diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/README.md b/examples/using-with-router/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d8988af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[![Deploy to now](https://deploy.now.sh/static/button.svg)](https://deploy.now.sh/?repo=https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/master/examples/using-with-router)
+# Example app utilizing `withRouter` utility for routing
+
+## How to use
+
+Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/zeit/next.js):
+
+```bash
+curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/master | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-master/examples/using-with-router
+cd using-with-router
+```
+
+Install it and run:
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+Deploy it to the cloud with [now](https://zeit.co/now) ([download](https://zeit.co/download))
+
+```bash
+now
+```
+
+## The idea behind the example
+
+Sometimes, we want to use the `router` inside component of our app without using the singleton `next/router` API. 
+
+You can do that by creating a React Higher Order Component with the help of the `withRouter` utility.
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/components/ActiveLink.js b/examples/using-with-router/components/ActiveLink.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5869e753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/components/ActiveLink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { withRouter } from 'next/router'
+
+// typically you want to use `next/link` for this usecase
+// but this example shows how you can also access the router
+// using the withRouter utility.
+
+const ActiveLink = ({ children, router, href }) => {
+  const style = {
+    marginRight: 10,
+    color: router.pathname === href ? 'red' : 'black'
+  }
+
+  const handleClick = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    router.push(href)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <a href={href} onClick={handleClick} style={style}>
+      {children}
+    </a>
+  )
+}
+
+export default withRouter(ActiveLink)
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/components/Header.js b/examples/using-with-router/components/Header.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e886aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/components/Header.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import ActiveLink from './ActiveLink'
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <ActiveLink href='/'>Home</ActiveLink>
+    <ActiveLink href='/about'>About</ActiveLink>
+    <ActiveLink href='/error'>Error</ActiveLink>
+  </div>
+)
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/package.json b/examples/using-with-router/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23a3c5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "using-router",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "next",
+    "build": "next build",
+    "start": "next start"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "hoist-non-react-statics": "^2.2.2",
+    "next": "latest",
+    "react": "^15.4.2",
+    "react-dom": "^15.4.2"
+  },
+  "license": "ISC"
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/pages/about.js b/examples/using-with-router/pages/about.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7299950d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/pages/about.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Header from '../components/Header'
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <Header />
+    <p>This is the about page.</p>
+  </div>
+)
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/pages/error.js b/examples/using-with-router/pages/error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21e54b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/pages/error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import {Component} from 'react'
+import Header from '../components/Header'
+import Router from 'next/router'
+
+export default class extends Component {
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <Header />
+        <p>This path({Router.pathname}) should not be rendered via SSR</p>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/using-with-router/pages/index.js b/examples/using-with-router/pages/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f528b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/using-with-router/pages/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import Header from '../components/Header'
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <Header />
+    <p>HOME PAGE is here!</p>
+  </div>
+)
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index b42579e6..b8590061 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import shallowEquals from './shallow-equals'
 import { warn } from './utils'
+import { makePublicRouterInstance } from './router'
 
 export default class App extends Component {
   static childContextTypes = {
-    headManager: PropTypes.object
+    headManager: PropTypes.object,
+    router: PropTypes.object
   }
 
   getChildContext () {
     const { headManager } = this.props
-    return { headManager }
+    return {
+      headManager,
+      router: makePublicRouterInstance(this.props.router)
+    }
   }
 
   render () {
diff --git a/lib/router/index.js b/lib/router/index.js
index c5dd5135..8fa37e7d 100644
--- a/lib/router/index.js
+++ b/lib/router/index.js
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ function throwIfNoRouter () {
 // Export the SingletonRouter and this is the public API.
 export default SingletonRouter
 
+// Reexport the withRoute HOC
+export { default as withRouter } from './with-router'
+
 // INTERNAL APIS
 // -------------
 // (do not use following exports inside the app)
@@ -109,3 +112,27 @@ export function _rewriteUrlForNextExport (url) {
 
   return newPath
 }
+
+export function makePublicRouterInstance (router) {
+  const instance = {}
+
+  propertyFields.forEach((field) => {
+    // Here we need to use Object.defineProperty because, we need to return
+    // the property assigned to the actual router
+    // The value might get changed as we change routes and this is the
+    // proper way to access it
+    Object.defineProperty(instance, field, {
+      get () {
+        return router[field]
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  coreMethodFields.forEach((field) => {
+    instance[field] = (...args) => {
+      return router[field](...args)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return instance
+}
diff --git a/lib/router/with-router.js b/lib/router/with-router.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..992cd2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/router/with-router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import hoistStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics'
+import { getDisplayName } from '../utils'
+
+export default function withRoute (ComposedComponent) {
+  const displayName = getDisplayName(ComposedComponent)
+
+  class WithRouteWrapper extends Component {
+    static contextTypes = {
+      router: PropTypes.object
+    }
+
+    static displayName = `withRoute(${displayName})`
+
+    render () {
+      const props = {
+        router: this.context.router,
+        ...this.props
+      }
+
+      return <ComposedComponent {...props} />
+    }
+  }
+
+  return hoistStatics(WithRouteWrapper, ComposedComponent)
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52a5b0e8..7c94bd85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "1.5.0",
     "glob": "7.1.1",
     "glob-promise": "3.1.0",
+    "hoist-non-react-statics": "^2.2.2",
     "htmlescape": "1.1.1",
     "http-status": "1.0.1",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d844670b..b4ca4e69 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Next.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered React applications.
     - [Imperatively](#imperatively)
       - [Router Events](#router-events)
       - [Shallow Routing](#shallow-routing)
+    - [Using a Higher Order Component](#using-a-higher-order-component)
   - [Prefetching Pages](#prefetching-pages)
     - [With `<Link>`](#with-link-1)
     - [Imperatively](#imperatively-1)
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ export default Page
 
