diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 3b94410c4..e18f5efc8 100755
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 14.0.x API Reference
+# 14.1.x API Reference
 
 - [Server](#server)
     - [`new Server([options])`](#new-serveroptions)
@@ -2134,7 +2134,9 @@ The route configuration object supports the following options:
   an object with a single key using the name of a registered handler type and value with the
   options passed to the registered handler.
 
-- `config` - additional [route options](#route-options).
+- `config` - additional [route options](#route-options). The `config` value can be an object
+  or a function that returns an object using the signature `function(server)` where `server` is
+  the server the route is being added to and `this` is bound to the current realm's `bind` option.
 
 Note that the `options` object is deeply cloned (with the exception of `bind` which is shallowly
 copied) and cannot contain any values that are unsafe to perform deep copy on.
diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index 899a5aebe..a53e80cb4 100755
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ exports = module.exports = internals.Route = function (route, connection, plugin
 
     Hoek.assert(route.path, 'Route missing path');
     const routeDisplay = route.method + ' ' + route.path;
-    Hoek.assert(route.handler || (route.config && route.config.handler), 'Missing or undefined handler:', routeDisplay);
-    Hoek.assert(!!route.handler ^ !!(route.config && route.config.handler), 'Handler must only appear once:', routeDisplay);            // XOR
+
+    let config = route.config;
+    if (typeof config === 'function') {
+        config = config.call(realm.settings.bind, connection.server);
+    }
+
+    Hoek.assert(route.handler || (config && config.handler), 'Missing or undefined handler:', routeDisplay);
+    Hoek.assert(!!route.handler ^ !!(config && config.handler), 'Handler must only appear once:', routeDisplay);            // XOR
     Hoek.assert(route.path === '/' || route.path[route.path.length - 1] !== '/' || !connection.settings.router.stripTrailingSlash, 'Path cannot end with a trailing slash when connection configured to strip:', routeDisplay);
 
     route = Schema.apply('route', route, routeDisplay);
 
-    const handler = route.handler || route.config.handler;
+    const handler = route.handler || config.handler;
     const method = route.method.toLowerCase();
     Hoek.assert(method !== 'head', 'Method name not allowed:', routeDisplay);
 
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ exports = module.exports = internals.Route = function (route, connection, plugin
     const handlerDefaults = Handler.defaults(method, handler, connection.server);
     let base = Hoek.applyToDefaultsWithShallow(connection.settings.routes, handlerDefaults, ['bind']);
     base = Hoek.applyToDefaultsWithShallow(base, realm.settings, ['bind']);
-    this.settings = Hoek.applyToDefaultsWithShallow(base, route.config || {}, ['bind']);
+    this.settings = Hoek.applyToDefaultsWithShallow(base, config || {}, ['bind']);
     this.settings.handler = handler;
     this.settings = Schema.apply('routeConfig', this.settings, routeDisplay);
 
@@ -95,8 +101,8 @@ exports = module.exports = internals.Route = function (route, connection, plugin
 
         // Assert on config, not on merged settings
 
-        Hoek.assert(!route.config || !route.config.payload, 'Cannot set payload settings on HEAD or GET request:', routeDisplay);
-        Hoek.assert(!route.config || !route.config.validate || !route.config.validate.payload, 'Cannot validate HEAD or GET requests:', routeDisplay);
+        Hoek.assert(!config || !config.payload, 'Cannot set payload settings on HEAD or GET request:', routeDisplay);
+        Hoek.assert(!config || !config.validate || !config.validate.payload, 'Cannot validate HEAD or GET requests:', routeDisplay);
 
         validation.payload = null;
     }
diff --git a/lib/schema.js b/lib/schema.js
index 25a5f601f..b7d53ca2e 100755
--- a/lib/schema.js
+++ b/lib/schema.js
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ internals.route = Joi.object({
     path: Joi.string().required(),
     vhost: internals.vhost,
     handler: Joi.any(),                         // Validated in routeConfig
-    config: Joi.object().allow(null)
+    config: Joi.alternatives([
+        Joi.object(),
+        Joi.func()
+    ]).allow(null)
 });
 
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 8f71125f2..800787ce2 100755
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "hapi",
-    "version": "14.0.0",
+    "version": "14.1.0",
     "dependencies": {
         "accept": {
             "version": "2.1.2"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df29a13d2..7c921ecc2 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "hapi",
   "description": "HTTP Server framework",
   "homepage": "http://hapijs.com",
-  "version": "14.0.0",
+  "version": "14.1.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/hapijs/hapi"
diff --git a/test/route.js b/test/route.js
index fa81b7623..78734bb71 100755
--- a/test/route.js
+++ b/test/route.js
@@ -26,6 +26,36 @@ const expect = Code.expect;
 
 describe('Route', () => {
 
+    it('registers with config function', (done) => {
+
+        const server = new Hapi.Server();
+        server.connection();
+        server.bind({ a: 1 });
+        server.app.b = 2;
+        server.route({
+            method: 'GET',
+            path: '/',
+            config: function (srv) {
+
+                const a = this.a;
+
+                return {
+                    handler: function (request, reply) {
+
+                        return reply(a + srv.app.b);
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        });
+
+        server.inject('/', (res) => {
+
+            expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+            expect(res.result).to.equal(3);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it('throws an error when a route is missing a path', (done) => {
 
         expect(() => {