diff --git a/render/auto.go b/render/auto.go
index 469df5927..be0f448d5 100644
--- a/render/auto.go
+++ b/render/auto.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/flect/name"
@@ -93,8 +92,9 @@ func (htmlAutoRenderer) ContentType() string {
 func (ir htmlAutoRenderer) Render(w io.Writer, data Data) error {
 	n := name.New(ir.typeName())
 	pname := name.New(n.Pluralize().String())
+	isPlural := ir.isPlural()
 
-	if ir.isPlural() {
+	if isPlural {
 		data[pname.VarCasePlural().String()] = ir.model
 	} else {
 		data[n.VarCaseSingle().String()] = ir.model
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@ func (ir htmlAutoRenderer) Render(w io.Writer, data Data) error {
 		return ir.HTML(fmt.Sprintf("%s/new.html", templatePrefix)).Render(w, data)
 	}
 
-	x, err := regexp.Compile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/.+", pname.URL()))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if x.MatchString(cp) {
+	if !isPlural {
 		return ir.HTML(fmt.Sprintf("%s/show.html", templatePrefix)).Render(w, data)
 	}
 	return defCase()
diff --git a/render/auto_test.go b/render/auto_test.go
index 71e738731..f7b38caf7 100644
--- a/render/auto_test.go
+++ b/render/auto_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,32 @@ func Test_Auto_HTML_List_Plural_MultiWord(t *testing.T) {
 	r.NoError(err)
 }
 
+func Test_Auto_HTML_List_Plural_MultiWord_Dashed(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	type RoomProvider struct {
+		Name string
+	}
+
+	type RoomProviders []RoomProvider
+
+	err := withHTMLFile("room_providers/index.html", "INDEX: <%= len(roomProviders) %>", func(e *render.Engine) {
+		app := buffalo.New(buffalo.Options{})
+		app.GET("/room-providers", func(c buffalo.Context) error {
+			return c.Render(200, e.Auto(c, RoomProviders{
+				RoomProvider{Name: "Ford"},
+				RoomProvider{Name: "Chevy"},
+			}))
+		})
+
+		w := httptest.New(app)
+		res := w.HTML("/room-providers").Get()
+
+		r.Contains(res.Body.String(), "INDEX: 2")
+	})
+	r.NoError(err)
+}
+
 func Test_Auto_HTML_Show(t *testing.T) {
 	r := require.New(t)
 
@@ -154,6 +180,28 @@ func Test_Auto_HTML_Show(t *testing.T) {
 	r.NoError(err)
 }
 
+func Test_Auto_HTML_Show_MultiWord_Dashed(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+
+	type RoomProvider struct {
+		ID   int
+		Name string
+	}
+
+	err := withHTMLFile("room_providers/show.html", "SHOW: <%= roomProvider.Name %>", func(e *render.Engine) {
+		app := buffalo.New(buffalo.Options{})
+		app.GET("/room-providers/{id}", func(c buffalo.Context) error {
+			return c.Render(200, e.Auto(c, RoomProvider{ID: 1, Name: "Ford"}))
+		})
+
+		w := httptest.New(app)
+		res := w.HTML("/room-providers/1").Get()
+
+		r.Contains(res.Body.String(), "SHOW: Ford")
+	})
+	r.NoError(err)
+}
+
 func Test_Auto_HTML_New(t *testing.T) {
 	r := require.New(t)