diff --git a/e2e/app.py b/e2e/app.py
index b1dc08964..12856635a 100644
--- a/e2e/app.py
+++ b/e2e/app.py
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ def catch_all(path):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(port='5000')
+    app.run(port=5000)
diff --git a/pact/pact.py b/pact/pact.py
index 847c8b14c..4c8cf9de5 100644
--- a/pact/pact.py
+++ b/pact/pact.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def __init__(self, method, path, body=None, headers=None, query=''):
         :param method: The HTTP method that is expected.
         :type method: str
         :param path: The URI path that is expected on this request.
-        :type path: str
+        :type path: str, Matcher
         :param body: The contents of the body of the expected request.
         :type body: str, dict, list
         :param headers: The headers of the expected request.
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def __init__(self, method, path, body=None, headers=None, query=''):
         :type query: str or dict
         """
         self.method = method
-        self.path = path
+        self.path = from_term(path)
         self.body = from_term(body)
         self.headers = from_term(headers)
         self.query = from_term(query)
diff --git a/pact/test/test_pact.py b/pact/test/test_pact.py
index b700d7a7d..5d27dc795 100644
--- a/pact/test/test_pact.py
+++ b/pact/test/test_pact.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from mock import patch, call, Mock
 from psutil import Process
 
-from .. import Consumer, Provider, pact
+from .. import Consumer, Provider, Term, pact
 from ..constants import MOCK_SERVICE_PATH
 from ..pact import Pact, FromTerms, Request, Response
 
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ def test_falsey_body(self):
             'path': '/path',
             'body': []})
 
+    def test_matcher_in_path_gets_converted(self):
+        target = Request('GET', Term('\/.+', '/test-path'))
+        result = target.json()
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(result['path'], dict))
+
 
 class ResponseTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_sparse(self):