diff --git a/src/location/locationService.ts b/src/location/locationService.ts
index ef18b4ac1..3a1ff8bc6 100644
--- a/src/location/locationService.ts
+++ b/src/location/locationService.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import { LocationStrategy } from '@angular/common';
 
 /** A `LocationServices` that delegates to the Angular LocationStrategy */
 export class Ng2LocationServices extends BaseLocationServices {
-  constructor(router: UIRouter, private _locationStrategy: LocationStrategy) {
-    super(router, true);
-    
+  constructor(router: UIRouter, private _locationStrategy: LocationStrategy, isBrowser: boolean) {
+    super(router, isBrowser);
+
     this._locationStrategy.onPopState((evt) => {
       if (evt.type !== 'hashchange') {
         this._listener(evt);
diff --git a/src/providers.ts b/src/providers.ts
index 9b8d9e48b..d6313e7bf 100644
--- a/src/providers.ts
+++ b/src/providers.ts
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@
  * @preferred @module ng2
  */
 /** */
-import { Injector, Provider } from "@angular/core";
+import { Injector, Provider, PLATFORM_ID } from "@angular/core";
+import { isPlatformBrowser } from "@angular/common";
 import {
   UIRouter, PathNode, StateRegistry, StateService, TransitionService, UrlMatcherFactory, UrlRouter, ViewService,
-  UrlService, UIRouterGlobals, services, Resolvable, NATIVE_INJECTOR_TOKEN
+  UrlService, UIRouterGlobals, services, Resolvable, NATIVE_INJECTOR_TOKEN,
 } from "@uirouter/core";
 import { UIView, ParentUIViewInject } from "./directives/uiView";
 import { ng2ViewsBuilder, Ng2ViewConfig } from "./statebuilders/views";
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export function uiRouterFactory(locationStrategy: LocationStrategy, rootModules:
 
 
   // ----------------- Configure for ng2 -------------
-  router.locationService = new Ng2LocationServices(router, locationStrategy);
+  router.locationService = new Ng2LocationServices(router, locationStrategy, isPlatformBrowser(injector.get(PLATFORM_ID)));
   router.locationConfig = new Ng2LocationConfig(router, locationStrategy);
 
   // Apply ng2 ui-view handling code