diff --git a/lib/app/utils.js b/lib/app/utils.js
index 7a8d399152..db83060cb0 100644
--- a/lib/app/utils.js
+++ b/lib/app/utils.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export function getContext (context, app) {
     app: app,
     <%= (store ? 'store: context.store,' : '') %>
     route: (context.to ? context.to : context.route),
+    routePayload : context.routePayload,
     error: context.error,
     base: '<%= router.base %>',
     env: <%= JSON.stringify(env) %>
diff --git a/lib/generate.js b/lib/generate.js
index f8053455ac..99aa717aee 100644
--- a/lib/generate.js
+++ b/lib/generate.js
@@ -78,26 +78,30 @@ export default async function () {
       process.exit(1)
       throw e // eslint-disable-line no-unreachable
     }
-    /*
-    ** Generate html files from routes
-    */
-    generateRoutes.forEach((route) => {
-      if (this.routes.indexOf(route) < 0) {
-        this.routes.push(route)
+  }
+  function decorateWithPayloads (routes) {
+    let routeMap = _(routes).map((route) => {
+      return [route, {route, routePayload: {}}]
+    }).fromPairs().value()
+    generateRoutes.forEach(({route, routePayload}) => {
+      if (!routeMap[route]) {
+        routeMap[route] = {route, routePayload}
       }
     })
+    return _.values(routeMap)
   }
   /*
   ** Generate only index.html for router.mode = 'hash'
   */
-  let routes = (this.options.router.mode === 'hash') ? ['/'] : this.routes
+  let routes = (this.options.router.mode === 'hash') ? [{route: '/'}] : decorateWithPayloads(this.routes)
+
   while (routes.length) {
     let n = 0
-    await Promise.all(routes.splice(0, 500).map(async (route) => {
+    await Promise.all(routes.splice(0, 500).map(async ({route, routePayload}) => {
       await waitFor(n++ * this.options.generate.interval)
       let html
       try {
-        const res = await this.renderRoute(route, { _generate: true })
+        const res = await this.renderRoute(route, { _generate: true, routePayload })
         html = res.html
         if (res.error) {
           errors.push({ type: 'handled', route, error: res.error })
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.js
index d6ba223b68..1ba6f25737 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 module.exports = {
   generate: {
     routes: [
-      '/users/1',
-      '/users/2',
-      '/users/3'
+      {route: '/users/1'},
+      {route: '/users/2'},
+      {route: '/users/3'}
     ],
     interval: 200
   }