diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index 6941ab36b..b1d0a25a1 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function toIgnore(uri: string, val: any) {
 
 export default function middleware(opts: {
 	manifest: Manifest,
-	store: (req: Req) => Store,
+	store: (req: Req, res: ServerResponse) => Store,
 	ignore?: any,
 	routes?: any // legacy
 }) {
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ function get_server_route_handler(routes: ServerRoute[]) {
 	};
 }
 
-function get_page_handler(manifest: Manifest, store_getter: (req: Req) => Store) {
+function get_page_handler(
+	manifest: Manifest,
+	store_getter: (req: Req, res: ServerResponse) => Store
+) {
 	const output = locations.dest();
 
 	const get_chunks = dev()
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ function get_page_handler(manifest: Manifest, store_getter: (req: Req) => Store)
 
 		res.setHeader('Link', link);
 
-		const store = store_getter ? store_getter(req) : null;
+		const store = store_getter ? store_getter(req, res) : null;
 
 		let redirect: { statusCode: number, location: string };
 		let preload_error: { statusCode: number, message: Error | string };
diff --git a/test/app/app/server.js b/test/app/app/server.js
index eb36e5adf..f09d31898 100644
--- a/test/app/app/server.js
+++ b/test/app/app/server.js
@@ -85,11 +85,18 @@ const middlewares = [
 		next();
 	},
 
+	// set up some values for the store
+	(req, res, next) => {
+		req.hello = 'hello';
+		res.locals = { name: 'world' };
+		next();
+	},
+
 	sapper({
 		manifest,
-		store: () => {
+		store: (req, res) => {
 			return new Store({
-				title: 'Stored title'
+				title: `${req.hello} ${res.locals.name}`
 			});
 		},
 		ignore: [
diff --git a/test/common/test.js b/test/common/test.js
index c46751f97..7bb2fb0e3 100644
--- a/test/common/test.js
+++ b/test/common/test.js
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ function run({ mode, basepath = '' }) {
 				return nightmare.goto(`${base}/store`)
 					.page.title()
 					.then(title => {
-						assert.equal(title, 'Stored title');
+						assert.equal(title, 'hello world');
 						return nightmare.init().page.title();
 					})
 					.then(title => {
-						assert.equal(title, 'Stored title');
+						assert.equal(title, 'hello world');
 					});
 			});