diff --git a/src/React.AspNet/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs b/src/React.AspNet/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
index bf427a7e1..d40fb32ef 100644
--- a/src/React.AspNet/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/React.AspNet/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ public static IHtmlString React<T>(
 		/// <param name="htmlTag">HTML tag to wrap the component in. Defaults to &lt;div&gt;</param>
 		/// <param name="containerId">ID to use for the container HTML tag. Defaults to an auto-generated ID</param>
 		/// <param name="clientOnly">Skip rendering server-side and only output client-side initialisation code. Defaults to <c>false</c></param>
+		/// <param name="serverOnly">Skip rendering React specific data-attributes, container and client-side initialisation during server side rendering. Defaults to <c>false</c></param>
 		/// <param name="containerClass">HTML class(es) to set on the container tag</param>
 		/// <param name="exceptionHandler">A custom exception handler that will be called if a component throws during a render. Args: (Exception ex, string componentName, string containerId)</param>
+		/// <param name="renderFunctions">Functions to call during component render</param>
 		/// <returns>The component's HTML</returns>
 		public static IHtmlString ReactWithInit<T>(
 			this IHtmlHelper htmlHelper,
@@ -114,8 +116,10 @@ public static IHtmlString ReactWithInit<T>(
 			string htmlTag = null,
 			string containerId = null,
 			bool clientOnly = false,
+			bool serverOnly = false,
 			string containerClass = null,
-			Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler = null
+			Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler = null,
+			IRenderFunctions renderFunctions = null
 		)
 		{
 			try
@@ -133,11 +137,11 @@ public static IHtmlString ReactWithInit<T>(
 
