diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Route.hs b/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
index f1402cc..9c4bd95 100644
--- a/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Route.hs
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ matchRoute (Capture pat)  req = go (T.split (=='/') pat) (compress $ "":pathInfo
                        | otherwise           = Nothing  -- request string is longer than pattern
           go p  [] prs | T.null (mconcat p)  = Just prs -- in case pattern has trailing slashes
                        | otherwise           = Nothing  -- request string is not long enough
-          go (p:ps) (r:rs) prs | p == r          = go ps rs prs -- equal literals, keeping checking
-                               | T.null p        = Nothing      -- p is null, but r is not, fail
-                               | T.head p == ':' = go ps rs $ (T.tail p, r) : prs -- p is a capture, add to params
-                               | otherwise       = Nothing      -- both literals, but unequal, fail
+          go (p:ps) (r:rs) prs = case T.uncons p of
+                        Just (':', name) -> go ps rs $ (name, r) : prs -- p is a capture, add to params
+                        _ | p == r       -> go ps rs prs -- equal literals, keeping checking
+                          | otherwise    -> Nothing      -- both literals, but unequal, fail
           compress ("":rest@("":_)) = compress rest
           compress (x:xs) = x : compress xs
           compress [] = []
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 267a3a1..c2c52a4 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## next [????.??.??]
 
+### Fixes
+* Path parameters with value matching the parameter name prefixed by colon will properly populate `pathParams` with their literal value : `/:param` will match `/:param` and add a `Param` with value `("param", ":param")` (#301)
+
 
 ## 0.21 [2023.12.17]
 ### New
diff --git a/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs b/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
index c73b5f5..1fb3ee7 100644
--- a/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
+++ b/test/Web/ScottySpec.hs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ spec = do
             makeRequest "//scotty" `shouldRespondWith` 200
 
         withApp (route "/:paramName" $ captureParam "paramName" >>= text) $ do
+          it ("captures route parameters for " ++ method ++ " requests when parameter matches its name") $ do
+            makeRequest "/:paramName" `shouldRespondWith` ":paramName"
           it ("captures route parameters for " ++ method ++ " requests with url encoded '/' in path") $ do
             makeRequest "/a%2Fb" `shouldRespondWith` "a/b"