diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationScenesReducer.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationScenesReducer.js
index a858a11e9..3e08b8727 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationScenesReducer.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/NavigationScenesReducer.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
+const shallowEqual = require('fbjs/lib/shallowEqual');
 
 import type {
   NavigationRoute,
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ function compareScenes(
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether two routes are the same.
+ */
 function areScenesShallowEqual(
   one: NavigationScene,
   two: NavigationScene,
@@ -63,10 +67,28 @@ function areScenesShallowEqual(
     one.key === two.key &&
     one.index === two.index &&
     one.isStale === two.isStale &&
-    one.route.key === two.route.key
+    areRoutesShallowEqual(one.route, two.route)
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether two routes are the same.
+ */
+function areRoutesShallowEqual(
+  one: ?NavigationRoute,
+  two: ?NavigationRoute,
+): boolean {
+  if (!one || !two) {
+    return one === two;
+  }
+
+  if (one.key !== two.key) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return shallowEqual(one, two);
+}
+
 function NavigationScenesReducer(
   scenes: Array<NavigationScene>,
   nextState: NavigationState,
diff --git a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/__tests__/NavigationScenesReducer-test.js b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/__tests__/NavigationScenesReducer-test.js
index 66373efe6..413adff62 100644
--- a/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/__tests__/NavigationScenesReducer-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/NavigationExperimental/Reducer/__tests__/NavigationScenesReducer-test.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('NavigationScenesReducer', () => {
     expect(scenes1).toBe(scenes2);
   });
 
-  it('gets different scenes', () => {
+  it('gets different scenes when keys are different', () => {
     const state1 = {
       index: 0,
       routes: [{key: '1'}, {key: '2'}],
@@ -129,6 +129,23 @@ describe('NavigationScenesReducer', () => {
     expect(scenes1).not.toBe(scenes2);
   });
 
+  it('gets different scenes when routes are different', () => {
+    const state1 = {
+      index: 0,
+      routes: [{key: '1', x: 1}, {key: '2', x: 2}],
+    };
+
+    const state2 = {
+      index: 0,
+      routes: [{key: '1', x: 3}, {key: '2', x: 4}],
+    };
+
+    const scenes1 = NavigationScenesReducer([], state1, null);
+    const scenes2 = NavigationScenesReducer(scenes1, state2, state1);
+    expect(scenes1).not.toBe(scenes2);
+  });
+
+
   it('pops scenes', () => {
     // Transition from ['1', '2', '3'] to ['1', '2'].
     const scenes = testTransition([