diff --git a/flow/options.js b/flow/options.js
index 2e138a62ab9..ceaf8571e62 100644
--- a/flow/options.js
+++ b/flow/options.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ declare type ComponentOptions = {
   beforeDestroy?: Function;
   destroyed?: Function;
   errorCaptured?: () => boolean | void;
+  ssrPrefetch?: Function;
 
   // assets
   directives?: { [key: string]: Object };
diff --git a/src/server/create-renderer.js b/src/server/create-renderer.js
index c045a426fe6..0d335462147 100644
--- a/src/server/create-renderer.js
+++ b/src/server/create-renderer.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ export function createRenderer ({
       }, cb)
       try {
         render(component, write, context, err => {
+          if (context && context.rendered) {
+            context.rendered(context)
+          }
           if (template) {
             result = templateRenderer.renderSync(result, context)
           }
@@ -106,6 +109,12 @@ export function createRenderer ({
         render(component, write, context, done)
       })
       if (!template) {
+        if (context && context.rendered) {
+          const rendered = context.rendered
+          renderStream.once('beforeEnd', () => {
+            rendered(context)
+          })
+        }
         return renderStream
       } else {
         const templateStream = templateRenderer.createStream(context)
@@ -113,6 +122,12 @@ export function createRenderer ({
           templateStream.emit('error', err)
         })
         renderStream.pipe(templateStream)
+        if (context && context.rendered) {
+          const rendered = context.rendered
+          renderStream.once('beforeEnd', () => {
+            rendered(context)
+          })
+        }
         return templateStream
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/server/render-stream.js b/src/server/render-stream.js
index d76012afb5b..bc358e20e95 100644
--- a/src/server/render-stream.js
+++ b/src/server/render-stream.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default class RenderStream extends stream.Readable {
     })
 
     this.end = () => {
+      this.emit('beforeEnd')
       // the rendering is finished; we should push out the last of the buffer.
       this.done = true
       this.push(this.buffer)
diff --git a/src/server/render.js b/src/server/render.js
index 581a6dfd52c..e6195e0038d 100644
--- a/src/server/render.js
+++ b/src/server/render.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let warned = Object.create(null)
 const warnOnce = msg => {
   if (!warned[msg]) {
     warned[msg] = true
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.warn(`\n\u001b[31m${msg}\u001b[39m\n`)
   }
 }
@@ -49,6 +50,27 @@ const normalizeRender = vm => {
   }
 }
 
+function waitForSsrPrefetch (vm, resolve, reject) {
+  let handlers = vm.$options.ssrPrefetch
+  if (isDef(handlers)) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(handlers)) handlers = [handlers]
+    try {
+      const promises = []
+      for (let i = 0, j = handlers.length; i < j; i++) {
+        const result = handlers[i].call(vm, vm)
+        if (result && typeof result.then === 'function') {
+          promises.push(result)
+        }
+      }
+      Promise.all(promises).then(resolve).catch(reject)
+      return
+    } catch (e) {
+      reject(e)
+    }
+  }
+  resolve()
+}
+
 function renderNode (node, isRoot, context) {
   if (node.isString) {
     renderStringNode(node, context)
@@ -166,13 +188,20 @@ function renderComponentInner (node, isRoot, context) {
     context.activeInstance
   )
   normalizeRender(child)
-  const childNode = child._render()
-  childNode.parent = node
-  context.renderStates.push({
-    type: 'Component',
-    prevActive
-  })
-  renderNode(childNode, isRoot, context)
+  
+  const resolve = () => {
+    const childNode = child._render()
+    childNode.parent = node
+    context.renderStates.push({
+      type: 'Component',
+      prevActive
+    })
+    renderNode(childNode, isRoot, context)
+  }
+
+  const reject = context.done
+
+  waitForSsrPrefetch(child, resolve, reject)
 }
 
