diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
index 6c7f47fc32..2b4502430f 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ package akka.routing
 
 import language.implicitConversions
 import language.postfixOps
-
 import akka.actor._
 import scala.concurrent.util.Duration
 import scala.concurrent.util.duration._
 import akka.ConfigurationException
 import akka.pattern.pipe
+import akka.pattern.pipe
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions.iterableAsScalaIterable
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.{ AtomicLong, AtomicBoolean }
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ThreadLocalRandom
 import akka.dispatch.Dispatchers
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import concurrent.ExecutionContext
+import akka.dispatch.MessageDispatcher
 
 /**
  * A RoutedActorRef is an ActorRef that has a set of connected ActorRef and it uses a Router to
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ private[akka] class RoutedActorCell(_system: ActorSystemImpl, _ref: InternalActo
     _system,
     _ref,
     _props.copy(creator = () ⇒ _props.routerConfig.createActor(), dispatcher = _props.routerConfig.routerDispatcher),
-    _supervisor) {
+    _supervisor) with RouterContext {
 
   private[akka] val routerConfig = _props.routerConfig
   private[akka] val resizeInProgress = new AtomicBoolean
@@ -140,6 +141,27 @@ private[akka] class RoutedActorCell(_system: ActorSystemImpl, _ref: InternalActo
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Contextual information for [[akka.routing.RouterConfig]]
+ * [[akka.routing.RouteeProvider]]
+ * It's a subset of [[akka.actor.ActorContext]].
+ */
+trait RouterContext {
+
+  def system: ActorSystem
+
+  def self: ActorRef
+
+  implicit def dispatcher: MessageDispatcher
+
+  def actorOf(props: Props): ActorRef
+
+  def actorOf(props: Props, name: String): ActorRef
+
+  def actorFor(path: String): ActorRef
+
+}
+
 /**
  * This trait represents a router factory: it produces the actual router actor
  * and creates the routing table (a function which determines the recipients
@@ -162,7 +184,7 @@ trait RouterConfig {
 
   def createRoute(routeeProvider: RouteeProvider): Route
 
-  def createRouteeProvider(context: ActorContext, routeeProps: Props): RouteeProvider =
+  def createRouteeProvider(context: RouterContext, routeeProps: Props): RouteeProvider =
     new RouteeProvider(context, routeeProps, resizer)
 
   def createActor(): Router = new Router {
@@ -205,7 +227,7 @@ trait RouterConfig {
  * Uses `context.actorOf` to create routees from nrOfInstances property
  * and `context.actorFor` lookup routees from paths.
  */
-class RouteeProvider(val context: ActorContext, val routeeProps: Props, val resizer: Option[Resizer]) {
+class RouteeProvider(val context: RouterContext, val routeeProps: Props, val resizer: Option[Resizer]) {
 
   /**
    * Adds the routees to the router.
@@ -1140,7 +1162,7 @@ trait ScatterGatherFirstCompletedLike { this: RouterConfig ⇒
     {
       case (sender, message) ⇒
         val provider: ActorRefProvider = routeeProvider.context.asInstanceOf[ActorCell].systemImpl.provider
-        implicit val ec = provider.dispatcher
+        import routeeProvider.context.dispatcher
         val asker = akka.pattern.PromiseActorRef(provider, within)
         asker.result.future.pipeTo(sender)
         toAll(asker, routeeProvider.routees)
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
index c0ce6eb359..9bc4781633 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import scala.collection.immutable.SortedSet
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.ConfigurationException
 import akka.actor.Actor
-import akka.actor.ActorContext
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl
 import akka.actor.Address
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import akka.cluster.ClusterScope
 import akka.routing.RoundRobinRouter
 import akka.routing.Destination
 import java.lang.IllegalStateException
+import akka.routing.RouterContext
 
 /**
  * [[akka.routing.RouterConfig]] implementation for deployment on cluster nodes.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import java.lang.IllegalStateException
  */
 case class ClusterRouterConfig(local: RouterConfig, totalInstances: Int, maxInstancesPerNode: Int) extends RouterConfig {
 
-  override def createRouteeProvider(context: ActorContext, routeeProps: Props) =
+  override def createRouteeProvider(context: RouterContext, routeeProps: Props) =
     new ClusterRouteeProvider(context, routeeProps, resizer, totalInstances, maxInstancesPerNode)
 
   override def createRoute(routeeProvider: RouteeProvider): Route = {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ case class ClusterRouterConfig(local: RouterConfig, totalInstances: Int, maxInst
  * Deploys new routees on the cluster nodes.
  */
 private[akka] class ClusterRouteeProvider(
-  _context: ActorContext,
+  _context: RouterContext,
   _routeeProps: Props,
   _resizer: Option[Resizer],
   totalInstances: Int,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
index 183ba66beb..f0c0f10cdd 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package akka.routing
 
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import akka.actor.ActorContext
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl
 import akka.actor.Deploy
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ case class RemoteRouterConfig(local: RouterConfig, nodes: Iterable[Address]) ext
   def this(local: RouterConfig, nodes: java.lang.Iterable[Address]) = this(local, nodes.asScala)
   def this(local: RouterConfig, nodes: Array[Address]) = this(local, nodes: Iterable[Address])
 
-  override def createRouteeProvider(context: ActorContext, routeeProps: Props) =
+  override def createRouteeProvider(context: RouterContext, routeeProps: Props) =
     new RemoteRouteeProvider(nodes, context, routeeProps, resizer)
 
   override def createRoute(routeeProvider: RouteeProvider): Route = {
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ case class RemoteRouterConfig(local: RouterConfig, nodes: Iterable[Address]) ext
  *
  * Routee paths may not be combined with remote target nodes.
  */
-class RemoteRouteeProvider(nodes: Iterable[Address], _context: ActorContext, _routeeProps: Props, _resizer: Option[Resizer])
+class RemoteRouteeProvider(nodes: Iterable[Address], _context: RouterContext, _routeeProps: Props, _resizer: Option[Resizer])
   extends RouteeProvider(_context, _routeeProps, _resizer) {
 
   if (nodes.isEmpty) throw new ConfigurationException("Must specify list of remote target.nodes for [%s]"