diff --git a/ui/app/components/navigate-input.js b/ui/app/components/navigate-input.js
index 9a45016bf97a..b32ad6b4c2ef 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/navigate-input.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/navigate-input.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default Component.extend(FocusOnInsertMixin, {
     return `cert/${key}`;
   },
   onEnter: function(val) {
-    let { filter, baseKey, mode } = this;
+    let { baseKey, mode } = this;
     let extraParams = this.get('extraNavParams');
     if (mode.startsWith('secrets') && (!val || val === baseKey)) {
       return;
diff --git a/ui/app/services/router.js b/ui/app/services/router.js
index 9f31237d2449..745c2bfb8757 100644
--- a/ui/app/services/router.js
+++ b/ui/app/services/router.js
@@ -1,6 +1,43 @@
 import Service from '@ember/service';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { alias } from '@ember/object/computed';
+export function extractRouteArgs(args) {
+  args = args.slice();
+  let possibleQueryParams = args[args.length - 1];
+
+  let queryParams;
+  if (possibleQueryParams && possibleQueryParams.hasOwnProperty('queryParams')) {
+    queryParams = args.pop().queryParams;
+  } else {
+    queryParams = {};
+  }
+
+  let routeName = args.shift();
+
+  return { routeName, models: args, queryParams };
+}
+//https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/blob/abf753a3d494830dc9e95b1337b3654b671b11be/packages/ember-routing/lib/utils.js#L210
+export function shallowEqual(a, b) {
+  let k;
+  let aCount = 0;
+  let bCount = 0;
+  for (k in a) {
+    if (a.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
+      if (a[k] !== b[k]) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      aCount++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (k in b) {
+    if (b.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
+      bCount++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return aCount === bCount;
+}
 
 export default Service.extend({
   routing: service('-routing'),
@@ -20,4 +57,24 @@ export default Service.extend({
   currentURL: alias('router.currentURL'),
   currentRouteName: alias('router.currentRouteName'),
   rootURL: alias('router.rootURL'),
+  location: alias('router.location'),
+
+  //adapted from:
+  // https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/blob/abf753a3d494830dc9e95b1337b3654b671b11be/packages/ember-routing/lib/services/router.js#L220
+  isActive(...args) {
+    let { routeName, models, queryParams } = extractRouteArgs(args);
+    let routerMicrolib = this.router._routerMicrolib;
+
+    if (!routerMicrolib.isActiveIntent(routeName, models, null)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    let hasQueryParams = Object.keys(queryParams).length > 0;
+
+    if (hasQueryParams) {
+      this.router._prepareQueryParams(routeName, models, queryParams, true /* fromRouterService */);
+      return shallowEqual(queryParams, routerMicrolib.state.queryParams);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  },
 });