diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
index 226984b1..ea88aefe 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/DefaultMetricsTagProvider.java
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ public class DefaultMetricsTagProvider implements MetricsTagProvider {
 	 * Atlas take place via query parameters
 	 */
 	protected String sanitizeUrlTemplate(String urlTemplate) {
-		String sanitized = urlTemplate.replaceAll("/", "_").replaceAll("[{}]", "-");
+		String sanitized = urlTemplate
+				.replaceAll("\\{(\\w+):.+}(?=/|$)", "-$1-") // extract path variable names from regex expressions
+				.replaceAll("/", "_")
+				.replaceAll("[{}]", "-");
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(sanitized)) {
 			sanitized = "none";
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/MetricsHandlerInterceptorIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/MetricsHandlerInterceptorIntegrationTests.java
index dd7cf2c0..25565f22 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/MetricsHandlerInterceptorIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/MetricsHandlerInterceptorIntegrationTests.java
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ public class MetricsHandlerInterceptorIntegrationTests {
 		mvc.perform(get("/test/some/error/10")).andExpect(status().is4xxClientError());
 		assertTimer("test_some_error_-id-", null, 422);
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void metricsGatheredOnRequestMappingWithRegex() throws Exception {
+		mvc.perform(get("/test/some/regex/.aa")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+		assertTimer("test_some_regex_-id-", null, 200);
+	}
 
 	protected void assertTimer(String uriTag, String exceptionType, Integer status) {
 		MonitorConfig.Builder builder = new MonitorConfig.Builder("metricName")
@@ -161,7 +167,12 @@ class MetricsTestController {
 	public String testSomeUnhandledError(@PathVariable Long id) {
 		throw new RuntimeException("Boom on $id!");
 	}
-
+	
+	@RequestMapping("/regex/{id:\\.[a-z]+}")
+	public String testSomeRegexRequest(@PathVariable String id) {
+		return id;
+	}
+	
 	@ExceptionHandler(value = IllegalStateException.class)
 	@ResponseStatus(code = HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY)
 	ModelAndView defaultErrorHandler(HttpServletRequest request, Exception e) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/servo/DefaultMetricsTagProviderTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/servo/DefaultMetricsTagProviderTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..652bd784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/metrics/servo/DefaultMetricsTagProviderTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.metrics.servo;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping.BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.metrics.DefaultMetricsTagProvider;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.metrics.MetricsTagProvider;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+
+public class DefaultMetricsTagProviderTests {
+	MetricsTagProvider provider = new DefaultMetricsTagProvider();
+	HttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+	
+	@Test
+	public void encodeSlashes() {
+		HttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/test/some");
+		request.setAttribute(BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, "/test/some");
+		assertUriTagIsEqualTo(request, "test_some");
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void encodePathVariables() {
+		HttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/test/some/1");
+		request.setAttribute(BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, "/test/some/{id}");
+		assertUriTagIsEqualTo(request, "test_some_-id-");
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void encodeRegexBasedUri() {
+		HttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/test/some/regex/a{}");
+		request.setAttribute(BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, "/test/some/regex/{id:.+{}}");
+		assertUriTagIsEqualTo(request, "test_some_regex_-id-");
+	}
+	
+	private void assertUriTagIsEqualTo(HttpServletRequest request, String expectedTag) {
+		assertThat(provider.httpRequestTags(request, response, null, null).get("uri"), is(equalTo(expectedTag)));
+	}
+}