diff --git a/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/Drawer.js b/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/Drawer.js
index 4d15c2a..dfdd6d1 100644
--- a/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/Drawer.js
+++ b/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/Drawer.js
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { Button, Platform, ScrollView, StatusBar } from 'react-native';
-import { StackNavigator, DrawerNavigator, SafeAreaView } from 'react-navigation';
+import {
+  StackNavigator,
+  DrawerNavigator,
+  SafeAreaView,
+} from 'react-navigation';
 import MaterialIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';
 import SampleText from './SampleText';
 
@@ -12,10 +16,7 @@ const MyNavScreen = ({ navigation, banner }) => (
   <ScrollView>
     <SafeAreaView forceInset={{ top: 'always' }}>
       <SampleText>{banner}</SampleText>
-      <Button
-        onPress={() => navigation.navigate('DrawerOpen')}
-        title="Open drawer"
-      />
+      <Button onPress={() => navigation.openDrawer()} title="Open drawer" />
       <Button
         onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Email')}
         title="Open other screen"
@@ -76,9 +77,6 @@ const DrawerExample = DrawerNavigator(
     },
   },
   {
-    drawerOpenRoute: 'DrawerOpen',
-    drawerCloseRoute: 'DrawerClose',
-    drawerToggleRoute: 'DrawerToggle',
     initialRouteName: 'Drafts',
     contentOptions: {
       activeTintColor: '#e91e63',
diff --git a/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/MultipleDrawer.js b/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/MultipleDrawer.js
index fa55620..0d7a9d1 100644
--- a/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/MultipleDrawer.js
+++ b/examples/NavigationPlayground/js/MultipleDrawer.js
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ import SampleText from './SampleText';
 const MyNavScreen = ({ navigation, banner }) => (
   <ScrollView style={styles.container}>
     <SampleText>{banner}</SampleText>
-    <Button
-      onPress={() => navigation.navigate('DrawerOpen')}
-      title="Open drawer"
-    />
+    <Button onPress={() => navigation.openDrawer()} title="Open drawer" />
     <Button onPress={() => navigation.goBack(null)} title="Go back" />
   </ScrollView>
 );
@@ -55,9 +52,6 @@ const DrawerExample = DrawerNavigator(
     },
   },
   {
-    drawerOpenRoute: 'DrawerOpen',
-    drawerCloseRoute: 'DrawerClose',
-    drawerToggleRoute: 'DrawerToggle',
     initialRouteName: 'Drafts',
     contentOptions: {
       activeTintColor: '#e91e63',
@@ -69,10 +63,6 @@ const MainDrawerExample = DrawerNavigator({
   Drafts: {
     screen: DrawerExample,
   },
-}, {
-    drawerOpenRoute: 'DrawerOpen',
-    drawerCloseRoute: 'DrawerClose',
-    drawerToggleRoute: 'DrawerToggle',
 });
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
diff --git a/flow/react-navigation.js b/flow/react-navigation.js
index 3846bf0..9fd23f8 100644
--- a/flow/react-navigation.js
+++ b/flow/react-navigation.js
@@ -766,9 +766,6 @@ declare module 'react-navigation' {
     drawerLockMode?: 'unlocked' | 'locked-closed' | 'locked-open',
     drawerWidth?: number | (() => number),
     drawerPosition?: 'left' | 'right',
-    drawerOpenRoute?: string,
-    drawerCloseRoute?: string,
-    drawerToggleRoute?: string,
     contentComponent?: React$ElementType,
     contentOptions?: {},
     style?: ViewStyleProp,
@@ -901,9 +898,6 @@ declare module 'react-navigation' {
     drawerLockMode?: 'unlocked' | 'locked-closed' | 'locked-open',
     drawerWidth: number | (() => number),
     drawerPosition: 'left' | 'right',
-    drawerOpenRoute: string,
-    drawerCloseRoute: string,
-    drawerToggleRoute: string,
     contentComponent: React$ElementType,
     contentOptions?: {},
     style?: ViewStyleProp,
diff --git a/src/NavigationActions.js b/src/NavigationActions.js
index 52f644b..5ec3b52 100644
--- a/src/NavigationActions.js
+++ b/src/NavigationActions.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ const REPLACE = 'Navigation/REPLACE';
 const SET_PARAMS = 'Navigation/SET_PARAMS';
 const URI = 'Navigation/URI';
 const COMPLETE_TRANSITION = 'Navigation/COMPLETE_TRANSITION';
+const OPEN_DRAWER = 'Navigation/OPEN_DRAWER';
+const CLOSE_DRAWER = 'Navigation/CLOSE_DRAWER';
+const TOGGLE_DRAWER = 'Navigation/TOGGLE_DRAWER';
 
