diff --git a/http/mux.go b/http/mux.go
index abf536816b..924030cf8c 100644
--- a/http/mux.go
+++ b/http/mux.go
@@ -59,15 +59,24 @@ type (
 		Use(func(http.Handler) http.Handler)
 	}
 
+	// ResolverMuxer is a MiddlewareMuxer that can resolve the route pattern used
+	// to register the handler for the given request.
+	ResolverMuxer interface {
+		MiddlewareMuxer
+		ResolvePattern(*http.Request) string
+	}
+
 	// mux is the default Muxer implementation.
 	mux struct {
 		chi.Router
-		wildcard string
+		// wildcards maps a method and a pattern to the name of the wildcard
+		// this is needed because chi does not expose the name of the wildcard
+		wildcards map[string]string
 	}
 )
 
 // NewMuxer returns a Muxer implementation based on a Chi router.
-func NewMuxer() MiddlewareMuxer {
+func NewMuxer() ResolverMuxer {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
 	r.NotFound(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		ctx := context.WithValue(req.Context(), AcceptTypeKey, req.Header.Get("Accept"))
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ func NewMuxer() MiddlewareMuxer {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		enc.Encode(NewErrorResponse(ctx, fmt.Errorf("404 page not found"))) // nolint:errcheck
 	}))
-	return &mux{Router: r}
+	return &mux{Router: r, wildcards: make(map[string]string)}
 }
 
 // wildPath matches a wildcard path segment.
@@ -87,22 +96,24 @@ func (m *mux) Handle(method, pattern string, handler http.HandlerFunc) {
 		if len(wildcards) > 2 {
 			panic("too many wildcards")
 		}
-		m.wildcard = wildcards[1]
 		pattern = wildPath.ReplaceAllString(pattern, "/*")
+		m.wildcards[method+"::"+pattern] = wildcards[1]
 	}
 	m.Method(method, pattern, handler)
 }
 
 // Vars extracts the path variables from the request context.
 func (m *mux) Vars(r *http.Request) map[string]string {
-	params := chi.RouteContext(r.Context()).URLParams
+	rctx := chi.RouteContext(r.Context())
+	params := rctx.URLParams
 	if len(params.Keys) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	vars := make(map[string]string, len(params.Keys))
 	for i, k := range params.Keys {
 		if k == "*" {
-			vars[m.wildcard] = params.Values[i]
+			wildcard := m.wildcards[r.Method+"::"+rctx.RoutePattern()]
+			vars[wildcard] = params.Values[i]
 			continue
 		}
 		vars[k] = params.Values[i]
@@ -115,3 +126,25 @@ func (m *mux) Vars(r *http.Request) map[string]string {
 func (m *mux) Use(f func(http.Handler) http.Handler) {
 	m.Router.Use(f)
 }
+
+// ResolvePattern returns the route pattern used to register the handler for the
+// given method and path.
+func (m *mux) ResolvePattern(r *http.Request) string {
+	ctx := chi.RouteContext(r.Context())
+	if ctx.RoutePattern() != "" {
+		return m.resolveWildcard(r.Method, ctx.RoutePattern())
+	}
+	if !m.Router.Match(ctx, r.Method, r.URL.Path) {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return m.resolveWildcard(r.Method, ctx.RoutePattern())
+}
+
+// resolveWildcard returns the route pattern with the wildcard replaced by the
+// name of the wildcard.
+func (m *mux) resolveWildcard(method, pattern string) string {
+	if wildcard, ok := m.wildcards[method+"::"+pattern]; ok {
+		return pattern[:len(pattern)-2] + "/{*" + wildcard + "}"
+	}
+	return pattern
+}
diff --git a/http/mux_test.go b/http/mux_test.go
index b12870de31..d8b8c569c4 100644
--- a/http/mux_test.go
+++ b/http/mux_test.go
@@ -128,3 +128,88 @@ func TestVars(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResolvePattern(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Name     string
+		Patterns []string
+		URL      string
+		Expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			Name:     "simple",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "multiple",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "two patterns",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}", "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{comment_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "two patterns deep",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}", "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{comment_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456/comments/789",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{comment_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "wildcard",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{*post_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456/789",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{*post_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "two wildcards",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{*post_id}", "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{*comment_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456/789",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{*post_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "two wildcards deep",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users/{id}/posts/{*post_id}", "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{*comment_id}"},
+			URL:      "/users/123/posts/456/comments/abc",
+			Expected: "/users/{id}/posts/{post_id}/comments/{*comment_id}",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:     "no var",
+			Patterns: []string{"/users"},
+			URL:      "/users",
+			Expected: "/users",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var called bool
+			mux := NewMuxer()
+			handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				pattern := mux.ResolvePattern(r)
+				assert.Equal(t, c.Expected, pattern)
+				called = true
+			})
+			// Make sure resolver works with middlewares.
+			handler = func(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+				return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					pattern := mux.ResolvePattern(r)
+					assert.Equal(t, c.Expected, pattern)
+					next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+				})
+			}(handler)
+			for _, p := range c.Patterns {
+				mux.Handle("GET", p, handler)
+			}
+			req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", c.URL, nil)
+			w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			mux.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+			assert.True(t, called)
+		})
+	}
+}