diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d9924c..6b1a195 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "create-react-context": "^0.2.1",
     "hoist-non-react-statics": "^2.2.0",
     "path-to-regexp": "^1.7.0",
+    "query-string": "^6.1.0",
     "react-lifecycles-compat": "^3",
     "react-native-safe-area-view": "^0.8.0",
     "react-navigation-deprecated-tab-navigator": "1.3.0",
diff --git a/src/createNavigationContainer.js b/src/createNavigationContainer.js
index ac5e8ec..337d66a 100644
--- a/src/createNavigationContainer.js
+++ b/src/createNavigationContainer.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import NavigationActions from './NavigationActions';
 import getNavigation from './getNavigation';
 import invariant from './utils/invariant';
 import docsUrl from './utils/docsUrl';
+import { urlToPathAndParams } from './routers/pathUtils';
 
 function isStateful(props) {
   return !props.navigation;
@@ -128,23 +129,8 @@ export default function createNavigationContainer(Component) {
       }
     }
 
-    _urlToPathAndParams(url) {
-      const params = {};
-      const delimiter = this.props.uriPrefix || '://';
-      let path = url.split(delimiter)[1];
-      if (typeof path === 'undefined') {
-        path = url;
-      } else if (path === '') {
-        path = '/';
-      }
-      return {
-        path,
-        params,
-      };
-    }
-
     _handleOpenURL = ({ url }) => {
-      const parsedUrl = this._urlToPathAndParams(url);
+      const parsedUrl = urlToPathAndParams(url, this.props.uriPrefix);
       if (parsedUrl) {
         const { path, params } = parsedUrl;
         const action = Component.router.getActionForPathAndParams(path, params);
@@ -213,11 +199,11 @@ export default function createNavigationContainer(Component) {
       Linking.addEventListener('url', this._handleOpenURL);
 
       // Pull out anything that can impact state
-      const { persistenceKey } = this.props;
+      const { persistenceKey, uriPrefix } = this.props;
       const startupStateJSON =
         persistenceKey && (await AsyncStorage.getItem(persistenceKey));
       const url = await Linking.getInitialURL();
-      const parsedUrl = url && this._urlToPathAndParams(url);
+      const parsedUrl = url && urlToPathAndParams(url, uriPrefix);
 
       // Initialize state. This must be done *after* any async code
       // so we don't end up with a different value for this.state.nav
diff --git a/src/routers/StackRouter.js b/src/routers/StackRouter.js
index 6e6703b..0720bd2 100644
--- a/src/routers/StackRouter.js
+++ b/src/routers/StackRouter.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pathToRegexp from 'path-to-regexp';
-
 import NavigationActions from '../NavigationActions';
 import StackActions from './StackActions';
 import createConfigGetter from './createConfigGetter';
@@ -8,14 +6,7 @@ import StateUtils from '../StateUtils';
 import validateRouteConfigMap from './validateRouteConfigMap';
 import invariant from '../utils/invariant';
 import { generateKey } from './KeyGenerator';
-
-function isEmpty(obj) {
-  if (!obj) return true;
-  for (let key in obj) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
-}
+import { createPathParser } from './pathUtils';
 
 function behavesLikePushAction(action) {
   return (
@@ -56,8 +47,6 @@ export default (routeConfigs, stackConfig = {}) => {
   const initialRouteName = stackConfig.initialRouteName || routeNames[0];
 
   const initialChildRouter = childRouters[initialRouteName];
-  const pathsByRouteNames = { ...stackConfig.paths } || {};
-  let paths = [];
 
   function getInitialState(action) {
     let route = {};
@@ -115,37 +104,16 @@ export default (routeConfigs, stackConfig = {}) => {
     };
   }
 
-  // Build paths for each route
-  routeNames.forEach(routeName => {
-    let pathPattern =
-      pathsByRouteNames[routeName] || routeConfigs[routeName].path;
-    let matchExact = !!pathPattern && !childRouters[routeName];
-    if (pathPattern === undefined) {
-      pathPattern = routeName;
-    }
-    const keys = [];
-    let re, toPath, priority;
-    if (typeof pathPattern === 'string') {
-      // pathPattern may be either a string or a regexp object according to path-to-regexp docs.
-      re = pathToRegexp(pathPattern, keys);
-      toPath = pathToRegexp.compile(pathPattern);
-      priority = 0;
-    } else {
-      // for wildcard match
-      re = pathToRegexp('*', keys);
-      toPath = () => '';
-      matchExact = true;
-      priority = -1;
-    }
-    if (!matchExact) {
-      const wildcardRe = pathToRegexp(`${pathPattern}/*`, keys);
-      re = new RegExp(`(?:${re.source})|(?:${wildcardRe.source})`);
-    }
-    pathsByRouteNames[routeName] = { re, keys, toPath, priority };
-  });
-
-  paths = Object.entries(pathsByRouteNames);
-  paths.sort((a, b) => b[1].priority - a[1].priority);
+  const {
+    getPathAndParamsForRoute,
+    getActionForPathAndParams,
+  } = createPathParser(
+    childRouters,
+    routeConfigs,
+    stackConfig.paths,
+    initialRouteName,
+    initialRouteParams
+  );
 
   return {
     childRouters,
@@ -559,121 +527,11 @@ export default (routeConfigs, stackConfig = {}) => {
 
     getPathAndParamsForState(state) {
       const route = state.routes[state.index];
-      const routeName = route.routeName;
-      const screen = getScreenForRouteName(routeConfigs, routeName);
-      const subPath = pathsByRouteNames[routeName].toPath(route.params);
-      let path = subPath;
-      let params = route.params;
-      if (screen && screen.router) {
-        const stateRoute = route;
-        // If it has a router it's a navigator.
-        // If it doesn't have router it's an ordinary React component.
-        const child = screen.router.getPathAndParamsForState(stateRoute);
-        path = subPath ? `${subPath}/${child.path}` : child.path;
-        params = child.params ? { ...params, ...child.params } : params;
-      }
-      return {
-        path,
-        params,
-      };
+      return getPathAndParamsForRoute(route);
     },
 
