diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
index 5f221f723..42a01db36 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ This route would match if the request path was, for example: `/foo/1` or `/foo/b
 
 This predicate extracts the URI template variables (like `segment` defined in the example above) as a map of names and values and places it in the `ServerWebExchange.getAttributes()` with a key defined in `PathRoutePredicate.URL_PREDICATE_VARS_ATTR`. Those values are then available for use by <<gateway-route-filters,GatewayFilter Factories>>
 
+A utility method is available to make access to these variables easier.
+
+[source,java]
+----
+Map<String, String> uriVariables = ServerWebExchangeUtils.getPathPredicateVariables(exchange);
+
+String segment = uriVariables.get("segment");
+----
+
 === Query Route Predicate Factory
 The Query Route Predicate Factory takes two parameters: a required `param` and an optional `regexp`.
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/SetPathGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/SetPathGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 307faf0f9..d9ca270fd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/SetPathGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/SetPathGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.GatewayFilter;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern.PathMatchInfo;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR;
-import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.addOriginalRequestUrl;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.getPathPredicateVariables;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
@@ -53,16 +51,10 @@ public class SetPathGatewayFilterFactory extends AbstractGatewayFilterFactory<Se
 		UriTemplate uriTemplate = new UriTemplate(config.template);
 
 		return (exchange, chain) -> {
-			PathMatchInfo variables = exchange.getAttribute(URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE);
 			ServerHttpRequest req = exchange.getRequest();
 			addOriginalRequestUrl(exchange, req.getURI());
-			Map<String, String> uriVariables;
 
-			if (variables != null) {
-				uriVariables = variables.getUriVariables();
-			} else {
-				uriVariables = Collections.emptyMap();
-			}
+			Map<String, String> uriVariables = getPathPredicateVariables(exchange);
 
 			URI uri = uriTemplate.expand(uriVariables);
 			String newPath = uri.getRawPath();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
index 2164b4ec5..5a1710996 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.AsyncPredicate;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.AbstractServerHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
+import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
 
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
@@ -125,4 +128,17 @@ public class ServerWebExchangeUtils {
 		Objects.requireNonNull(predicate, "predicate must not be null");
 		return t -> Mono.just(predicate.test(t));
 	}
+
+	public static Map<String, String> getPathPredicateVariables(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		return getPathMatchVariables(exchange, URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE);
+	}
+
+	public static Map<String, String> getPathMatchVariables(ServerWebExchange exchange, String attr) {
+		PathPattern.PathMatchInfo variables = exchange.getAttribute(URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE);
+
+		if (variables != null) {
+			return variables.getUriVariables();
+		}
+		return Collections.emptyMap();
+	}
 }