diff --git a/src/state/stateDirectives.ts b/src/state/stateDirectives.ts
index ac8707a33..0806f7771 100644
--- a/src/state/stateDirectives.ts
+++ b/src/state/stateDirectives.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference path='../../typings/angularjs/angular.d.ts' />
-import {copy, defaults} from "../common/common";
+import {copy, defaults, isString, isObject, forEach, toJson} from "../common/common";
 import {defaultTransOpts} from "../transition/transitionService";
 
 function parseStateRef(ref, current) {
@@ -199,6 +199,24 @@ function $StateRefDirective($state, $timeout) {
  *   </li>
  * </ul>
  * </pre>
+ *
+ * It is also possible to pass ui-sref-active an expression that evaluates
+ * to an object hash, whose keys represent active class names and whose
+ * values represent the respective state names/globs.
+ * ui-sref-active will match if the current active state **includes** any of
+ * the specified state names/globs, even the abstract ones.
+ *
+ * @Example
+ * Given the following template, with "admin" being an abstract state:
+ * <pre>
+ * <div ui-sref-active="{'active': 'admin.*'}">
+ *   <a ui-sref-active="active" ui-sref="admin.roles">Roles</a>
+ * </div>
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * When the current state is "admin.roles" the "active" class will be applied
+ * to both the <div> and <a> elements. It is important to note that the state
+ * names/globs passed to ui-sref-active shadow the state provided by ui-sref.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -221,37 +239,74 @@ function $StateRefActiveDirective($state, $stateParams, $interpolate) {
   return  {
     restrict: "A",
     controller: ['$scope', '$element', '$attrs', '$timeout', '$transitions', function ($scope, $element, $attrs, $timeout, $transitions) {
-      let states = [], activeClass, activeEqClass;
+      let states = [], activeClasses = {}, activeEqClass;
 
       // There probably isn't much point in $observing this
       // uiSrefActive and uiSrefActiveEq share the same directive object with some
       // slight difference in logic routing
-      activeClass = $interpolate($attrs.uiSrefActive || '', false)($scope);
       activeEqClass = $interpolate($attrs.uiSrefActiveEq || '', false)($scope);
 
+      var uiSrefActive = $scope.$eval($attrs.uiSrefActive) || $interpolate($attrs.uiSrefActive || '', false)($scope);
+      if (isObject(uiSrefActive)) {
+        forEach(uiSrefActive, function(stateOrName, activeClass) {
+          if (isString(stateOrName)) {
+            var ref = parseStateRef(stateOrName, $state.current.name);
+            addState(ref.state, $scope.$eval(ref.paramExpr), activeClass);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
       // Allow uiSref to communicate with uiSrefActive[Equals]
       this.$$addStateInfo = function (newState, newParams) {
-        let state = $state.get(newState, stateContext($element));
+        // we already got an explicit state provided by ui-sref-active, so we
+        // shadow the one that comes from ui-sref
+        if (isObject(uiSrefActive) && states.length > 0) {
+          return;
+        }
+        addState(newState, newParams, uiSrefActive);
+        update();
+      };
+
+      $scope.$on('$stateChangeSuccess', update);
+
+      function addState(stateName, stateParams, activeClass) {
+        var state = $state.get(stateName, stateContext($element));
+        var stateHash = createStateHash(stateName, stateParams);
 
         states.push({
-          state: state || { name: newState },
-          params: newParams
+          state: state || { name: stateName },
+          params: stateParams,
+          hash: stateHash
         });
 
-        update();
-      };
+        activeClasses[stateHash] = activeClass;
+      }
 
       let updateAfterTransition = function ($transition$) { $transition$.promise.then(update); };
       let deregisterFn = $transitions.onStart({}, updateAfterTransition);
       $scope.$on('$destroy', deregisterFn);
 
+      function createStateHash(state, params) {
+        if (!isString(state)) {
+          throw new Error('state should be a string');
+        }
+        if (isObject(params)) {
+          return state + toJson(params);
+        }
+        params = $scope.$eval(params);
+        if (isObject(params)) {
+          return state + toJson(params);
+        }
+        return state;
+      }
+
       // Update route state
       function update() {
         for (let i = 0; i < states.length; i++) {
           if (anyMatch(states[i].state, states[i].params)) {
-            addClass($element, activeClass);
+            addClass($element, activeClasses[states[i].hash]);
           } else {
-            removeClass($element, activeClass);
+            removeClass($element, activeClasses[states[i].hash]);
           }
 
           if (exactMatch(states[i].state, states[i].params)) {
diff --git a/test/stateDirectivesSpec.js b/test/stateDirectivesSpec.js
index 03b1c92f2..48778bd07 100644
--- a/test/stateDirectivesSpec.js
+++ b/test/stateDirectivesSpec.js
@@ -424,6 +424,12 @@ describe('uiSrefActive', function() {
       url: '/detail/:foo'
     }).state('contacts.item.edit', {
       url: '/edit'
+    }).state('admin', {
+      url: '/admin',
+      abstract: true,
+      template: '<ui-view/>'
+    }).state('admin.roles', {
+      url: '/roles?page'
     });
   }));
 
@@ -609,4 +615,51 @@ describe('uiSrefActive', function() {
     timeoutFlush();
     expect(angular.element(template[0].querySelector('a')).attr('class')).toBe('active');
   }));
+
+  describe('ng-{class,style} interface', function() {
+    it('should match on abstract states that are included by the current state', inject(function($rootScope, $compile, $state, $q) {
+      el = $compile('<div ui-sref-active="{active: \'admin.*\'}"><a ui-sref-active="active" ui-sref="admin.roles">Roles</a></div>')($rootScope);
+      $state.transitionTo('admin.roles');
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      var abstractParent = el[0];
+      expect(abstractParent.className).toMatch(/active/);
+      var child = el[0].querySelector('a');
+      expect(child.className).toMatch(/active/);
+    }));
+
+    it('should match on state parameters', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $state, $q) {
+      el = $compile('<div ui-sref-active="{active: \'admin.roles({page: 1})\'}"></div>')($rootScope);
+      $state.transitionTo('admin.roles', {page: 1});
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      expect(el[0].className).toMatch(/active/);
+    }));
+
+    it('should shadow the state provided by ui-sref', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $state, $q) {
+      el = $compile('<div ui-sref-active="{active: \'admin.roles({page: 1})\'}"><a ui-sref="admin.roles"></a></div>')($rootScope);
+      $state.transitionTo('admin.roles');
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      expect(el[0].className).not.toMatch(/active/);
+      $state.transitionTo('admin.roles', {page: 1});
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      expect(el[0].className).toMatch(/active/);
+    }));
+
+    it('should support multiple <className, stateOrName> pairs', inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $state, $q) {
+      el = $compile('<div ui-sref-active="{contacts: \'contacts.*\', admin: \'admin.roles({page: 1})\'}"></div>')($rootScope);
+      $state.transitionTo('contacts');
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      expect(el[0].className).toMatch(/contacts/);
+      expect(el[0].className).not.toMatch(/admin/);
+      $state.transitionTo('admin.roles', {page: 1});
+      $q.flush();
+      timeoutFlush();
+      expect(el[0].className).toMatch(/admin/);
+      expect(el[0].className).not.toMatch(/contacts/);
+    }));
+  });
 });