diff --git a/src/directives/viewDirective.ts b/src/directives/viewDirective.ts
index 17d8a5ac4..8706e0b6d 100644
--- a/src/directives/viewDirective.ts
+++ b/src/directives/viewDirective.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ function $ViewDirective($view: ViewService, $animate: any, $uiViewScroll: any, $
           config: null,                                            // The ViewConfig loaded (from a state.views definition)
           configUpdated: configUpdatedCallback,                    // Called when the matching ViewConfig changes
           get creationContext() {                                  // The context in which this ui-view "tag" was created
-            return parse('$cfg.viewDecl.$context')(inherited);
+            let fromParentTagConfig = parse('$cfg.viewDecl.$context')(inherited);
+            // Allow <ui-view name="foo"><ui-view name="bar"></ui-view></ui-view>
+            // See https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router/issues/3355
+            let fromParentTag = parse('$uiView.creationContext')(inherited);
+            return fromParentTagConfig || fromParentTag;
           }
         };
 
diff --git a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.ts b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.ts
index c1c345118..c583cfa1a 100644
--- a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.ts
+++ b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.ts
@@ -722,10 +722,11 @@ describe("UiView", function() {
   beforeEach(module(function($stateProvider) {
     $stateProvider
         .state('main', { abstract: true, views: { main: {} } })
-        .state('main.home', { views: { content: { template: 'home.html' } } });
+        .state('main.home', { views: { content: { template: 'HOME' } } })
+        .state('test', { views: { 'nest': { template: 'TEST' } } });
   }));
 
-  it("shouldn't puke on weird view setups", inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $q, $state) {
+  it("shouldn't puke on weird nested view setups", inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $q, $state) {
     $compile('<div ui-view="main"><div ui-view="content"></div></div>')($rootScope);
 
     $state.go('main.home');
@@ -733,6 +734,27 @@ describe("UiView", function() {
 
     expect($state.current.name).toBe('main.home');
   }));
+
+  // Test for https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router/issues/3355
+  it("should target weird nested view setups using the view's simple name", inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $q, $state) {
+    let tpl = `
+      <div>
+        <div ui-view="main">
+          MAIN-DEFAULT-
+          <div ui-view="content">
+            <div ui-view="nest"></div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    `;
+    let el = $compile(tpl)($rootScope);
+
+    $state.go('test');
+    $q.flush();
+
+    expect($state.current.name).toBe('test');
+    expect(el.text().replace(/\s*/g, "")).toBe('MAIN-DEFAULT-TEST');
+  }));
 });
 
 describe('uiView transclusion', function() {