diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f88c89e48a..9d5338c0ef 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { Keyboard } from './platform/keyboard';
 import { LoadingController } from './components/loading/loading-controller';
 import { MenuController } from './components/menu/menu-controller';
 import { ModalController } from './components/modal/modal-controller';
-import { ModuleLoader, provideModuleLoader, LAZY_LOADED_TOKEN } from './util/module-loader';
+import { ModuleLoader, provideModuleLoader, setupPreloading, LAZY_LOADED_TOKEN } from './util/module-loader';
 import { NgModuleLoader } from './util/ng-module-loader';
 import { PickerController } from './components/picker/picker-controller';
 import { Platform, setupPlatform } from './platform/platform';
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ export class IonicModule {
         { provide: APP_INITIALIZER, useFactory: registerModeConfigs, deps: [ Config ], multi: true },
         { provide: APP_INITIALIZER, useFactory: setupProvideEvents, deps: [ Platform, DomController ], multi: true },
         { provide: APP_INITIALIZER, useFactory: setupTapClick, deps: [ Config, Platform, DomController, App, NgZone, GestureController ], multi: true },
+        { provide: APP_INITIALIZER, useFactory: setupPreloading, deps: [ DeepLinkConfigToken, ModuleLoader ], multi: true },
 
         // useClass
         // { provide: HAMMER_GESTURE_CONFIG, useClass: IonicGestureConfig },
diff --git a/src/util/module-loader.ts b/src/util/module-loader.ts
index e9857618e3..32524c2520 100644
--- a/src/util/module-loader.ts
+++ b/src/util/module-loader.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ComponentFactoryResolver, Injectable, Injector, OpaqueToken, Type } from '@angular/core';
+import { DeepLinkConfig } from '../navigation/nav-util';
 import { NgModuleLoader } from './ng-module-loader';
 
 export const LAZY_LOADED_TOKEN = new OpaqueToken('LZYCMP');
@@ -47,3 +48,16 @@ export interface LoadedModule {
   componentFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver;
   component: Type<any>;
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
+export function setupPreloading(deeplinkConfig: DeepLinkConfig, moduleLoader: ModuleLoader) {
+  return function() {
+    const linksToLoad = deeplinkConfig.links.filter(link => !!link.loadChildren);
+    for (const link of linksToLoad) {
+      moduleLoader.load(link.loadChildren);
+    }
+  };
+}