-    getActionForPathAndParams(pathToResolve, inputParams) {
-      // If the path is empty (null or empty string)
-      // just return the initial route action
-      if (!pathToResolve) {
-        return NavigationActions.navigate({
-          routeName: initialRouteName,
-          params: inputParams,
-        });
-      }
-
-      const [pathNameToResolve, queryString] = pathToResolve.split('?');
-
-      // Attempt to match `pathNameToResolve` with a route in this router's
-      // routeConfigs
-      let matchedRouteName;
-      let pathMatch;
-      let pathMatchKeys;
-
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-      for (const [routeName, path] of paths) {
-        const { re, keys } = path;
-        pathMatch = re.exec(pathNameToResolve);
-        if (pathMatch && pathMatch.length) {
-          pathMatchKeys = keys;
-          matchedRouteName = routeName;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
-      // We didn't match -- return null
-      if (!matchedRouteName) {
-        // If the path is empty (null or empty string)
-        // just return the initial route action
-        if (!pathToResolve) {
-          return NavigationActions.navigate({
-            routeName: initialRouteName,
-          });
-        }
-        return null;
-      }
-
-      // Determine nested actions:
-      // If our matched route for this router is a child router,
-      // get the action for the path AFTER the matched path for this
-      // router
-      let nestedAction;
-      let nestedQueryString = queryString ? '?' + queryString : '';
-      if (childRouters[matchedRouteName]) {
-        nestedAction = childRouters[matchedRouteName].getActionForPathAndParams(
-          pathMatch.slice(pathMatchKeys.length).join('/') + nestedQueryString
-        );
-        if (!nestedAction) {
-          return null;
-        }
-      }
-
-      // reduce the items of the query string. any query params may
-      // be overridden by path params
-      const queryParams = !isEmpty(inputParams)
-        ? inputParams
-        : (queryString || '').split('&').reduce((result, item) => {
-            if (item !== '') {
-              const nextResult = result || {};
-              const [key, value] = item.split('=');
-              nextResult[key] = value;
-              return nextResult;
-            }
-            return result;
-          }, null);
-
-      // reduce the matched pieces of the path into the params
-      // of the route. `params` is null if there are no params.
-      const params = pathMatch.slice(1).reduce((result, matchResult, i) => {
-        const key = pathMatchKeys[i];
-        if (key.asterisk || !key) {
-          return result;
-        }
-        const nextResult = result || inputParams || {};
-        const paramName = key.name;
-
-        let decodedMatchResult;
-        try {
-          decodedMatchResult = decodeURIComponent(matchResult);
-        } catch (e) {
-          // ignore `URIError: malformed URI`
-        }
-
-        nextResult[paramName] = decodedMatchResult || matchResult;
-        return nextResult;
-      }, queryParams);
-
-      return NavigationActions.navigate({
-        routeName: matchedRouteName,
-        ...(params ? { params } : {}),
-        ...(nestedAction ? { action: nestedAction } : {}),
-      });
+    getActionForPathAndParams(path, params) {
+      return getActionForPathAndParams(path, params);
     },
 
     getScreenOptions: createConfigGetter(
diff --git a/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js b/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
index f877c83..0d7cb0a 100644
--- a/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
+++ b/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import createConfigGetter from './createConfigGetter';
 import NavigationActions from '../NavigationActions';
 import StackActions from './StackActions';
 import validateRouteConfigMap from './validateRouteConfigMap';
+import { createPathParser } from './pathUtils';
 
 const defaultActionCreators = (route, navStateKey) => ({});
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
   validateRouteConfigMap(routeConfigs);
 
   const order = config.order || Object.keys(routeConfigs);
-  const paths = config.paths || {};
+
   const getCustomActionCreators =
     config.getCustomActionCreators || defaultActionCreators;
 
@@ -36,16 +37,24 @@ export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
   const childRouters = {};
   order.forEach(routeName => {
     const routeConfig = routeConfigs[routeName];
-    if (!paths[routeName]) {
-      paths[routeName] =
-        typeof routeConfig.path === 'string' ? routeConfig.path : routeName;
-    }
     childRouters[routeName] = null;
     const screen = getScreenForRouteName(routeConfigs, routeName);
     if (screen.router) {
       childRouters[routeName] = screen.router;
     }
   });
+
+  const {
+    getPathAndParamsForRoute,
+    getActionForPathAndParams,
+  } = createPathParser(
+    childRouters,
+    routeConfigs,
+    config.paths,
+    initialRouteName,
+    initialRouteParams
+  );
+
   if (initialRouteIndex === -1) {
     throw new Error(
       `Invalid initialRouteName '${initialRouteName}'.` +
@@ -309,73 +318,11 @@ export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
 