 function renderAsyncComponent (node, isRoot, context) {
@@ -394,6 +423,10 @@ export function createRenderFunction (
     })
     installSSRHelpers(component)
     normalizeRender(component)
-    renderNode(component._render(), true, context)
+
+    const resolve = () => {
+      renderNode(component._render(), true, context)
+    }
+    waitForSsrPrefetch(component, resolve, done)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/constants.js b/src/shared/constants.js
index 84d019fb4ca..018d657b662 100644
--- a/src/shared/constants.js
+++ b/src/shared/constants.js
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ export const LIFECYCLE_HOOKS = [
   'destroyed',
   'activated',
   'deactivated',
-  'errorCaptured'
+  'errorCaptured',
+  'ssrPrefetch'
 ]
diff --git a/test/ssr/ssr-stream.spec.js b/test/ssr/ssr-stream.spec.js
index 5973b5ed0d8..04e79658984 100644
--- a/test/ssr/ssr-stream.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssr/ssr-stream.spec.js
@@ -102,4 +102,26 @@ describe('SSR: renderToStream', () => {
     stream1.read(1)
     stream2.read(1)
   })
+
+  it('should call context.rendered', done => {
+    let a = 0
+    const stream = renderToStream(new Vue({
+      template: `
+        <div>Hello</div>
+      `
+    }), {
+      rendered: () => {
+        a = 42
+      }
+    })
+    let res = ''
+    stream.on('data', chunk => {
+      res += chunk
+    })
+    stream.on('end', () => {
+      expect(res).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true">Hello</div>')
+      expect(a).toBe(42)
+      done()
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js b/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
index 2f98bab8fae..112b50e1b18 100644
--- a/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
@@ -1311,6 +1311,194 @@ describe('SSR: renderToString', () => {
       done()
     })
   })
+
+  it('should support ssrPrefetch option', done => {
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      template: `
+        <div>{{ count }}</div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.count = 42
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true">42</div>')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should support ssrPrefetch option (nested)', done => {
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      template: `
+        <div>
+          <span>{{ count }}</span>
+          <nested-prefetch></nested-prefetch>
+        </div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.count = 42
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      },
+      components: {
+        nestedPrefetch: {
+          template: `
+            <div>{{ message }}</div>
+          `,
+          data () {
+            return {
+              message: ''
+            }
+          },
+          ssrPrefetch () {
+            return new Promise((resolve) => {
+              setTimeout(() => {
+                this.message = 'vue.js'
+                resolve()
+              }, 1)
+            })
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true"><span>42</span> <div>vue.js</div></div>')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should support ssrPrefetch option (nested async)', done => {
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      template: `
+        <div>
+          <span>{{ count }}</span>
+          <nested-prefetch></nested-prefetch>
+        </div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.count = 42
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      },
+      components: {
+        nestedPrefetch (resolve) {
+          resolve({
+            template: `
+              <div>{{ message }}</div>
+            `,
+            data () {
+              return {
+                message: ''
+              }
+            },
+            ssrPrefetch () {
+              return new Promise((resolve) => {
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                  this.message = 'vue.js'
+                  resolve()
+                }, 1)
+              })
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true"><span>42</span> <div>vue.js</div></div>')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should merge ssrPrefetch option', done => {
+    const mixin = {
+      data: {
+        message: ''
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.message = 'vue.js'
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      }
+    }
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      mixins: [mixin],
+      template: `
+        <div>
+          <span>{{ count }}</span>
+          <div>{{ message }}</div>
+        </div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.count = 42
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true"><span>42</span> <div>vue.js</div></div>')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it(`should skip ssrPrefetch option that doesn't return a promise`, done => {
