diff --git a/src/server/render.js b/src/server/render.js
index 05ba588006d..e5ef04da672 100644
--- a/src/server/render.js
+++ b/src/server/render.js
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ const normalizeRender = vm => {
   }
 }
 
-function waitForServerPrefetch (vm, resolve, reject) {
+function waitForServerPrefetch (vm, resolve, reject, ssrContext) {
   let handlers = vm.$options.serverPrefetch
   if (isDef(handlers)) {
     if (!Array.isArray(handlers)) handlers = [handlers]
     try {
       const promises = []
       for (let i = 0, j = handlers.length; i < j; i++) {
-        const result = handlers[i].call(vm, vm)
+        const result = handlers[i].call(vm, ssrContext)
         if (result && typeof result.then === 'function') {
           promises.push(result)
         }
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function renderComponentInner (node, isRoot, context) {
 
   const reject = context.done
 
-  waitForServerPrefetch(child, resolve, reject)
+  waitForServerPrefetch(child, resolve, reject, context)
 }
 
 function renderAsyncComponent (node, isRoot, context) {
@@ -432,6 +432,6 @@ export function createRenderFunction (
     const resolve = () => {
       renderNode(component._render(), true, context)
     }
-    waitForServerPrefetch(component, resolve, done)
+    waitForServerPrefetch(component, resolve, done, context)
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js b/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
index 66acf008a00..8b7dc51374c 100644
--- a/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
+++ b/test/ssr/ssr-string.spec.js
@@ -1334,6 +1334,28 @@ describe('SSR: renderToString', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('should pass $ssrContext to serverPrefetch option', done => {
+    renderVmWithOptions({
+      template: `
+        <div>{{ ctx }}</div>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        count: 0
+      },
+      serverPrefetch (ctx) {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.ctx = ctx.userContext.foo
+            resolve()
+          }, 1)
+        })
+      }
+    }, result => {
+      expect(result).toContain('<div data-server-rendered="true">bar</div>')
+      done()
+    }, { foo: 'bar' })
+  })
+
   it('should support serverPrefetch option (nested)', done => {
     renderVmWithOptions({
       template: `
@@ -1543,8 +1565,8 @@ describe('SSR: renderToString', () => {
   })
 })
 
-function renderVmWithOptions (options, cb) {
-  renderToString(new Vue(options), (err, res) => {
+function renderVmWithOptions (options, cb, ctx = {}) {
+  renderToString(new Vue(options), ctx, (err, res) => {
     expect(err).toBeNull()
     cb(res)
   })