diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b488e58..a10ea33 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ Router.prototype.handle = function handle(req, res, callback) {
 
     // store route for dispatch on change
     if (route) {
-      req.route = route
+      req.route = req.route || { __proto__: route }
+      req.route.baseUrl = req.baseUrl;
     }
 
     // Capture one-time layer values
diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index 8b67f2d..713be35 100644
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ Route.prototype.dispatch = function dispatch(req, res, done) {
     method = 'get'
   }
 
-  req.route = this
+  req.route = req.route || { __proto__: this }
+  req.route.baseUrl = req.baseUrl;
 
   next()
 
diff --git a/test/router.js b/test/router.js
index 046bd32..ac2af58 100644
--- a/test/router.js
+++ b/test/router.js
@@ -411,6 +411,23 @@ describe('Router', function () {
           .expect('x-is-route', 'true')
           .expect(200, done)
         })
+
+        it('should have the correct baseUrl', function (done) {
+          var router = new Router()
+          var inner = new Router()
+          var server = createServer(router)
+
+          inner[method]('/bar', function handle(req, res) {
+            res.setHeader('x-route-base', String(req.route.baseUrl === '/foo'))
+            res.end()
+          })
+          router.use('/foo', inner);
+
+          request(server)
+          [method]('/foo/bar')
+          .expect('x-route-base', 'true')
+          .expect(200, done)
+        })
       })
     })
   })