diff --git a/common/changes/@cadl-lang/rest/rest-RouteUpdate_2022-10-19-17-56.json b/common/changes/@cadl-lang/rest/rest-RouteUpdate_2022-10-19-17-56.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7650b54831f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@cadl-lang/rest/rest-RouteUpdate_2022-10-19-17-56.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@cadl-lang/rest",
+      "comment": "Allow `@route` and `@resetRoute` to accept a `shared` property to suppress route uniqueness validation.",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@cadl-lang/rest"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/http/decorators.ts b/packages/rest/src/http/decorators.ts
index 631a4a52f87..aae025d5bd1 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/http/decorators.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/http/decorators.ts
@@ -554,6 +554,23 @@ export function getAuthentication(
   return program.stateMap(authenticationKey).get(namespace);
 }
 
+function extractSharedValue(context: DecoratorContext, parameters?: Model): boolean {
+  const sharedType = parameters?.properties.get("shared")?.type;
+  if (sharedType == undefined) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  switch (sharedType.kind) {
+    case "Boolean":
+      return sharedType.value;
+    default:
+      reportDiagnostic(context.program, {
+        code: "shared-boolean",
+        target: sharedType,
+      });
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * `@route` defines the relative route URI for the target operation
  *
@@ -563,17 +580,24 @@ export function getAuthentication(
  *
  * `@route` can only be applied to operations, namespaces, and interfaces.
  */
-export function $route(context: DecoratorContext, entity: Type, path: string) {
+export function $route(context: DecoratorContext, entity: Type, path: string, parameters?: Model) {
   setRoute(context, entity, {
     path,
     isReset: false,
+    shared: extractSharedValue(context, parameters),
   });
 }
 
-export function $routeReset(context: DecoratorContext, entity: Type, path: string) {
+export function $routeReset(
+  context: DecoratorContext,
+  entity: Type,
+  path: string,
+  parameters?: Model
+) {
   setRoute(context, entity, {
     path,
     isReset: true,
+    shared: extractSharedValue(context, parameters),
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/http/operations.ts b/packages/rest/src/http/operations.ts
index 91aed5809b6..6b0a62d8cba 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/http/operations.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/http/operations.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   Program,
 } from "@cadl-lang/compiler";
 import { createDiagnostic, reportDiagnostic } from "../lib.js";
+import { getRoutePath } from "./decorators.js";
 import { getResponsesForOperation } from "./responses.js";
 import { resolvePathAndParameters } from "./route.js";
 import {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ export function getAllHttpServices(
     })
   );
 
-  validateRouteUnique(diagnostics, httpOperations);
+  validateRouteUnique(program, diagnostics, httpOperations);
   const service: HttpService = {
     namespace: serviceNamespace,
     operations: httpOperations,
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ export function reportIfNoRoutes(program: Program, routes: HttpOperation[]) {
   }
 }
 
-export function validateRouteUnique(diagnostics: DiagnosticCollector, operations: HttpOperation[]) {
+export function validateRouteUnique(
+  program: Program,
+  diagnostics: DiagnosticCollector,
+  operations: HttpOperation[]
+) {
   const grouped = new Map<string, Map<HttpVerb, HttpOperation[]>>();
 
   for (const operation of operations) {
@@ -109,6 +114,10 @@ export function validateRouteUnique(diagnostics: DiagnosticCollector, operations
     if (operation.overloading !== undefined && isOverloadSameEndpoint(operation as any)) {
       continue;
     }
+    const pathShared = getRoutePath(program, operation.operation)?.shared ?? false;
+    if (pathShared) {
+      continue;
+    }
     let map = grouped.get(path);
     if (map === undefined) {
       map = new Map<HttpVerb, HttpOperation[]>();
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/http/route.ts b/packages/rest/src/http/route.ts
index c25a2151d7c..d002de172f2 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/http/route.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/http/route.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ export function resolvePathAndParameters(
   overloadBase: HttpOperation | undefined,
   options: RouteResolutionOptions
 ): [
-  { path: string; pathSegments: string[]; parameters: HttpOperationParameters },
+  {
+    path: string;
+    pathSegments: string[];
+    parameters: HttpOperationParameters;
+  },
   readonly Diagnostic[]
 ] {
   let segments: string[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/http/types.ts b/packages/rest/src/http/types.ts
index 5e1c941dae4..76221089385 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/http/types.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/http/types.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export interface HttpOperation {
 export interface RoutePath {
   path: string;
   isReset: boolean;
+  shared: boolean;
 }
 
 export type StatusCode = `${number}` | "*";
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/lib.ts b/packages/rest/src/lib.ts
index ba977cae78c..1bc21a5eac7 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/lib.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/lib.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ const libDefinition = {
         default: paramMessage`@useAuth ${"kind"} only accept Auth model, Tuple of auth model or union of auth model.`,
       },
     },
+
+    "shared-boolean": {
+      severity: "error",
+      messages: {
+        default: "shared parameter must be a boolean.",
+      },
+    },
   },
 } as const;
 
diff --git a/packages/rest/test/http-decorators.test.ts b/packages/rest/test/http-decorators.test.ts
index dea556bcc8b..1b29d89fa7e 100644
--- a/packages/rest/test/http-decorators.test.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/test/http-decorators.test.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,47 @@ describe("rest: http decorators", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("@route", () => {
+    it("emit diagnostics when duplicated unshared routes are applied", async () => {
+      const diagnostics = await runner.diagnose(`
+        @route("/test") op test(): string;
+        @route("/test") op test2(): string;
+      `);
+
+      expectDiagnostics(diagnostics, [
+        {
+          code: "@cadl-lang/rest/duplicate-operation",
+          message: `Duplicate operation "test" routed at "get /test".`,
+        },
+        {
+          code: "@cadl-lang/rest/duplicate-operation",
+          message: `Duplicate operation "test2" routed at "get /test".`,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("do not emit diagnostics when duplicated shared routes are applied", async () => {
+      const diagnostics = await runner.diagnose(`
+        @route("/test", {shared: true}) op test(): string;
+        @route("/test", {shared: true}) op test2(): string;
+      `);
+
+      expectDiagnosticEmpty(diagnostics);
+    });
+
+    it("emit diagnostic when wrong type for shared is provided", async () => {
+      const diagnostics = await runner.diagnose(`
+        @route("/test", {shared: "yes"}) op test(): string;
+      `);
+      expectDiagnostics(diagnostics, [
+        {
+          code: "@cadl-lang/rest/shared-boolean",
+          message: `shared parameter must be a boolean.`,
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("@path", () => {
     it("emit diagnostics when @path is not used on model property", async () => {
       const diagnostics = await runner.diagnose(`