 - `pathname` - path section of URL
 - `query` - query string section of URL parsed as an object
-- `asPath` - the actual url path
+- `asPath` - `String` of the actual path (including the query) shows in the browser
 - `req` - HTTP request object (server only)
 - `res` - HTTP response object (server only)
 - `jsonPageRes` - [Fetch Response](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response) object (client only)
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ Above `Router` object comes with the following API:
 - `route` - `String` of the current route
 - `pathname` - `String` of the current path excluding the query string
 - `query` - `Object` with the parsed query string. Defaults to `{}`
+- `asPath` - `String` of the actual path (including the query) shows in the browser
 - `push(url, as=url)` - performs a `pushState` call with the given url
 - `replace(url, as=url)` - performs a `replaceState` call with the given url
 
@@ -504,6 +506,43 @@ componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
 > ```
 > Since that's a new page, it'll unload the current page, load the new one and call `getInitialProps` even though we asked to do shallow routing.
 
+#### Using a Higher Order Component
+
+<p><details>
+  <summary><b>Examples</b></summary>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="./examples/using-with-router">Using the `withRouter` utility</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</details></p>
+
+If you want to access the `router` object inside any component in your app, you can use the `withRouter` Higher-Order Component. Here's how to use it:
+
+```jsx
+import { withRouter } from 'next/router'
+
+const ActiveLink = ({ children, router, href }) => {
+  const style = {
+    marginRight: 10,
+    color: router.pathname === href? 'red' : 'black'
+  }
+
+  const handleClick = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    router.push(href)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <a href={href} onClick={handleClick} style={style}>
+      {children}
+    </a>
+  )
+}
+
+export default withRouter(ActiveLink)
+```
+
+The above `router` object comes with an API similar to [`next/router`](#imperatively).
+
 ### Prefetching Pages
 
 (This is a production only feature)
diff --git a/test/integration/basic/pages/nav/with-hoc.js b/test/integration/basic/pages/nav/with-hoc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbab2539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/basic/pages/nav/with-hoc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { withRouter } from 'next/router'
+
+const Link = withRouter(({router, children, href}) => {
+  const handleClick = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    router.push(href)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <span>Current path: {router.pathname}</span>
+      <a href='#' onClick={handleClick}>{children}</a>
+    </div>
+  )
+})
+
+export default () => (
+  <div className='nav-with-hoc'>
+    <Link href='/nav'>Go Back</Link>
+    <p>This is the about page.</p>
+  </div>
+)
diff --git a/test/integration/basic/test/client-navigation.js b/test/integration/basic/test/client-navigation.js
index e12b02a5..28093677 100644
--- a/test/integration/basic/test/client-navigation.js
+++ b/test/integration/basic/test/client-navigation.js
@@ -388,6 +388,23 @@ export default (context, render) => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('with the HOC based router', () => {
+      it('should navigate as expected', async () => {
+        const browser = await webdriver(context.appPort, '/nav/with-hoc')
+
+        const spanText = await browser.elementByCss('span').text()
+        expect(spanText).toBe('Current path: /nav/with-hoc')
+
+        const text = await browser
+          .elementByCss('.nav-with-hoc a').click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('.nav-home')
+          .elementByCss('p').text()
+
+        expect(text).toBe('This is the home.')
+        browser.close()
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('with asPath', () => {
       describe('inside getInitialProps', () => {
         it('should show the correct asPath with a Link with as prop', async () => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fb8f2aa1..df262115 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2687,6 +2687,10 @@ hoek@2.x.x:
   version "2.16.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoek/-/hoek-2.16.3.tgz#20bb7403d3cea398e91dc4710a8ff1b8274a25ed"
 
+hoist-non-react-statics@^2.2.2:
+  version "2.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hoist-non-react-statics/-/hoist-non-react-statics-2.2.2.tgz#c0eca5a7d5a28c5ada3107eb763b01da6bfa81fb"
+
 home-or-tmp@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/home-or-tmp/-/home-or-tmp-2.0.0.tgz#e36c3f2d2cae7d746a857e38d18d5f32a7882db8"
@@ -5120,18 +5124,18 @@ stringstream@~0.0.4:
   version "0.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.5.tgz#4e484cd4de5a0bbbee18e46307710a8a81621878"
 
-strip-ansi@4.0.0, strip-ansi@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz#a8479022eb1ac368a871389b635262c505ee368f"
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^3.0.0"
-
-strip-ansi@^3.0.0, strip-ansi@^3.0.1:
+strip-ansi@3.0.1, strip-ansi@^3.0.0, strip-ansi@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-3.0.1.tgz#6a385fb8853d952d5ff05d0e8aaf94278dc63dcf"
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^2.0.0"
 
+strip-ansi@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz#a8479022eb1ac368a871389b635262c505ee368f"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-regex "^3.0.0"
+
 strip-bom@3.0.0, strip-bom@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-3.0.0.tgz#2334c18e9c759f7bdd56fdef7e9ae3d588e68ed3"
@@ -5386,7 +5390,7 @@ uglify-to-browserify@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-to-browserify/-/uglify-to-browserify-1.0.2.tgz#6e0924d6bda6b5afe349e39a6d632850a0f882b7"
 
-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@0.4.6, uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^0.4.6:
+uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^0.4.6:
   version "0.4.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin/-/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin-0.4.6.tgz#b951f4abb6bd617e66f63eb891498e391763e309"
   dependencies: