diff --git a/middleware/heartbeat.go b/middleware/heartbeat.go
index f36e8ccf..5f620074 100644
--- a/middleware/heartbeat.go
+++ b/middleware/heartbeat.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package middleware
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 )
 
 // Heartbeat endpoint middleware useful to setting up a path like
@@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 func Heartbeat(endpoint string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	f := func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			if (r.Method == "GET" || r.Method == "HEAD") && strings.EqualFold(r.URL.Path, endpoint) {
+			rctx := chi.RouteContext(r.Context())
+			routePath := rctx.RoutePath
+			if (r.Method == "GET" || r.Method == "HEAD") && (strings.EqualFold(routePath, endpoint)) || strings.EqualFold(r.URL.Path, endpoint) {
 				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 				w.Write([]byte("."))
diff --git a/middleware/heartbeat_test.go b/middleware/heartbeat_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..141939f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/heartbeat_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+)
+
+func TestHeartbeat(t *testing.T) {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Use(Heartbeat("/ping"))
+	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Test", "yes")
+		w.Write([]byte("bye"))
+	})
+	r.Mount("/sub", NewSubrouter())
+
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(r)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/", nil); body != "bye" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/ping", nil); body != "." {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/sub", nil); body != "bye" {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+	if _, body := testRequest(t, ts, "GET", "/sub/ping", nil); body != "." {
+		t.Fatalf(body)
+	}
+}
+
+func NewSubrouter() chi.Router {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	r.Use(Heartbeat("/ping"))
+
+	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("X-Test", "yes")
+		w.Write([]byte("bye"))
+	})
+
+	return r
+}