diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5fa6f12b2..6c72e3e23 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+* Add `.has_prefixed_route()` method to `router::RouteInfo` for route matching with prefix awareness
+
 * Add `HttpMessage::readlines()` for reading line by line.
 
 * Add `ClientRequestBuilder::form()` for sending `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` requests.
diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index 02edcae9a..216888777 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -437,7 +437,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         let info = router.default_route_info();
         assert!(info.has_route("/user/test.html"));
+        assert!(info.has_prefixed_route("/user/test.html"));
         assert!(!info.has_route("/test/unknown"));
+        assert!(!info.has_prefixed_route("/test/unknown"));
 
         let req = TestRequest::with_header(header::HOST, "www.rust-lang.org")
             .finish_with_router(router);
@@ -467,7 +469,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut info = router.default_route_info();
         info.set_prefix(7);
         assert!(info.has_route("/user/test.html"));
+        assert!(!info.has_prefixed_route("/user/test.html"));
         assert!(!info.has_route("/prefix/user/test.html"));
+        assert!(info.has_prefixed_route("/prefix/user/test.html"));
 
         let req = TestRequest::with_uri("/prefix/test")
             .prefix(7)
@@ -490,7 +494,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut info = router.default_route_info();
         info.set_prefix(7);
         assert!(info.has_route("/index.html"));
+        assert!(!info.has_prefixed_route("/index.html"));
         assert!(!info.has_route("/prefix/index.html"));
+        assert!(info.has_prefixed_route("/prefix/index.html"));
 
         let req = TestRequest::with_uri("/prefix/test")
             .prefix(7)
@@ -513,6 +519,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let info = router.default_route_info();
         assert!(!info.has_route("https://youtube.com/watch/unknown"));
+        assert!(!info.has_prefixed_route("https://youtube.com/watch/unknown"));
 
         let req = TestRequest::default().finish_with_router(router);
         let url = req.url_for("youtube", &["oHg5SJYRHA0"]);
diff --git a/src/router.rs b/src/router.rs
index fbdcbc08a..56f304947 100644
--- a/src/router.rs
+++ b/src/router.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use regex::{escape, Regex};
@@ -146,6 +147,32 @@ impl ResourceInfo {
         }
         false
     }
+
+    /// Check if application contains matching route.
+    ///
+    /// This method does take `prefix` into account
+    /// but behaves like `has_route` in case `prefix` is not set in the router.
+    ///
+    /// For example if prefix is `/test` and router contains route `/name`, the
+    /// following path would be recognizable `/test/name` and `has_prefixed_route()` call
+    /// would return `true`.
+    /// It will not match against prefix in case it's not given. For example for `/name`
+    /// with a `/test` prefix would return `false`
+    pub fn has_prefixed_route(&self, path: &str) -> bool {
+        if self.prefix == 0 {
+            return self.has_route(path);
+        }
+
+        let path_matcher = Path::new(if path.is_empty() { "/" } else { path });
+        let router_prefix = Path::new(&path[..(self.prefix as usize)]);
+        if let Ok(p) = path_matcher.strip_prefix(router_prefix) {
+            if let Some(p_str) = p.to_str() {
+                return self.has_route(&format!("/{}", p_str));
+            }
+        }
+
+        false
+    }
 }
 
 struct Inner {