diff --git a/examples/keepalive-view/app.js b/examples/keepalive-view/app.js
index 2155782b8a..e68395f3fe 100644
--- a/examples/keepalive-view/app.js
+++ b/examples/keepalive-view/app.js
@@ -27,6 +27,48 @@ const IndexChild2 = { template: '<div>index child2</div>' }
 
 const Home = { template: '<div>home</div>' }
 
+const Parent = { template: '<router-view />' }
+
+const RequiredProps = {
+  template: '<div>props from route config is: {{msg}}</div>',
+  props: {
+    msg: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const savedSilent = Vue.config.silent
+const savedWarnHandler = Vue.config.warnHandler
+
+const CatchWarn = {
+  template: `<div>{{catchedWarn ? 'catched missing prop warn' : 'no missing prop warn'}}</div>`,
+  data () {
+    return {
+      catchedWarn: false
+    }
+  },
+  beforeRouteEnter (to, from, next) {
+    let missPropWarn = false
+    Vue.config.silent = false
+    Vue.config.warnHandler = function (msg, vm, trace) {
+      if (/Missing required prop/i.test(msg)) {
+        missPropWarn = true
+      }
+    }
+    next(vm => {
+      vm.catchedWarn = missPropWarn
+    })
+  },
+  beforeRouteLeave (to, from, next) {
+    // restore vue config
+    Vue.config.silent = savedSilent
+    Vue.config.warnHandler = savedWarnHandler
+    next()
+  }
+}
+
 const router = new VueRouter({
   mode: 'history',
   base: __dirname,
@@ -58,6 +100,23 @@ const router = new VueRouter({
       path: '/with-guard2',
       name: 'with-guard2',
       component: WithGuard
+    },
+    {
+      path: '/config-required-props',
+      component: Parent,
+      children: [
+        {
+          path: 'child',
+          component: RequiredProps,
+          props: {
+            msg: 'ok'
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      path: '/catch-warn',
+      component: CatchWarn
     }
   ]
 })
@@ -72,6 +131,8 @@ new Vue({
         <li><router-link to="/home">/home</router-link></li>
         <li><router-link to="/with-guard1">/with-guard1</router-link></li>
         <li><router-link to="/with-guard2">/with-guard2</router-link></li>
+        <li><router-link to="/config-required-props/child">/config-required-props/child</router-link></li>
+        <li><router-link to="/catch-warn">/catch-warn</router-link></li>
       </ul>
       <keep-alive>
         <router-view class="view"></router-view>
diff --git a/src/components/view.js b/src/components/view.js
index 3f440d5b4b..b96b29efd4 100644
--- a/src/components/view.js
+++ b/src/components/view.js
@@ -41,17 +41,32 @@ export default {
 
     // render previous view if the tree is inactive and kept-alive
     if (inactive) {
-      return h(cache[name], data, children)
+      const cachedData = cache[name]
+      const cachedComponent = cachedData && cachedData.component
+      if (cachedComponent) {
+        // #2301
+        // pass props
+        if (cachedData.configProps) {
+          passProps(cachedComponent, data, cachedData.route, cachedData.configProps)
+        }
+        return h(cachedComponent, data, children)
+      } else {
+        // render previous empty view
+        return h()
+      }
     }
 
     const matched = route.matched[depth]
-    // render empty node if no matched route
-    if (!matched) {
+    const component = matched && matched.components[name]
+
+    // render empty node if no matched route or no config component
+    if (!matched || !component) {
       cache[name] = null
       return h()
     }
 
-    const component = cache[name] = matched.components[name]
+    // cache component
+    cache[name] = { component }
 
     // attach instance registration hook
     // this will be called in the instance's injected lifecycle hooks
@@ -83,25 +98,38 @@ export default {
       }
     }
 
-    // resolve props
-    let propsToPass = data.props = resolveProps(route, matched.props && matched.props[name])
-    if (propsToPass) {
-      // clone to prevent mutation
-      propsToPass = data.props = extend({}, propsToPass)
-      // pass non-declared props as attrs
-      const attrs = data.attrs = data.attrs || {}
-      for (const key in propsToPass) {
-        if (!component.props || !(key in component.props)) {
-          attrs[key] = propsToPass[key]
-          delete propsToPass[key]
-        }
-      }
+    const configProps = matched.props && matched.props[name]
+    // pass props
+    if (configProps) {
+      // add route and config props to cache data
+      extend(cache[name], {
+        route,
+        configProps
+      })
+      passProps(component, data, route, configProps)
     }
 
     return h(component, data, children)
   }
 }
 
+function passProps (component, data, route, configProps) {
+  // resolve props
+  let propsToPass = data.props = resolveProps(route, configProps)
+  if (propsToPass) {
+    // clone to prevent mutation
+    propsToPass = data.props = extend({}, propsToPass)
+    // pass non-declared props as attrs
+    const attrs = data.attrs = data.attrs || {}
+    for (const key in propsToPass) {
+      if (!component.props || !(key in component.props)) {
+        attrs[key] = propsToPass[key]
+        delete propsToPass[key]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function resolveProps (route, config) {
   switch (typeof config) {
     case 'undefined':
diff --git a/test/e2e/specs/keepalive-view.js b/test/e2e/specs/keepalive-view.js
index 5e36712382..eedafc09e6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/specs/keepalive-view.js
+++ b/test/e2e/specs/keepalive-view.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = {
     browser
       .url('http://localhost:8080/keepalive-view/')
       .waitForElementVisible('#app', 1000)
-      .assert.count('li a', 5)
+      .assert.count('li a', 7)
 
       .click('li:nth-child(1) a')
       .assert.containsText('.view', 'index child1')
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ module.exports = {
       .click('li:nth-child(4) a')
       .assert.containsText('.view', 'with-guard1: 3')
 
+      // missing props in nested routes with keep alive
+      // https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/issues/2301
+      .click('li:nth-child(6) a')
+      .assert.containsText('.view', 'props from route config is: ok')
+      .click('li:nth-child(7) a')
+      .assert.containsText('.view', 'no missing prop warn')
+      .click('li:nth-child(6) a')
+      .assert.containsText('.view', 'props from route config is: ok')
+
       .end()
   }
 }