diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php b/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
index a5ac65d..e23759d 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public function __construct(array $data)
             'route'    => null,
             'path'     => null,
             'vars'     => null,
+            'matches'  => null,
             'handler'  => null,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ public function vars()
         return is_array($this->data['vars']) ? $this->data['vars'] : [];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function matches()
+    {
+        return is_array($this->data['matches']) ? $this->data['matches'] : [];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return bool
      */
diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php b/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
index 838c9b9..6269d80 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ public function handle(MatchingResult $result, \WP $wp, $doParseRequest)
         $result = apply_filters('cortex.match.done', $result, $wp, $doParseRequest);
         $handlerResult = $doParseRequest;
 
+        if (! $result instanceof MatchingResult) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+
+        /** @var \Brain\Cortex\Router\MatchingResult $result */
         if ($result->matched()) {
             $doParseRequest = false;
             $origHandler = $result->handler();
@@ -37,12 +42,13 @@ public function handle(MatchingResult $result, \WP $wp, $doParseRequest)
             $template = $result->template();
             (is_string($template)) or $template = '';
             $vars = $result->vars();
+            $matches = $result->matches();
 
             do_action('cortex.matched', $result, $wp);
 
-            is_callable($before) and $before($vars, $wp, $template);
-            is_callable($handler) and $handlerResult = $handler($vars, $wp, $template);
-            is_callable($after) and $after($vars, $wp, $template);
+            is_callable($before) and $before($vars, $wp, $template, $matches);
+            is_callable($handler) and $handlerResult = $handler($vars, $wp, $template, $matches);
+            is_callable($after) and $after($vars, $wp, $template, $matches);
             $template and $this->setTemplate($template);
 
             do_action('cortex.matched-after', $result, $wp, $handlerResult);
diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php b/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
index f053c74..f5c303a 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ private function finalizeRoute(RouteInterface $route, array $vars, UriInterface
         $merge = filter_var($route['merge_query_string'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
         $uriVars = $uri->vars();
         $merge and $vars = array_merge($vars, $uriVars);
+        // vars is going to be modified if route vars is a callback, lets save this as a backup
+        $varsOriginal = $vars;
         $result = null;
         switch (true) {
             case (is_callable($route['vars'])) :
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ private function finalizeRoute(RouteInterface $route, array $vars, UriInterface
 
         return new MatchingResult([
             'vars'     => (array)$vars,
+            'matches'  => (array)$varsOriginal,
             'route'    => $route->id(),
             'path'     => $route['path'],
             'handler'  => $route['handler'],
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Router/ResultHandlerTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Router/ResultHandlerTest.php
index 8194eeb..59c54ca 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Router/ResultHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Router/ResultHandlerTest.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public function testHandleAllCallbacks()
         $result->shouldReceive('afterHandler')->once()->andReturn($after);
         $result->shouldReceive('template')->once()->andReturnNull();
         $result->shouldReceive('vars')->once()->andReturn(['foo' => 'bar']);
+        $result->shouldReceive('matches')->once()->andReturn([]);
 
         $wp = \Mockery::mock('WP');
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ public function testHandleTemplate()
         $result->shouldReceive('afterHandler')->once()->andReturn(null);
         $result->shouldReceive('template')->once()->andReturn('foo');
         $result->shouldReceive('vars')->once()->andReturn([]);
+        $result->shouldReceive('matches')->once()->andReturn([]);
 
         $handler = new ResultHandler();
 
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ public function testHandleTemplateDoNothingIfNoTemplateFound()
         $result->shouldReceive('afterHandler')->once()->andReturn(null);
         $result->shouldReceive('template')->once()->andReturn('foo');
         $result->shouldReceive('vars')->once()->andReturn([]);
+        $result->shouldReceive('matches')->once()->andReturn([]);
 
         $handler = new ResultHandler();
 
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Router/RouterTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Router/RouterTest.php
index 785b072..c6e9b84 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Router/RouterTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Router/RouterTest.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public function testMatchNothingIfNoRoutes()
             'route'    => null,
             'path'     => null,
             'vars'     => null,
+            'matches'  => null,
             'handler'  => null,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public function testMatchNothingIfNoFilteredRoutes()
             'route'    => null,
             'path'     => null,
             'vars'     => null,
+            'matches'  => null,
             'handler'  => null,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ public function testMatchNothingIfNoValidatingRoutes()
             'route'    => null,
             'path'     => null,
             'vars'     => null,
+            'matches'  => null,
             'handler'  => null,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ public function testMatchNotMatching()
             'route'    => null,
             'path'     => null,
             'vars'     => null,
+            'matches'  => null,
             'handler'  => null,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -245,6 +249,7 @@ public function testMatchMatchingExactMatch()
             'route'    => 'r1',
             'path'     => '/foo',
             'vars'     => ['d' => 'D', 'c' => 'C'],
+            'matches'  => ['c' => 'C'],
             'handler'  => $handler,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ public function testMatchDynamicMatch()
             'route'    => 'r1',
             'path'     => '/foo/{bar}',
             'vars'     => ['d' => 'D', 'bar' => 'i-am-bar', 'c' => 'C'],
+            'matches'  => ['bar' => 'i-am-bar', 'c' => 'C'],
             'handler'  => $handler,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -380,6 +386,7 @@ public function testMatchMatchingExactMatchNoQueryVars()
             'route'    => 'r1',
             'path'     => '/foo',
             'vars'     => ['d' => 'D'],
+            'matches'  => [],
             'handler'  => $handler,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -453,6 +460,7 @@ public function testMatchMatchingNoQueryVarsMaintainPreviewVar()
                 'preview_id'    => '123',
                 'preview_nonce' => 'abc',
             ],
+            'matches'  => [],
             'handler'  => $handler,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,
@@ -518,6 +526,7 @@ public function testMatchMatchingExactMatchCallableVars()
             'route'    => 'r1',
             'path'     => '/foo',
             'vars'     => ['c'],
+            'matches'  => ['c' => 'C'],
             'handler'  => $handler,
             'before'   => null,
             'after'    => null,