diff --git a/packages/vue-app/template/App.js b/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
index 73786fbc28..e6544907c3 100644
--- a/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
+++ b/packages/vue-app/template/App.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue'
+import { getMatchedComponentsInstances, promisify, globalHandleError } from './utils'
 <% if (loading) { %>import NuxtLoading from '<%= (typeof loading === "string" ? loading : "./components/nuxt-loading.vue") %>'<% } %>
 <%if (buildIndicator) { %>import NuxtBuildIndicator from './components/nuxt-build-indicator'<% } %>
 <% css.forEach((c) => { %>
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ export default {
     }
     // Add $nuxt.error()
     this.error = this.nuxt.error
+    // Add $nuxt.context
+    this.context = this.$options.context
   },
   <% if (loading) { %>
   mounted() {
@@ -100,6 +103,40 @@ export default {
         }
       }
     },
+    async refresh() {
+      const pages = getMatchedComponentsInstances(this.$route)
+
+      if (!pages.length) {
+        return
+      }
+      <% if (loading) { %>this.$loading.start()<% } %>
+      const promises = pages.map(async (page) => {
+        const p = []
+
+        if (page.$options.fetch) {
+          p.push(promisify(page.$options.fetch, this.context))
+        }
+        if (page.$options.asyncData) {
+          p.push(
+            promisify(page.$options.asyncData, this.context)
+              .then((newData) => {
+                for (const key in newData) {
+                  Vue.set(page.$data, key, newData[key])
+                }
+              })
+          )
+        }
+        return Promise.all(p)
+      })
+      try {
+        await Promise.all(promises)
+      } catch (error) {
+        <% if (loading) { %>this.$loading.fail()<% } %>
+        globalHandleError(error)
+        this.error(error)
+      }
+      <% if (loading) { %>this.$loading.finish()<% } %>
+    },
     <% if (loading) { %>
     errorChanged() {
       if (this.nuxt.err && this.$loading) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/basic.browser.test.js b/test/e2e/basic.browser.test.js
index 51cff0feeb..8584efedd2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/basic.browser.test.js
+++ b/test/e2e/basic.browser.test.js
@@ -291,6 +291,16 @@ describe('basic browser', () => {
     expect(p).toBe('Nuxt.js')
   })
 
+  test('/refresh-page-data', async () => {
+    const page = await browser.page(url('/refresh-page-data'))
+    let h1 = await page.$text('h1')
+    expect(h1).toContain('Hello from server')
+    await page.evaluate($nuxt => $nuxt.refresh(), page.$nuxt)
+    h1 = await page.$text('h1')
+    expect(h1).toContain('Hello from client')
+    page.close()
+  })
+
   // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
   afterAll(async () => {
     await nuxt.close()
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/refresh-page-data.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/refresh-page-data.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..491f45fb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/refresh-page-data.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<template>
+  <h1>
+    Hello from {{ name }}
+  </h1>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  asyncData () {
+    return {
+      name: process.static ? 'static' : (process.server ? 'server' : 'client')
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/unit/async-config.size-limit.test.js b/test/unit/async-config.size-limit.test.js
index 34c0f5f2b8..dba687312c 100644
--- a/test/unit/async-config.size-limit.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/async-config.size-limit.test.js
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ describe('size-limit test', () => {
     const responseSizeBytes = responseSizes.reduce((bytes, responseLength) => bytes + responseLength, 0)
     const responseSizeKilobytes = Math.ceil(responseSizeBytes / 1024)
     // Without gzip!
-    expect(responseSizeKilobytes).toBeLessThanOrEqual(195)
+    expect(responseSizeKilobytes).toBeLessThanOrEqual(196)
   })
 })