     getPathAndParamsForState(state) {
       const route = state.routes[state.index];
-      const routeName = order[state.index];
-      const subPath = paths[routeName];
-      const screen = getScreenForRouteName(routeConfigs, routeName);
-      let path = subPath;
-      let params = route.params;
-      if (screen && screen.router) {
-        const stateRoute = route;
-        // If it has a router it's a navigator.
-        // If it doesn't have router it's an ordinary React component.
-        const child = screen.router.getPathAndParamsForState(stateRoute);
-        path = subPath ? `${subPath}/${child.path}` : child.path;
-        params = child.params ? { ...params, ...child.params } : params;
-      }
-      return {
-        path,
-        params,
-      };
+      return getPathAndParamsForRoute(route);
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Gets an optional action, based on a relative path and query params.
-     *
-     * This will return null if there is no action matched
-     */
     getActionForPathAndParams(path, params) {
-      if (!path) {
-        return NavigationActions.navigate({
-          routeName: initialRouteName,
-          params,
-        });
-      }
-      return (
-        order
-          .map(childId => {
-            const parts = path.split('/');
-            const pathToTest = paths[childId];
-            const partsInTestPath = pathToTest.split('/').length;
-            const pathPartsToTest = parts.slice(0, partsInTestPath).join('/');
-            if (pathPartsToTest === pathToTest) {
-              const childRouter = childRouters[childId];
-              const action = NavigationActions.navigate({
-                routeName: childId,
-              });
-              if (childRouter && childRouter.getActionForPathAndParams) {
-                action.action = childRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(
-                  parts.slice(partsInTestPath).join('/'),
-                  params
-                );
-              }
-              if (params) {
-                action.params = params;
-              }
-              return action;
-            }
-            return null;
-          })
-          .find(action => !!action) ||
-        order
-          .map(childId => {
-            const childRouter = childRouters[childId];
-            return (
-              childRouter && childRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(path, params)
-            );
-          })
-          .find(action => !!action) ||
-        null
-      );
+      return getActionForPathAndParams(path, params);
     },
 
     getScreenOptions: createConfigGetter(
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b8a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+/* eslint no-shadow:0, react/no-multi-comp:0, react/display-name:0 */
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import SwitchRouter from '../SwitchRouter';
+import StackRouter from '../StackRouter';
+import StackActions from '../StackActions';
+import NavigationActions from '../../NavigationActions';
+import { urlToPathAndParams } from '../pathUtils';
+import { _TESTING_ONLY_normalize_keys } from '../KeyGenerator';
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  _TESTING_ONLY_normalize_keys();
+});
+
+const ListScreen = () => <div />;
+
+const ProfileNavigator = () => <div />;
+ProfileNavigator.router = StackRouter({
+  list: {
+    path: 'list/:id',
+    screen: ListScreen,
+  },
+});
+
+const MainNavigator = () => <div />;
+MainNavigator.router = StackRouter({
+  profile: {
+    path: 'p/:id',
+    screen: ProfileNavigator,
+  },
+});
+
+const LoginScreen = () => <div />;
+
+const AuthNavigator = () => <div />;
+AuthNavigator.router = StackRouter({
+  login: {
+    screen: LoginScreen,
+  },
+});
+
+const BarScreen = () => <div />;
+
+class FooNavigator extends React.Component {
+  static router = StackRouter({
+    bar: {
+      path: 'b/:barThing',
+      screen: BarScreen,
+    },
+  });
+  render() {
+    return <div />;
+  }
+}
+
+const PersonScreen = () => <div />;
+
+const performRouterTest = createTestRouter => {
+  const testRouter = createTestRouter({
+    main: {
+      screen: MainNavigator,
+    },
+    baz: {
+      path: null,
+      screen: FooNavigator,
+    },
+    auth: {
+      screen: AuthNavigator,
+    },
+    person: {
+      path: 'people/:id',
+      screen: PersonScreen,
+    },
+    foo: {
+      path: 'fo/:fooThing',
+      screen: FooNavigator,
+    },
+  });
+
+  test('Handles empty URIs', () => {
+    const router = createTestRouter(
+      {
+        Foo: {
+          screen: () => <div />,
+        },
+        Bar: {
+          screen: () => <div />,
+        },
+      },
+      { initialRouteName: 'Bar', initialRouteParams: { foo: 42 } }
+    );
+    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('');
+    expect(action).toEqual({
+      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+      routeName: 'Bar',
+      params: { foo: 42 },
+    });
+    const state = router.getStateForAction(action);
+    expect(state.routes[state.index]).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        routeName: 'Bar',
+        params: { foo: 42 },
+      })
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('Gets deep path with pure wildcard match', () => {
+    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
+    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
+    const ScreenC = () => <div />;
+    ScreenA.router = createTestRouter({
+      Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: ScreenC },
+      Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: ScreenB },
+    });
+    ScreenC.router = createTestRouter({
+      Boo2: { path: '', screen: ScreenB },
+    });
+    const router = createTestRouter({
+      Foo: {
+        path: null,
+        screen: ScreenA,
+      },
+      Bar: {
+        screen: ScreenB,
+      },
+    });
+
+    {
+      const state = {
+        index: 0,
+        routes: [
+          {
+            index: 1,
+            key: 'Foo',
+            routeName: 'Foo',
+            params: {
+              id: '123',
+            },
+            routes: [
+              {
+                index: 0,
+                key: 'Boo',
+                routeName: 'Boo',
+                routes: [{ key: 'Boo2', routeName: 'Boo2' }],
+              },
+              { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
+            ],
+          },
+          { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
+        ],
+      };
+      const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
+      expect(path).toEqual('baz/321');
+      expect(params.id).toEqual('123');
+      expect(params.bazId).toEqual('321');
+    }
+
+    {
+      const state = {
+        index: 0,
+        routes: [
+          {
+            index: 0,
+            key: 'Foo',
+            routeName: 'Foo',
+            params: {
+              id: '123',
+            },
+            routes: [
+              {
+                index: 0,
+                key: 'Boo',
+                routeName: 'Boo',
+                routes: [{ key: 'Boo2', routeName: 'Boo2' }],
+              },
+              { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
+            ],
+          },
+          { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
+        ],
+      };
+      const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
+      expect(path).toEqual('boo');
+      expect(params).toEqual({ id: '123' });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('URI encoded string get passed to deep link', () => {
+    const uri = 'people/2018%2F02%2F07';
+    const action = testRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(uri);
+    expect(action).toEqual({
+      routeName: 'person',
+      params: {
+        id: '2018/02/07',
+      },
+      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+    });
+
+    const malformedUri = 'people/%E0%A4%A';
+    const action2 = testRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(malformedUri);
+    expect(action2).toEqual({
+      routeName: 'person',
+      params: {
+        id: '%E0%A4%A',
+      },
+      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Querystring params get passed to nested deep link', () => {
+    const action = testRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(
+      'main/p/4/list/10259959195',
+      { code: 'test', foo: 'bar' }
+    );
+    expect(action).toEqual({
+      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+      routeName: 'main',
+      params: {
+        code: 'test',
+        foo: 'bar',
+      },
+      action: {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'profile',
+        params: {
+          id: '4',
+          code: 'test',
+          foo: 'bar',
+        },
+        action: {
+          type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+          routeName: 'list',
+          params: {
+            id: '10259959195',
+            code: 'test',
+            foo: 'bar',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const action2 = testRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(
+      'main/p/4/list/10259959195',
+      { code: '', foo: 'bar' }
+    );
+    expect(action2).toEqual({
+      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+      routeName: 'main',
+      params: {
+        code: '',
+        foo: 'bar',
+      },
+      action: {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'profile',
+        params: {
+          id: '4',
+          code: '',
+          foo: 'bar',
+        },
+        action: {
+          type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+          routeName: 'list',
+          params: {
+            id: '10259959195',
+            code: '',
+            foo: 'bar',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('paths option on router overrides path from route config', () => {
+    const router = createTestRouter(
+      {
+        main: {
+          screen: MainNavigator,
+        },
+        baz: {
+          path: null,
+          screen: FooNavigator,
+        },
+      },
+      { paths: { baz: 'overridden' } }
+    );
+    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('overridden', {});
+    expect(action.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
+    expect(action.routeName).toEqual('baz');
+  });
+};
+
+describe('Path handling for stack router', () => {
+  performRouterTest(StackRouter);
+});
+describe('Path handling for switch router', () => {
+  performRouterTest(SwitchRouter);
+});
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/StackRouter-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/StackRouter-test.js
index 2cbb6d7..e5b9d31 100644
--- a/src/routers/__tests__/StackRouter-test.js
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/StackRouter-test.js
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     expect(AuthNavigator.router.getActionForPathAndParams('login')).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'login',
+      params: {},
     });
   });
 
