diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5268334..3c9fcf1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ import RouteData from '@jack-henry/web-component-router/lib/route-data.js';
  *     These should match to named path segments. Each camel case name
  *     is converted to a hyphenated name to be assigned to the element.
  * @param {boolean=} requiresAuthentication (optional - defaults true)
+ * @param {function():Promise<undefined>=} beforeEnter Optionally allows you to dynamically import the component for a given route.  The route-mixin.js will call your beforeEnter on routeEnter if the component does not exist in the dom.
  */
 const routeData = new RouteData(
     'Name of this route',
     'tag-name',
     '/path/:namedParameter',
     ['namedParameter'], // becomes attribute named-parameter="value"
-    true);
+    true,
+    () => import('../tag-name.js'));
 ```
 
 It is recommended to use enums and module imports to define the paths
@@ -119,16 +121,19 @@ const routeConfig = {
         tagName: 'APP-USER-PAGE',
         path: '/users/:userId([0-9]{1,6})',
         params: ['userId'],
+        beforeEnter: () => import('../app-user-page.js')
     }, {
         id: 'app-user-account',
         tagName: 'APP-ACCOUNT-PAGE',
         path: '/users/:userId([0-9]{1,6})/accounts/:accountId([0-9]{1,6})',
         params: ['userId', 'accountId'],
+        beforeEnter: () => import('../app-account-page.js')
     }, {
       id: 'app-about',
       tagName: 'APP-ABOUT',
       path: '/about',
       authenticated: false,
+      beforeEnter: () => import('../app-about.js')
     }]
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/route-data.js b/lib/route-data.js
index d7396fd..3280bbd 100644
--- a/lib/route-data.js
+++ b/lib/route-data.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ class RouteData {
    * @param {!Array<string>=} namedParameters list in camelCase. Will be
    *     converted to a map of camelCase and hyphenated.
    * @param {boolean=} requiresAuthentication
+   * @param {function():Promise<undefined>=} beforeEnter
    */
-  constructor(id, tagName, path, namedParameters, requiresAuthentication) {
+  constructor(id, tagName, path, namedParameters, requiresAuthentication, beforeEnter) {
     namedParameters = namedParameters || [];
     /** @type {!Object<string, string>} */
     const params = {};
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ class RouteData {
     /** @type {!Element|undefined} */
     this.element = undefined;
     this.requiresAuthentication = requiresAuthentication !== false;
+
+    this.beforeEnter = beforeEnter || (() => Promise.resolve());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/routing-mixin.js b/lib/routing-mixin.js
index 84e55fd..930abe9 100644
--- a/lib/routing-mixin.js
+++ b/lib/routing-mixin.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ function routingMixin(Superclass) {
     async routeEnter(currentNode, nextNodeIfExists, routeId, context) {
       context.handled = true;
       const currentElement = /** @type {!Element} */ (currentNode.getValue().element);
-
       if (nextNodeIfExists) {
         const nextNode = /** @type {!RouteTreeNode} */ (nextNodeIfExists);
 
@@ -37,13 +36,13 @@ function routingMixin(Superclass) {
         const thisElem = /** @type {!Element} */ (/** @type {?} */ (this));
         /** @type {Element} */
         let nextElement = nextNodeData.element || thisElem.querySelector(nextNodeData.tagName.toLowerCase());
-
         // Reuse the element if it already exists in the dom.
         // Add a sanity check to make sure the element parent is what we expect
         if (!nextElement || nextElement.parentNode !== currentElement) {
           if (nextNodeData.tagName.indexOf('-') > 0) {
             let Elem = customElements && customElements.get(nextNodeData.tagName.toLowerCase());
             if (!Elem) {
+              await nextNodeData.beforeEnter();
               // When code splitting, it's possible that the element created is not yet in the registry.
               // Wait until it is before creating it
               await customElements.whenDefined(nextNodeData.tagName.toLowerCase());
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ function routingMixin(Superclass) {
               }
               currentElement.appendChild(nextElement);
             }
-
             nextNode.getValue().element = /** @type {!Element} */ (nextElement);
           } catch (e) {
             // Internet Explorer can sometimes throw an exception when setting attributes immediately
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e05207..7a539da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@jack-henry/web-component-router",
-  "version": "3.6.0",
+  "version": "3.7.0",
   "description": "Web Components Router",
   "main": "router.js",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/router.js b/router.js
index 9bc352e..53a7c21 100644
--- a/router.js
+++ b/router.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  *  params: (Array<string>|undefined),
  *  authenticated: (boolean|undefined),
  *  subRoutes: (Array<RouteConfig>|undefined),
+ *  beforeEnter: (function():Promise<undefined>|undefined)
  * }} RouteConfig
  */
 let RouteConfig;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class Router {
   /** @param {!RouteConfig} routeConfig */
   buildRouteTree(routeConfig) {
     const authenticated = [true, false].includes(routeConfig.authenticated) ?  routeConfig.authenticated : true;
-    const node = new RouteTreeNode(new RouteData(routeConfig.id, routeConfig.tagName, routeConfig.path, routeConfig.params || [], authenticated));
+    const node = new RouteTreeNode(new RouteData(routeConfig.id, routeConfig.tagName, routeConfig.path, routeConfig.params || [], authenticated, routeConfig.beforeEnter));
     if (routeConfig.subRoutes) {
       routeConfig.subRoutes.forEach(route => {
         node.addChild(this.buildRouteTree(route));
diff --git a/test/router-spec.js b/test/router-spec.js
index f36afc8..e23cd37 100644
--- a/test/router-spec.js
+++ b/test/router-spec.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ describe('Router', () => {
         path: '/users/:userId([0-9]{1,6})',
         requiresAuthentication: true,
         params: ['userId'],
+        beforeEnter: () => Promise.resolve(),
     }, {
         id: 'app-user-account',
         tagName: 'APP-ACCOUNT-PAGE',
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ describe('Router', () => {
         if (testSubRouteData[index].params) {
           expect(Object.keys(data.attributes)).toEqual(testSubRouteData[index].params);
         }
+        expect(data.beforeEnter).not.toBe(undefined);
         ['id', 'tagName', 'path', 'requiresAuthentication'].forEach((prop) => {
           expect(data[prop]).toBe(testSubRouteData[index][prop]);
         });
diff --git a/test/utils/test-route-config.js b/test/utils/test-route-config.js
index 165ae05..01ace2e 100644
--- a/test/utils/test-route-config.js
+++ b/test/utils/test-route-config.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const testRouteConfig = {
         tagName: 'APP-USER-PAGE',
         path: '/users/:userId([0-9]{1,6})',
         params: ['userId'],
+        beforeEnter: () => Promise.resolve(),
     }, {
         id: 'app-user-account',
         tagName: 'APP-ACCOUNT-PAGE',