diff --git a/route/table.go b/route/table.go
index e2af931a4..bd6c3aa22 100644
--- a/route/table.go
+++ b/route/table.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (t Table) matchingHosts(req *http.Request) (hosts []string) {
 			hosts = append(hosts, pattern)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(hosts)
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.StringSlice(hosts)))
 	return hosts
 }
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (t Table) config(addWeight bool) []string {
 			hosts = append(hosts, host)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(hosts)
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.StringSlice(hosts)))
 
 	// entries without host come last
 	hosts = append(hosts, "")
diff --git a/route/table_test.go b/route/table_test.go
index f4881d349..fa35806b7 100644
--- a/route/table_test.go
+++ b/route/table_test.go
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ func TestTableLookup(t *testing.T) {
 	route add svc abc.com/foo/ http://foo.com:2000
 	route add svc abc.com/foo/bar http://foo.com:2500
 	route add svc abc.com/foo/bar/ http://foo.com:3000
+	route add svc z.abc.com/foo/ http://foo.com:3100
 	route add svc *.abc.com/ http://foo.com:4000
 	route add svc *.abc.com/foo/ http://foo.com:5000
 	`
@@ -513,6 +514,9 @@ func TestTableLookup(t *testing.T) {
 		{&http.Request{Host: "x.y.abc.com", URL: mustParse("/foo/")}, "http://foo.com:5000"},
 		{&http.Request{Host: "y.abc.com:80", URL: mustParse("/foo/")}, "http://foo.com:5000"},
 		{&http.Request{Host: "y.abc.com:443", URL: mustParse("/foo/"), TLS: &tls.ConnectionState{}}, "http://foo.com:5000"},
+
+		// exact match has precedence over glob match
+		{&http.Request{Host: "z.abc.com", URL: mustParse("/foo/")}, "http://foo.com:3100"},
 	}
 
 	for i, tt := range tests {