diff --git a/examples/static-files/index.js b/examples/static-files/index.js
index c3b1659d861..04ad8693546 100644
--- a/examples/static-files/index.js
+++ b/examples/static-files/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 var express = require('../..');
+var path = require('path');
 var logger = require('morgan');
 var app = express();
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ app.use(logger('dev'));
 // that you pass it. In this case "GET /js/app.js"
 // will look for "./public/js/app.js".
 
-app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 // if you wanted to "prefix" you may use
 // the mounting feature of Connect, for example
@@ -24,17 +25,17 @@ app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
 // The mount-path "/static" is simply removed before
 // passing control to the express.static() middleware,
 // thus it serves the file correctly by ignoring "/static"
-app.use('/static', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+app.use('/static', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 // if for some reason you want to serve files from
 // several directories, you can use express.static()
 // multiple times! Here we're passing "./public/css",
 // this will allow "GET /style.css" instead of "GET /css/style.css":
-app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
+app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'css')));
 
 app.listen(3000);
 console.log('listening on port 3000');
 console.log('try:');
 console.log('  GET /hello.txt');
 console.log('  GET /js/app.js');
-console.log('  GET /css/style.css');
+console.log('  GET /css/style.css');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/router/index.js b/lib/router/index.js
index dac2514815b..b35f86adc3b 100644
--- a/lib/router/index.js
+++ b/lib/router/index.js
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ proto.handle = function handle(req, res, out) {
       : layer.params;
     var layerPath = layer.path;
 
+    // Expose the definition of the route that was hit
+    req.matchedRoutes = req.matchedRoutes ?
+      req.matchedRoutes.concat([layer.pathDefinition]) : [layer.pathDefinition];
+
     // this should be done for the layer
     self.process_params(layer, paramcalled, req, res, function (err) {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/lib/router/layer.js b/lib/router/layer.js
index fe9210cb9de..6d4dfc2dae9 100644
--- a/lib/router/layer.js
+++ b/lib/router/layer.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function Layer(path, options, fn) {
   this.name = fn.name || '<anonymous>';
   this.params = undefined;
   this.path = undefined;
+  this.pathDefinition = path;
   this.regexp = pathRegexp(path, this.keys = [], opts);
 
   if (path === '/' && opts.end === false) {
diff --git a/test/Router.js b/test/Router.js
index 21cdff2c6c0..3d60d3c6a14 100644
--- a/test/Router.js
+++ b/test/Router.js
@@ -68,6 +68,35 @@ describe('Router', function(){
     router.handle({ url: '/', method: 'GET' }, { end: done });
   });
 
+  it('should expose the matched routes on the req object', function (done) {
+    var router = new Router();
+    var path = '/foo/:num';
+
+    router.use(path, function (req, res) {
+      assert(req.matchedRoutes);
+      assert.deepEqual(req.matchedRoutes, [path]);
+      res.end();
+    });
+
+    router.handle({ url: '/foo/123', method: 'GET' }, {end: done});
+  });
+
+  it('should expose the nested matched routes on the req object', function (done) {
+    var layer1 = new Router();
+    var layer2 = new Router();
+    var layer3 = new Router();
+
+    layer1.use(layer2);
+    layer2.use('/foo/:num', layer3);
+    layer3.get(/[0-9]/, function (req, res) {
+      assert.deepEqual(req.matchedRoutes, ['/', '/foo/:num', /[0-9]/]);
+      res.end();
+    });
+
+    // Simulate request entering "app" or "base" later
+    layer1.handle({ url: '/foo/123/321', method: 'GET' }, {end: done});
+  });
+
   describe('.handle', function(){
     it('should dispatch', function(done){
       var router = new Router();