diff --git a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
index e316fa1032e07..90200debf7604 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ function match(segmentGroup: UrlSegmentGroup, route: Route, segments: UrlSegment
 
   const posParams: {[n: string]: string} = {};
   forEach(res.posParams !, (v: UrlSegment, k: string) => { posParams[k] = v.path; });
-  const parameters = {...posParams, ...res.consumed[res.consumed.length - 1].parameters};
+  const parameters = res.consumed.length > 0 ?
+      {...posParams, ...res.consumed[res.consumed.length - 1].parameters} :
+      posParams;
 
   return {consumedSegments: res.consumed, lastChild: res.consumed.length, parameters};
 }
diff --git a/packages/router/test/recognize.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
index a90f99ecca7a7..8da65f3f3cb90 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
@@ -658,6 +658,26 @@ describe('recognize', () => {
             checkActivatedRoute(a.firstChild !, 'b', {}, ComponentB);
           });
     });
+
+    it('should work with terminal route', () => {
+      const matcher = (s: any, g: any, r: any) => s.length === 0 ? ({consumed: s}) : null;
+
+      checkRecognize([{matcher, component: ComponentA}] as any, '', (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+        const a = s.root.firstChild !;
+        checkActivatedRoute(a, '', {}, ComponentA);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should work with child terminal route', () => {
+      const matcher = (s: any, g: any, r: any) => s.length === 0 ? ({consumed: s}) : null;
+
+      checkRecognize(
+          [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, children: [{matcher, component: ComponentB}]}] as any,
+          'a', (s: RouterStateSnapshot) => {
+            const a = s.root.firstChild !;
+            checkActivatedRoute(a, 'a', {}, ComponentA);
+          });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('query parameters', () => {