diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index a4fd089cd..dae207cde 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@
         var args = this._extractParameters(route, fragment);
         callback.apply(this, args);
         this.trigger.apply(this, ['route:' + name].concat(args));
+        Backbone.history.trigger('route', this, fragment, args);
       }, this));
     },
 
@@ -763,7 +764,7 @@
   var historyStarted = false;
 
   // Set up all inheritable **Backbone.History** properties and methods.
-  _.extend(Backbone.History.prototype, {
+  _.extend(Backbone.History.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
 
     // The default interval to poll for hash changes, if necessary, is
     // twenty times a second.
@@ -856,12 +857,12 @@
     // returns `false`.
     loadUrl : function(fragmentOverride) {
       var fragment = this.fragment = this.getFragment(fragmentOverride);
-      var matched = _.any(this.handlers, function(handler) {
+      var matched = _.any(this.handlers, _.bind(function(handler) {
         if (handler.route.test(fragment)) {
           handler.callback(fragment);
           return true;
         }
-      });
+      }, this));
       return matched;
     },
 
@@ -885,7 +886,6 @@
       }
       if (triggerRoute) this.loadUrl(fragment);
     }
-
   });
 
   // Backbone.View
diff --git a/test/router.js b/test/router.js
index 2562b0c6c..6d3ac89f6 100644
--- a/test/router.js
+++ b/test/router.js
@@ -53,34 +53,64 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     equals(router.testing, 101);
   });
 
-  asyncTest("Router: routes (simple)", 2, function() {
+  asyncTest("Router: routes (simple)", 4, function() {
+    
+    Backbone.history.bind('route', function(r, fragment, args) {
+      equals(fragment, "search/news");
+      ok(_.isEqual(r, router));
+    });
     window.location.hash = 'search/news';
+
     setTimeout(function() {
       equals(router.query, 'news');
       equals(router.page, undefined);
+      Backbone.history.unbind('route');
       start();
     }, 10);
   });
 
-  asyncTest("Router: routes (two part)", 2, function() {
+  asyncTest("Router: routes (two part)", 5, function() {
+    Backbone.history.bind('route', function(r, fragment, args) {
+      equals(fragment, 'search/nyc/p10');
+      ok(_.isEqual(args, ["nyc", "10"]));
+      ok(_.isEqual(r, router));
+    });
     window.location.hash = 'search/nyc/p10';
+    
     setTimeout(function() {
-      equals(router.query, 'nyc');
-      equals(router.page, '10');
+      equals(router.query, 'nyc', "Should be nyc is actually " + router.query);
+      equals(router.page, '10', "Should be 10, is actually", router.page);
+      Backbone.history.unbind('route');
       start();
     }, 10);
   });
 
-  test("Router: routes via navigate", 2, function() {
+  test("Router: routes via navigate", 5, function() {
+
+    Backbone.history.bind('route', function(r, fragment, args) {
+      equals(fragment, 'search/manhattan/p20');
+      ok(_.isEqual(args, ["manhattan", "20"]));
+      ok(_.isEqual(r, router));
+    });
+
     Backbone.history.navigate('search/manhattan/p20', true);
+    Backbone.history.unbind('route');
     equals(router.query, 'manhattan');
     equals(router.page, '20');
   });
 
   asyncTest("Router: routes (splats)", function() {
+
+    Backbone.history.bind('route', function(r, fragment, args) {
+      equals(fragment, 'splat/long-list/of/splatted_99args/end');
+      ok(_.isEqual(args, ["long-list/of/splatted_99args"]));
+      ok(_.isEqual(r, router));
+    });
+
     window.location.hash = 'splat/long-list/of/splatted_99args/end';
     setTimeout(function() {
       equals(router.args, 'long-list/of/splatted_99args');
+      Backbone.history.unbind('route');
       start();
     }, 10);
   });