@@ -223,7 +224,10 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
 
   test('Parses paths with a query', () => {
     expect(
-      TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams('people/foo?code=test&foo=bar')
+      TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams('people/foo', {
+        code: 'test',
+        foo: 'bar',
+      })
     ).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'person',
@@ -237,7 +241,10 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
 
   test('Parses paths with an empty query value', () => {
     expect(
-      TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams('people/foo?code=&foo=bar')
+      TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams('people/foo', {
+        code: '',
+        foo: 'bar',
+      })
     ).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'person',
@@ -255,9 +262,11 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     expect(action).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'auth',
+      params: {},
       action: {
         type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
         routeName: 'login',
+        params: {},
       },
     });
   });
@@ -268,6 +277,7 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     expect(action).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'main',
+      params: {},
       action: {
         type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
         routeName: 'profile',
@@ -291,6 +301,7 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     expect(action).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'baz',
+      params: {},
       action: {
         type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
         routeName: 'bar',
@@ -313,9 +324,11 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     expect(action).toEqual({
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
       routeName: 'auth',
+      params: {},
       action: {
         type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
         routeName: 'login',
+        params: {},
       },
     });
   });
@@ -1047,6 +1060,48 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('Gets deep path (stack behavior)', () => {
+    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
+    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
+    ScreenA.router = StackRouter({
+      Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: ScreenB },
+      Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: ScreenB },
+    });
+    const router = StackRouter({
+      Foo: {
+        path: 'f/:id',
+        screen: ScreenA,
+      },
+      Bar: {
+        screen: ScreenB,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const state = {
+      index: 0,
+      isTransitioning: false,
+      routes: [
+        {
+          index: 1,
+          key: 'Foo',
+          routeName: 'Foo',
+          params: {
+            id: '123',
+          },
+          routes: [
+            { key: 'Boo', routeName: 'Boo' },
+            { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
+          ],
+        },
+        { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
+      ],
+    };
+    const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
+    expect(path).toEqual('f/123/baz/321');
+    expect(params.id).toEqual('123');
+    expect(params.bazId).toEqual('321');
+  });
+
   test('Handle goBack identified by key', () => {
     const FooScreen = () => <div />;
     const BarScreen = () => <div />;
@@ -1634,400 +1689,164 @@ describe('StackRouter', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('Handles empty URIs', () => {
-    const router = StackRouter(
-      {
-        Foo: {
-          screen: () => <div />,
-        },
-        Bar: {
-          screen: () => <div />,
-        },
-      },
-      { initialRouteName: 'Bar' }
-    );
-    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('');
-    expect(action).toEqual({
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Bar',
+  test('Handles deep navigate completion action', () => {
+    const LeafScreen = () => <div />;
+    const FooScreen = () => <div />;
+    FooScreen.router = StackRouter({
+      Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: LeafScreen },
+      Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: LeafScreen },
     });
-    let state = null;
-    if (action) {
-      state = router.getStateForAction(action);
-    }
+    const router = StackRouter({
+      Foo: {
+        screen: FooScreen,
+      },
+      Bar: {
+        screen: LeafScreen,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
     expect(state && state.index).toEqual(0);
-    expect(state && state.routes[0]).toEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        routeName: 'Bar',
-      })
+    expect(state && state.routes[0].routeName).toEqual('Foo');
+    const key = state && state.routes[0].key;
+    const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Baz',
+      },
+      state
     );
+    expect(state2 && state2.index).toEqual(0);
+    expect(state2 && state2.isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
+    expect(state2 && state2.routes[0].index).toEqual(1);
+    expect(state2 && state2.routes[0].isTransitioning).toEqual(true);
+    expect(!!key).toEqual(true);
+    const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: StackActions.COMPLETE_TRANSITION,
+      },
+      state2
+    );
+    expect(state3 && state3.index).toEqual(0);
+    expect(state3 && state3.isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
+    expect(state3 && state3.routes[0].index).toEqual(1);
+    expect(state3 && state3.routes[0].isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
   });
 
