diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
index 76debd24a3..d78d282823 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Component, Directive} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
 import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
+import {ObservableWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 
 import {Routable, Router, NavController, NavbarTemplate, Navbar, NavPush, Content} from 'ionic/ionic';
 import {SecondPage} from './second-page';
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ export class FirstPage {
     this.pushData = {
       id: 420
     }
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      console.log(this._viewDidEnter);
+      ObservableWrapper.subscribe(this._viewDidEnter, () => {
+        console.log('ENTERRRRR');
+      });
+    });
   }
 
   viewLoaded() {
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
index ff4cd4b4b4..7fa8ba16bb 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-item.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {EventEmitter} from 'angular2/angular2';
 import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {ElementRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_ref';
 import {bind} from 'angular2/di';
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ export class ViewItem {
 
   setInstance(instance) {
     this.instance = instance;
+
+    this.instance._viewDidEnter = new EventEmitter('viewDidEnter');
   }
 
   cache() {
@@ -266,6 +269,7 @@ export class ViewItem {
       navbarView.didEnter();
     }
     this.instance && this.instance.viewDidEnter && this.instance.viewDidEnter();
+    this.instance && this.instance._viewDidEnter.next();
   }
 
   /*