diff --git a/modules/utils/Path.js b/modules/utils/Path.js
index e212288ef5..e942e94847 100644
--- a/modules/utils/Path.js
+++ b/modules/utils/Path.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ function encodeURLPath(path) {
   return String(path).split('/').map(encodeURL).join('/');
 }
 
-var paramMatcher = /:([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*)|[*.()\[\]\\+|{}^$]/g;
+var paramCompileMatcher = /:([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*)|[*.()\[\]\\+|{}^$]/g;
+var paramInjectMatcher = /:([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*)|[*]/g;
 var queryMatcher = /\?(.+)/;
 
 var _compiledPatterns = {};
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ var _compiledPatterns = {};
 function compilePattern(pattern) {
   if (!(pattern in _compiledPatterns)) {
     var paramNames = [];
-    var source = pattern.replace(paramMatcher, function (match, paramName) {
+    var source = pattern.replace(paramCompileMatcher, function (match, paramName) {
       if (paramName) {
         paramNames.push(paramName);
         return '([^/?#]+)';
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ var Path = {
 
     var splatIndex = 0;
 
-    return pattern.replace(paramMatcher, function (match, paramName) {
+    return pattern.replace(paramInjectMatcher, function (match, paramName) {
       paramName = paramName || 'splat';
 
       invariant(
diff --git a/modules/utils/__tests__/Path-test.js b/modules/utils/__tests__/Path-test.js
index e926232da8..c2dfbaa9d5 100644
--- a/modules/utils/__tests__/Path-test.js
+++ b/modules/utils/__tests__/Path-test.js
@@ -212,6 +212,12 @@ describe('Path.injectParams', function () {
       }).toThrow(Error);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when a pattern has dots', function() {
+    it('returns the correct path', function() {
+      expect(Path.injectParams('/foo.bar.baz')).toEqual('/foo.bar.baz');
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Path.extractQuery', function () {