 				return RenderToString(writer =>
 				{
-					reactComponent.RenderHtml(writer, clientOnly, exceptionHandler: exceptionHandler);
+					reactComponent.RenderHtml(writer, clientOnly, serverOnly, exceptionHandler: exceptionHandler, renderFunctions);
 					writer.WriteLine();
-					WriteScriptTag(writer, bodyWriter => reactComponent.RenderJavaScript(bodyWriter));
+					WriteScriptTag(writer, bodyWriter => reactComponent.RenderJavaScript(bodyWriter, waitForDOMContentLoad: true));
 				});
-					
+
 			}
 			finally
 			{
diff --git a/src/React.Core/IReactComponent.cs b/src/React.Core/IReactComponent.cs
index 3ba68a128..6e4e8127b 100644
--- a/src/React.Core/IReactComponent.cs
+++ b/src/React.Core/IReactComponent.cs
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ public interface IReactComponent
 		/// <returns>HTML</returns>
 		string RenderHtml(bool renderContainerOnly = false, bool renderServerOnly = false, Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler = null, IRenderFunctions renderFunctions = null);
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Renders the JavaScript required to initialise this component client-side. This will
-		/// initialise the React component, which includes attach event handlers to the
-		/// server-rendered HTML.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
-		string RenderJavaScript();
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Renders the HTML for this component. This will execute the component server-side and
 		/// return the rendered HTML.
@@ -82,6 +74,14 @@ public interface IReactComponent
 		/// server-rendered HTML.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
-		void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer);
+		string RenderJavaScript(bool waitForDOMContentLoad);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Renders the JavaScript required to initialise this component client-side. This will
+		/// initialise the React component, which includes attach event handlers to the
+		/// server-rendered HTML.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
+		void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/React.Core/ReactComponent.cs b/src/React.Core/ReactComponent.cs
index 6ad394361..9b54f10ff 100644
--- a/src/React.Core/ReactComponent.cs
+++ b/src/React.Core/ReactComponent.cs
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ public virtual void RenderHtml(TextWriter writer, bool renderContainerOnly = fal
 		/// server-rendered HTML.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
-		public virtual string RenderJavaScript()
+		public virtual string RenderJavaScript(bool waitForDOMContentLoad)
 		{
-			return GetStringFromWriter(renderJsWriter => RenderJavaScript(renderJsWriter));
+			return GetStringFromWriter(renderJsWriter => RenderJavaScript(renderJsWriter, waitForDOMContentLoad));
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -242,15 +242,26 @@ public virtual string RenderJavaScript()
 		/// server-rendered HTML.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="writer">The <see cref="T:System.IO.TextWriter" /> to which the content is written</param>
+		/// <param name="waitForDOMContentLoad">Delays the component init until the page load event fires. Useful if the component script tags are located after the call to Html.ReactWithInit. </param>
 		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
-		public virtual void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer)
+		public virtual void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad)
 		{
+			if (waitForDOMContentLoad)
+			{
+				writer.Write("window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {");
+			}
+
 			writer.Write(
 				!_configuration.UseServerSideRendering || ClientOnly ? "ReactDOM.render(" : "ReactDOM.hydrate(");
 			WriteComponentInitialiser(writer);
 			writer.Write(", document.getElementById(\"");
 			writer.Write(ContainerId);
 			writer.Write("\"))");
+
+			if (waitForDOMContentLoad)
+			{
+				writer.Write("});");
+			}
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/src/React.Core/ReactEnvironment.cs b/src/React.Core/ReactEnvironment.cs
index 9609aa29a..9c1a10db5 100644
--- a/src/React.Core/ReactEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/React.Core/ReactEnvironment.cs
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public virtual void GetInitJavaScript(TextWriter writer, bool clientOnly = false
 			{
 				if (!component.ServerOnly)
 				{
-					component.RenderJavaScript(writer);
+					component.RenderJavaScript(writer, waitForDOMContentLoad: false);
 					writer.WriteLine(';');
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/React.Router/ReactRouterComponent.cs b/src/React.Router/ReactRouterComponent.cs
index 6cfe54858..932b69652 100644
--- a/src/React.Router/ReactRouterComponent.cs
+++ b/src/React.Router/ReactRouterComponent.cs
@@ -93,13 +93,23 @@ protected override void WriteComponentInitialiser(TextWriter writer)
 		/// Client side React Router does not need context nor explicit path parameter.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns>JavaScript</returns>
-		public override void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer)
+		public override void RenderJavaScript(TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad)
 		{
+			if (waitForDOMContentLoad)
+			{
+				writer.Write("window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {");
+			}
+
 			writer.Write("ReactDOM.hydrate(");
 			base.WriteComponentInitialiser(writer);
 			writer.Write(", document.getElementById(\"");
 			writer.Write(ContainerId);
 			writer.Write("\"))");
+
+			if (waitForDOMContentLoad)
+			{
+				writer.Write("});");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactComponentTest.cs b/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactComponentTest.cs
index 982bf9ba2..1a0cbc93f 100644
--- a/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactComponentTest.cs
+++ b/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactComponentTest.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.Core;
 using Moq;
 using React.Exceptions;
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ public void RenderJavaScriptShouldCallRenderComponent()
 			{
 				Props = new { hello = "World" }
 			};
-			var result = component.RenderJavaScript();
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(false);
 
 			Assert.Equal(
 				@"ReactDOM.hydrate(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))",
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ public void RenderJavaScriptShouldCallRenderComponentWithReactDOMRender()
 				ClientOnly = true,
 				Props = new { hello = "World" }
 			};
-			var result = component.RenderJavaScript();
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(false);
 
 			Assert.Equal(
 				@"ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))",
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ public void RenderJavaScriptShouldCallRenderComponentwithReactDOMHydrate()
 				ClientOnly = false,
 				Props = new { hello = "World" }
 			};
-			var result = component.RenderJavaScript();
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(false);
 
