diff --git a/src/params/interface.ts b/src/params/interface.ts
index 1e43ab75..57269f5f 100644
--- a/src/params/interface.ts
+++ b/src/params/interface.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ export interface ParamDeclaration {
    *
    * This can be useful to build UI where the component updates itself when the param values change.
    * A common scenario where this is useful is searching/paging/sorting.
+   *
+   * ---
+   *
+   * Note: this value overrides the `dynamic` value on a custom parameter type ([[ParamTypeDefinition.dynamic]]).
    */
   dynamic: boolean;
 
@@ -270,6 +274,10 @@ export interface ParamDeclaration {
    * to serialize to `/product/camping/tents/awesome_tent`
    * instead of `/product/camping%2Ftents%2Fawesome_tent`.
    *
+   * ---
+   *
+   * Note: this value overrides the `raw` value on a custom parameter type ([[ParamTypeDefinition.raw]]).
+   *
    * ### Decoding warning
    *
    * The decoding behavior of raw parameters is not defined.
@@ -491,5 +499,19 @@ export interface ParamTypeDefinition {
    * - No start-of-string or end-of-string: `/^foo$/`
    */
   pattern: RegExp;
+
+
+  /**
+   * Disables url-encoding of parameter values
+   *
+   * If a parameter type is declared `raw`, it will not be url-encoded.
+   * Custom encoding can still be applied in the [[encode]] function.
+   *
+   * ### Decoding warning
+   *
+   * The decoding behavior of raw parameters is not defined.
+   * See: [[ParamDeclaration.raw]] for details
+   */
+  raw: boolean;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/params/param.ts b/src/params/param.ts
index a48cb140..6f9ca6d6 100644
--- a/src/params/param.ts
+++ b/src/params/param.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-/** @module params */ /** for typedoc */
+/**
+ * @internalapi
+ * @module params
+ */ /** for typedoc */
 import {extend, filter, map, applyPairs, allTrueR} from "../common/common";
 import {prop, propEq} from "../common/hof";
 import {isInjectable, isDefined, isString, isArray} from "../common/predicates";
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ export class Param {
   replace: any;
   isOptional: boolean;
   dynamic: boolean;
+  raw: boolean;
   config: any;
 
   constructor(id: string, type: ParamType, config: ParamDeclaration, location: DefType, paramTypes: ParamTypes) {
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ export class Param {
     type = arrayMode ? type.$asArray(arrayMode, location === DefType.SEARCH) : type;
     let isOptional = config.value !== undefined;
     let dynamic = isDefined(config.dynamic) ? !!config.dynamic : !!type.dynamic;
+    let raw = isDefined(config.raw) ? !!config.raw : !!type.raw;
     let squash = getSquashPolicy(config, isOptional);
     let replace = getReplace(config, arrayMode, isOptional, squash);
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ export class Param {
       return extend(arrayDefaults, arrayParamNomenclature, config).array;
     }
 
-    extend(this, {id, type, location, squash, replace, isOptional, dynamic, config, array: arrayMode});
+    extend(this, {id, type, location, squash, replace, isOptional, dynamic, raw, config, array: arrayMode});
   }
 
   isDefaultValue(value: any): boolean {
diff --git a/src/url/urlMatcher.ts b/src/url/urlMatcher.ts
index 1c25cd4b..53ce8347 100644
--- a/src/url/urlMatcher.ts
+++ b/src/url/urlMatcher.ts
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export class UrlMatcher {
       // If this parameter value is an array, encode the value using encodeDashes
       if (isArray(encoded)) return acc + map(<string[]> encoded, UrlMatcher.encodeDashes).join("-");
       // If the parameter type is "raw", then do not encodeURIComponent
-      if (param.type.raw) return acc + encoded;
+      if (param.raw) return acc + encoded;
       // Encode the value
       return acc + encodeURIComponent(<string> encoded);
     }, "");
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export class UrlMatcher {
       if (encoded == null || (isDefaultValue && squash !== false)) return;
       if (!isArray(encoded)) encoded = [<string> encoded];
       if (encoded.length === 0) return;
-      if (!param.type.raw) encoded = map(<string[]> encoded, encodeURIComponent);
+      if (!param.raw) encoded = map(<string[]> encoded, encodeURIComponent);
 
       return (<string[]> encoded).map(val => `${param.id}=${val}`);
     }).filter(identity).reduce(unnestR, []).join("&");