diff --git a/regexp.go b/regexp.go
index 96dd94ad..0144842b 100644
--- a/regexp.go
+++ b/regexp.go
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ func (v routeRegexpGroup) setMatch(req *http.Request, m *RouteMatch, r *Route) {
 	// Store host variables.
 	if v.host != nil {
 		host := getHost(req)
+		if v.host.wildcardHostPort {
+			// Don't be strict on the port match
+			if i := strings.Index(host, ":"); i != -1 {
+				host = host[:i]
+			}
+		}
 		matches := v.host.regexp.FindStringSubmatchIndex(host)
 		if len(matches) > 0 {
 			extractVars(host, matches, v.host.varsN, m.Vars)