diff --git a/modules/index.js b/modules/index.js
index 62f052329a..84e7079692 100644
--- a/modules/index.js
+++ b/modules/index.js
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ exports.Routes = require('./components/Routes');
 exports.ActiveState = require('./mixins/ActiveState');
 exports.CurrentPath = require('./mixins/CurrentPath');
 exports.Navigation = require('./mixins/Navigation');
+
+exports.renderRoutesToString = require('./utils/ServerRendering').renderRoutesToString;
+exports.renderRoutesToStaticMarkup = require('./utils/ServerRendering').renderRoutesToStaticMarkup;
diff --git a/modules/utils/ServerRendering.js b/modules/utils/ServerRendering.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbe110b1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utils/ServerRendering.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+var ReactDescriptor = require('react/lib/ReactDescriptor');
+var ReactInstanceHandles = require('react/lib/ReactInstanceHandles');
+var ReactMarkupChecksum = require('react/lib/ReactMarkupChecksum');
+var ReactServerRenderingTransaction = require('react/lib/ReactServerRenderingTransaction');
+
+var cloneWithProps = require('react/lib/cloneWithProps');
+var copyProperties = require('react/lib/copyProperties');
+var instantiateReactComponent = require('react/lib/instantiateReactComponent');
+var invariant = require('react/lib/invariant');
+
+function cloneRoutesForServerRendering(routes) {
+  return cloneWithProps(routes, {
+    location: 'none',
+    scrollBehavior: 'none'
+  });
+}
+
+function mergeStateIntoInitialProps(state, props) {
+  copyProperties(props, {
+    initialPath: state.path,
+    initialMatches: state.matches,
+    initialActiveRoutes: state.activeRoutes,
+    initialActiveParams: state.activeParams,
+    initialActiveQuery: state.activeQuery
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a <Routes> component to a string of HTML at the given URL
+ * path and calls callback(error, abortReason, html) when finished.
+ *
+ * If there was an error during the transition, it is passed to the
+ * callback. Otherwise, if the transition was aborted for some reason,
+ * it is given in the abortReason argument (with the exception of
+ * internal redirects which are transparently handled for you).
+ *
+ * TODO: <NotFoundRoute> should be handled specially so servers know
+ * to use a 404 status code.
+ */
+function renderRoutesToString(routes, path, callback) {
+  invariant(
+    ReactDescriptor.isValidDescriptor(routes),
+    'You must pass a valid ReactComponent to renderRoutesToString'
+  );
+
+  var component = instantiateReactComponent(
+    cloneRoutesForServerRendering(routes)
+  );
+
+  component.dispatch(path, function (error, abortReason, nextState) {
+    if (error || abortReason)
+      return callback(error, abortReason);
+
+    mergeStateIntoInitialProps(nextState, component.props);
+
+    var transaction;
+    try {
+      var id = ReactInstanceHandles.createReactRootID();
+      transaction = ReactServerRenderingTransaction.getPooled(false);
+
+      transaction.perform(function() {
+        var markup = component.mountComponent(id, transaction, 0);
+        callback(null, null, ReactMarkupChecksum.addChecksumToMarkup(markup));
+      }, null);
+    } finally {
+      ReactServerRenderingTransaction.release(transaction);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a <Routes> component to static markup at the given URL
+ * path and calls callback(error, abortReason, markup) when finished.