 const createAction = (type, fn) => {
   fn.toString = () => type;
@@ -107,6 +110,16 @@ const completeTransition = createAction(COMPLETE_TRANSITION, payload => ({
   key: payload && payload.key,
 }));
 
+const openDrawer = createAction(OPEN_DRAWER, payload => ({
+  type: OPEN_DRAWER,
+}));
+const closeDrawer = createAction(CLOSE_DRAWER, payload => ({
+  type: CLOSE_DRAWER,
+}));
+const toggleDrawer = createAction(TOGGLE_DRAWER, payload => ({
+  type: TOGGLE_DRAWER,
+}));
+
 export default {
   // Action constants
   BACK,
@@ -120,6 +133,9 @@ export default {
   SET_PARAMS,
   URI,
   COMPLETE_TRANSITION,
+  OPEN_DRAWER,
+  CLOSE_DRAWER,
+  TOGGLE_DRAWER,
 
   // Action creators
   back,
@@ -133,4 +149,7 @@ export default {
   setParams,
   uri,
   completeTransition,
+  openDrawer,
+  closeDrawer,
+  toggleDrawer,
 };
diff --git a/src/addNavigationHelpers.js b/src/addNavigationHelpers.js
index 559f8df..8badaa6 100644
--- a/src/addNavigationHelpers.js
+++ b/src/addNavigationHelpers.js
@@ -85,5 +85,9 @@ export default function(navigation) {
           key: navigation.state.key,
         })
       ),
+
+    openDrawer: () => navigation.dispatch(NavigationActions.openDrawer()),
+    closeDrawer: () => navigation.dispatch(NavigationActions.closeDrawer()),
+    toggleDrawer: () => navigation.dispatch(NavigationActions.toggleDrawer()),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/navigators/DrawerNavigator.js b/src/navigators/DrawerNavigator.js
index a69cf45..edf5bb9 100644
--- a/src/navigators/DrawerNavigator.js
+++ b/src/navigators/DrawerNavigator.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import SafeAreaView from 'react-native-safe-area-view';
 
 import createNavigator from './createNavigator';
 import createNavigationContainer from '../createNavigationContainer';
-import TabRouter from '../routers/TabRouter';
+import DrawerRouter from '../routers/DrawerRouter';
 import DrawerScreen from '../views/Drawer/DrawerScreen';
 import DrawerView from '../views/Drawer/DrawerView';
 import DrawerItems from '../views/Drawer/DrawerNavigatorItems';
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ const DefaultDrawerConfig = {
     return Math.min(smallerAxisSize - appBarHeight, maxWidth);
   },
   contentComponent: defaultContentComponent,
-  drawerOpenRoute: 'DrawerOpen',
-  drawerCloseRoute: 'DrawerClose',
-  drawerToggleRoute: 'DrawerToggle',
   drawerPosition: 'left',
   drawerBackgroundColor: 'white',
   useNativeAnimations: true,
@@ -48,6 +45,7 @@ const DefaultDrawerConfig = {
 