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      template: `
+        <div>{{ count }}</div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      ssrPrefetch () {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          this.count = 42
+        }, 1)
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true">0</div>')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should call context.rendered', done => {
+    let a = 0
+    renderToString(new Vue({
+      template: '<div>Hello</div>'
+    }), {
+      rendered: () => {
+        a = 42
+      }
+    }, (err, res) => {
+      expect(err).toBeNull()
+      expect(res).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true">Hello</div>')
+      expect(a).toBe(42)
+      done()
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 function renderVmWithOptions (options, cb) {
diff --git a/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js b/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
index cf1ec6579e4..c9cc001b7bd 100644
--- a/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssr/ssr-template.spec.js
@@ -99,6 +99,41 @@ describe('SSR: template option', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('renderToString with interpolation and context.rendered', done => {
+    const renderer = createRenderer({
+      template: interpolateTemplate
+    })
+
+    const context = {
+      title: '<script>hacks</script>',
+      snippet: '<div>foo</div>',
+      head: '<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">',
+      styles: '<style>h1 { color: red }</style>',
+      state: { a: 0 },
+      rendered: context => {
+        context.state.a = 1
+      }
+    }
+
+    renderer.renderToString(new Vue({
+      template: '<div>hi</div>'
+    }), context, (err, res) => {
+      expect(err).toBeNull()
+      expect(res).toContain(
+        `<html><head>` +
+        // double mustache should be escaped
+        `<title>&lt;script&gt;hacks&lt;/script&gt;</title>` +
+        `${context.head}${context.styles}</head><body>` +
+        `<div data-server-rendered="true">hi</div>` +
+        `<script>window.__INITIAL_STATE__={"a":1}</script>` +
+        // triple should be raw
+        `<div>foo</div>` +
+        `</body></html>`
+      )
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
   it('renderToStream', done => {
     const renderer = createRenderer({
       template: defaultTemplate
@@ -166,6 +201,46 @@ describe('SSR: template option', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('renderToStream with interpolation and context.rendered', done => {
+    const renderer = createRenderer({
+      template: interpolateTemplate
+    })
+
+    const context = {
+      title: '<script>hacks</script>',
+      snippet: '<div>foo</div>',
+      head: '<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">',
+      styles: '<style>h1 { color: red }</style>',
+      state: { a: 0 },
+      rendered: context => {
+        context.state.a = 1
+      }
+    }
+
+    const stream = renderer.renderToStream(new Vue({
+      template: '<div>hi</div>'
+    }), context)
+
+    let res = ''
+    stream.on('data', chunk => {
+      res += chunk
+    })
+    stream.on('end', () => {
+      expect(res).toContain(
+        `<html><head>` +
+        // double mustache should be escaped
+        `<title>&lt;script&gt;hacks&lt;/script&gt;</title>` +
+        `${context.head}${context.styles}</head><body>` +
+        `<div data-server-rendered="true">hi</div>` +
+        `<script>window.__INITIAL_STATE__={"a":1}</script>` +
+        // triple should be raw
+        `<div>foo</div>` +
+        `</body></html>`
+      )
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
   it('bundleRenderer + renderToString', done => {
     createBundleRenderer('app.js', {
       asBundle: true,
diff --git a/types/options.d.ts b/types/options.d.ts
index d43b58d2ef2..0e98b4a9626 100644
--- a/types/options.d.ts
+++ b/types/options.d.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export interface ComponentOptions<
   activated?(): void;
   deactivated?(): void;
   errorCaptured?(err: Error, vm: Vue, info: string): boolean | void;
+  ssrPrefetch?(this: V): Promise<void>;
 
   directives?: { [key: string]: DirectiveFunction | DirectiveOptions };
   components?: { [key: string]: Component<any, any, any, any> | AsyncComponent<any, any, any, any> };
diff --git a/types/test/options-test.ts b/types/test/options-test.ts
index ce0e68deccb..4041aad44b1 100644
--- a/types/test/options-test.ts
+++ b/types/test/options-test.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ Vue.component('component', {
     info.toUpperCase()
     return true
   },
+  ssrPrefetch () {
+    return Promise.resolve()
+  },
 
   directives: {
     a: {