+ */
+function renderRoutesToStaticMarkup(routes, path, callback) {
+  invariant(
+    ReactDescriptor.isValidDescriptor(routes),
+    'You must pass a valid ReactComponent to renderRoutesToStaticMarkup'
+  );
+
+  var component = instantiateReactComponent(
+    cloneRoutesForServerRendering(routes)
+  );
+
+  component.dispatch(path, function (error, abortReason, nextState) {
+    if (error || abortReason)
+      return callback(error, abortReason);
+
+    mergeStateIntoInitialProps(nextState, component.props);
+
+    var transaction;
+    try {
+      var id = ReactInstanceHandles.createReactRootID();
+      transaction = ReactServerRenderingTransaction.getPooled(false);
+
+      transaction.perform(function() {
+        callback(null, null, component.mountComponent(id, transaction, 0));
+      }, null);
+    } finally {
+      ReactServerRenderingTransaction.release(transaction);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  renderRoutesToString: renderRoutesToString,
+  renderRoutesToStaticMarkup: renderRoutesToStaticMarkup
+};
diff --git a/modules/utils/__tests__/ServerRendering-test.js b/modules/utils/__tests__/ServerRendering-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3ed0709c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utils/__tests__/ServerRendering-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+var assert = require('assert');
+var expect = require('expect');
+var React = require('react');
+var Link = require('../../components/Link');
+var Routes = require('../../components/Routes');
+var Route = require('../../components/Route');
+var ServerRendering = require('../ServerRendering');
+
+describe('ServerRendering', function () {
+
+  describe('renderRoutesToMarkup', function () {
+    describe('a very simple case', function () {
+      var Home = React.createClass({
+        render: function () {
+          return React.DOM.b(null, 'Hello ' + this.props.params.username + '!');
+        }
+      });
+
+      var output;
+      beforeEach(function (done) {
+        var routes = Routes(null,
+          Route({ path: '/home/:username', handler: Home })
+        );
+
+        ServerRendering.renderRoutesToStaticMarkup(routes, '/home/mjackson', function (error, abortReason, markup) {
+          assert(error == null);
+          assert(abortReason == null);
+          output = markup;
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('has the correct output', function () {
+        expect(output).toMatch(/^<b data-reactid="[\.a-z0-9]+">Hello mjackson!<\/b>$/);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('an embedded <Link> to the current route', function () {
+      var Home = React.createClass({
+        render: function () {
+          return Link({ to: 'home', params: { username: 'mjackson' } }, 'Hello ' + this.props.params.username + '!');
+        }
+      });
+
+      var output;
+      beforeEach(function (done) {
+        var routes = Routes(null,
+          Route({ name: 'home', path: '/home/:username', handler: Home })
+        );
+
+        ServerRendering.renderRoutesToStaticMarkup(routes, '/home/mjackson', function (error, abortReason, markup) {
+          assert(error == null);
+          assert(abortReason == null);
+          output = markup;
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('has the correct output', function () {
+        expect(output).toMatch(/^<a href="\/home\/mjackson" class="active" data-reactid="[\.a-z0-9]+">Hello mjackson!<\/a>$/);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the transition is aborted', function () {
+      var Home = React.createClass({
+        statics: {
+          willTransitionTo: function (transition) {
+            transition.abort({ status: 403 });
+          }
+        },
+        render: function () {
+          return null;
+        }
+      });
+
+      var reason;
+      beforeEach(function (done) {
+        var routes = Routes(null,
+          Route({ name: 'home', path: '/home/:username', handler: Home })
+        );
+
+        ServerRendering.renderRoutesToStaticMarkup(routes, '/home/mjackson', function (error, abortReason) {
+          assert(error == null);
+          reason = abortReason;
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('gives the reason in the callback', function () {
+        assert(reason);
+        expect(reason.status).toEqual(403);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when there is an error performing the transition', function () {
+      var Home = React.createClass({
+        statics: {
+          willTransitionTo: function (transition) {
+            throw 'boom!';
+          }
+        },
+        render: function () {
+          return null;
+        }
+      });
+
+      var error;
+      beforeEach(function (done) {
+        var routes = Routes(null,
+          Route({ name: 'home', path: '/home/:username', handler: Home })
+        );
+
+        ServerRendering.renderRoutesToStaticMarkup(routes, '/home/mjackson', function (e, abortReason) {
+          assert(abortReason == null);
+          error = e;
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('gives the reason in the callback', function () {
+        expect(error).toEqual('boom!');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('renderRoutesToString', function () {
+    var Home = React.createClass({
+      render: function () {
+        return React.DOM.b(null, 'Hello ' + this.props.params.username + '!');
+      }
+    });
+
+    var output;
+    beforeEach(function (done) {
+      var routes = Routes(null,
+        Route({ path: '/home/:username', handler: Home })
+      );
+
+      ServerRendering.renderRoutesToString(routes, '/home/mjackson', function (error, abortReason, string) {
+        assert(error == null);
+        assert(abortReason == null);
+        output = string;
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('has the correct output', function () {
+      expect(output).toMatch(/^<b data-reactid="[\.a-z0-9]+" data-react-checksum="\d+">Hello mjackson!<\/b>$/);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/tests.js b/tests.js
index f6073af225..a482e4c15c 100644
--- a/tests.js
+++ b/tests.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require('./modules/mixins/__tests__/ScrollContext-test');
 require('./modules/stores/__tests__/PathStore-test');
 
 require('./modules/utils/__tests__/Path-test');
+require('./modules/utils/__tests__/ServerRendering-test');
 
 
 var PathStore = require('./modules/stores/PathStore');