 const DrawerNavigator = (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
   const mergedConfig = { ...DefaultDrawerConfig, ...config };
+
   const {
     order,
     paths,
@@ -55,29 +53,15 @@ const DrawerNavigator = (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
     backBehavior,
     ...drawerConfig
   } = mergedConfig;
-  const tabsConfig = {
+
+  const routerConfig = {
     order,
     paths,
     initialRouteName,
     backBehavior,
   };
-  const contentRouter = TabRouter(routeConfigs, tabsConfig);
-  const drawerRouter = TabRouter(
-    {
-      [drawerConfig.drawerCloseRoute]: {
-        screen: createNavigator(DrawerScreen, contentRouter, config),
-      },
-      [drawerConfig.drawerOpenRoute]: {
-        screen: () => null,
-      },
-      [drawerConfig.drawerToggleRoute]: {
-        screen: () => null,
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      initialRouteName: drawerConfig.drawerCloseRoute,
-    }
-  );
+
+  const drawerRouter = DrawerRouter(routeConfigs, routerConfig);
 
   const navigator = createNavigator(DrawerView, drawerRouter, drawerConfig);
 
diff --git a/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js b/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d17255d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import invariant from '../utils/invariant';
+import TabRouter from './TabRouter';
+
+import NavigationActions from '../NavigationActions';
+
+export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
+  const tabRouter = TabRouter(routeConfigs, config);
+  return {
+    ...tabRouter,
+
+    getStateForAction(action, lastState) {
+      const state = lastState || {
+        ...tabRouter.getStateForAction(action, undefined),
+        isDrawerOpen: false,
+      };
+
+      // Handle explicit drawer actions
+      if (
+        state.isDrawerOpen &&
+        action.type === NavigationActions.CLOSE_DRAWER
+      ) {
+        return {
+          ...state,
+          isDrawerOpen: false,
+        };
+      }
+      if (
+        !state.isDrawerOpen &&
+        action.type === NavigationActions.OPEN_DRAWER
+      ) {
+        return {
+          ...state,
+          isDrawerOpen: true,
+        };
+      }
+      if (action.type === NavigationActions.TOGGLE_DRAWER) {
+        return {
+          ...state,
+          isDrawerOpen: !state.isDrawerOpen,
+        };
+      }
+
+      // Fall back on tab router for screen switching logic
+      const tabState = tabRouter.getStateForAction(action, state);
+      if (tabState !== null && tabState !== state) {
+        // If the tabs have changed, make sure to close the drawer
+        return {
+          ...tabState,
+          isDrawerOpen: false,
+        };
+      }
+      return state;
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/routers/StackRouter.js b/src/routers/StackRouter.js
index 72b8f3d..d720f3b 100644
--- a/src/routers/StackRouter.js
+++ b/src/routers/StackRouter.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import createConfigGetter from './createConfigGetter';
 import getScreenForRouteName from './getScreenForRouteName';
 import StateUtils from '../StateUtils';
 import validateRouteConfigMap from './validateRouteConfigMap';
-import getScreenConfigDeprecated from './getScreenConfigDeprecated';
 import invariant from '../utils/invariant';
 import { generateKey } from './KeyGenerator';
 
@@ -576,7 +575,5 @@ export default (routeConfigs, stackConfig = {}) => {
       routeConfigs,
       stackConfig.navigationOptions
     ),
-
-    getScreenConfig: getScreenConfigDeprecated,
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/routers/TabRouter.js b/src/routers/TabRouter.js
index bd6a210..85eea07 100644
--- a/src/routers/TabRouter.js
+++ b/src/routers/TabRouter.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import createConfigGetter from './createConfigGetter';
 
 import NavigationActions from '../NavigationActions';
 import validateRouteConfigMap from './validateRouteConfigMap';
-import getScreenConfigDeprecated from './getScreenConfigDeprecated';
 
