diff --git a/__tests__/matcher/pathRanking.spec.ts b/__tests__/matcher/pathRanking.spec.ts
index ce6e68848..a5d4d46a1 100644
--- a/__tests__/matcher/pathRanking.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/matcher/pathRanking.spec.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ describe('Path ranking', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('puts catchall param after same prefix', () => {
+    possibleOptions.forEach(options => {
+      checkPathOrder([
+        ['/a', options],
+        ['/a/:a(.*)*', options],
+      ])
+    })
+  })
+
   it('sensitive should go before non sensitive', () => {
     checkPathOrder([
       ['/Home', { sensitive: true }],
diff --git a/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts b/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
index 483a29c47..f225fa7a1 100644
--- a/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
+++ b/src/matcher/pathParserRanker.ts
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ export function comparePathParserScore(a: PathParser, b: PathParser): number {
 
     i++
   }
+  if (Math.abs(bScore.length - aScore.length) === 1) {
+    if (isLastScoreNegative(aScore)) return 1
+    if (isLastScoreNegative(bScore)) return -1
+  }
 
   // if a and b share the same score entries but b has more, sort b first
   return bScore.length - aScore.length
@@ -339,3 +343,14 @@ export function comparePathParserScore(a: PathParser, b: PathParser): number {
   //   ? -1
   //   : 0
 }
+
+/**
+ * This allows detecting splats at the end of a path: /home/:id(.*)*
+ *
+ * @param score - score to check
+ * @returns true if the last entry is negative
+ */
+function isLastScoreNegative(score: PathParser['score']): boolean {
+  const last = score[score.length - 1]
+  return score.length > 0 && last[last.length - 1] < 0
+}