diff --git a/src/ng1.ts b/src/ng1.ts
index 8b94d930c..d70e546d4 100644
--- a/src/ng1.ts
+++ b/src/ng1.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export * from "./core";
 
 export * from "./ng1/services";
 export * from "./ng1/viewsBuilder";
+export * from "./ng1/resolvesBuilder";
 
 import "./ng1/stateDirectives";
 import "./ng1/stateFilters";
diff --git a/src/ng1/resolvesBuilder.ts b/src/ng1/resolvesBuilder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e839e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ng1/resolvesBuilder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/** @module ng1 */ /** */
+import {State} from "../state/stateObject";
+import {forEach} from "../common/common";
+import {isString} from "../common/predicates";
+
+/**
+ * This is a [[StateBuilder.builder]] function for angular1 `resolve:` block on a [[Ng1StateDeclaration]].
+ *
+ * When the [[StateBuilder]] builds a [[State]] object from a raw [[StateDeclaration]], this builder
+ * handles the `resolve` property with logic specific to angular-ui-router (ng1).
+ */
+export function ng1ResolveBuilder(state: State) {
+  let resolve = {};
+  forEach(state.resolve || {}, function (resolveFn, name: string) {
+    resolve[name] = isString(resolveFn) ? [ resolveFn, x => x ] : resolveFn;
+  });
+  return resolve;
+}
diff --git a/src/ng1/services.ts b/src/ng1/services.ts
index 0af5564f7..4fe5b9d03 100644
--- a/src/ng1/services.ts
+++ b/src/ng1/services.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {State} from "../state/module";
 import {trace} from "../common/trace";
 import {ng1ViewsBuilder, ng1ViewConfigFactory, Ng1ViewConfig} from "./viewsBuilder";
 import {TemplateFactory} from "./templateFactory";
+import {ng1ResolveBuilder} from "./resolvesBuilder";
 
 /** @hidden */
 let app = angular.module("ui.router.angular1", []);
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ function ng1UIRouter($locationProvider) {
   
   // Apply ng1 `views` builder to the StateBuilder
   router.stateRegistry.decorator("views", ng1ViewsBuilder);
+  router.stateRegistry.decorator("resolve", ng1ResolveBuilder);
 
   router.viewService.viewConfigFactory('ng1', ng1ViewConfigFactory);
 
diff --git a/test/stateSpec.js b/test/stateSpec.js
index f95e89e5e..fb1decf66 100644
--- a/test/stateSpec.js
+++ b/test/stateSpec.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ describe('state helpers', function() {
       matcher = new StateMatcher(states);
       builder = new StateBuilder(matcher, urlMatcherFactoryProvider);
       builder.builder('views', uiRouter.ng1ViewsBuilder);
+      builder.builder('resolve', uiRouter.ng1ResolveBuilder);
     });
 
     describe('interface', function() {
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ describe('state helpers', function() {
         expect(urlMatcherFactoryProvider.isMatcher).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ foo: "bar" });
       });
 
-      it('should return a new views object, and copy keys, if no `views` is defined in the state def', function() {
+      it('should return a new views object, and copy keys from state def, if no `views` is defined in the state def', function() {
         var parent = { name: "" };
         var config = { url: "/foo", templateUrl: "/foo.html", controller: "FooController", parent: parent };
         var built = builder.builder('views')(config);
@@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ describe('state helpers', function() {
         var config = { a: { foo: "bar", controller: "FooController" } };
         expect(builder.builder('views')({ parent: parent, views: config })).toEqual(config);
       });
+
+      it("should replace a resolve: string value with a function that injects the service of the same name", inject(function($injector) {
+        var config = { resolve: { foo: "bar" } };
+        var locals = { "bar": 123 };
+        expect(builder.builder('resolve')).toBeDefined();
+        var built = builder.builder('resolve')(config);
+        expect($injector.invoke(built.foo, null, locals)).toBe(123);
+      }));
     });
   });