 function childrenUpdateWithoutSwitchingIndex(actionType) {
   return [
@@ -323,7 +322,5 @@ export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
       routeConfigs,
       config.navigationOptions
     ),
-
-    getScreenConfig: getScreenConfigDeprecated,
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/DrawerRouter-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/DrawerRouter-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704e7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/DrawerRouter-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* eslint react/display-name:0 */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import DrawerRouter from '../DrawerRouter';
+
+import NavigationActions from '../../NavigationActions';
+
+const INIT_ACTION = { type: NavigationActions.INIT };
+
+describe('DrawerRouter', () => {
+  test('Handles basic tab logic', () => {
+    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
+    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
+    const router = DrawerRouter({
+      Foo: { screen: ScreenA },
+      Bar: { screen: ScreenB },
+    });
+    const state = router.getStateForAction(INIT_ACTION);
+    const expectedState = {
+      index: 0,
+      isTransitioning: false,
+      routes: [
+        { key: 'Foo', routeName: 'Foo', params: undefined },
+        { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar', params: undefined },
+      ],
+      isDrawerOpen: false,
+    };
+    expect(state).toEqual(expectedState);
+    const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
+      { type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE, routeName: 'Bar' },
+      state
+    );
+    const expectedState2 = {
+      index: 1,
+      isTransitioning: false,
+      routes: [
+        { key: 'Foo', routeName: 'Foo', params: undefined },
+        { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar', params: undefined },
+      ],
+      isDrawerOpen: false,
+    };
+    expect(state2).toEqual(expectedState2);
+    expect(router.getComponentForState(expectedState)).toEqual(ScreenA);
+    expect(router.getComponentForState(expectedState2)).toEqual(ScreenB);
+  });
+
+  test('Drawer opens closes and toggles', () => {
+    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
+    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
+    const router = DrawerRouter({
+      Foo: { screen: ScreenA },
+      Bar: { screen: ScreenB },
+    });
+    const state = router.getStateForAction(INIT_ACTION);
+    expect(state.isDrawerOpen).toEqual(false);
+    const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
+      { type: NavigationActions.OPEN_DRAWER },
+      state
+    );
+    expect(state2.isDrawerOpen).toEqual(true);
+    const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
+      { type: NavigationActions.CLOSE_DRAWER },
+      state2
+    );
+    expect(state3.isDrawerOpen).toEqual(false);
+    const state4 = router.getStateForAction(
+      { type: NavigationActions.TOGGLE_DRAWER },
+      state3
+    );
+    expect(state4.isDrawerOpen).toEqual(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/routers/getScreenConfigDeprecated.js b/src/routers/getScreenConfigDeprecated.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c4982c6..0000000
--- a/src/routers/getScreenConfigDeprecated.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import invariant from '../utils/invariant';
-
-export default () =>
-  invariant(
-    false,
-    '`getScreenConfig` has been replaced with `getScreenOptions`'
-  );
diff --git a/src/views/Drawer/DrawerView.js b/src/views/Drawer/DrawerView.js
index 4acadf1..3e047fc 100644
--- a/src/views/Drawer/DrawerView.js
+++ b/src/views/Drawer/DrawerView.js
@@ -26,45 +26,23 @@ export default class DrawerView extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
-    if (
-      this.props.navigation.state.index !== nextProps.navigation.state.index
-    ) {
-      const {
-        drawerOpenRoute,
-        drawerCloseRoute,
-        drawerToggleRoute,
-      } = this.props.navigationConfig;
-      const { routes, index } = nextProps.navigation.state;
-      if (routes[index].routeName === drawerOpenRoute) {
-        this._drawer.openDrawer();
-      } else if (routes[index].routeName === drawerToggleRoute) {
-        if (this.props.navigation.state.index === 0) {
-          this.props.navigation.navigate(drawerOpenRoute);
-        } else {
-          this.props.navigation.navigate(drawerCloseRoute);
-        }
-      } else {
-        this._drawer.closeDrawer();
-      }
+    const { isDrawerOpen } = nextProps.navigation.state;
+    const wasDrawerOpen = this.props.navigation.state.isDrawerOpen;
+    if (isDrawerOpen && !wasDrawerOpen) {
+      this._drawer.openDrawer();
+    } else if (wasDrawerOpen && !isDrawerOpen) {
+      this._drawer.closeDrawer();
     }
   }
 
