diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 4155e870..6c55a586 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ class Sanic:
             # Request Middleware
             # -------------------------------------------- #
 
+            request.app = self
+
             response = False
             # The if improves speed.  I don't know why
             if self.request_middleware:
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 51591f1f..bca0cf27 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class RequestParameters(dict):
 class Request(dict):
     """Properties of an HTTP request such as URL, headers, etc."""
     __slots__ = (
-        'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method', '_cookies', 'transport',
+        'app', 'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method', '_cookies', 'transport',
         'query_string', 'body',
         'parsed_json', 'parsed_args', 'parsed_form', 'parsed_files',
         '_ip',
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Request(dict):
     def __init__(self, url_bytes, headers, version, method, transport):
         # TODO: Content-Encoding detection
         url_parsed = parse_url(url_bytes)
+        self.app = None
         self.url = url_parsed.path.decode('utf-8')
         self.headers = headers
         self.version = version
diff --git a/tests/test_request_data.py b/tests/test_request_data.py
index 1d0a3795..c874f71d 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_data.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import random
+
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import json
 from ujson import loads
@@ -14,10 +16,28 @@ def test_storage():
 
     @app.route('/')
     def handler(request):
-        return json({ 'user': request.get('user'), 'sidekick': request.get('sidekick') })
+        return json({'user': request.get('user'), 'sidekick': request.get('sidekick')})
 
     request, response = app.test_client.get('/')
 
     response_json = loads(response.text)
     assert response_json['user'] == 'sanic'
     assert response_json.get('sidekick') is None
+
+
+def test_app_injection():
+    app = Sanic('test_app_injection')
+    expected = random.choice(range(0, 100))
+
+    @app.listener('after_server_start')
+    async def inject_data(app, loop):
+        app.injected = expected
+
+    @app.get('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return json({'injected': request.app.injected})
+
+    request, response = app.test_client.get('/')
+
+    response_json = loads(response.text)
+    assert response_json['injected'] == expected