diff --git a/src/ng/route.js b/src/ng/route.js
index 298732aac0b0..022cda108d9e 100644
--- a/src/ng/route.js
+++ b/src/ng/route.js
@@ -326,6 +326,12 @@ function $RouteProvider(){
           if (regex.match(paramRegExp)) {
             regex = regex.replace(paramRegExp, "([^\\/]*)$1");
             params.push(param);
+          } else {
+            var specialParamRegExp = new RegExp("\\*" + param + "([\\W])");
+            if (regex.match(specialParamRegExp)) {
+              regex = regex.replace(specialParamRegExp, "(.*)$1");
+              params.push(param);         
+            }
           }
         }
       });