diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44adc52d..5f9caa39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import yourReducer from './your-app';
 // Useful for page titles and other route-specific data.
 
 // Uses https://github.com/snd/url-pattern for URL matching
-// and parameter extraction.
+// and parameter extraction. options can be set in patternOptions
 const routes = {
   '/messages': {
     title: 'Message'
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const routes = {
       title: 'Biographies',
       '/:name': {
         title: 'Biography for:'
+        patternOptions: {segmentValueCharset: 'a-zA-Z_'},
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4376bac0..967aab42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "history": "^4.4.1",
     "lodash.assign": "^4.2.0",
+    "lodash.omit": "^4.2.0",
     "query-string": "^4.2.3",
     "url-pattern": "^1.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/src/create-matcher.js b/src/create-matcher.js
index f67c7fbc..31eda5b0 100644
--- a/src/create-matcher.js
+++ b/src/create-matcher.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import UrlPattern from 'url-pattern';
+import omit from 'lodash.omit';
 
 type RouteCache = {
   route: string,
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ export default (routes: Object, wildcard: bool = false) => {
       pattern: new UrlPattern(
         // Prepend with wildcards if requested
         `${route}${wildcard && '*' || ''}`
-      ),
-      result: routes[route]
+      , routes[route].patternOptions || {}),
+      result: 'patternOptions' in routes[route] ?
+              omit(routes[route], 'patternOptions') : routes[route]
     }));
 
   return wildcard
diff --git a/test/create-matcher.spec.js b/test/create-matcher.spec.js
index a90c3a0e..cfe35def 100644
--- a/test/create-matcher.spec.js
+++ b/test/create-matcher.spec.js
@@ -52,5 +52,15 @@ describe('createMatcher', () => {
         name: '3spooky5me'
       }
     });
+
+    expect(matchRoute('/home/email/doot@dootmail.com')).to.deep.equal({
+      route: '/home/email/:customparam',
+      params: {
+        customparam: 'doot@dootmail.com'
+      },
+      result: {
+        name: 'custom'
+      }
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/routes.js b/test/fixtures/routes.js
index 95d158a5..756e0b3d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/routes.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/routes.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ export default flattenRoutes({
   '/home/:spookyparam': {
     name: '3spooky5me'
   },
+  '/home/email/:customparam': {
+    name: 'custom',
+    patternOptions: { segmentValueCharset: 'a-zA-Z0-9-_~ %@.' }
+  },
   '/': {
     '/play': {
       name: 'play',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0ee60e6b..bb20d87c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3704,6 +3704,10 @@ lodash.memoize@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.memoize/-/lodash.memoize-4.1.2.tgz#bcc6c49a42a2840ed997f323eada5ecd182e0bfe"
 
+lodash.omit@^4.2.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.omit/-/lodash.omit-4.5.0.tgz#6eb19ae5a1ee1dd9df0b969e66ce0b7fa30b5e60"
+
 lodash.pick@^4.2.1:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.pick/-/lodash.pick-4.4.0.tgz#52f05610fff9ded422611441ed1fc123a03001b3"