diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
index 815745bd92..817e91a56d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts
@@ -281,9 +281,11 @@ export class UnresolvedInstruction extends Instruction {
 
 export class RedirectInstruction extends ResolvedInstruction {
   constructor(component: ComponentInstruction, child: Instruction,
-              auxInstruction: {[key: string]: Instruction}) {
+              auxInstruction: {[key: string]: Instruction}, private _specificity: string) {
     super(component, child, auxInstruction);
   }
+
+  get specificity(): string { return this._specificity; }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
index dbf757f4a7..5750396c29 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export class RouteRegistry {
             var instruction =
                 this.generate(candidate.redirectTo, ancestorInstructions.concat([null]));
             return new RedirectInstruction(instruction.component, instruction.child,
-                                           instruction.auxInstruction);
+                                           instruction.auxInstruction, candidate.specificity);
           }
         }));
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/impl/fixture_components.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/impl/fixture_components.ts
index 075213bdf6..5777bf163b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/impl/fixture_components.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/impl/fixture_components.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/router';
 import {PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 
+@Component({selector: 'goodbye-cmp', template: `{{farewell}}`})
+export class GoodbyeCmp {
+  farewell: string;
+  constructor() { this.farewell = 'goodbye'; }
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'hello-cmp', template: `{{greeting}}`})
 export class HelloCmp {
   greeting: string;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/redirect_route_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/redirect_route_spec.ts
index 4c2f195b3d..963fc78e30 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/redirect_route_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/integration/redirect_route_spec.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/src/router/route_config_decorator';
 
 import {TEST_ROUTER_PROVIDERS, RootCmp, compile} from './util';
-import {HelloCmp, RedirectToParentCmp} from './impl/fixture_components';
+import {HelloCmp, GoodbyeCmp, RedirectToParentCmp} from './impl/fixture_components';
 
 var cmpInstanceCount;
 var childCmpInstanceCount;
@@ -117,5 +117,24 @@ export function main() {
                async.done();
              });
        }));
+
+
+    it('should not redirect when redirect is less specific than other matching routes',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter, Location], (async, location) => {
+         compile(tcb)
+             .then((rtc) => {rootTC = rtc})
+             .then((_) => rtr.config([
+               new Route({path: '/foo', component: HelloCmp, name: 'Hello'}),
+               new Route({path: '/:param', component: GoodbyeCmp, name: 'Goodbye'}),
+               new Redirect({path: '/*rest', redirectTo: ['/Hello']})
+             ]))
+             .then((_) => rtr.navigateByUrl('/bye'))
+             .then((_) => {
+               rootTC.detectChanges();
+               expect(rootTC.debugElement.nativeElement).toHaveText('goodbye');
+               expect(location.urlChanges).toEqual(['/bye']);
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
   });
 }