diff --git a/src/qweb/base_directives.ts b/src/qweb/base_directives.ts
index dd418b3b..74817be0 100644
--- a/src/qweb/base_directives.ts
+++ b/src/qweb/base_directives.ts
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ QWeb.addDirective({
     }
     if (shouldWarn) {
       console.warn(
-        `Directive t-foreach should always be used with a t-key! (in template: '${
-          ctx.templateName
-        }')`
+        `Directive t-foreach should always be used with a t-key! (in template: '${ctx.templateName}')`
       );
     }
     nodeCopy.removeAttribute("t-foreach");
diff --git a/src/qweb/extensions.ts b/src/qweb/extensions.ts
index 0b28b6e2..9070ab22 100644
--- a/src/qweb/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/qweb/extensions.ts
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ QWeb.addDirective({
     ctx.addLine(`const slot${slotKey} = this.slots[context.__owl__.slotId + '_' + '${value}'];`);
     ctx.addIf(`slot${slotKey}`);
     ctx.addLine(
-      `slot${slotKey}(context.__owl__.parent, Object.assign({}, extra, {parentNode: c${
-        ctx.parentNode
-      }, vars: extra.vars, parent: owner}));`
+      `slot${slotKey}(context.__owl__.parent, Object.assign({}, extra, {parentNode: c${ctx.parentNode}, vars: extra.vars, parent: owner}));`
     );
     ctx.closeIf();
     return true;
diff --git a/src/qweb/qweb.ts b/src/qweb/qweb.ts
index 6b850b3e..968b4be1 100644
--- a/src/qweb/qweb.ts
+++ b/src/qweb/qweb.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { EventBus } from "../core/event_bus";
 import { h, patch, VNode } from "../vdom/index";
 import { Context } from "./context";
+import { shallowEqual } from "../utils";
 
 /**
  * Owl QWeb Engine
@@ -92,14 +93,7 @@ const UTILS: Utils = {
     }
     return expr;
   },
-  shallowEqual(p1, p2) {
-    for (let k in p1) {
-      if (p1[k] !== p2[k]) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
+  shallowEqual
 };
 
 function parseXML(xml: string): Document {
@@ -212,7 +206,7 @@ export class QWeb extends EventBus {
    * template, with the name given by the t-name attribute.
    */
   addTemplates(xmlstr: string | Document) {
-    const doc = typeof xmlstr === 'string' ? parseXML(xmlstr) : xmlstr;
+    const doc = typeof xmlstr === "string" ? parseXML(xmlstr) : xmlstr;
     const templates = doc.getElementsByTagName("templates")[0];
     if (!templates) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/router/Router.ts b/src/router/Router.ts
index c81866b9..c3b0425c 100644
--- a/src/router/Router.ts
+++ b/src/router/Router.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Env } from "../component/component";
 import { QWeb } from "../qweb/index";
 import { makeDirective } from "./directive";
 import { LINK_TEMPLATE, LINK_TEMPLATE_NAME } from "./Link";
+import { shallowEqual } from "../utils";
 
 type NavigationGuard = (info: {
   env: Env;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ export class Router {
   async navigate(to: Destination): Promise<boolean> {
     const path = this.destToPath(to);
     const initialName = this.currentRouteName;
+    const initialParams = this.currentParams;
     const result = await this.matchAndApplyRules(path);
     if (result.type === "match") {
       const finalPath = this.routeToPath(result.route, result.params);
@@ -121,7 +123,9 @@ export class Router {
       this.currentRoute = null;
       this.currentParams = null;
     }
-    if (this.currentRouteName !== initialName) {
+    const didChange =
+      this.currentRouteName !== initialName || !shallowEqual(this.currentParams, initialParams);
+    if (didChange) {
       this.env.qweb.forceUpdate();
       return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/router/directive.ts b/src/router/directive.ts
index 65a23ed6..3ae2ee9c 100644
--- a/src/router/directive.ts
+++ b/src/router/directive.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ export function makeDirective(env: RouterEnv) {
           // make new t t-component element
           const comp = node.ownerDocument.createElement("t");
           comp.setAttribute("t-component", "__component__" + route.name);
-          comp.setAttribute(first ? "t-if" : "t-elif", `env.router.currentRouteName === '${route.name}'`);
+          comp.setAttribute(
+            first ? "t-if" : "t-elif",
+            `env.router.currentRouteName === '${route.name}'`
+          );
           first = false;
           for (let param of route.params) {
             comp.setAttribute(param, `env.router.currentParams.${param}`);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index e5d33a8b..e00e1326 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -95,3 +95,12 @@ export function debounce(func: Function, wait: number, immediate?: boolean): Fun
     }
   };
 }
+
+export function shallowEqual(p1, p2): boolean {
+for (let k in p1) {
+    if (p1[k] !== p2[k]) {
+    return false;
+    }
+}
+return true;
+}
diff --git a/tests/router/router.test.ts b/tests/router/router.test.ts
index 8850bf74..fac78e06 100644
--- a/tests/router/router.test.ts
+++ b/tests/router/router.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ describe("router miscellaneous", () => {
       ]);
     }).toThrow(`Invalid destination: {"abc":"hey"}`);
   });
+
+  test("navigate to same route but with different params should trigger update", async () => {
+    router = new TestRouter(env, [{ name: "users", path: "/users/{{id}}" }]);
+    env.qweb.forceUpdate = jest.fn();
+    await router.navigate({ to: "users", params: { id: 3 } });
+    expect(window.location.pathname).toBe("/users/3");
+    expect(env.qweb.forceUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    await router.navigate({ to: "users", params: { id: 5 } });
+    expect(window.location.pathname).toBe("/users/5");
+    expect(env.qweb.forceUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("routeToPath", () => {