diff --git a/mux_test.go b/mux_test.go
index add3857c..4cf96a2f 100644
--- a/mux_test.go
+++ b/mux_test.go
@@ -1466,6 +1466,47 @@ func TestMuxRegexp2(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMuxRegexp3(t *testing.T) {
+	r := NewRouter()
+	r.Get("/one/{firstId:[a-z0-9-]+}/{secondId:[a-z]+}/first", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("first"))
+	})
+	r.Get("/one/{firstId:[a-z0-9-_]+}/{secondId:[0-9]+}/second", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("second"))
+	})
+	r.Delete("/one/{firstId:[a-z0-9-_]+}/{secondId:[0-9]+}/second", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("third"))
+	})
+
+	r.Route("/one", func(r Router) {
+		r.Get("/{dns:[a-z-0-9_]+}", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+			writer.Write([]byte("_"))
+		})
+		r.Get("/{dns:[a-z-0-9_]+}/info", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+			writer.Write([]byte("_"))
+		})
+		r.Delete("/{id:[0-9]+}", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+			writer.Write([]byte("forth"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(r)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/one/hello/peter/first", nil); body != "first" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/one/hithere/123/second", nil); body != "second" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "DELETE", "/one/hithere/123/second", nil); body != "third" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "DELETE", "/one/123", nil); body != "forth" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMuxContextIsThreadSafe(t *testing.T) {
 	router := NewRouter()
 	router.Get("/{id}", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index fa9bd4bd..a7e29c5b 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -417,8 +417,6 @@ func (n *node) findRoute(rctx *Context, method methodTyp, path string) *node {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			found := false
-
 			// serially loop through each node grouped by the tail delimiter
 			for idx := 0; idx < len(nds); idx++ {
 				xn = nds[idx]
@@ -443,16 +441,33 @@ func (n *node) findRoute(rctx *Context, method methodTyp, path string) *node {
 					continue
 				}
 
+				prevlen := len(rctx.routeParams.Values)
 				rctx.routeParams.Values = append(rctx.routeParams.Values, xsearch[:p])
 				xsearch = xsearch[p:]
-				found = true
-				break
-			}
 
-			if !found {
-				rctx.routeParams.Values = append(rctx.routeParams.Values, "")
+				if len(xsearch) == 0 {
+					if xn.isLeaf() {
+						h := xn.endpoints[method]
+						if h != nil && h.handler != nil {
+							rctx.routeParams.Keys = append(rctx.routeParams.Keys, h.paramKeys...)
+							return xn
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				// recursively find the next node on this branch
+				fin := xn.findRoute(rctx, method, xsearch)
+				if fin != nil {
+					return fin
+				}
+
+				// not found on this branch, reset vars
+				rctx.routeParams.Values = rctx.routeParams.Values[:prevlen]
+				xsearch = search
 			}
 
+			rctx.routeParams.Values = append(rctx.routeParams.Values, "")
+
 		default:
 			// catch-all nodes
 			rctx.routeParams.Values = append(rctx.routeParams.Values, search)
diff --git a/tree_test.go b/tree_test.go
index 70d642a6..1017efbf 100644
--- a/tree_test.go
+++ b/tree_test.go
@@ -333,6 +333,57 @@ func TestTreeRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTreeRegexpRecursive(t *testing.T) {
+	hStub1 := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
+	hStub2 := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
+
+	tr := &node{}
+	tr.InsertRoute(mGET, "/one/{firstId:[a-z0-9-]+}/{secondId:[a-z0-9-]+}/first", hStub1)
+	tr.InsertRoute(mGET, "/one/{firstId:[a-z0-9-_]+}/{secondId:[a-z0-9-_]+}/second", hStub2)
+
+	// log.Println("~~~~~~~~~")
+	// log.Println("~~~~~~~~~")
+	// debugPrintTree(0, 0, tr, 0)
+	// log.Println("~~~~~~~~~")
+	// log.Println("~~~~~~~~~")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		r string       // input request path
+		h http.Handler // output matched handler
+		k []string     // output param keys
+		v []string     // output param values
+	}{
+		{r: "/one/hello/world/first", h: hStub1, k: []string{"firstId", "secondId"}, v: []string{"hello", "world"}},
+		{r: "/one/hi_there/ok/second", h: hStub2, k: []string{"firstId", "secondId"}, v: []string{"hi_there", "ok"}},
+		{r: "/one///first", h: nil, k: []string{}, v: []string{}},
+		{r: "/one/hi/123/second", h: hStub2, k: []string{"firstId", "secondId"}, v: []string{"hi", "123"}},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		rctx := NewRouteContext()
+
+		_, handlers, _ := tr.FindRoute(rctx, mGET, tt.r)
+
+		var handler http.Handler
+		if methodHandler, ok := handlers[mGET]; ok {
+			handler = methodHandler.handler
+		}
+
+		paramKeys := rctx.routeParams.Keys
+		paramValues := rctx.routeParams.Values
+
+		if fmt.Sprintf("%v", tt.h) != fmt.Sprintf("%v", handler) {
+			t.Errorf("input [%d]: find '%s' expecting handler:%v , got:%v", i, tt.r, tt.h, handler)
+		}
+		if !stringSliceEqual(tt.k, paramKeys) {
+			t.Errorf("input [%d]: find '%s' expecting paramKeys:(%d)%v , got:(%d)%v", i, tt.r, len(tt.k), tt.k, len(paramKeys), paramKeys)
+		}
+		if !stringSliceEqual(tt.v, paramValues) {
+			t.Errorf("input [%d]: find '%s' expecting paramValues:(%d)%v , got:(%d)%v", i, tt.r, len(tt.v), tt.v, len(paramValues), paramValues)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTreeRegexMatchWholeParam(t *testing.T) {
 	hStub1 := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})