diff --git a/runtime/mux.go b/runtime/mux.go
index 093373a204a..59204f98cf4 100644
--- a/runtime/mux.go
+++ b/runtime/mux.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package runtime
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"strings"
+	"context"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
diff --git a/runtime/mux_test.go b/runtime/mux_test.go
index e033091a885..bddb73b5cee 100644
--- a/runtime/mux_test.go
+++ b/runtime/mux_test.go
@@ -228,20 +228,30 @@ func TestMuxServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 					ops:    []int{int(utilities.OpLitPush), 0, int(utilities.OpPush), 0, int(utilities.OpConcatN), 1, int(utilities.OpCapture), 1},
 					pool:   []string{"foo", "id"},
 				},
+			},
+			reqMethod: "GET",
+			reqPath:   "/foo/bar",
+			headers: map[string]string{
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			respStatus:  http.StatusOK,
+			respContent: "GET /foo/{id=*}",
+		},
+		{
+			patterns: []stubPattern{
 				{
 					method: "GET",
 					ops:    []int{int(utilities.OpLitPush), 0, int(utilities.OpPush), 0, int(utilities.OpConcatN), 1, int(utilities.OpCapture), 1},
 					pool:   []string{"foo", "id"},
-					verb:   "verb",
 				},
 			},
 			reqMethod: "GET",
-			reqPath:   "/foo/bar:verb",
+			reqPath:   "/foo/bar:123",
 			headers: map[string]string{
 				"Content-Type": "application/json",
 			},
 			respStatus:  http.StatusOK,
-			respContent: "GET /foo/{id=*}:verb",
+			respContent: "GET /foo/{id=*}",
 		},
 		{
 			// mux identifying invalid path results in 'Not Found' status
diff --git a/runtime/pattern.go b/runtime/pattern.go
index f16a84ad389..223a12ecc43 100644
--- a/runtime/pattern.go
+++ b/runtime/pattern.go
@@ -144,7 +144,16 @@ func MustPattern(p Pattern, err error) Pattern {
 // If otherwise, the function returns an error.
 func (p Pattern) Match(components []string, verb string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	if p.verb != verb {
-		return nil, ErrNotMatch
+		if p.verb != "" {
+			return nil, ErrNotMatch
+		}
+		if len(components) == 0 {
+			components = []string{":" + verb}
+		} else {
+			components = append([]string{}, components...)
+			components[len(components)-1] += ":" + verb
+		}
+		verb = ""
 	}
 
 	var pos int