-  test('Gets deep path', () => {
-    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
-    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
-    ScreenA.router = StackRouter({
-      Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: ScreenB },
-      Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: ScreenB },
-    });
-    const router = StackRouter({
-      Foo: {
-        path: 'f/:id',
-        screen: ScreenA,
-      },
-      Bar: {
-        screen: ScreenB,
-      },
-    });
-
-    const state = {
-      index: 0,
-      isTransitioning: false,
-      routes: [
-        {
-          index: 1,
-          key: 'Foo',
-          routeName: 'Foo',
-          params: {
-            id: '123',
-          },
-          routes: [
-            { key: 'Boo', routeName: 'Boo' },
-            { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
-          ],
-        },
-        { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
-      ],
-    };
-    const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
-    expect(path).toEqual('f/123/baz/321');
-    expect(params.id).toEqual('123');
-    expect(params.bazId).toEqual('321');
-  });
-
-  test('Gets deep path with pure wildcard match', () => {
-    const ScreenA = () => <div />;
-    const ScreenB = () => <div />;
-    const ScreenC = () => <div />;
-    ScreenA.router = StackRouter({
-      Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: ScreenC },
-      Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: ScreenB },
-    });
-    ScreenC.router = StackRouter({
-      Boo2: { path: '', screen: ScreenB },
-    });
-    const router = StackRouter({
-      Foo: {
-        path: null,
-        screen: ScreenA,
-      },
-      Bar: {
-        screen: ScreenB,
-      },
-    });
-
-    {
-      const state = {
-        index: 0,
-        routes: [
-          {
-            index: 1,
-            key: 'Foo',
-            routeName: 'Foo',
-            params: {
-              id: '123',
-            },
-            routes: [
-              {
-                index: 0,
-                key: 'Boo',
-                routeName: 'Boo',
-                routes: [{ key: 'Boo2', routeName: 'Boo2' }],
-              },
-              { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
-            ],
-          },
-          { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
-        ],
-      };
-      const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
-      expect(path).toEqual('baz/321');
-      expect(params.id).toEqual('123');
-      expect(params.bazId).toEqual('321');
-    }
-
-    {
-      const state = {
-        index: 0,
-        routes: [
-          {
-            index: 0,
-            key: 'Foo',
-            routeName: 'Foo',
-            params: {
-              id: '123',
-            },
-            routes: [
-              {
-                index: 0,
-                key: 'Boo',
-                routeName: 'Boo',
-                routes: [{ key: 'Boo2', routeName: 'Boo2' }],
-              },
-              { key: 'Baz', routeName: 'Baz', params: { bazId: '321' } },
-            ],
-          },
-          { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar' },
-        ],
-      };
-      const { path, params } = router.getPathAndParamsForState(state);
-      expect(path).toEqual('boo/');
-      expect(params).toEqual({ id: '123' });
-    }
-  });
-
-  test('URI encoded string get passed to deep link', () => {
-    const uri = 'people/2018%2F02%2F07';
-    const action = TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(uri);
-    expect(action).toEqual({
-      routeName: 'person',
-      params: {
-        id: '2018/02/07',
-      },
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-    });
-
-    const malformedUri = 'people/%E0%A4%A';
-    const action2 = TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(malformedUri);
-    expect(action2).toEqual({
-      routeName: 'person',
-      params: {
-        id: '%E0%A4%A',
-      },
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-    });
-  });
-
-  test('Querystring params get passed to nested deep link', () => {
-    // uri with two non-empty query param values
-    const uri = 'main/p/4/list/10259959195?code=test&foo=bar';
-    const action = TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(uri);
-    expect(action).toEqual({
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'main',
-      params: {
-        code: 'test',
-        foo: 'bar',
-      },
-      action: {
-        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-        routeName: 'profile',
-        params: {
-          id: '4',
-          code: 'test',
-          foo: 'bar',
-        },
-        action: {
-          type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-          routeName: 'list',
-          params: {
-            id: '10259959195',
-            code: 'test',
-            foo: 'bar',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    });
-
-    // uri with one empty and one non-empty query param value
-    const uri2 = 'main/p/4/list/10259959195?code=&foo=bar';
-    const action2 = TestStackRouter.getActionForPathAndParams(uri2);
-    expect(action2).toEqual({
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'main',
-      params: {
-        code: '',
-        foo: 'bar',
-      },
-      action: {
-        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-        routeName: 'profile',
-        params: {
-          id: '4',
-          code: '',
-          foo: 'bar',
-        },
-        action: {
-          type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-          routeName: 'list',
-          params: {
-            id: '10259959195',
-            code: '',
-            foo: 'bar',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    });
-  });
-});
-
-test('Handles deep navigate completion action', () => {
-  const LeafScreen = () => <div />;
-  const FooScreen = () => <div />;
-  FooScreen.router = StackRouter({
-    Boo: { path: 'boo', screen: LeafScreen },
-    Baz: { path: 'baz/:bazId', screen: LeafScreen },
-  });
-  const router = StackRouter({
-    Foo: {
-      screen: FooScreen,
-    },
-    Bar: {
-      screen: LeafScreen,
-    },
-  });
-
-  const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
-  expect(state && state.index).toEqual(0);
-  expect(state && state.routes[0].routeName).toEqual('Foo');
-  const key = state && state.routes[0].key;
-  const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Baz',
-    },
-    state
-  );
-  expect(state2 && state2.index).toEqual(0);
-  expect(state2 && state2.isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
-  expect(state2 && state2.routes[0].index).toEqual(1);
-  expect(state2 && state2.routes[0].isTransitioning).toEqual(true);
-  expect(!!key).toEqual(true);
-  const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: StackActions.COMPLETE_TRANSITION,
-    },
-    state2
-  );
-  expect(state3 && state3.index).toEqual(0);
-  expect(state3 && state3.isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
-  expect(state3 && state3.routes[0].index).toEqual(1);
-  expect(state3 && state3.routes[0].isTransitioning).toEqual(false);
-});
-
-test('order of handling navigate action is correct for nested stackrouters', () => {
-  const Screen = () => <div />;
-  const NestedStack = () => <div />;
-  let nestedRouter = StackRouter({
-    Foo: Screen,
-    Bar: Screen,
-  });
-
-  NestedStack.router = nestedRouter;
-
-  let router = StackRouter(
-    {
-      NestedStack,
+  test('order of handling navigate action is correct for nested stackrouters', () => {
+    const Screen = () => <div />;
+    const NestedStack = () => <div />;
+    let nestedRouter = StackRouter({
+      Foo: Screen,
       Bar: Screen,
-      Baz: Screen,
-    },
-    {
-      initialRouteName: 'Baz',
-    }
-  );
+    });
 
