diff --git a/server/armeria-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/armeria/ArmeriaServerRequest.scala b/server/armeria-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/armeria/ArmeriaServerRequest.scala
index ec2190ebfa..bb95fd9e66 100644
--- a/server/armeria-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/armeria/ArmeriaServerRequest.scala
+++ b/server/armeria-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/armeria/ArmeriaServerRequest.scala
@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ private[armeria] final case class ArmeriaServerRequest(ctx: ServiceRequestContex
   override def underlying: Any = ctx
 
   override val pathSegments: List[String] = {
-    // ctx.path() always starts with '/'.
-    if (ctx.path() == "/") {
-      Nil
-    } else {
-      ctx.path().substring(1).split("/").toList
-    }
+    val segments = uri.pathSegments.segments.map(_.v).filter(_.nonEmpty).toList
+    if (segments == List("")) Nil else segments // representing the root path as an empty list
   }
 
   override val queryParameters: QueryParams = {
diff --git a/server/tests/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/tests/ServerBasicTests.scala b/server/tests/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/tests/ServerBasicTests.scala
index 544c8d4773..b457ca3e64 100644
--- a/server/tests/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/tests/ServerBasicTests.scala
+++ b/server/tests/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/tests/ServerBasicTests.scala
@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ class ServerBasicTests[F[_], OPTIONS, ROUTE](
       (backend, baseUri) =>
         basicRequest.get(uri"$baseUri/api").send(backend).map(_.code shouldBe StatusCode.Ok)
     },
+    testServer(in_path_paths_out_header_body, "Encoded path should be decoded") { case (i, paths) =>
+      pureResult(Right((i, paths.last)))
+    }{
+      (backend, baseUri) =>
+        basicRequest.get(uri"$baseUri/api/15/and/MIN%2FMAX").send(backend).map(_.body shouldBe Right("MIN/MAX"))
+    },
     testServer(in_single_path, "single path should match single/ path")((_: Unit) => pureResult(Either.right[Unit, Unit](()))) {
       (backend, baseUri) =>
         basicRequest.get(uri"$baseUri/api/").send(backend).map(_.code shouldBe StatusCode.Ok)