diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Route.hs b/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
index 1005d01b..f140159c 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ matchRoute :: RoutePattern -> Request -> Maybe [Param]
 matchRoute (Literal pat)  req | pat == path req = Just []
                               | otherwise       = Nothing
 matchRoute (Function fun) req = fun req
-matchRoute (Capture pat)  req = go (T.split (=='/') pat) (compress $ T.split (=='/') $ path req) []
+matchRoute (Capture pat)  req = go (T.split (=='/') pat) (compress $ "":pathInfo req) [] -- add empty segment to simulate being at the root
     where go [] [] prs = Just prs -- request string and pattern match!
           go [] r  prs | T.null (mconcat r)  = Just prs -- in case request has trailing slashes
                        | otherwise           = Nothing  -- request string is longer than pattern
diff --git a/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs b/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
index 04389bc6..011a27b4 100644
--- a/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
+++ b/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ spec = do
           it ("properly handles extra slash routes for " ++ method ++ " requests") $ do
             makeRequest "//scotty" `shouldRespondWith` 200
 
+        withApp (route "/:paramName" $ captureParam "paramName" >>= text) $ do
+          it ("captures route parameters for " ++ method ++ " requests with url encoded '/' in path") $ do
+            makeRequest "/a%2Fb" `shouldRespondWith` "a/b"
+            
     describe "addroute" $ do
       forM_ availableMethods $ \method -> do
         withApp (addroute method "/scotty" $ html "") $ do