-  const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
-  expect(state.routes[state.index].routeName).toEqual('Baz');
+    NestedStack.router = nestedRouter;
 
-  const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Bar',
-    },
-    state
-  );
-  expect(state2.routes[state2.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
+    let router = StackRouter(
+      {
+        NestedStack,
+        Bar: Screen,
+        Baz: Screen,
+      },
+      {
+        initialRouteName: 'Baz',
+      }
+    );
 
-  const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Baz',
-    },
-    state2
-  );
-  expect(state3.routes[state3.index].routeName).toEqual('Baz');
+    const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
+    expect(state.routes[state.index].routeName).toEqual('Baz');
 
-  const state4 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Foo',
-    },
-    state3
-  );
-  let activeState4 = state4.routes[state4.index];
-  expect(activeState4.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
-  expect(activeState4.routes[activeState4.index].routeName).toEqual('Foo');
+    const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Bar',
+      },
+      state
+    );
+    expect(state2.routes[state2.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
 
-  const state5 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Bar',
-    },
-    state4
-  );
-  let activeState5 = state5.routes[state5.index];
-  expect(activeState5.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
-  expect(activeState5.routes[activeState5.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
-});
-
-test('order of handling navigate action is correct for nested stackrouters', () => {
-  const Screen = () => <div />;
-  const NestedStack = () => <div />;
-  const OtherNestedStack = () => <div />;
-
-  let nestedRouter = StackRouter({ Foo: Screen, Bar: Screen });
-  let otherNestedRouter = StackRouter({ Foo: Screen });
-  NestedStack.router = nestedRouter;
-  OtherNestedStack.router = otherNestedRouter;
-
-  let router = StackRouter(
-    {
-      NestedStack,
-      OtherNestedStack,
-      Bar: Screen,
-    },
-    {
-      initialRouteName: 'OtherNestedStack',
-    }
-  );
-
-  const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
-  expect(state.routes[state.index].routeName).toEqual('OtherNestedStack');
-
-  const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Bar',
-    },
-    state
-  );
-  expect(state2.routes[state2.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
-
-  const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'NestedStack',
-    },
-    state2
-  );
-  const state4 = router.getStateForAction(
-    {
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'Bar',
-    },
-    state3
-  );
-  let activeState4 = state4.routes[state4.index];
-  expect(activeState4.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
-  expect(activeState4.routes[activeState4.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
+    const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Baz',
+      },
+      state2
+    );
+    expect(state3.routes[state3.index].routeName).toEqual('Baz');
+
+    const state4 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Foo',
+      },
+      state3
+    );
+    let activeState4 = state4.routes[state4.index];
+    expect(activeState4.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
+    expect(activeState4.routes[activeState4.index].routeName).toEqual('Foo');
+
+    const state5 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Bar',
+      },
+      state4
+    );
+    let activeState5 = state5.routes[state5.index];
+    expect(activeState5.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
+    expect(activeState5.routes[activeState5.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
+  });
+
+  test('order of handling navigate action is correct for nested stackrouters', () => {
+    const Screen = () => <div />;
+    const NestedStack = () => <div />;
+    const OtherNestedStack = () => <div />;
+
+    let nestedRouter = StackRouter({ Foo: Screen, Bar: Screen });
+    let otherNestedRouter = StackRouter({ Foo: Screen });
+    NestedStack.router = nestedRouter;
+    OtherNestedStack.router = otherNestedRouter;
+
+    let router = StackRouter(
+      {
+        NestedStack,
+        OtherNestedStack,
+        Bar: Screen,
+      },
+      {
+        initialRouteName: 'OtherNestedStack',
+      }
+    );
+
+    const state = router.getStateForAction({ type: NavigationActions.INIT });
+    expect(state.routes[state.index].routeName).toEqual('OtherNestedStack');
+
+    const state2 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Bar',
+      },
+      state
+    );
+    expect(state2.routes[state2.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
+
+    const state3 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'NestedStack',
+      },
+      state2
+    );
+    const state4 = router.getStateForAction(
+      {
+        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
+        routeName: 'Bar',
+      },
+      state3
+    );
+    let activeState4 = state4.routes[state4.index];
+    expect(activeState4.routeName).toEqual('NestedStack');
+    expect(activeState4.routes[activeState4.index].routeName).toEqual('Bar');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/SwitchRouter-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/SwitchRouter-test.js
index d22edde..506d546 100644
--- a/src/routers/__tests__/SwitchRouter-test.js
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/SwitchRouter-test.js
@@ -78,56 +78,6 @@ describe('SwitchRouter', () => {
     expect(state3.index).toEqual(0);
   });
 
