(
+         [Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location],
+         (router: Router, tcb: TestComponentBuilder, location: Location) => {
+           @Component({
+             selector: 'container',
+             template:
+                 `<router-outlet (activate)="recordActivate($event)" (deactivate)="recordDeactivate($event)"></router-outlet>`
+           })
+           class Container {
+             activations: any[] = [];
+             deactivations: any[] = [];
+
+             recordActivate(component: any): void { this.activations.push(component); }
+
+             recordDeactivate(component: any): void { this.deactivations.push(component); }
+           }
+
+           const fixture = createRoot(tcb, router, Container);
+           const cmp = fixture.debugElement.componentInstance;
+
+           router.resetConfig(
+               [{path: 'blank', component: BlankCmp}, {path: 'simple', component: SimpleCmp}]);
+
+           cmp.activations = [];
+           cmp.deactivations = [];
+
+           router.navigateByUrl('/blank');
+           advance(fixture);
+
+           expect(cmp.activations.length).toEqual(1);
+           expect(cmp.activations[0] instanceof BlankCmp).toBe(true);
+
+           router.navigateByUrl('/simple');
+           advance(fixture);
+
+           expect(cmp.activations.length).toEqual(2);
+           expect(cmp.activations[1] instanceof SimpleCmp).toBe(true);
+           expect(cmp.deactivations.length).toEqual(2);
+           expect(cmp.deactivations[1] instanceof BlankCmp).toBe(true);
+         })));
+
   describe('data', () => {
     class ResolveSix implements Resolve<TeamCmp> {
       resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): number { return 6; }
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
index 349ddde55e0f0..ef970f01c73ea 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ export declare class RouterModule {
 
 /** @stable */
 export declare class RouterOutlet {
+    activateEvents: EventEmitter<any>;
     activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute;
     component: Object;
+    deactivateEvents: EventEmitter<any>;
     isActivated: boolean;
     outletMap: RouterOutletMap;
     constructor(parentOutletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: ViewContainerRef, resolver: ComponentFactoryResolver, name: string);