diff --git a/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2.go b/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2.go
index 72d5d826a..d87b8e41d 100644
--- a/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2.go
+++ b/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2.go
@@ -25,15 +25,21 @@ var httpFuncsV2 = map[string]func(*matchersTree, ...string) error{
 }
 
 func pathV2(tree *matchersTree, paths ...string) error {
+	var routes []*mux.Route
+
 	for _, path := range paths {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("path %q does not start with a '/'", path)
+		route := mux.NewRouter().NewRoute()
+
+		if err := route.Path(path).GetError(); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+
+		routes = append(routes, route)
 	}
 
 	tree.matcher = func(req *http.Request) bool {
-		for _, path := range paths {
-			if req.URL.Path == path {
+		for _, route := range routes {
+			if route.Match(req, &mux.RouteMatch{}) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
@@ -45,15 +51,21 @@ func pathV2(tree *matchersTree, paths ...string) error {
 }
 
 func pathPrefixV2(tree *matchersTree, paths ...string) error {
+	var routes []*mux.Route
+
 	for _, path := range paths {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(path, "/") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("path %q does not start with a '/'", path)
+		route := mux.NewRouter().NewRoute()
+
+		if err := route.PathPrefix(path).GetError(); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+
+		routes = append(routes, route)
 	}
 
 	tree.matcher = func(req *http.Request) bool {
-		for _, path := range paths {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, path) {
+		for _, route := range routes {
+			if route.Match(req, &mux.RouteMatch{}) {
 				return true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2_test.go b/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2_test.go
index eac62a005..f8c381712 100644
--- a/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2_test.go
+++ b/pkg/muxer/http/matcher_v2_test.go
@@ -454,6 +454,18 @@ func TestPathV2Matcher(t *testing.T) {
 				"https://example.com/css/main.css": http.StatusNotFound,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "valid Path matcher with regexp",
+			rule: "Path(`/css{path:(/.*)?}`)",
+			expected: map[string]int{
+				"https://example.com":                              http.StatusNotFound,
+				"https://example.com/css/main.css":                 http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.org/css/main.css":                 http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.com/css/components/component.css": http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.com/css.css":                      http.StatusNotFound,
+				"https://example.com/js/main.js":                   http.StatusNotFound,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
@@ -535,6 +547,18 @@ func TestPathPrefixV2Matcher(t *testing.T) {
 				"https://example.com/css/main.css": http.StatusOK,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "valid PathPrefix matcher with regexp",
+			rule: "PathPrefix(`/css-{name:[0-9]?}`)",
+			expected: map[string]int{
+				"https://example.com":                                     http.StatusNotFound,
+				"https://example.com/css-1/main.css":                      http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.org/css-222/main.css":                    http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.com/css-333333/components/component.css": http.StatusOK,
+				"https://example.com/css.css":                             http.StatusNotFound,
+				"https://example.com/js/main.js":                          http.StatusNotFound,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {