diff --git a/src/common/common.ts b/src/common/common.ts
index d73c18f0e..fcfd3d936 100644
--- a/src/common/common.ts
+++ b/src/common/common.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export function find(collection, callback) {
 /** Given an array, returns a new array, where each element is transformed by the callback function */
 export function map<T, U>(collection: T[], callback: Mapper<T, U>): U[];
 /** Given an object, returns a new object, where each property is transformed by the callback function */
-export function map<T, U>(collection: TypedMap<T>, callback: Mapper<T, U>): TypedMap<U>;
+export function map<T, U>(collection: { [key: string]: T }, callback: Mapper<T, U>): { [key: string]: U }
 /** Maps an array or object properties using a callback function */
 export function map(collection: any, callback: any): any {
   let result = isArray(collection) ? [] : {};
diff --git a/src/ng1/services.ts b/src/ng1/services.ts
index aee3e7232..6493da269 100644
--- a/src/ng1/services.ts
+++ b/src/ng1/services.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /** for typedoc */
 import {UIRouter} from "../router";
 import {services} from "../common/coreservices";
-import {map, bindFunctions, removeFrom, find, noop} from "../common/common";
+import {map, bindFunctions, removeFrom, find, noop, TypedMap} from "../common/common";
 import {prop, propEq} from "../common/hof";
 import {isObject} from "../common/predicates";
 import {Node} from "../path/module";
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ function getTransitionsProvider() {
   loadAllControllerLocals.$inject = ['$transition$'];
   function loadAllControllerLocals($transition$) {
     const loadLocals = (vc: ViewConfig) => {
-      let resolveCtx = find($transition$.treeChanges().to, propEq('state', vc.context)).resolveContext;
+      let resolveCtx = (<Node> find($transition$.treeChanges().to, propEq('state', vc.context))).resolveContext;
       let controllerDeps = annotateController(vc.controller);
       let resolvables = resolveCtx.getResolvables();
 
diff --git a/src/ng1/viewDirective.ts b/src/ng1/viewDirective.ts
index 4c785488c..b10e91b5d 100644
--- a/src/ng1/viewDirective.ts
+++ b/src/ng1/viewDirective.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,26 @@ import {UIViewData} from "../view/interface";
  * <ui-view autoscroll='false'/>
  * <ui-view autoscroll='scopeVariable'/>
  * </pre>
+ *
+ * Resolve data:
+ *
+ * The resolved data from the state's `resolve` block is placed on the scope as `$resolve` (this
+ * can be customized using [[ViewDeclaration.resolveAs]]).  This can be then accessed from the template.
+ *
+ * Note that when `controllerAs` is being used, `$resolve` is set on the controller instance *after* the
+ * controller is instantiated.  The `$onInit()` hook can be used to perform initialization code which
+ * depends on `$resolve` data.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```
+ *
+ * $stateProvider.state('home', {
+ *   template: '<my-component user="$resolve.user"></my-component>',
+ *   resolve: {
+ *     user: function(UserService) { return UserService.fetchUser(); }
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
  */
 $ViewDirective.$inject = ['$view', '$animate', '$uiViewScroll', '$interpolate', '$q'];
 function $ViewDirective(   $view,   $animate,   $uiViewScroll,   $interpolate,   $q) {
@@ -231,6 +251,7 @@ function $ViewDirective(   $view,   $animate,   $uiViewScroll,   $interpolate,
             $template: config.template,
             $controller: config.controller,
             $controllerAs: config.controllerAs,
+            $resolveAs: config.resolveAs,
             $locals: config.locals,
             $animEnter: animEnter.promise,
             $animLeave: animLeave.promise,
@@ -291,11 +312,17 @@ function $ViewDirectiveFill (  $compile,   $controller,   $interpolate,   $injec
         let link = $compile($element.contents());
         let controller = data.$controller;
         let controllerAs = data.$controllerAs;
+        let resolveAs = data.$resolveAs;
+        let locals = data.$locals;
 
+        scope[resolveAs] = locals;
+        
         if (controller) {
-          let locals = data.$locals;
           let controllerInstance = $controller(controller, extend(locals, { $scope: scope, $element: $element }));
-          if (controllerAs) scope[controllerAs] = controllerInstance;
+          if (controllerAs) {
+            scope[controllerAs] = controllerInstance;
+            scope[controllerAs][resolveAs] = locals;
+          }
           $element.data('$ngControllerController', controllerInstance);
           $element.children().data('$ngControllerController', controllerInstance);
         }
diff --git a/src/state/hooks/resolveHooks.ts b/src/state/hooks/resolveHooks.ts
index 7dcec8c12..96feb0615 100644
--- a/src/state/hooks/resolveHooks.ts
+++ b/src/state/hooks/resolveHooks.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class ResolveHooks {
       let node = find(<any[]> treeChanges.entering, propEq('state', $state$));
 
       // A new Resolvable contains all the resolved data in this context as a single object, for injection as `$resolve$`
-      let $resolve$ = new Resolvable("$resolve$", () => map(context.getResolvables(), r => r.data));
+      let $resolve$ = new Resolvable("$resolve$", () => map(context.getResolvables(), (r: Resolvable) => r.data));
       let context = node.resolveContext;
       var options = extend({transition: $transition$}, { resolvePolicy: LAZY });
 
diff --git a/src/state/interface.ts b/src/state/interface.ts
index 0cc20a792..317e01ee6 100644
--- a/src/state/interface.ts
+++ b/src/state/interface.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ export interface ViewDeclaration {
    */
   controllerProvider?:  Function;
 
+  /**
+   * The scope variable name to use for resolve data.
+   *
+   * A property of either [[StateDeclaration]] or [[ViewDeclaration]].  For a given view, the view-level property
+   * takes precedence over the state-level property.
+   *
+   * When a view is activated, the resolved data for the state which the view belongs to is put on the scope.
+   * This property sets the name of the scope variable to use for the resolved data.
+   *
+   * Defaults to `$resolve`.
+   */
+  resolveAs?: string;
+
   /**
    * A property of [[StateDeclaration]] or [[ViewDeclaration]]:
    *
diff --git a/src/state/stateBuilder.ts b/src/state/stateBuilder.ts
index ca29462b1..8c6d64d75 100644
--- a/src/state/stateBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/state/stateBuilder.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class StateBuilder {
       views: [function (state: State) {
         let views = {},
             tplKeys = ['templateProvider', 'templateUrl', 'template', 'notify', 'async'],
-            ctrlKeys = ['controller', 'controllerProvider', 'controllerAs'];
+            ctrlKeys = ['controller', 'controllerProvider', 'controllerAs', 'resolveAs'];
         let allKeys = tplKeys.concat(ctrlKeys);
 
         forEach(state.views || {"$default": pick(state, allKeys)}, function (config, name) {
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ export class StateBuilder {
           forEach(ctrlKeys, (key) => {
             if (state[key] && !config[key]) config[key] = state[key];
           });
-          if (Object.keys(config).length > 0) views[name] = config;
+          config.resolveAs = config.resolveAs || '$resolve';
+          if (Object.keys(config).length > 1) views[name] = config;
         });
         return views;
       }],
diff --git a/src/view/view.ts b/src/view/view.ts
index 7b0dc9d8e..dca72c004 100644
--- a/src/view/view.ts
+++ b/src/view/view.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class ViewConfig {
   template: string;
   controller: Function;
   controllerAs: string;
+  resolveAs: string;
 
   context: ViewContext;
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class ViewConfig {
 
     extend(this, pick(stateViewConfig, "viewDeclarationObj", "params", "context", "locals", "node"), {uiViewName, uiViewContextAnchor});
     this.controllerAs = stateViewConfig.viewDeclarationObj.controllerAs;
+    this.resolveAs = stateViewConfig.viewDeclarationObj.resolveAs;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/stateSpec.js b/test/stateSpec.js
index 5261f84f1..b8df3f5e1 100644
--- a/test/stateSpec.js
+++ b/test/stateSpec.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('state helpers', function() {
       it('should return filtered keys if view config is provided', function() {
         var config = { url: "/foo", templateUrl: "/foo.html", controller: "FooController" };
         expect(builder.builder('views')(config)).toEqual({
-          $default: { templateUrl: "/foo.html", controller: "FooController" }
+          $default: { templateUrl: "/foo.html", controller: "FooController", resolveAs: '$resolve' }
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
index 4ea19818e..e19e4b777 100644
--- a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
+++ b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function animateFlush($animate) {
 describe('uiView', function () {
   'use strict';
 
-  var scope, $compile, elem, log;
+  var $stateProvider, scope, $compile, elem, log;
 
   beforeEach(function() {
     var depends = ['ui.router'];
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ describe('uiView', function () {
     }
   };
 
-  beforeEach(module(function ($stateProvider) {
+  beforeEach(module(function (_$stateProvider_) {
+    $stateProvider = _$stateProvider_;
     $stateProvider
       .state('a', aState)
       .state('b', bState)
@@ -338,6 +339,73 @@ describe('uiView', function () {
     expect(elem.text()).toBe('mState');
   }));
 
+  describe('(resolved data)', function() {
+    var _scope;
+    function controller($scope) { _scope = $scope; }
+
+    var _state = {
+      name: 'resolve',
+      resolve: {
+        user: function($timeout) {
+          return $timeout(function() { return "joeschmoe"; }, 100);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    it('should provide the resolved data on the $scope', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout) {
+      var state = angular.extend({}, _state, { template: '{{$resolve.user}}', controller: controller });
+      $stateProvider.state(state);
+      elem.append($compile('<div><ui-view></ui-view></div>')(scope));
+
+      $state.transitionTo('resolve'); $q.flush(); $timeout.flush();
+      expect(elem.text()).toBe('joeschmoe');
+      expect(_scope.$resolve).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$resolve.user).toBe('joeschmoe')
+    }));
+
+    it('should put the resolved data on the resolveAs variable', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout) {
+      var state = angular.extend({}, _state, { template: '{{$$$resolve.user}}', resolveAs: '$$$resolve', controller: controller });
+      $stateProvider.state(state);
+      elem.append($compile('<div><ui-view></ui-view></div>')(scope));
+
+      $state.transitionTo('resolve'); $q.flush(); $timeout.flush();
+      expect(elem.text()).toBe('joeschmoe');
+      expect(_scope.$$$resolve).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$$$resolve.user).toBe('joeschmoe')
+    }));
+
+    it('should put the resolved data on the controllerAs', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout) {
+      var state = angular.extend({}, _state, { template: '{{$ctrl.$resolve.user}}', controllerAs: '$ctrl', controller: controller });
+      $stateProvider.state(state);
+      elem.append($compile('<div><ui-view></ui-view></div>')(scope));
+
+      $state.transitionTo('resolve'); $q.flush(); $timeout.flush();
+      expect(elem.text()).toBe('joeschmoe');
+      expect(_scope.$resolve).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$ctrl).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$ctrl.$resolve).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$ctrl.$resolve.user).toBe('joeschmoe');
+    }));
+
+    it('should use the view-level resolveAs over the state-level resolveAs', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout) {
+      var views = {
+        "$default": {
+          controller: controller,
+          template: '{{$$$resolve.user}}',
+          resolveAs: '$$$resolve'
+        }
+      };
+      var state = angular.extend({}, _state, { resolveAs: 'foo', views: views })
+      $stateProvider.state(state);
+      elem.append($compile('<div><ui-view></ui-view></div>')(scope));
+
+      $state.transitionTo('resolve'); $q.flush(); $timeout.flush();
+      expect(elem.text()).toBe('joeschmoe');
+      expect(_scope.$$$resolve).toBeDefined();
+      expect(_scope.$$$resolve.user).toBe('joeschmoe');
+    }));
+  });
+
   describe('play nicely with other directives', function() {
     // related to issue #857
     it('should work with ngIf', inject(function ($state, $q, $compile) {