diff --git a/lib/app/components/nuxt-child.js b/lib/app/components/nuxt-child.js
index 52b5c2a78b..6181d709df 100644
--- a/lib/app/components/nuxt-child.js
+++ b/lib/app/components/nuxt-child.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 export default {
   name: 'nuxt-child',
   functional: true,
-  render (h, { parent, data }) {
+  props: ['keepAlive'],
+  render (h, { parent, data, props }) {
     data.nuxtChild = true
     const _parent = parent
     const transitions = parent.$nuxt.nuxt.transitions
@@ -29,12 +30,18 @@ export default {
       }
     })
 
+    let routerView = [
+      h('router-view', data)
+    ]
+    if (typeof props.keepAlive !== 'undefined') {
+      routerView = [
+        h('keep-alive', routerView)
+      ]
+    }
     return h('transition', {
       props: transitionProps,
       on: listeners
-    }, [
-      h('router-view', data)
-    ])
+    }, routerView)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/app/components/nuxt.js b/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
index d6eee5c000..a5f6879364 100644
--- a/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
+++ b/lib/app/components/nuxt.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { compile } from '../utils'
 
 export default {
   name: 'nuxt',
-  props: ['nuxtChildKey'],
+  props: ['nuxtChildKey', 'keepAlive'],
   render(h) {
     // If there is some error
     if (this.nuxt.err) {
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default {
     }
     // Directly return nuxt child
     return h('nuxt-child', {
-      key: this.routerViewKey
+      key: this.routerViewKey,
+      props: this.$props
     })
   },
   beforeCreate () {