diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index bf7764011b..824f2443d3 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ unreleased
 ==========
 
   * Add debug message when loading view engine
+  * Add `next("router")` to exit from router
   * Fix case where `router.use` skipped requests routes did not
   * Remove usage of `res._headers` private field
     - Improves compatibility with Node.js 8 nightly
diff --git a/lib/router/index.js b/lib/router/index.js
index 917c6002c8..1f426068d7 100644
--- a/lib/router/index.js
+++ b/lib/router/index.js
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ proto.handle = function handle(req, res, out) {
       removed = '';
     }
 
+    // signal to exit router
+    if (layerError === 'router') {
+      setImmediate(done, null)
+      return
+    }
+
     // no more matching layers
     if (idx >= stack.length) {
       setImmediate(done, layerError);
diff --git a/lib/router/route.js b/lib/router/route.js
index 1ec9d50ea0..ea82ed29df 100644
--- a/lib/router/route.js
+++ b/lib/router/route.js
@@ -112,10 +112,16 @@ Route.prototype.dispatch = function dispatch(req, res, done) {
   next();
 
   function next(err) {
+    // signal to exit route
     if (err && err === 'route') {
       return done();
     }
 
+    // signal to exit router
+    if (err && err === 'router') {
+      return done(err)
+    }
+
     var layer = stack[idx++];
     if (!layer) {
       return done(err);
diff --git a/test/app.router.js b/test/app.router.js
index 1bba62e270..e838b2e33f 100644
--- a/test/app.router.js
+++ b/test/app.router.js
@@ -932,6 +932,37 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
     })
   })
 
+  describe('when next("router") is called', function () {
+    it('should jump out of router', function (done) {
+      var app = express()
+      var router = express.Router()
+
+      function fn (req, res, next) {
+        res.set('X-Hit', '1')
+        next('router')
+      }
+
+      router.get('/foo', fn, function (req, res, next) {
+        res.end('failure')
+      })
+
+      router.get('/foo', function (req, res, next) {
+        res.end('failure')
+      })
+
+      app.use(router)
+
+      app.get('/foo', function (req, res) {
+        res.end('success')
+      })
+
+      request(app)
+      .get('/foo')
+      .expect('X-Hit', '1')
+      .expect(200, 'success', done)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('when next(err) is called', function(){
     it('should break out of app.router', function(done){
       var app = express()