diff --git a/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts b/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
index a547fb7d..0906ef8f 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/openapi.metadata.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function applyOpenApiMetadata(
   };
 
   function lookupRoute(req: OpenApiRequest): OpenApiRequestMetadata {
-    const path = req.path;
+    const path = req.originalUrl.split("?")[0];
     const method = req.method;
     const routeEntries = Object.entries(openApiContext.expressRouteMap);
     for (const [expressRoute, methods] of routeEntries) {
diff --git a/test/common/app.ts b/test/common/app.ts
index a9656251..8bd56c96 100644
--- a/test/common/app.ts
+++ b/test/common/app.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export async function createApp(
   port = 3000,
   customRoutes = app => {},
   useRoutes = true,
+  apiRouter = undefined,
 ) {
   var app = express();
   (<any>app).basePath = '/v1';
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export async function createApp(
   app.use(cookieParser());
   app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
-  await new OpenApiValidator(opts).install(app);
+  await new OpenApiValidator(opts).install(apiRouter || app);
 
   if (useRoutes) {
     // register common routes
diff --git a/test/nested.routes.spec.ts b/test/nested.routes.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c386eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nested.routes.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as express from 'express';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import { createApp } from './common/app';
+import * as packageJson from '../package.json';
+describe(packageJson.name, () => {
+  let app = null;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    // Set up the express app
+    const apiSpec = path.join(
+      'test',
+      'resources',
+      'nested.routes.yaml',
+    );
+    const apiRoute = express.Router(),
+      nestedRoute = express.Router();
+    app = await createApp({
+      apiSpec,
+      validateRequests: true,
+      validateResponses: true,
+      },
+      3005,
+      app =>{
+        app.use(`${app.basePath}`, apiRoute);
+        apiRoute.use('/api-path', nestedRoute);
+        nestedRoute.get('/pets', (_req, res) => {
+          const json = [
+            {
+              name: 'test',
+              tag: 'tag'
+            }
+          ];
+          return res.json(json);
+        })
+      },
+      true,
+      apiRoute
+    );
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    app.server.close();
+  });
+
+  it('should fail, because response does not satisfy schema', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${app.basePath}/api-path/pets?qparam=test`)
+      .send()
+      .expect(500)
+      .then((r: any) => {
+        const e = r.body;
+        expect(e.message).to.contain(".response[0] should have required property 'id'");
+      }));
+});
diff --git a/test/resources/nested.routes.yaml b/test/resources/nested.routes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e0450ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/nested.routes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+openapi: '3.0.2'
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: Nested Express Routes
+  description: Nested Express Routes Test
+
+servers:
+  - url: /v1/api-path
+
+paths:
+  /pets:
+    description: endpoints for pets
+    summary: endpoints for pets
+    get:
+      description: find pets
+      operationId: findPets
+      parameters:
+        - name: qparam
+          in: query
+          schema:
+            type: string
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: pet response
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
+        default:
+          description: unexpected error
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
+
+components:
+  schemas:
+    NewPet:
+      required:
+        - name
+      properties:
+        bought_at:
+          type: string
+          format: date-time
+          nullable: true
+        name:
+          type: string
+          nullable: true
+        tag:
+          type: string
+
+    Pet:
+      allOf:
+        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewPet'
+        - required:
+            - id
+          properties:
+            id:
+              type: integer
+              format: int64
+    Error:
+      required:
+        - code
+        - message
+      properties:
+        code:
+          type: integer
+          format: int32
+        message:
+          type: string
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