diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteDependencyResolverTrait.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteDependencyResolverTrait.php
index 37fd8b579e03..eb49fbb77eaa 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteDependencyResolverTrait.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteDependencyResolverTrait.php
@@ -31,21 +31,30 @@ protected function resolveClassMethodDependencies(array $parameters, $instance,
     /**
      * Resolve the given method's type-hinted dependencies.
      *
-     * @param  array  $parameters
+     * @param  array  $originalParameters
      * @param  \ReflectionFunctionAbstract  $reflector
      * @return array
      */
-    public function resolveMethodDependencies(array $parameters, ReflectionFunctionAbstract $reflector)
+    public function resolveMethodDependencies(array $originalParameters, ReflectionFunctionAbstract $reflector)
     {
-        $originalParameters = $parameters;
+        $parameters = [];
+
+        $values = array_values($originalParameters);
+
+        $instancesCount = 0;
 
         foreach ($reflector->getParameters() as $key => $parameter) {
             $instance = $this->transformDependency(
-                $parameter, $parameters, $originalParameters
+                $parameter, $originalParameters
             );
 
             if (! is_null($instance)) {
-                $this->spliceIntoParameters($parameters, $key, $instance);
+                $instancesCount++;
+
+                $parameters[] = $instance;
+            } else {
+                $parameters[] = isset($values[$key - $instancesCount])
+                    ? $values[$key - $instancesCount] : $parameter->getDefaultValue();
             }
         }
 
@@ -57,10 +66,9 @@ public function resolveMethodDependencies(array $parameters, ReflectionFunctionA
      *
      * @param  \ReflectionParameter  $parameter
      * @param  array  $parameters
-     * @param  array  $originalParameters
      * @return mixed
      */
-    protected function transformDependency(ReflectionParameter $parameter, $parameters, $originalParameters)
+    protected function transformDependency(ReflectionParameter $parameter, $parameters)
     {
         $class = $parameter->getClass();
 
@@ -85,19 +93,4 @@ protected function alreadyInParameters($class, array $parameters)
             return $value instanceof $class;
         }));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Splice the given value into the parameter list.
-     *
-     * @param  array  $parameters
-     * @param  string  $key
-     * @param  mixed  $instance
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function spliceIntoParameters(array &$parameters, $key, $instance)
-    {
-        array_splice(
-            $parameters, $key, 0, [$instance]
-        );
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php b/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
index 80c5db8a9489..dfc948b389e9 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
@@ -309,6 +309,24 @@ public function testClassesCanBeInjectedIntoRoutes()
         unset($_SERVER['__test.route_inject']);
     }
 
+    public function testClassesAndVariablesCanBeInjectedIntoRoutes()
+    {
+        unset($_SERVER['__test.route_inject']);
+        $router = $this->getRouter();
+        $router->get('foo/{var}/{bar?}/{baz?}', function (stdClass $foo, $var, $bar = 'test', Request $baz = null) {
+            $_SERVER['__test.route_inject'] = func_get_args();
+
+            return 'hello';
+        });
+        $this->assertEquals('hello', $router->dispatch(Request::create('foo/bar', 'GET'))->getContent());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $_SERVER['__test.route_inject'][0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $_SERVER['__test.route_inject'][1]);
+        $this->assertEquals('test', $_SERVER['__test.route_inject'][2]);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey(3, $_SERVER['__test.route_inject']);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Illuminate\Http\Request', $_SERVER['__test.route_inject'][3]);
+        unset($_SERVER['__test.route_inject']);
+    }
+
     public function testOptionsResponsesAreGeneratedByDefault()
     {
         $router = $this->getRouter();