-  test('paths option on SwitchRouter overrides path from route config', () => {
-    const router = getExampleRouter({ paths: { A: 'overridden' } });
-    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('overridden', {});
-    expect(action.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
-    expect(action.routeName).toEqual('A');
-  });
-
-  test('provides correct action for getActionForPathAndParams', () => {
-    const router = getExampleRouter({ backBehavior: 'initialRoute' });
-    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('A1', { foo: 'bar' });
-    expect(action.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
-    expect(action.routeName).toEqual('A1');
-
-    const action1 = router.getActionForPathAndParams('', {});
-    expect(action1.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
-    expect(action1.routeName).toEqual('A');
-
-    const action2 = router.getActionForPathAndParams(null, {});
-    expect(action2.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
-    expect(action2.routeName).toEqual('A');
-
-    const action3 = router.getActionForPathAndParams('great/path', {
-      foo: 'baz',
-    });
-    expect(action3).toEqual({
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'B',
-      params: { foo: 'baz' },
-      action: {
-        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-        routeName: 'B1',
-        params: { foo: 'baz' },
-      },
-    });
-
-    const action4 = router.getActionForPathAndParams('great/path/B2', {
-      foo: 'baz',
-    });
-    expect(action4).toEqual({
-      type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-      routeName: 'B',
-      params: { foo: 'baz' },
-      action: {
-        type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
-        routeName: 'B2',
-        params: { foo: 'baz' },
-      },
-    });
-  });
-
   test('order of handling navigate action is correct for nested switchrouters', () => {
     // router = switch({ Nested: switch({ Foo, Bar }), Other: switch({ Foo }), Bar })
     // if we are focused on Other and navigate to Bar, what should happen?
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/TabRouter-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/TabRouter-test.js
index 6ef9d0e..48a0069 100644
--- a/src/routers/__tests__/TabRouter-test.js
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/TabRouter-test.js
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ describe('TabRouter', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('Handles path configuration', () => {
+  test.only('Handles path configuration', () => {
     const ScreenA = () => <div />;
     const ScreenB = () => <div />;
     const router = TabRouter({
@@ -537,14 +537,17 @@ describe('TabRouter', () => {
         screen: ScreenA,
       },
       Bar: {
-        path: 'b',
+        path: 'b/:great',
         screen: ScreenB,
       },
     });
     const params = { foo: '42' };
     const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('b/anything', params);
     const expectedAction = {
-      params,
+      params: {
+        foo: '42',
+        great: 'anything',
+      },
       routeName: 'Bar',
       type: NavigationActions.NAVIGATE,
     };
@@ -565,15 +568,21 @@ describe('TabRouter', () => {
       index: 1,
       isTransitioning: false,
       routes: [
-        { key: 'Foo', routeName: 'Foo' },
-        { key: 'Bar', routeName: 'Bar', params },
+        { key: 'Foo', routeName: 'Foo', params: undefined },
+        {
+          key: 'Bar',
+          routeName: 'Bar',
+          params: { foo: '42', great: 'anything' },
+        },
       ],
     };
     expect(state2).toEqual(expectedState2);
     expect(router.getComponentForState(expectedState)).toEqual(ScreenA);
     expect(router.getComponentForState(expectedState2)).toEqual(ScreenB);
     expect(router.getPathAndParamsForState(expectedState).path).toEqual('f');
-    expect(router.getPathAndParamsForState(expectedState2).path).toEqual('b');
+    expect(router.getPathAndParamsForState(expectedState2).path).toEqual(
+      'b/anything'
+    );
   });
 
