diff --git a/js/widgets/page.js b/js/widgets/page.js
index d462ef69e68..708301b44da 100644
--- a/js/widgets/page.js
+++ b/js/widgets/page.js
@@ -110,14 +110,18 @@ $.widget( "mobile.page", {
 			page.is( ":jqmData(external-page='true')" ) ) {
 
 			// TODO use _on - that is, sort out why it doesn't work in this case
-			page.bind( "pagehide.remove", callback || function(/* e */) {
-				var $this = $( this ),
-					prEvent = new $.Event( "pageremove" );
+			page.bind( "pagehide.remove", callback || function( e, data ) {
 
-				$this.trigger( prEvent );
+				//check if this is a same page transition and if so don't remove the page
+				if( !data.samePage ){
+					var $this = $( this ),
+						prEvent = new $.Event( "pageremove" );
 
-				if ( !prEvent.isDefaultPrevented() ) {
-					$this.removeWithDependents();
+					$this.trigger( prEvent );
+
+					if ( !prEvent.isDefaultPrevented() ) {
+						$this.removeWithDependents();
+					}
 				}
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/js/widgets/pagecontainer.js b/js/widgets/pagecontainer.js
index 977cdd4136a..dcfd06775d2 100644
--- a/js/widgets/pagecontainer.js
+++ b/js/widgets/pagecontainer.js
@@ -748,13 +748,21 @@ define( [
 
 		// TODO move into transition handlers?
 		_triggerCssTransitionEvents: function( to, from, prefix ) {
+			var samePage = false;
+
 			prefix = prefix || "";
 
 			// TODO decide if these events should in fact be triggered on the container
 			if ( from ) {
+
+				//Check if this is a same page transition and tell the handler in page
+				if( to[0] == from[0] ){
+					samePage = true;
+				}
+
 				//trigger before show/hide events
 				// TODO deprecate nextPage in favor of next
-				this._triggerWithDeprecated( prefix + "hide", { nextPage: to }, from );
+				this._triggerWithDeprecated( prefix + "hide", { nextPage: to, samePage: samePage }, from );
 			}
 
 			// TODO deprecate prevPage in favor of previous