diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 74d80b9c7..c89f050a5 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           'src/urlRouter.js',
           'src/state.js',
           'src/view.js',
+          'src/viewScroll.js',
           'src/viewDirective.js',
           'src/stateDirectives.js',
           'src/compat.js'
diff --git a/config/karma.js b/config/karma.js
index bfd0dc94a..d17bedd29 100644
--- a/config/karma.js
+++ b/config/karma.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function (karma) {
       'src/urlRouter.js',
       'src/view.js',
       'src/state.js',
+      'src/viewScroll.js',
       'src/viewDirective.js',
       'src/stateDirectives.js',
       'src/stateFilters.js',
@@ -63,4 +64,4 @@ module.exports = function (karma) {
     // - PhantomJS
     browsers: [ 'PhantomJS' ]
   })
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/viewDirective.js b/src/viewDirective.js
index 891da4a6d..a2aedfc71 100644
--- a/src/viewDirective.js
+++ b/src/viewDirective.js
@@ -6,18 +6,17 @@
  * @requires $compile
  * @requires $controller
  * @requires $injector
- * @requires $anchorScroll
  *
  * @restrict ECA
  *
  * @description
- * The ui-view directive tells $state where to place your templates. 
+ * The ui-view directive tells $state where to place your templates.
  * A view can be unnamed or named.
  *
  * @param {string} ui-view A view name.
  */
-$ViewDirective.$inject = ['$state', '$compile', '$controller', '$injector', '$anchorScroll'];
-function $ViewDirective(   $state,   $compile,   $controller,   $injector,   $anchorScroll) {
+$ViewDirective.$inject = ['$state', '$compile', '$controller', '$injector', '$uiViewScroll'];
+function $ViewDirective(   $state,   $compile,   $controller,   $injector,   $uiViewScroll) {
   var $animator = $injector.has('$animator') ? $injector.get('$animator') : false;
   var viewIsUpdating = false;
 
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ function $ViewDirective(   $state,   $compile,   $controller,   $injector,   $an
         var viewScope, viewLocals,
             name = attr[directive.name] || attr.name || '',
             onloadExp = attr.onload || '',
+            autoscrollExp = attr.autoscroll,
             animate = $animator && $animator(scope, attr),
             initialView = transclude(scope);
 
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ function $ViewDirective(   $state,   $compile,   $controller,   $injector,   $an
           viewScope.$emit('$viewContentLoaded');
           if (onloadExp) viewScope.$eval(onloadExp);
 
-          // TODO: This seems strange, shouldn't $anchorScroll listen for $viewContentLoaded if necessary?
-          // $anchorScroll might listen on event...
-          $anchorScroll();
+          if (!angular.isDefined(autoscrollExp) || !autoscrollExp || scope.$eval(autoscrollExp)) {
+            $uiViewScroll(element);
+          }
         }
       };
     }
diff --git a/src/viewScroll.js b/src/viewScroll.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2ce2e02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/viewScroll.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * @ngdoc provider
+ * @name ui.router.state.$uiViewScroll
+ *
+ * @requires $anchorScroll
+ * @requires $timeout
+ *
+ * @description
+ * When called with a jqLite element, it scrolls the element into view (after a
+ * `$timeout` so the DOM has time to refresh).
+ *
+ * If you prefer to rely on `$anchorScroll` to scroll the view to the anchor,
+ * this can be enabled by calling `$uiViewScrollProvider.useAnchorScroll()`.
+ */
+function $ViewScrollProvider() {
+
+  var useAnchorScroll = false;
+
+  this.useAnchorScroll = function () {
+    useAnchorScroll = true;
+  };
+
+  this.$get = ['$anchorScroll', '$timeout', function ($anchorScroll, $timeout) {
+    if (useAnchorScroll) {
+      return $anchorScroll;
+    }
+
+    return function ($element) {
+      $timeout(function () {
+        $element[0].scrollIntoView();
+      }, 0, false);
+    };
+  }];
+}
+
+angular.module('ui.router.state').provider('$uiViewScroll', $ViewScrollProvider);
diff --git a/test/debug.js b/test/debug.js
index 4e9b49bc0..c7ca201da 100644
--- a/test/debug.js
+++ b/test/debug.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       '../src/urlRouter.js',
       '../src/view.js',
       '../src/state.js',
+      '../src/viewScroll.js',
       '../src/viewDirective.js',
       '../src/stateDirectives.js',
       '../src/compat.js',
diff --git a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
index 2b182bc7e..de7e8d944 100644
--- a/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
+++ b/test/viewDirectiveSpec.js
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ describe('uiView', function () {
 
   beforeEach(module('ui.router'));
 
+  beforeEach(module(function ($provide) {
+    $provide.decorator('$uiViewScroll', function ($delegate) {
+      return jasmine.createSpy('$uiViewScroll');
+    });
+  }));
+
   var aState = {
     template: 'aState template'
   },
@@ -209,4 +215,34 @@ describe('uiView', function () {
     }));
   });
 
+  describe('autoscroll attribute', function () {
+    it('should autoscroll when unspecified', inject(function ($state, $q, $uiViewScroll) {
+      elem.append($compile('<div ui-view></div>')(scope));
+      $state.transitionTo(aState);
+      $q.flush();
+      expect($uiViewScroll).toHaveBeenCalledWith(elem.find('div'));
+    }));
+
+    it('should autoscroll when expression is missing', inject(function ($state, $q, $uiViewScroll) {
+      elem.append($compile('<div ui-view autoscroll></div>')(scope));
+      $state.transitionTo(aState);
+      $q.flush();
+      expect($uiViewScroll).toHaveBeenCalledWith(elem.find('div'));
+    }));
+
+    it('should autoscroll based on expression', inject(function ($state, $q, $uiViewScroll) {
+      elem.append($compile('<div ui-view autoscroll="doScroll"></div>')(scope));
+
+      scope.doScroll = false;
+      $state.transitionTo(aState);
+      $q.flush();
+      expect($uiViewScroll).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      scope.doScroll = true;
+      $state.transitionTo(bState);
+      $q.flush();
+      expect($uiViewScroll).toHaveBeenCalledWith(elem.find('div'));
+    }));
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/viewScrollSpec.js b/test/viewScrollSpec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c46cae198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/viewScrollSpec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+describe('uiView', function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+  beforeEach(module('ui.router'));
+
+  describe('scrollIntoView', function () {
+    var elem;
+
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      elem = [{ scrollIntoView: jasmine.createSpy('scrollIntoView') }];
+    });
+
+    it('should scroll element into view after timeout', inject(function ($uiViewScroll, $timeout) {
+      $uiViewScroll(elem);
+      expect(elem[0].scrollIntoView).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      $timeout.flush();
+      expect(elem[0].scrollIntoView).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }));
+  });
+
+  describe('useAnchorScroll', function () {
+    beforeEach(module(function ($provide, $uiViewScrollProvider) {
+      $provide.decorator('$anchorScroll', function ($delegate) {
+        return jasmine.createSpy('$anchorScroll');
+      });
+      $uiViewScrollProvider.useAnchorScroll();
+    }));
+
+    it('should call $anchorScroll', inject(function ($uiViewScroll, $anchorScroll) {
+      $uiViewScroll();
+      expect($anchorScroll).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }));
+  });
+});