diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 1f1c01bcdb6604..b06949ef5daf9d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import {RouterOutlet} from './directives/router_outlet';
 import {recognize} from './recognize';
 import {LoadedRouterConfig, RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState, inheritedParamsDataResolve} from './router_state';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState, equalParamsAndUrlSegments, inheritedParamsDataResolve} from './router_state';
 import {NavigationCancelingError, PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {DefaultUrlHandlingStrategy, UrlHandlingStrategy} from './url_handling_strategy';
 import {UrlSerializer, UrlTree, containsTree, createEmptyUrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {andObservables, forEach, merge, shallowEqual, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
+import {andObservables, forEach, merge, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 declare var Zone: any;
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ export class PreActivation {
 
     // reusing the node
     if (curr && future._routeConfig === curr._routeConfig) {
-      if (!shallowEqual(future.params, curr.params)) {
+      if (!equalParamsAndUrlSegments(future, curr)) {
         this.checks.push(new CanDeactivate(outlet.component, curr), new CanActivate(futurePath));
       } else {
         // we need to set the data
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_preloader.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_preloader.ts
index 41854ba3055d4e..0ef72be73b309c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_preloader.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_preloader.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ export class RouterPreloader {
 
   setUpPreloading(): void {
     const navigations = filter.call(this.router.events, (e: any) => e instanceof NavigationEnd);
-    this.subscription =
-        concatMap.call(navigations, () => this.preload()).subscribe((v: any) => {});
+    this.subscription = concatMap.call(navigations, () => this.preload()).subscribe((v: any) => {});
   }
 
   preload(): Observable<any> { return this.processRoutes(this.injector, this.router.config); }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
index c704ffd3e1cb55..832c1fc0f952c6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_state.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 import {Data, ResolveData, Route} from './config';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
-import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
+import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree, equalSegments} from './url_tree';
 import {merge, shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
 import {Tree, TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
@@ -448,3 +448,9 @@ export function advanceActivatedRoute(route: ActivatedRoute): void {
     (<any>route.data).next(route._futureSnapshot.data);
   }
 }
+
+
+export function equalParamsAndUrlSegments(
+    a: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, b: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): boolean {
+  return shallowEqual(a.params, b.params) && equalSegments(a.url, b.url);
+}
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diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
index 1e38866d315835..9a29ec9b959688 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
        expect(location.path()).toEqual('/simple');
      })));
 
-  describe('should execute navigations serialy', () => {
+  describe('should execute navigations serially', () => {
     let log: any[] = [];
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
           {provide: 'resolveFour', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => 4},
           {provide: 'resolveSix', useClass: ResolveSix},
           {provide: 'resolveError', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => Promise.reject('error')},
+          {provide: 'numberOfUrlSegments', useValue: (a: any, b: any) => a.url.length}
         ]
       });
     });
@@ -787,6 +788,29 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
          const cmp = fixture.debugElement.children[1].componentInstance;
          expect(cmp.route.snapshot.data).toEqual({two: 2});
        })));
+
+    it('should rerun resolvers when the urls segments of a wildcard route change',
+       fakeAsync(inject([Router, Location], (router: Router, location: Location) => {
+         const fixture = createRoot(router, RootCmp);
+
+         router.resetConfig([{
+           path: '**',
+           component: CollectParamsCmp,
+           resolve: {numberOfUrlSegments: 'numberOfUrlSegments'}
+         }]);
+
+         let e: any = null;
+         router.navigateByUrl('/one/two');
+         advance(fixture);
+         const cmp = fixture.debugElement.children[1].componentInstance;
+
+         expect(cmp.route.snapshot.data).toEqual({numberOfUrlSegments: 2});
+
+         router.navigateByUrl('/one/two/three');
+         advance(fixture);
+
+         expect(cmp.route.snapshot.data).toEqual({numberOfUrlSegments: 3});
+       })));
   });
 
   describe('router links', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 27a959770fadef..6b68809309547e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ function checkResolveData(
 
 function createActivatedRouteSnapshot(cmp: string, extra: any = {}): ActivatedRouteSnapshot {
   return new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
-      <any>null, {}, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>cmp, <any>null, <any>null, -1,
+      <any>[], {}, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>cmp, <any>null, <any>null, -1,
       extra.resolve);
 }
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diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router_state.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router_state.spec.ts
index c7c4e5fd1d78f5..ec9677c2fdbc51 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router_state.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router_state.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot} from '../src/router_state';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, equalParamsAndUrlSegments} from '../src/router_state';
+import {Params} from '../src/shared';
+import {UrlSegment} from '../src/url_tree';
 import {TreeNode} from '../src/utils/tree';
 
 describe('RouterState & Snapshot', () => {
@@ -93,6 +95,33 @@ describe('RouterState & Snapshot', () => {
       expect(p[1]).toBe(b);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('equalParamsAndUrlSegments', () => {
+    function createSnapshot(params: Params, url: UrlSegment[]): ActivatedRouteSnapshot {
+      return new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
+          url, params, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null, <any>null,
+          -1, null);
+    }
+
+    it('should return false when params are different', () => {
+      expect(equalParamsAndUrlSegments(createSnapshot({a: 1}, []), createSnapshot({a: 2}, [])))
+          .toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return false when urls are different', () => {
+      expect(equalParamsAndUrlSegments(
+                 createSnapshot({a: 1}, [new UrlSegment('a', {})]),
+                 createSnapshot({a: 1}, [new UrlSegment('b', {})])))
+          .toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true othewise', () => {
+      expect(equalParamsAndUrlSegments(
+                 createSnapshot({a: 1}, [new UrlSegment('a', {})]),
+                 createSnapshot({a: 1}, [new UrlSegment('a', {})])))
+          .toEqual(true);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 function createActivatedRouteSnapshot(cmp: string) {