diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f1db0cd..5279ff3 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function get_route_handler(fn) {
 						const data = { params: req.params, query: req.query };
 
 						if (mod.preload) {
-							const promise = Promise.resolve(mod.preload(data)).then(preloaded => {
+							const promise = Promise.resolve(mod.preload(req)).then(preloaded => {
 								Object.assign(data, preloaded);
 								return mod.render(data);
 							});
diff --git a/test/app/routes/show-url.html b/test/app/routes/show-url.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0d4bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/app/routes/show-url.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<p>URL is {{url}}</p>
+
+<script>
+	export default {
+		preload({ url }) {
+			return { url };
+		}
+	};
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/common/test.js b/test/common/test.js
index a15fe65..c6f8bf2 100644
--- a/test/common/test.js
+++ b/test/common/test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ run('development');
 
 function run(env) {
 	describe(`env=${env}`, function () {
-		this.timeout(5000);
+		this.timeout(20000);
 
 		let PORT;
 		let server;
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ function run(env) {
 					'About this site'
 				);
 			});
+
+			it('passes entire request object to preload', async () => {
+				const html = await nightmare
+					.goto(`${base}/show-url`)
+					.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('p').innerHTML);
+
+				assert.equal(html, `URL is /show-url`);
+			});
 		});
 
 		describe('headers', () => {