diff --git a/src/directives/uiSrefStatus.ts b/src/directives/uiSrefStatus.ts
index 8079cd193..a5903996f 100644
--- a/src/directives/uiSrefStatus.ts
+++ b/src/directives/uiSrefStatus.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Directive, Output, EventEmitter, ContentChildren, QueryList } from '@angular/core';
 import { UISref } from './uiSref';
 import {
-  PathNode, Transition, TargetState, StateObject, anyTrueR, tail, unnestR, Predicate, UIRouterGlobals, Param, PathUtils
+  PathNode, Transition, TargetState, StateObject, anyTrueR, tail, unnestR, Predicate, UIRouterGlobals, Param, PathUtils, StateOrName
 } from '@uirouter/core';
 
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export interface SrefStatus {
   entering: boolean;
   /** A transition is exiting the sref's target state */
   exiting: boolean;
+  /** The sref's target state identifier */
+  identifier: StateOrName;
 }
 
 /** @internalapi */
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ const inactiveStatus: SrefStatus = {
   active: false,
   exact: false,
   entering: false,
-  exiting: false
+  exiting: false,
+  identifier: null,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -117,16 +120,18 @@ function getSrefStatus(event: TransEvt, srefTarget: TargetState): SrefStatus {
     exact: isExact(),
     entering: isStartEvent ? isEntering() : false,
     exiting: isStartEvent ? isExiting() : false,
+    identifier: srefTarget.identifier(),
   } as SrefStatus;
 }
 
 /** @internalapi */
 function mergeSrefStatus(left: SrefStatus, right: SrefStatus) {
   return {
-    active:   left.active   || right.active,
-    exact:    left.exact    || right.exact,
-    entering: left.entering || right.entering,
-    exiting:  left.exiting  || right.exiting,
+    active:     left.active     || right.active,
+    exact:      left.exact      || right.exact,
+    entering:   left.entering   || right.entering,
+    exiting:    left.exiting    || right.exiting,
+    identifier: left.identifier || right.identifier,
   };
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ function mergeSrefStatus(left: SrefStatus, right: SrefStatus) {
  * ```
  *
  * The `uiSrefStatus` event is emitted whenever an enclosed `uiSref`'s status changes.
- * The event emitted is of type [[SrefStatus]], and has boolean values for `active`, `exact`, `entering`, and `exiting`.
+ * The event emitted is of type [[SrefStatus]], and has boolean values for `active`, `exact`, `entering`, and `exiting`; also has a [[StateOrName]] `identifier`value.
  *
  * The values from this event can be captured and stored on a component (then applied, e.g., using ngClass).
  *
diff --git a/test/uiSrefStatus/uiSrefStatus.spec.ts b/test/uiSrefStatus/uiSrefStatus.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d037a84db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/uiSrefStatus/uiSrefStatus.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { Component, DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { UISref } from '../../src/directives/uiSref';
+import { SrefStatus } from '../../src/directives/uiSrefStatus';
+import { UIRouterModule } from '../../src/uiRouterNgModule';
+
+import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject';
+
+describe('uiSrefStatus', () => {
+  @Component({
+    template: '<a uiSref="foo" (uiSrefStatus)="updated($event)"></a>'
+  })
+  class TestComponent extends Subject<SrefStatus> {
+    updated(event: SrefStatus) {
+      this.next(event);
+    }
+  }
+
+  let de: DebugElement;
+  let comp: TestComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [TestComponent],
+      imports: [UIRouterModule.forRoot({
+        states: [{ name: 'foo' }],
+        useHash: true,
+      })]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(UISref));
+  });
+
+  describe('when click on `foo` uiSref', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should emit a event with identifier equals to `foo`', done => {
+      comp.subscribe(event => {
+        expect(event.identifier).toEqual('foo');
+        done();
+      });
+      de.triggerEventHandler('click', {});
+    });
+  });
+});