 			Assert.Equal(
 				@"ReactDOM.hydrate(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))",
@@ -265,14 +266,37 @@ public void RenderJavaScriptShouldCallRenderComponentWithReactDomRenderWhenSsrDi
 				ClientOnly = false,
 				Props = new {hello = "World"}
 			};
-			var result = component.RenderJavaScript();
-			
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(false);
+
 			Assert.Equal(
 				@"ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))",
 				result
 			);
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void RenderJavaScriptShouldHandleWaitForContentLoad()
+		{
+			var environment = new Mock<IReactEnvironment>();
+			var config = CreateDefaultConfigMock();
+			config.SetupGet(x => x.UseServerSideRendering).Returns(false);
+
+			var reactIdGenerator = new Mock<IReactIdGenerator>();
+			var component = new ReactComponent(environment.Object, config.Object, reactIdGenerator.Object, "Foo", "container")
+			{
+				ClientOnly = false,
+				Props = new {hello = "World"}
+			};
+			using (var writer = new StringWriter())
+			{
+				component.RenderJavaScript(writer, waitForDOMContentLoad: true);
+				Assert.Equal(
+					@"window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))});",
+					writer.ToString()
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
 		[Theory]
 		[InlineData("Foo", true)]
 		[InlineData("Foo.Bar", true)]
diff --git a/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactEnvironmentTest.cs b/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactEnvironmentTest.cs
index 5253f1ffe..4eab8bf5d 100644
--- a/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactEnvironmentTest.cs
+++ b/tests/React.Tests/Core/ReactEnvironmentTest.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using Moq;
 using Xunit;
 using React.Exceptions;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace React.Tests.Core
 {
@@ -125,6 +126,21 @@ public void CreatesIReactComponent()
 			Assert.Equal(";" + Environment.NewLine, environment.GetInitJavaScript());
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void GetInitJavaScript()
+		{
+			var mocks = new Mocks();
+			var environment = mocks.CreateReactEnvironment();
+
+			var component = new Mock<IReactComponent>();
+
+			component.Setup(x => x.RenderJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), It.IsAny<bool>())).Callback((TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad) => writer.Write(waitForDOMContentLoad ? "waiting for page load JS" : "JS")).Verifiable();
+
+			environment.CreateComponent(component.Object);
+
+			Assert.Equal("JS;" + Environment.NewLine, environment.GetInitJavaScript());
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void ServerSideOnlyComponentRendersNoJavaScript()
 		{
diff --git a/tests/React.Tests/Mvc/HtmlHelperExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/React.Tests/Mvc/HtmlHelperExtensionsTests.cs
index a24015c9c..b08ceffe5 100644
--- a/tests/React.Tests/Mvc/HtmlHelperExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/React.Tests/Mvc/HtmlHelperExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void ReactWithInitShouldReturnHtmlAndScript()
 			component.Setup(x => x.RenderHtml(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), false, false, null, null))
 				.Callback((TextWriter writer, bool renderContainerOnly, bool renderServerOnly, Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler, IRenderFunctions renderFunctions) => writer.Write("HTML"));
 
-			component.Setup(x => x.RenderJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>())).Callback((TextWriter writer) => writer.Write("JS"));
+			component.Setup(x => x.RenderJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), It.IsAny<bool>())).Callback((TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad) => writer.Write(waitForDOMContentLoad ? "waiting for page load JS" : "JS"));
 
 			var environment = ConfigureMockEnvironment();
 			environment.Setup(x => x.CreateComponent(
@@ -57,11 +57,28 @@ public void ReactWithInitShouldReturnHtmlAndScript()
 			).ToHtmlString();
 
 			Assert.Equal(
-				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script>JS</script>",
+				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script>waiting for page load JS</script>",
 				result.ToString()
 			);
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void GetInitJavaScriptReturns()
+		{
+			var component = new Mock<IReactComponent>();
+
+			var environment = ConfigureMockEnvironment();
+
+			environment.Setup(x => x.GetInitJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), It.IsAny<bool>())).Callback((TextWriter writer, bool clientOnly) => writer.Write("JS"));
+
+			var renderJSResult = HtmlHelperExtensions.ReactInitJavaScript(htmlHelper: null, clientOnly: false);
+
+			Assert.Equal(
+				"<script>JS</script>",
+				renderJSResult.ToString()
+			);
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void ScriptNonceIsReturned()
 		{
@@ -77,7 +94,7 @@ public void ScriptNonceIsReturned()
 			component.Setup(x => x.RenderHtml(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), false, false, null, null))
 				.Callback((TextWriter writer, bool renderContainerOnly, bool renderServerOnly, Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandle, IRenderFunctions renderFunctions) => writer.Write("HTML")).Verifiable();
 
