diff --git a/route.php b/route.php
index 9667100..618a17e 100644
--- a/route.php
+++ b/route.php
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class route
   public $debug=0;
   //public $defaultOutput = "html"; // Default renderer : html
 
+  /** Allow slashes in the url when matching the regex */
+  public $allowSlashes = true;
   // Provide the the class catch errors in routing.
   // Must be provided in an array(class,method);
   public $errors = null;
@@ -316,8 +318,12 @@ class route
     //$regex = str_replace ("?", "\?", $regex);
     //$regex = str_replace (".", "\.", $regex);
     $regex = str_replace ("{", "(?P<", $regex);
-    $regex = str_replace ("}", ">.+)", $regex);
+    if ($this->allowSlashes)
+      $regex = str_replace ("}", ">.+)", $regex);
+    else
+      $regex = str_replace ("}", ">[^/]+)", $regex);
     unset ($matches);
+//echo "REGEX=".htmlentities ($regex)."   ?  URL=".htmlentities ($url);
     $rcRegex = preg_match ($regex, $url, $matches);
     if ($rcRegex !== FALSE && $rcRegex !== 0)
     {