diff --git a/docs/router/basics.md b/docs/router/basics.md
index 1576c1be..93769442 100644
--- a/docs/router/basics.md
+++ b/docs/router/basics.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default Blits.Component('Poster', {
 })
 ```
 
-Whenever you navigate to a new page, the URL hash will automatically be updated. Unless specified otherwise, navigating to a new page, will add that route to the history stack. The `back` input action is automatically wired up to navigate back down the history stack.
+Whenever you navigate to a new page, the URL hash will automatically be updated. Unless specified otherwise, navigating to a new page, will add that route to the history stack. The `back` input action is automatically wired up to navigate back down the history stack. (If you want to disable this automatic navigation, you can pass `navigateHistory="false"` as a prop to the RouterView.)
 
 By default, every time you navigate to a new route, the application focus will be automatically passed to the newly loaded page. If you instead want to maintain the current focus (for example in a widget that sits above your RouterView), you can use `passFocus: false` as part of the router options.
 
diff --git a/src/components/RouterView.js b/src/components/RouterView.js
index f6a3d97a..65d9586f 100644
--- a/src/components/RouterView.js
+++ b/src/components/RouterView.js
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ export default () =>
         }
       },
     },
+    props: [{ key: 'navigateHistory', default: true }],
     input: {
       back(e) {
-        const navigating = Router.back.call(this)
-        if (navigating === false) {
+        if (!this.navigateHistory || !Router.back.call(this)) {
           this.parent.$focus(e)
         }
       },