diff --git a/packages/router/src/router_scroller.ts b/packages/router/src/router_scroller.ts
index 15a2393265b65..fa2821b5eeaf4 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/router_scroller.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/router_scroller.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ export class RouterScroller implements OnDestroy {
       /** @docsNotRequired */ public readonly viewportScroller: ViewportScroller, private options: {
         scrollPositionRestoration?: 'disabled' | 'enabled' | 'top',
         anchorScrolling?: 'disabled'|'enabled'
-      } = {}) {}
+      } = {}) {
+    // Default both options to 'disabled'
+    options.scrollPositionRestoration = options.scrollPositionRestoration || 'disabled';
+    options.anchorScrolling = options.anchorScrolling || 'disabled';
+  }
 
   init(): void {
     // we want to disable the automatic scrolling because having two places
diff --git a/packages/router/test/router_scroller.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/router_scroller.spec.ts
index b5565f65f2b1a..64caa839f83a0 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/router_scroller.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/router_scroller.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ import {Scroll} from '../src/events';
 import {RouterScroller} from '../src/router_scroller';
 
 describe('RouterScroller', () => {
+  it('defaults to disabled', () => {
+    const events = new Subject<RouterEvent>();
+    const router = <any>{
+      events,
+      parseUrl: (url: any) => new DefaultUrlSerializer().parse(url),
+      triggerEvent: (e: any) => events.next(e)
+    };
+
+    const viewportScroller = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+        'viewportScroller',
+        ['getScrollPosition', 'scrollToPosition', 'scrollToAnchor', 'setHistoryScrollRestoration']);
+    setScroll(viewportScroller, 0, 0);
+    const scroller = new RouterScroller(router, router);
+
+    expect((scroller as any).options.scrollPositionRestoration).toBe('disabled');
+    expect((scroller as any).options.anchorScrolling).toBe('disabled');
+  });
+
   describe('scroll to top', () => {
     it('should scroll to the top', () => {
       const {events, viewportScroller} =