diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/IRazorPage.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/IRazorPage.cs
index db57d73146..ec65dc579b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/IRazorPage.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/IRazorPage.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// </summary>
         string Layout { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value that determines if the current instance of <see cref="IRazorPage"/> is being executed
+        /// from a partial view.
+        /// </summary>
+        bool IsPartial { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a <see cref="IPageExecutionContext"/> instance used to instrument the page execution.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorPage.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorPage.cs
index 6bf5fd5a88..2db0e165da 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorPage.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorPage.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string Layout { get; set; }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public bool IsPartial { get; set; }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IPageExecutionContext PageExecutionContext { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorView.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorView.cs
index 2631b9cdc0..653216ed45 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorView.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor/RazorView.cs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor
 
         private async Task RenderPageCoreAsync(IRazorPage page, ViewContext context)
         {
+            page.IsPartial = _isPartial;
             page.ViewContext = context;
             if (EnableInstrumentation)
             {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorViewTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorViewTest.cs
index 72f329ca88..be538c97f7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorViewTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorViewTest.cs
@@ -788,6 +788,69 @@ section-content-2";
             Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task IsPartial_IsSetToFalse_ForViewStartPageAndLayoutOfAView()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            bool? isPartialPage = null;
+            bool? isPartialLayout = null;
+            bool? isPartialViewStart = null;
+
+            var page = new TestableRazorPage(v =>
+            {
+                isPartialPage = v.IsPartial;
+            });
+            var viewStart = new TestableRazorPage(v =>
+            {
+                v.Layout = "/Layout.cshtml";
+                isPartialViewStart = v.IsPartial;
+            });
+            var layout = new TestableRazorPage(v =>
+            {
+                isPartialLayout = v.IsPartial;
+                v.RenderBodyPublic();
+            });
+            var pageFactory = new Mock<IRazorPageFactory>();
+            pageFactory.Setup(p => p.CreateInstance("/Layout.cshtml"))
+                       .Returns(layout);
+
+            var view = new RazorView(pageFactory.Object,
+                                     Mock.Of<IRazorPageActivator>(),
+                                     CreateViewStartProvider(viewStart));
+            view.Contextualize(page, isPartial: false);
+            var viewContext = CreateViewContext(view);
+
+            // Act
+            await view.RenderAsync(viewContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.False(isPartialPage.Value);
+            Assert.False(isPartialLayout.Value);
+            Assert.False(isPartialViewStart.Value);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task IsPartial_IsSetToTrue_ForPartialView()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            bool? isPartialPage = null;
+            var page = new TestableRazorPage(v =>
+            {
+                isPartialPage = v.IsPartial;
+            });
+            var view = new RazorView(Mock.Of<IRazorPageFactory>(),
+                                     Mock.Of<IRazorPageActivator>(),
+                                     CreateViewStartProvider());
+            view.Contextualize(page, isPartial: true);
+            var viewContext = CreateViewContext(view);
+
+            // Act
+            await view.RenderAsync(viewContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(isPartialPage.Value);
+        }
+
         private static TextWriter CreateBufferedWriter()
         {
             var mockWriter = new Mock<TextWriter>();