diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/xhr.coffee b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/xhr.coffee
index 1a9ff4b74062..1b2b7fe228fb 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/xhr.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/commands/xhr.coffee
@@ -358,11 +358,14 @@ module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
 
         _.defaults(options, defaults)
 
-        if not options.url
-          $utils.throwErrByPath "route.url_missing"
-
-        if not (_.isString(options.url) or _.isRegExp(options.url))
-          $utils.throwErrByPath "route.url_invalid"
+        if options.matcher
+          if not _.isFunction(options.matcher)
+            $utils.throwErrByPath "route.matcher_invalid"
+        else
+          if not options.url
+            $utils.throwErrByPath "route.url_missing"
+          if not (_.isString(options.url) or _.isRegExp(options.url))
+            $utils.throwErrByPath "route.url_invalid"
 
         if not $utils.isValidHttpMethod(options.method)
           $utils.throwErrByPath "route.method_invalid", {
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/error_messages.coffee b/packages/driver/src/cypress/error_messages.coffee
index d7594354817c..eaa15a9b2013 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/error_messages.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/error_messages.coffee
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ module.exports = {
   route:
     failed_prerequisites: "#{cmd('route')} cannot be invoked before starting the #{cmd('server')}"
     invalid_arguments: "#{cmd('route')} was not provided any arguments. You must provide valid arguments."
+    matcher_invalid: "#{cmd('route')} was called with an invalid matcher option: matcher must be a Function that returns a Boolean."
     method_invalid: "#{cmd('route')} was called with an invalid method: '{{method}}'. Method can be: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS, or any other method supported by Node's HTTP parser."
     response_invalid: "#{cmd('route')} cannot accept an undefined or null response. It must be set to something, even an empty string will work."
     url_invalid: "#{cmd('route')} was called with an invalid url. Url must be either a string or regular expression."
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/server.coffee b/packages/driver/src/cypress/server.coffee
index 22dcf0761b56..96af763f96d8 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/server.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/server.coffee
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ create = (options = {}) ->
         testStr(fullyQualifiedUrl, options.stripOrigin(fullyQualifiedUrl))
 
     xhrMatchesRoute: (xhr, route) ->
+      return route.matcher(xhr, route) if _.isFunction(route.matcher)
       server.methodsMatch(route.method, xhr.method) and server.urlsMatch(route.url, xhr.url)
 
     add: (xhr, attrs = {}) ->
diff --git a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
index 87501f75bdc1..4ea7c1461a1d 100644
--- a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
@@ -1332,6 +1332,76 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/xhr", ->
         url: /foo/
         respond: false
 
+    describe "matcher option", ->
+      it "accepts matcher option", ->
+        matcher = () => true
+        response = { foo: true }
+
+        cy.route({
+          matcher,
+          response,
+        }).then ->
+          @expectOptionsToBe({
+            matcher,
+            status: 200,
+            response
+          })
+
+      it "passes both xhr and options arguments to matcher option function", ->
+        cy
+        .window()
+        .then (win) ->
+          options = {
+            matcher: (xhr, _options) =>
+              expect(xhr instanceof win.XMLHttpRequest).to.be.true
+              expect(_options.matcher).to.eq(options.matcher)
+              expect(_options.response).to.eq(options.response)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }
+          cy
+            .route(options)
+            .window().then (win) ->
+              win.$.get("/foo")
+
+      it "receives request body in matcher", ->
+        options = {
+          matcher: (xhr) =>
+            expect(xhr.body).to.eq('baz')
+        }
+
+        cy
+          .route(options)
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.post("/foo", "baz")
+
+      it "ignores url when matcher option is present", ->
+        cy
+          .route({
+            url: "/bar"
+            matcher: (xhr, options) => /foo/.test(xhr.url)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }).as("getFoo")
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/bar").catch((response) -> expect(response.status == 404))
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/foo")
+          .wait("@getFoo").then (xhr) ->
+            expect(xhr.responseBody).to.eq 'foo'
+
+      it "ignores url when matcher option is present", ->
+        cy
+          .route({
+            url: "/bar"
+            matcher: (xhr, options) => /foo/.test(xhr.url)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }).as("getFoo")
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/bar").catch((response) -> expect(response.status == 404))
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/foo")
+          .wait("@getFoo").then (xhr) ->
+            expect(xhr.responseBody).to.eq 'foo'
+
     describe "deprecations", ->
       beforeEach ->
         @warn = cy.spy(window.top.console, "warn")
@@ -1442,6 +1512,14 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/xhr", ->
 
         cy.route(getUrl)
 
+      it "fails when matcher option is not a function", ->
+        cy.route({
+          matcher: 'foo',
+        })
+
+        cy.on "fail", (err) ->
+          expect(err.message).to.eq "cy.route() was called with an invalid matcher option: matcher must be a Function that returns a Boolean."
+
       it "fails when functions reject", (done) ->
         error = new Error