   _handleDrawerOpen = () => {
-    const { navigation, navigationConfig } = this.props;
-    const { drawerOpenRoute } = navigationConfig;
-    const { routes, index } = navigation.state;
-    if (routes[index].routeName !== drawerOpenRoute) {
-      this.props.navigation.navigate(drawerOpenRoute);
-    }
+    const { navigation } = this.props;
+    navigation.dispatch({ type: 'DrawerOpenAction' });
   };
 
   _handleDrawerClose = () => {
-    const { navigation, navigationConfig } = this.props;
-    const { drawerCloseRoute } = navigationConfig;
-    const { routes, index } = navigation.state;
-    if (routes[index].routeName !== drawerCloseRoute) {
-      this.props.navigation.navigate(drawerCloseRoute);
-    }
+    const { navigation } = this.props;
+    navigation.dispatch({ type: 'DrawerCloseAction' });
   };
 
   _updateWidth = () => {
@@ -78,52 +56,12 @@ export default class DrawerView extends React.PureComponent {
     }
   };
 
-  _getNavigationState = navigation => {
-    const { drawerCloseRoute } = this.props.navigationConfig;
-    const navigationState = navigation.state.routes.find(
-      route => route.routeName === drawerCloseRoute
-    );
-
-    return navigationState;
-  };
-
   _renderNavigationView = () => {
-    const details = Object.values(this.props.descriptors).find(
-      d => d.state.routeName === this.props.navigationConfig.drawerCloseRoute
-    );
-
-    const router = details.getComponent().router;
-    const { state, addListener, dispatch } = this.props.navigation;
-    const { routes } = details.state;
-
-    const tabDescriptors = {};
-    routes.forEach(route => {
-      const getComponent = () =>
-        router.getComponentForRouteName(route.routeName);
-
-      const childNavigation = addNavigationHelpers({
-        dispatch,
-        state: route,
-        addListener: getChildEventSubscriber(addListener, route.key),
-      });
-      const options = router.getScreenOptions(
-        childNavigation,
-        this.props.screenProps
-      );
-      tabDescriptors[route.key] = {
-        key: route.key,
-        getComponent,
-        options,
-        state: route,
-        navigation: childNavigation,
-      };
-    });
-
     return (
       <DrawerSidebar
         screenProps={this.props.screenProps}
-        navigation={details.navigation}
-        descriptors={tabDescriptors}
+        navigation={this.props.navigation}
+        descriptors={this.props.descriptors}
         contentComponent={this.props.navigationConfig.contentComponent}
         contentOptions={this.props.navigationConfig.contentOptions}
         drawerPosition={this.props.navigationConfig.drawerPosition}
@@ -134,9 +72,9 @@ export default class DrawerView extends React.PureComponent {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const descriptor = Object.values(this.props.descriptors).find(
-      d => d.state.routeName === this.props.navigationConfig.drawerCloseRoute
-    );
+    const { state } = this.props.navigation;
+    const activeKey = state.routes[state.index].key;
+    const descriptor = this.props.descriptors[activeKey];
 
     const DrawerScreen = descriptor.getComponent();
 
diff --git a/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js b/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
index d4769a5..b412321 100644
--- a/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
+++ b/src/views/StackView/StackViewLayout.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 import Card from './StackViewCard';
 import Header from '../Header/Header';
 import NavigationActions from '../../NavigationActions';
-import addNavigationHelpers from '../../addNavigationHelpers';
 import SceneView from '../SceneView';
 
 import TransitionConfigs from './StackViewTransitionConfigs';