diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d31d818..c89fe153 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # angel_route
 
-![version 1.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.0-brightgreen.svg)
+![version 1.0.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.1-brightgreen.svg)
 ![build status](https://travis-ci.org/angel-dart/route.svg)
 
 A powerful, isomorphic routing library for Dart.
diff --git a/lib/src/router.dart b/lib/src/router.dart
index f8145891..861cf885 100644
--- a/lib/src/router.dart
+++ b/lib/src/router.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ final RegExp _straySlashes = new RegExp(r'(^/+)|(/+$)');
 
 /// An abstraction over complex [Route] trees. Use this instead of the raw API. :)
 class Router extends Extensible {
+  final List<_ChainedRouter> _chained = [];
   final List _middleware = [];
   final Map<Pattern, Router> _mounted = {};
   final List<Route> _routes = [];
@@ -31,7 +32,13 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
   /// Additional filters to be run on designated requests.
   Map<String, dynamic> requestMiddleware = {};
 
-  List<Route> get routes => new List<Route>.unmodifiable(_routes);
+  List<Route> get routes {
+    var result = []..addAll(_routes);
+
+    for (var piped in _chained) result.addAll(piped.routes);
+
+    return new List<Route>.unmodifiable(result);
+  }
 
   /// Provide a `root` to make this Router revolve around a pre-defined route.
   /// Not recommended.
@@ -57,13 +64,22 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
     return route.._path = _pathify(path);
   }
 
+  _ChainedRouter _addChained(_ChainedRouter piped) {
+    // mount('/', piped);
+    _chained.add(piped);
+    return piped;
+  }
+
   /// Prepends the given middleware to any routes created
   /// by the resulting router.
-  /// 
+  ///
   /// [middleware] can be either an `Iterable`, or a single object.
   ///
   /// The resulting router can be chained, too.
-  _ChainedRouter chain(middleware) => new _ChainedRouter(this, middleware);
+  _ChainedRouter chain(middleware) {
+    var piped = new _ChainedRouter(this, middleware);
+    return _addChained(piped);
+  }
 
   /// Returns a [Router] with a duplicated version of this tree.
   Router clone() {
@@ -142,7 +158,6 @@ class Router extends Extensible {
       String namespace: null}) {
     final router = new Router().._middleware.addAll(middleware);
     callback(router..debug = debug);
-
     return mount(path, router, namespace: namespace).._name = name;
   }
 
@@ -420,10 +435,20 @@ class _ChainedRouter extends Router {
   @override
   Route addRoute(String method, Pattern path, handler,
       {List middleware: const []}) {
-    return _root.addRoute(method, path, handler,
+    return super.addRoute(method, path, handler,
         middleware: []..addAll(_handlers)..addAll(middleware ?? []));
   }
 
+  SymlinkRoute group(Pattern path, void callback(Router router),
+      {Iterable middleware: const [],
+      String name: null,
+      String namespace: null}) {
+    final router =
+        new _ChainedRouter(_root, []..addAll(_handlers)..addAll(middleware));
+    callback(router..debug = debug);
+    return mount(path, router, namespace: namespace).._name = name;
+  }
+
   @override
   SymlinkRoute mount(Pattern path, Router router,
       {bool hooked: true, String namespace: null}) {
@@ -439,6 +464,6 @@ class _ChainedRouter extends Router {
     piped._handlers.addAll([]
       ..addAll(_handlers)
       ..addAll(middleware is Iterable ? middleware : [middleware]));
-    return piped;
+    return _addChained(piped);
   }
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 1cbe3317..59684695 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: angel_route
 description: A powerful, isomorphic routing library for Dart.
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 author: Tobe O <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/angel_route
 dev_dependencies:
diff --git a/test/chain_nest_test.dart b/test/chain_nest_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..754dc18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/chain_nest_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import 'package:angel_route/angel_route.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+main() {
+  var router = new Router()
+    ..chain('a').group('/b', (router) {
+      router.chain('c').chain('d').group('/e', (router) {
+        router.get('f', 'g');
+      });
+    })
+    ..dumpTree();
+
+  test('nested route groups with chain', () {
+    var r = router.resolveAbsolute('/b/e/f')?.route;
+    expect(r, isNotNull);
+    expect(r.handlers, hasLength(4));
+    expect(r.handlers, equals(['a', 'c', 'd', 'g']));
+  });
+}