-			component.Setup(x => x.RenderJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>())).Callback((TextWriter writer) => writer.Write("JS")).Verifiable();
+			component.Setup(x => x.RenderJavaScript(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), It.IsAny<bool>())).Callback((TextWriter writer, bool waitForDOMContentLoad) => writer.Write(waitForDOMContentLoad ? "waiting for page load JS" : "JS")).Verifiable();
 
 			var config = new Mock<IReactSiteConfiguration>();
 
@@ -101,7 +118,7 @@ public void ScriptNonceIsReturned()
 			).ToHtmlString();
 
 			Assert.Equal(
-				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script>JS</script>",
+				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script>waiting for page load JS</script>",
 				result.ToString()
 			);
 
@@ -116,7 +133,7 @@ public void ScriptNonceIsReturned()
 			).ToHtmlString();
 
 			Assert.Equal(
-				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script nonce=\"" + nonce + "\">JS</script>",
+				"HTML" + System.Environment.NewLine + "<script nonce=\"" + nonce + "\">waiting for page load JS</script>",
 				result.ToString()
 			);
 		}
@@ -217,7 +234,7 @@ public void RenderFunctionsCalledNonLazily()
 			fakeRenderFunctions.Setup(x => x.TransformRenderedHtml(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns("HTML");
 
 			component.Setup(x => x.RenderHtml(It.IsAny<TextWriter>(), It.IsAny<bool>(), It.IsAny<bool>(), It.IsAny<Action<Exception, string, string>>(), It.IsAny<IRenderFunctions>()))
-				.Callback((TextWriter writer, bool renderContainerOnly, bool renderServerOnly, Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler, IRenderFunctions renderFunctions) => 
+				.Callback((TextWriter writer, bool renderContainerOnly, bool renderServerOnly, Action<Exception, string, string> exceptionHandler, IRenderFunctions renderFunctions) =>
 				{
 					renderFunctions.PreRender(_ => "one");
 					writer.Write(renderFunctions.TransformRenderedHtml("HTML"));
diff --git a/tests/React.Tests/Router/ReactRouterComponentTest.cs b/tests/React.Tests/Router/ReactRouterComponentTest.cs
index 42f43d23d..954aee794 100644
--- a/tests/React.Tests/Router/ReactRouterComponentTest.cs
+++ b/tests/React.Tests/Router/ReactRouterComponentTest.cs
@@ -27,13 +27,32 @@ public void RenderJavaScriptShouldNotIncludeContextOrPath()
 			{
 				Props = new { hello = "World" }
 			};
-			var result = component.RenderJavaScript();
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(false);
 
 			Assert.Equal(
 				@"ReactDOM.hydrate(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))",
 				result
 			);
 		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public void RenderJavaScriptShouldHandleWaitForContentLoad()
+		{
+			var environment = new Mock<IReactEnvironment>();
+			var config = new Mock<IReactSiteConfiguration>();
+			var reactIdGenerator = new Mock<IReactIdGenerator>();
+
+			var component = new ReactRouterComponent(environment.Object, config.Object, reactIdGenerator.Object, "Foo", "container", "/bar")
+			{
+				Props = new { hello = "World" }
+			};
+			var result = component.RenderJavaScript(true);
+
+			Assert.Equal(
+				@"window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {ReactDOM.hydrate(React.createElement(Foo, {""hello"":""World""}), document.getElementById(""container""))});",
+				result
+			);
+		}
 	}
 }
 #endif