diff --git a/src/main/php/web/Routing.class.php b/src/main/php/web/Routing.class.php
index fa1f7cbd..1bde5e36 100755
--- a/src/main/php/web/Routing.class.php
+++ b/src/main/php/web/Routing.class.php
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ public function routes() { return $this->routes; }
    * @return self
    */
   public function matching($definitions, $target) {
+    static $quote= ['#' => '\\#'];
+
     $handler= $target instanceof Handler ? $target : new Call($target);
     foreach ((array)$definitions as $definition) {
       if ('/' === $definition[0]) {
-        $this->routes['#^[A-Z]+ '.preg_quote(rtrim($definition, '/'), '#').'/#']= $handler;
+        $this->routes['#^[A-Z]+ '.strtr(rtrim($definition, '/'), $quote).'/#']= $handler;
       } else {
         sscanf($definition, "%[A-Z|] %[^\r]", $methods, $path);
-        $this->routes['#^'.$methods.' '.(null === $path ? '' : preg_quote(rtrim($path, '/'), '#')).'/#']= $handler;
+        $this->routes['#^'.$methods.' '.(null === $path ? '' : strtr(rtrim($path, '/'), $quote)).'/#']= $handler;
       }
     }
     return $this;
diff --git a/src/test/php/web/unittest/RoutingTest.class.php b/src/test/php/web/unittest/RoutingTest.class.php
index 918b1053..3215b8d5 100755
--- a/src/test/php/web/unittest/RoutingTest.class.php
+++ b/src/test/php/web/unittest/RoutingTest.class.php
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ public function matching_paths($url, $expected) {
     );
   }
 
+  #[Test, Values([['/test', 'specific'], ['/test.html', 'specific'], ['/', 'default']])]
+  public function matching_pattern($url, $expected) {
+    Assert::equals($this->handlers[$expected], (new Routing())
+      ->matching('/test(.html)?', $this->handlers['specific'])
+      ->fallbacks($this->handlers['default'])
+      ->route(new Request(new TestInput('GET', $url)))
+    );
+  }
+
   #[Test, Values(['/api', '//api', '///api', '/test/../api', '/./api', '/../api', '/./../api',])]
   public function request_canonicalized_before_matching($requested) {
     Assert::equals($this->handlers['specific'], Routing::cast(['/api' => $this->handlers['specific']])