diff --git a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs
index 249b153e9..0859f4c02 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ public Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPat
                     if (IsPlaceholder(upstreamUrlPathTemplate[counterForTemplate]))
                     {
                         var variableName = GetPlaceholderVariableName(upstreamUrlPathTemplate, counterForTemplate);
-                        
-                        var variableValue = GetPlaceholderVariableValue(upstreamUrlPath, counterForUrl);
+
+                        var variableValue = GetPlaceholderVariableValue(upstreamUrlPathTemplate, variableName, upstreamUrlPath, counterForUrl);
 
                         var templateVariableNameAndValue = new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue(variableName, variableValue);
 
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ public Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPat
             return new OkResponse<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>(templateKeysAndValues);
         }
 
-        private string GetPlaceholderVariableValue(string urlPath, int counterForUrl)
+        private string GetPlaceholderVariableValue(string urlPathTemplate, string variableName, string urlPath, int counterForUrl)
         {
             var positionOfNextSlash = urlPath.IndexOf('/', counterForUrl);
 
-            if(positionOfNextSlash == -1)
+            if (positionOfNextSlash == -1 || urlPathTemplate.Trim('/').EndsWith(variableName))
             {
                 positionOfNextSlash = urlPath.Length;
             }
-            
+
             var variableValue = urlPath.Substring(counterForUrl, positionOfNextSlash - counterForUrl);
 
             return variableValue;
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/RoutingTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/RoutingTests.cs
index c1a6716c9..99c11877a 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/RoutingTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/RoutingTests.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public void should_return_response_200_with_simple_url()
                             DownstreamPort = 51879,
                             UpstreamPathTemplate = "/",
                             UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get",
- 
                         }
                     }
             };
@@ -292,6 +291,34 @@ public void should_return_response_201_with_complex_query_string()
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_return_response_200_with_placeholder_for_final_url_path()
+        {
+            var configuration = new FileConfiguration
+            {
+                ReRoutes = new List<FileReRoute>
+                    {
+                        new FileReRoute
+                        {
+                            DownstreamPathTemplate = "/api/{urlPath}",
+                            DownstreamScheme = "http",
+                            DownstreamHost = "localhost",
+                            DownstreamPort = 51879,
+                            UpstreamPathTemplate = "/myApp1Name/api/{urlPath}",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get",
+                        }
+                    }
+            };
+
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAServiceRunningOn("http://localhost:51879/myApp1Name/api/products/1", 200, "Some Product"))
+                .And(x => _steps.GivenThereIsAConfiguration(configuration))
+                .And(x => _steps.GivenOcelotIsRunning())
+                .When(x => _steps.WhenIGetUrlOnTheApiGateway("/myApp1Name/api/products/1"))
+                .Then(x => _steps.ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.OK))
+                .And(x => _steps.ThenTheResponseBodyShouldBe("Some Product"))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         private void GivenThereIsAServiceRunningOn(string url, int statusCode, string responseBody)
         {
             _builder = new WebHostBuilder()
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinderTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinderTests.cs
index cf71c809e..7c73483a7 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinderTests.cs
@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_three_place_
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_place_holder_to_final_url_path()
+        {
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>
+            {
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{finalUrlPath}", "product/products/categories/"),
+            };
+
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/categories/"))
+                 .And(x => x.GivenIHaveAnUpstreamUrlTemplate("api/{finalUrlPath}/"))
+                 .When(x => x.WhenIFindTheUrlVariableNamesAndValues())
+                 .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(expectedTemplates))
+                 .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         private void ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> expectedResults)
         {
             foreach (var expectedResult in expectedResults)