diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteGroup.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteGroup.php
index 4dad20d3da7b..18dbb5245b8f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteGroup.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteGroup.php
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ public static function merge($new, $old, $prependExistingPrefix = true)
             unset($old['domain']);
         }
 
+        if (isset($new['controller'])) {
+            unset($old['controller']);
+        }
+
         $new = array_merge(static::formatAs($new, $old), [
             'namespace' => static::formatNamespace($new, $old),
             'prefix' => static::formatPrefix($new, $old, $prependExistingPrefix),
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
index 46ba84c80892..64c1359bd61d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\Route options(string $uri, \Closure|array|string|null $action = null)
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\Route any(string $uri, \Closure|array|string|null $action = null)
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar as(string $value)
+ * @method \Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar controller(string $controller)
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar domain(string $value)
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar middleware(array|string|null $middleware)
  * @method \Illuminate\Routing\RouteRegistrar name(string $value)
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class RouteRegistrar
      */
     protected $allowedAttributes = [
         'as',
+        'controller',
         'domain',
         'middleware',
         'name',
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php
index 64e32373ace6..26f6ec9ba28d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php
@@ -515,10 +515,11 @@ protected function convertToControllerAction($action)
             $action = ['uses' => $action];
         }
 
-        // Here we'll merge any group "uses" statement if necessary so that the action
-        // has the proper clause for this property. Then we can simply set the name
-        // of the controller on the action and return the action array for usage.
+        // Here we'll merge any group "controller" and "uses" statements if necessary so that
+        // the action has the proper clause for this property. Then, we can simply set the
+        // name of this controller on the action plus return the action array for usage.
         if ($this->hasGroupStack()) {
+            $action['uses'] = $this->prependGroupController($action['uses']);
             $action['uses'] = $this->prependGroupNamespace($action['uses']);
         }
 
@@ -544,6 +545,31 @@ protected function prependGroupNamespace($class)
                 ? $group['namespace'].'\\'.$class : $class;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Prepend the last group controller onto the use clause.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $class
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function prependGroupController($class)
+    {
+        $group = end($this->groupStack);
+
+        if (! isset($group['controller'])) {
+            return $class;
+        }
+
+        if (class_exists($class)) {
+            return $class;
+        }
+
+        if (strpos($class, '@') !== false) {
+            return $class;
+        }
+
+        return $group['controller'].'@'.$class;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new Route object.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
index 4daf41f813f7..62825149f17d 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Routing;
 
 use BadMethodCallException;
+use FooController;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Route;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
 use Mockery as m;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -346,6 +348,79 @@ public function testCanRegisterGroupWithDomainAndNamePrefix()
         $this->assertSame('api.users', $this->getRoute()->getName());
     }
 
+    public function testCanRegisterGroupWithController()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->get('users', 'index');
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class.'@index',
+            $this->getRoute()->getAction()['uses']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testCanOverrideGroupControllerWithStringSyntax()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->get('users', 'UserController@index');
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'UserController@index',
+            $this->getRoute()->getAction()['uses']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testCanOverrideGroupControllerWithClosureSyntax()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->get('users', function () {
+                return 'hello world';
+            });
+        });
+
+        $this->seeResponse('hello world', Request::create('users', 'GET'));
+    }
+
+    public function testCanOverrideGroupControllerWithInvokableControllerSyntax()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->get('users', InvokableRouteRegistrarControllerStub::class);
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            InvokableRouteRegistrarControllerStub::class.'@__invoke',
+            $this->getRoute()->getAction()['uses']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testWillUseTheLatestGroupController()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->group(['controller' => FooController::class], function ($router) {
+                $router->get('users', 'index');
+            });
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            FooController::class.'@index',
+            $this->getRoute()->getAction()['uses']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testCanOverrideGroupControllerWithArraySyntax()
+    {
+        $this->router->controller(RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)->group(function ($router) {
+            $router->get('users', [FooController::class, 'index']);
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            FooController::class.'@index',
+            $this->getRoute()->getAction()['uses']
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testRouteGroupingWithoutPrefix()
     {
         $this->router->group([], function ($router) {
@@ -848,6 +923,14 @@ public function destroy()
     }
 }
 
+class InvokableRouteRegistrarControllerStub
+{
+    public function __invoke()
+    {
+        return 'controller';
+    }
+}
+
 class RouteRegistrarMiddlewareStub
 {
     //