diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b713cef55..cdcce561b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ node_modules
 
 # webstorm files
 .idea
+*.iml
diff --git a/src/state.js b/src/state.js
index aa75e7024..b2bed1a88 100644
--- a/src/state.js
+++ b/src/state.js
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
       var toPath = to.path,
           from = $state.$current, fromParams = $state.params, fromPath = from.path;
 
+      var reloadWild = ($state.current.reloadWild === undefined || $state.current.reloadWild);
+
       // Starting from the root of the path, keep all levels that haven't changed
       var keep, state, locals = root.locals, toLocals = [];
       for (keep = 0, state = toPath[keep];
-           state && state === fromPath[keep] && equalForKeys(toParams, fromParams, state.ownParams);
+           state && state === fromPath[keep] && equalForKeys(toParams, fromParams, state.ownParams, reloadWild);
            keep++, state = toPath[keep]) {
         locals = toLocals[keep] = state.locals;
       }
@@ -182,12 +184,17 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
         $state.transition = null;
         return $q.when($state.current);
       }
-
       // Normalize/filter parameters before we pass them to event handlers etc.
       var normalizedToParams = {};
       forEach(to.params, function (name) {
-        var value = toParams[name];
-        normalizedToParams[name] = (value != null) ? String(value) : null;
+        if(name === '*'){
+          for(var key in toParams) {
+            normalizedToParams[key] = toParams[key];
+          }
+        } else {
+          var value = toParams[name];
+          normalizedToParams[name] = (value != null) ? String(value) : null;
+        }
       });
       toParams = normalizedToParams;
 
@@ -286,7 +293,13 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
       else {
         $stateParams = {};
         forEach(state.params, function (name) {
-          $stateParams[name] = params[name];
+          if(name === '*'){
+              for(var key in params){
+                  $stateParams[key] = params[key];
+              }
+          } else {
+            $stateParams[name] = params[name];
+          }
         });
       }
       var locals = { $stateParams: $stateParams };
@@ -345,7 +358,10 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
       });
     }
 
-    function equalForKeys(a, b, keys) {
+    function equalForKeys(a, b, keys, reloadWild) {
+      if(keys.indexOf('*') > 0 && a != b && reloadWild){
+          return false;
+      }
       for (var i=0; i<keys.length; i++) {
         var k = keys[i];
         if (a[k] != b[k]) return false; // Not '===', values aren't necessarily normalized
diff --git a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
index 48e0b84a5..109bd7c0e 100644
--- a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
+++ b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function UrlMatcher(pattern) {
       params = this.params = [];
 
   function addParameter(id) {
-    if (!/^\w+$/.test(id)) throw new Error("Invalid parameter name '" + id + "' in pattern '" + pattern + "'");
+    if (!/^(\w+|\*)$/.test(id)) throw new Error("Invalid parameter name '" + id + "' in pattern '" + pattern + "'");
     if (names[id]) throw new Error("Duplicate parameter name '" + id + "' in pattern '" + pattern + "'");
     names[id] = true;
     params.push(id);
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ function UrlMatcher(pattern) {
     segment = segment.substring(0, i);
     this.sourcePath = pattern.substring(0, last+i);
 
-    // Allow parameters to be separated by '?' as well as '&' to make concat() easier
-    forEach(search.substring(1).split(/[&?]/), addParameter);
+    var searchString = search.substring(1);
+    if(searchString === '*'){
+      this.params.push('*');
+    } else {
+      // Allow parameters to be separated by '?' as well as '&' to make concat() easier
+      forEach(searchString.split(/[&?]/), addParameter);
+    }
+
   } else {
     this.sourcePath = pattern;
     this.sourceSearch = '';
@@ -162,7 +168,15 @@ UrlMatcher.prototype.exec = function (path, searchParams) {
     values = {}, i;
 
   for (i=0; i<nPath; i++) values[params[i]] = decodeURIComponent(m[i+1]);
-  for (/**/; i<nTotal; i++) values[params[i]] = searchParams[params[i]];
+  for (/**/; i<nTotal; i++) {
+      if(params[i] === '*'){
+        for(var key in searchParams){
+          values[key] = searchParams[key];
+        }
+      } else {
+        values[params[i]] = searchParams[params[i]];
+      }
+  }
 
   return values;
 };
diff --git a/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js b/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
index c3f7a10a5..654b0a1d3 100644
--- a/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
+++ b/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ describe("UrlMatcher", function () {
       .toEqual({ id:'123', type:'', repeat:'0' });
   });
 
+  it(".exec() captures parameter values from wildcard", function () {
+    expect(
+      new UrlMatcher('/users/:id/details/{type}/{repeat:[0-9]+}?*')
+        .exec('/users/123/details//0', {match: '', match2: 'wildcard'}))
+      .toEqual({ id:'123', type:'', repeat:'0', match: '', match2: 'wildcard'});
+  });
+
   it(".exec() captures catch-all parameters", function () {
     var m = new UrlMatcher('/document/*path');
     expect(m.exec('/document/a/b/c', {})).toEqual({ path: 'a/b/c' });