diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroController.cs
index c01731e989..913a79e61e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroController.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Macros
 		[ChildActionOnly]
 		public PartialViewResult Index()
 		{
-			var model = new PartialViewMacroModel(_currentPage.ConvertFromNode(), 
+			var model = new PartialViewMacroModel(
+                _currentPage.ConvertFromNode(), 
+                _macro.Id,
+                _macro.Alias,
+                _macro.Name,
 				_macro.Properties.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => (object)x.Value));
 			return PartialView(_macro.ScriptName, model);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroPage.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroPage.cs
index a64e48663f..2cf95cca95 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroPage.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Macros/PartialViewMacroPage.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Web.Mvc;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Macros
 	/// </summary>
 	public abstract class PartialViewMacroPage : UmbracoViewPage<PartialViewMacroModel>
 	{
-		
+        protected override void InitializePage()
+        {
+            base.InitializePage();
+            //set the model to the current node if it is not set, this is generally not the case
+            if (Model != null)
+            {
+                CurrentPage = Model.Content.AsDynamic();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the a DynamicPublishedContent object
+        /// </summary>
+        public dynamic CurrentPage { get; private set; }
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PartialViewMacroModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PartialViewMacroModel.cs
index 7d690d30e4..b21b7cdb81 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PartialViewMacroModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PartialViewMacroModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
@@ -9,14 +11,38 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models
 	public class PartialViewMacroModel
 	{
 
+        public PartialViewMacroModel(IPublishedContent page, 
+            int macroId, 
+            string macroAlias, 
+            string macroName, 
+            IDictionary<string, object> macroParams)
+        {
+            Content = page;
+            MacroParameters = macroParams;
+            MacroName = macroName;
+            MacroAlias = macroAlias;
+            MacroId = macroId;
+        }
+
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        [Obsolete("Use the constructor accepting the macro id instead")]
 		public PartialViewMacroModel(IPublishedContent page, IDictionary<string, object> macroParams)
 		{
-			CurrentPage = page;
+            Content = page;
 			MacroParameters = macroParams;
 		}
 
-		public IPublishedContent CurrentPage { get; private set; }
+	    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+	    [Obsolete("Use the Content property instead")]
+	    public IPublishedContent CurrentPage
+	    {
+	        get { return Content; }
+	    }
 
+        public IPublishedContent Content { get; private set; }
+        public string MacroName { get; private set; }
+        public string MacroAlias { get; private set; }
+        public int MacroId { get; private set; }
 		public IDictionary<string, object> MacroParameters { get; private set; }
 
 	}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/SurfaceController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/SurfaceController.cs
index 463162694f..b222eb8a39 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/SurfaceController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/SurfaceController.cs
@@ -77,20 +77,50 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
 		{
 			get
 			{
-                var routeData = ControllerContext.IsChildAction 
-                    ? ControllerContext.ParentActionViewContext.RouteData 
-                    : ControllerContext.RouteData;
-
-                if (!routeData.DataTokens.ContainsKey("umbraco-route-def"))
+			    var routeDefAttempt = TryGetRouteDefinitionFromAncestorViewContexts();
+                if (!routeDefAttempt.Success)
                 {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot find the Umbraco route definition in the route values, the request must be made in the context of an Umbraco request");                    
+                    throw routeDefAttempt.Error;
                 }
 
-                var routeDef = (RouteDefinition)routeData.DataTokens["umbraco-route-def"];
+			    var routeDef = routeDefAttempt.Result;
 				return routeDef.PublishedContentRequest.PublishedContent;
 			}
 		}
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// we need to recursively find the route definition based on the parent view context
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// We may have Child Actions within Child actions so we need to recursively look this up.
+        /// see: http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1844
+        /// </remarks>
+        private Attempt<RouteDefinition> TryGetRouteDefinitionFromAncestorViewContexts()
+        {
+            ControllerContext currentContext = ControllerContext;
+            while (currentContext != null)
+            {
+                var currentRouteData = currentContext.RouteData;
+                if (currentRouteData.DataTokens.ContainsKey("umbraco-route-def"))
+                {
+                    return new Attempt<RouteDefinition>(true, (RouteDefinition) currentRouteData.DataTokens["umbraco-route-def"]);
+                }
+                if (currentContext.IsChildAction)
+                {
+                    //assign current context to parent
+                    currentContext = currentContext.ParentActionViewContext;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //exit the loop
+                    currentRouteData = null;
+                }
+            }
+            return new Attempt<RouteDefinition>(
+                new InvalidOperationException("Cannot find the Umbraco route definition in the route values, the request must be made in the context of an Umbraco request"));
+        } 
+
 		
 	}
 }
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