diff --git a/src/MiddlewareListener.php b/src/MiddlewareListener.php
index 5ea4efe15..f93e360e6 100644
--- a/src/MiddlewareListener.php
+++ b/src/MiddlewareListener.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface;
 use Zend\Psr7Bridge\Psr7ServerRequest as Psr7Request;
 use Zend\Psr7Bridge\Psr7Response;
+use Zend\Router\RouteMatch;
 
 class MiddlewareListener extends AbstractListenerAggregate
 {
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $event)
 
         $caughtException = null;
         try {
-            $return = $middleware(Psr7Request::fromZend($request), Psr7Response::fromZend($response));
+            $psr7Request = Psr7Request::fromZend($request)->withAttribute(RouteMatch::class, $routeMatch);
+            foreach ($routeMatch->getParams() as $key => $value) {
+                $psr7Request = $psr7Request->withAttribute($key, $value);
+            }
+            $return = $middleware($psr7Request, Psr7Response::fromZend($response));
         } catch (\Throwable $ex) {
             $caughtException = $ex;
         } catch (\Exception $ex) {  // @TODO clean up once PHP 7 requirement is enforced
diff --git a/test/MiddlewareListenerTest.php b/test/MiddlewareListenerTest.php
index 8e32e1c3b..20bbe5330 100644
--- a/test/MiddlewareListenerTest.php
+++ b/test/MiddlewareListenerTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 
 class MiddlewareListenerTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \Prophecy\Prophecy\ObjectProphecy
+     */
+    private $routeMatch;
+
     /**
      * Create an MvcEvent, populated with everything it needs.
      *
@@ -34,8 +39,9 @@ class MiddlewareListenerTest extends TestCase
     public function createMvcEvent($middlewareMatched, $middleware = null)
     {
         $response   = new Response();
-        $routeMatch = $this->prophesize(RouteMatch::class);
-        $routeMatch->getParam('middleware', false)->willReturn($middlewareMatched);
+        $this->routeMatch = $this->prophesize(RouteMatch::class);
+        $this->routeMatch->getParam('middleware', false)->willReturn($middlewareMatched);
+        $this->routeMatch->getParams()->willReturn([]);
 
         $eventManager = new EventManager();
 
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ public function createMvcEvent($middlewareMatched, $middleware = null)
         $event->setRequest(new Request());
         $event->setResponse($response);
         $event->setApplication($application->reveal());
-        $event->setRouteMatch($routeMatch->reveal());
+        $event->setRouteMatch($this->routeMatch->reveal());
 
         return $event;
     }
@@ -82,6 +88,31 @@ public function testSuccessfullyDispatchesMiddleware()
         $this->assertEquals('Test!', $return->getBody());
     }
 
+    public function testMatchedRouteParamsAreInjectedToRequestAsAttributes()
+    {
+        $matchedRouteParam = uniqid('matched param', true);
+        $routeAttribute = null;
+
+        $event = $this->createMvcEvent(
+            'foo',
+            function (ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response) use (&$routeAttribute) {
+                $routeAttribute = $request->getAttribute(RouteMatch::class);
+                $response->getBody()->write($request->getAttribute('myParam', 'param did not exist'));
+                return $response;
+            }
+        );
+
+        $this->routeMatch->getParams()->willReturn([
+            'myParam' => $matchedRouteParam,
+        ]);
+
+        $listener = new MiddlewareListener();
+        $return   = $listener->onDispatch($event);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $return);
+        $this->assertSame($matchedRouteParam, $return->getBody());
+        $this->assertSame($this->routeMatch->reveal(), $routeAttribute);
+    }
+
     public function testTriggersErrorForUncallableMiddleware()
     {
         $event       = $this->createMvcEvent('path');
@@ -125,6 +156,7 @@ public function testCanLoadFromAbstractFactory()
         $response   = new Response();
         $routeMatch = $this->prophesize(RouteMatch::class);
         $routeMatch->getParam('middleware', false)->willReturn('test');
+        $routeMatch->getParams()->willReturn([]);
 
         $eventManager = new EventManager();