diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGenerator.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGenerator.scala
index 929eb5b56..93d73601d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGenerator.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGenerator.scala
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ trait UrlGenerator {
   def generate(route: Route, params: Pair[String, String]*): String =
     generate(route, params.toMap)
 
+  def generate(route: Route, splat: String, moreSplats: String*): String =
+    generate(route, Map[String, String](), splat +: moreSplats)
+
   def generate(
     route: Route,
     params: Map[String, String] = Map(),
     splats: Iterable[String] = Seq()
   ): String =
     route.reversibleMatcher match {
-      case Some(matcher: ReversibleRouteMatcher) => matcher.reverse(params, splats)
+      case Some(matcher: ReversibleRouteMatcher) => matcher.reverse(params, splats.toList)
       case None =>
         throw new Exception("Route \"%s\" is not reversible" format (route))
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/routeMatcher.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/routeMatcher.scala
index d4fab033f..901e8d27b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/routeMatcher.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/scalatra/routeMatcher.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ trait RouteMatcher
 
 trait ReversibleRouteMatcher
 {
-  def reverse(params: Map[String, String], splats: Iterable[String]): String
+  def reverse(params: Map[String, String], splats: List[String]): String
 }
 
 final class SinatraRouteMatcher(path: String, requestPath: => String)
@@ -18,18 +18,21 @@ final class SinatraRouteMatcher(path: String, requestPath: => String)
 {
   def apply() = SinatraPathPatternParser(path)(requestPath)
 
-  def reverse(params: Map[String, String], splats: Iterable[String]): String =
-    replaceSplat(replaceNamed(params), splats)
+  def reverse(params: Map[String, String], splats: List[String]): String =
+    replaceSplats(replaceNamedParams(params), splats)
 
-  private def replaceNamed(params: Map[String, String]) =
+  private def replaceNamedParams(params: Map[String, String]) =
     """:[^/?#\.]+""".r replaceAllIn (path, s =>
       params.get(s.toString.tail) match {
         case Some(value) => value
         case None => throw new Exception("The url \"%s\" requires param \"%s\"" format (path, s))
       })
 
-  private def replaceSplat(slug: String, splats: Iterable[String]): String =
-    slug
+  private def replaceSplats(slug: String, splats: List[String]): String =
+    splats match {
+      case Nil => slug
+      case s :: rest => replaceSplats("""\*""".r replaceFirstIn (slug, s), rest)
+    }
 
   override def toString = path
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGeneratorTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGeneratorTest.scala
index 374509f81..b75cd4e2d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGeneratorTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/scalatra/UrlGeneratorTest.scala
@@ -37,4 +37,16 @@ class UrlGeneratorTest extends ScalatraFunSuite {
   test("Unexpected parameters are just ignored at the moment") {
     generate(singleNamed, "bar" -> "pepper", "unexpected" -> "surprise") should equal ("/foo/pepper")
   }
+
+  test("One splat parameter gets replaced") {
+    generate(singleSplat, "malt") should equal ("/single-splat/malt")
+  }
+
+  test("Many splat parameters get replaced") {
+    generate(multipleSplats, "made", "in", "japan") should equal ("/mixing-multiple-splats/made/foo/in/japan")
+  }
+
+  test("Mix named and splat") {
+    generate(mixNamedAndSplat, Map("foo" -> "deep"), Seq("purple")) should equal ("/mix-named-and-splat-params/deep/purple")
+  }
 }