diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index a8bc856938..1b00586ce3 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -840,7 +840,6 @@ class PathParamsMatcher final : public MatcherBase {
   bool match(Request &request) const override;
 
 private:
-  static constexpr char marker = ':';
   // Treat segment separators as the end of path parameter capture
   // Does not need to handle query parameters as they are parsed before path
   // matching
@@ -5887,6 +5886,8 @@ inline socket_t BufferStream::socket() const { return 0; }
 inline const std::string &BufferStream::get_buffer() const { return buffer; }
 
 inline PathParamsMatcher::PathParamsMatcher(const std::string &pattern) {
+  static constexpr char marker[] = "/:";
+
   // One past the last ending position of a path param substring
   std::size_t last_param_end = 0;
 
@@ -5899,13 +5900,14 @@ inline PathParamsMatcher::PathParamsMatcher(const std::string &pattern) {
 #endif
 
   while (true) {
-    const auto marker_pos = pattern.find(marker, last_param_end);
+    const auto marker_pos = pattern.find(
+        marker, last_param_end == 0 ? last_param_end : last_param_end - 1);
     if (marker_pos == std::string::npos) { break; }
 
     static_fragments_.push_back(
-        pattern.substr(last_param_end, marker_pos - last_param_end));
+        pattern.substr(last_param_end, marker_pos - last_param_end + 1));
 
-    const auto param_name_start = marker_pos + 1;
+    const auto param_name_start = marker_pos + 2;
 
     auto sep_pos = pattern.find(separator, param_name_start);
     if (sep_pos == std::string::npos) { sep_pos = pattern.length(); }
@@ -5967,7 +5969,7 @@ inline bool PathParamsMatcher::match(Request &request) const {
     request.path_params.emplace(
         param_name, request.path.substr(starting_pos, sep_pos - starting_pos));
 
-    // Mark everythin up to '/' as matched
+    // Mark everything up to '/' as matched
     starting_pos = sep_pos + 1;
   }
   // Returns false if the path is longer than the pattern
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index b42463408d..5c6ceefe06 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -7599,6 +7599,18 @@ TEST(PathParamsTest, SequenceOfParams) {
   EXPECT_EQ(request.path_params, expected_params);
 }
 
+TEST(PathParamsTest, SemicolonInTheMiddleIsNotAParam) {
+  const auto pattern = "/prefix:suffix";
+  detail::PathParamsMatcher matcher(pattern);
+
+  Request request;
+  request.path = "/prefix:suffix";
+  ASSERT_TRUE(matcher.match(request));
+
+  const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> expected_params = {};
+  EXPECT_EQ(request.path_params, expected_params);
+}
+
 TEST(UniversalClientImplTest, Ipv6LiteralAddress) {
   // If ipv6 regex working, regex match codepath is taken.
   // else port will default to 80 in Client impl