diff --git a/src/lib/set-up-and-tear-down.js b/src/lib/set-up-and-tear-down.js
index 33453a66..42b13569 100644
--- a/src/lib/set-up-and-tear-down.js
+++ b/src/lib/set-up-and-tear-down.js
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ FetchMock.mock = function (...args) {
 FetchMock.addRoute = function (uncompiledRoute) {
 	debug('Adding route', uncompiledRoute);
 	const route = this.compileRoute(uncompiledRoute);
-	const clashes = this.routes.filter(
-		({ identifier, method }) =>
-			identifier === route.identifier &&
-			(!method || !route.method || method === route.method)
-	);
+	const clashes = this.routes.filter(({ identifier, method }) => {
+		const isMatch =
+			typeof identifier === 'function'
+				? identifier === route.identifier
+				: String(identifier) === String(route.identifier);
+		return isMatch && (!method || !route.method || method === route.method);
+	});
 
 	if (this.getOption('overwriteRoutes', route) === false || !clashes.length) {
 		this._uncompiledRoutes.push(uncompiledRoute);
diff --git a/test/specs/config/overwriteRoutes.test.js b/test/specs/config/overwriteRoutes.test.js
index c2e3659d..d3a3e22d 100644
--- a/test/specs/config/overwriteRoutes.test.js
+++ b/test/specs/config/overwriteRoutes.test.js
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ describe('overwriteRoutes', () => {
 		expect(res.status).to.equal(300);
 	});
 
+	it('allow overwriting existing route, regex matcher', async () => {
+		fm.config.overwriteRoutes = true;
+		expect(() => fm.mock(/a\.com/, 200).mock(/a\.com/, 300)).not.to.throw();
+
+		const res = await fm.fetchHandler('http://a.com');
+		expect(res.status).to.equal(300);
+	});
+
 	it('allow adding additional routes with same matcher', async () => {
 		fm.config.overwriteRoutes = false;
 		expect(() =>