diff --git a/docs/Reference.md b/docs/Reference.md
index 17f675d60..003ec3f91 100755
--- a/docs/Reference.md
+++ b/docs/Reference.md
@@ -349,10 +349,11 @@ The following options are available when adding a route:
                 - `'attachment'`
                 - `'inline'`
 <p></p>
-    - <a name="route.config.directory"></a>`directory` - generates a directory endpoint for serving static content from a directory. Routes using the directory handler must include a
-      single path parameter at the end of the path string (e.g. '/path/to/somewhere/{param}' where the parameter name does not matter). The path
-      parameter can use any of the parameter options (e.g. '{param}' for one level files only, '{param?}' for one level files or the directory root,
-      '{param*}' for any level, or '{param*3}' for a specific level). The directory handler is an object with the following options:
+    - <a name="route.config.directory"></a>`directory` - generates a directory endpoint for serving static content from a directory. Routes using the
+      directory handler must include a path parameter at the end of the path string (e.g. '/path/to/somewhere/{param}' where the parameter name does
+      not matter). The path parameter can use any of the parameter options (e.g. '{param}' for one level files only, '{param?}' for one level files or
+      the directory root, '{param*}' for any level, or '{param*3}' for a specific level). If additional path parameters are present, they are ignored for
+      the purpose of selecting the file system resource. The directory handler is an object with the following options:
         - `path` - (required) the directory root path (relative paths are resolved based on the server [`files`](#server.config.files) configuration).
           Value can be:
             - a single path string used as the prefix for any resources requested by appending the request path parameter to the provided string.
diff --git a/lib/files.js b/lib/files.js
index f112a6bbb..5d68d9b3d 100755
--- a/lib/files.js
+++ b/lib/files.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ exports.directoryHandler = function (route, options) {
     Utils.assert(typeof options === 'object' && options.path, 'Options must be an object with a path');
     Utils.assert(typeof options.path === 'function' || typeof options.path === 'string' || Array.isArray(options.path), 'options.path must be a function, a string, or an array of strings');
     Utils.assert(route.path[route.path.length - 1] === '}', 'The route path must end with a parameter');
-    Utils.assert(route.params.length === 1, 'The route path must include one and only one parameter');
+    Utils.assert(route.params.length >= 1, 'The route path must include at least one parameter');
 
     var settings = Utils.clone(options);                                // options can be reused
     var absolutePath = internals.absolutePath(route);
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ exports.directoryHandler = function (route, options) {
         // Append parameter
 
         var selection = null;
-        if (request._paramsArray[0]) {
-            if (request._paramsArray[0].indexOf('..') !== -1) {
+        var lastParam = request._paramsArray[request._paramsArray.length - 1];
+        if (lastParam) {
+            if (lastParam.indexOf('..') !== -1) {
                 return request.reply(Boom.forbidden());
             }
 
-            selection = request._paramsArray[0];
+            selection = lastParam;
         }
 
         // Generate response
diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index 3df3e5cd9..bbfc8c638 100755
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ exports.sort = function (a, b) {
         var bSegment = bFingers[i];
 
         if ((aSegment.isWildcard && bSegment.isWildcard) ||
-            (aSegment.name && bSegment.name) ||
-            (aSegment.literal == bSegment.literal)) {
+            (aSegment.name && bSegment.name && !aSegment.isWildcard && !bSegment.isWildcard) ||
+            (aSegment.literal !== undefined && aSegment.literal === bSegment.literal)) {
 
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/test/integration/response.js b/test/integration/response.js
index df5a8b0d9..647543950 100755
--- a/test/integration/response.js
+++ b/test/integration/response.js
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ describe('Response', function () {
         server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/showindex/{path*}', handler: { directory: { path: './', index: true, listing: true } } });
         server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/multiple/{path*}', handler: { directory: { path: ['./', '../'], listing: true } } });
         server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/redirect/{path*}', handler: { directory: { path: './', index: true, listing: true, redirectToSlash: true } } });
+        server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/{ignore}/4/{path*}', handler: { directory: { path: '.' } } });
 
         it('returns a 403 when no index exists and listing is disabled', function (done) {
 
@@ -955,6 +956,16 @@ describe('Response', function () {
                 done();
             });
         });
+
+        it('ignores unused path params', function (done) {
+
+            server.inject('/crap/4/response.js', function (res) {
+
+                expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+                expect(res.payload).to.contain('hapi');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
     });
 
     describe('Stream', function () {
diff --git a/test/integration/route.js b/test/integration/route.js
index 1e1ff8bdb..53cf8fa47 100755
--- a/test/integration/route.js
+++ b/test/integration/route.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe('Route', function () {
         '/a/{p}/b/{x}',
         '/{p*5}',
         '/a/b/{p*}',
+        '/{a}/b/{p*}',
         '/{p*}'
     ];
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ describe('Route', function () {
         });
     };
 
-    for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
         randomLoad();
     }
 
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ describe('Route', function () {
             ['/a/c/b/d', '/a/{p}/b/{x}'],
             ['/a/b/c/d/e', '/{p*5}'],
             ['/a/b/c/d/e/f', '/a/b/{p*}'],
-            ['/x/b/c/d/e/f/g', '/{p*}']
+            ['/x/b/c/d/e/f/g', '/{a}/b/{p*}'],
+            ['/x/y/c/d/e/f/g', '/{p*}']
         ];
 
         Async.forEachSeries(requests, function (request, next) {
diff --git a/test/unit/route.js b/test/unit/route.js
index cd406eecf..5e8ff2aec 100755
--- a/test/unit/route.js
+++ b/test/unit/route.js
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ describe('Route', function () {
                     '/path/': {
                         p: 'path/'
                     }
+                },
+                '/{a}/b/{p*}': {
+                    '/a/b/path/': {
+                        a: 'a',
+                        p: 'path/'
+                    }
                 }
             };