   test('Handles default configuration', () => {
diff --git a/src/routers/__tests__/pathUtils-test.js b/src/routers/__tests__/pathUtils-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..588a44e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/__tests__/pathUtils-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { urlToPathAndParams } from '../pathUtils';
+
+test('urlToPathAndParams empty', () => {
+  const { path, params } = urlToPathAndParams('foo://');
+  expect(path).toBe('');
+  expect(params).toEqual({});
+});
+
+test('urlToPathAndParams empty params', () => {
+  const { path, params } = urlToPathAndParams('foo://foo/bar/b');
+  expect(path).toBe('foo/bar/b');
+  expect(params).toEqual({});
+});
+
+test('urlToPathAndParams trailing slash', () => {
+  const { path, params } = urlToPathAndParams('foo://foo/bar/');
+  expect(path).toBe('foo/bar');
+  expect(params).toEqual({});
+});
+
+test('urlToPathAndParams with params', () => {
+  const { path, params } = urlToPathAndParams('foo://foo/bar?asdf=1&dude=foo');
+  expect(path).toBe('foo/bar');
+  expect(params).toEqual({ asdf: '1', dude: 'foo' });
+});
+
+test('urlToPathAndParams with custom delimeter', () => {
+  const { path, params } = urlToPathAndParams(
+    'https://example.com/foo/bar?asdf=1',
+    'https://example.com/'
+  );
+  expect(path).toBe('foo/bar');
+  expect(params).toEqual({ asdf: '1' });
+});
diff --git a/src/routers/pathUtils.js b/src/routers/pathUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..492e3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routers/pathUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+import pathToRegexp from 'path-to-regexp';
+import NavigationActions from '../NavigationActions';
+const queryString = require('query-string');
+
+function isEmpty(obj) {
+  if (!obj) return true;
+  for (let key in obj) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export const urlToPathAndParams = (url, uriPrefix) => {
+  const searchMatch = url.match(/^(.*)\?(.*)$/);
+  const params = searchMatch ? queryString.parse(searchMatch[2]) : {};
+  const urlWithoutSearch = searchMatch ? searchMatch[1] : url;
+  const delimiter = uriPrefix || '://';
+  let path = urlWithoutSearch.split(delimiter)[1];
+  if (path === undefined) {
+    path = urlWithoutSearch;
+  }
+  if (path === '/') {
+    path = '';
+  }
+  if (path[path.length - 1] === '/') {
+    path = path.slice(0, -1);
+  }
+  return {
+    path,
+    params,
+  };
+};
+
+export const createPathParser = (
+  childRouters,
+  routeConfigs,
+  pathConfigs = {},
+  initialRouteName,
+  initialRouteParams
+) => {
+  const pathsByRouteNames = {};
+  let paths = [];
+
+  // Build paths for each route
+  Object.keys(childRouters).forEach(routeName => {
+    let pathPattern = pathConfigs[routeName] || routeConfigs[routeName].path;
+    let matchExact = !!pathPattern && !childRouters[routeName];
+    if (pathPattern === undefined) {
+      pathPattern = routeName;
+    }
+    const keys = [];
+    let re, toPath, priority;
+    if (typeof pathPattern === 'string') {
+      // pathPattern may be either a string or a regexp object according to path-to-regexp docs.
+      re = pathToRegexp(pathPattern, keys);
+      toPath = pathToRegexp.compile(pathPattern);
+      priority = 0;
+    } else if (pathPattern === null) {
+      // for wildcard match
+      re = pathToRegexp('*', keys);
+      toPath = () => '';
+      matchExact = true;
+      priority = -1;
+    }
+    if (!matchExact) {
+      const wildcardRe = pathToRegexp(`${pathPattern}/*`, keys);
+      re = new RegExp(`(?:${re.source})|(?:${wildcardRe.source})`);
+    }
+    pathsByRouteNames[routeName] = { re, keys, toPath, priority, pathPattern };
+  });
+
+  paths = Object.entries(pathsByRouteNames);
+  paths.sort((a, b) => b[1].priority - a[1].priority);
+
+  const getActionForPathAndParams = (pathToResolve, inputParams = {}) => {
+    // If the path is empty (null or empty string)
+    // just return the initial route action
+    if (!pathToResolve) {
+      return NavigationActions.navigate({
+        routeName: initialRouteName,
+        params: { ...inputParams, ...initialRouteParams },
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Attempt to match `pathToResolve` with a route in this router's
+    // routeConfigs
+    let matchedRouteName;
+    let pathMatch;
+    let pathMatchKeys;
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+    for (const [routeName, path] of paths) {
+      const { re, keys } = path;
+      pathMatch = re.exec(pathToResolve);
+      if (pathMatch && pathMatch.length) {
+        pathMatchKeys = keys;
+        matchedRouteName = routeName;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // We didn't match -- return null to signify no action available
+    if (!matchedRouteName) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // Determine nested actions:
+    // If our matched route for this router is a child router,
+    // get the action for the path AFTER the matched path for this
+    // router
+    let nestedAction;
+    if (childRouters[matchedRouteName]) {
+      nestedAction = childRouters[matchedRouteName].getActionForPathAndParams(
+        pathMatch.slice(pathMatchKeys.length).join('/'),
+        inputParams
+      );
+      if (!nestedAction) {
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const params = pathMatch.slice(1).reduce(
+      // iterate over matched path params
+      (paramsOut, matchResult, i) => {
+        const key = pathMatchKeys[i];
+        if (!key || key.asterisk) {
+          return paramsOut;
+        }
+        const paramName = key.name;
+
+        let decodedMatchResult;
+        try {
+          decodedMatchResult = decodeURIComponent(matchResult);
+        } catch (e) {
+          // ignore `URIError: malformed URI`
+        }
+
+        paramsOut[paramName] = decodedMatchResult || matchResult;
+        return paramsOut;
+      },
+      {
+        // start with the input(query string) params, which will get overridden by path params
+        ...inputParams,
+      }
+    );
+
+    return NavigationActions.navigate({
+      routeName: matchedRouteName,
+      ...(params ? { params } : {}),
+      ...(nestedAction ? { action: nestedAction } : {}),
+    });
+  };
+  const getPathAndParamsForRoute = route => {
+    const { routeName, params } = route;
+    const childRouter = childRouters[routeName];
+    const subPath = pathsByRouteNames[routeName].toPath(params);
+    if (childRouter) {
+      // If it has a router it's a navigator.
+      // If it doesn't have router it's an ordinary React component.
+      const child = childRouter.getPathAndParamsForState(route);
+      return {
+        path: subPath ? `${subPath}/${child.path}` : child.path,
+        params: child.params ? { ...params, ...child.params } : params,
+      };
+    }
+    return {
+      path: subPath,
+      params,
+    };
+  };
+  return { getActionForPathAndParams, getPathAndParamsForRoute };
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d7c1d55..8095082 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4659,6 +4659,13 @@ qs@~6.5.1:
   version "6.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz#cb3ae806e8740444584ef154ce8ee98d403f3e36"
 
+query-string@^6.1.0:
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/query-string/-/query-string-6.1.0.tgz#01e7d69f6a0940dac67a937d6c6325647aa4532a"
+  dependencies:
+    decode-uri-component "^0.2.0"
+    strict-uri-encode "^2.0.0"
+
 random-bytes@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/random-bytes/-/random-bytes-1.0.0.tgz#4f68a1dc0ae58bd3fb95848c30324db75d64360b"
@@ -5565,6 +5572,10 @@ stream-to-observable@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-to-observable/-/stream-to-observable-0.1.0.tgz#45bf1d9f2d7dc09bed81f1c307c430e68b84cffe"
 
+strict-uri-encode@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strict-uri-encode/-/strict-uri-encode-2.0.0.tgz#b9c7330c7042862f6b142dc274bbcc5866ce3546"
+
 string-length@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-length/-/string-length-2.0.0.tgz#d40dbb686a3ace960c1cffca562bf2c45f8363ed"