diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9d37c560..44aabfb9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 target
 Cargo.lock
+.idea/
+
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cf316f198..6f638fdee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ rand = "0.3"
 linked-hash-map = "0.4"
 num_cpus = "1"
 crossbeam = "0.3"
+regex = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gotham_derive = { version = "0.1.0", path = "gotham_derive" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f8a8523dd..25c7cfa4f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ extern crate base64;
 extern crate rmp_serde;
 extern crate linked_hash_map;
 extern crate num_cpus;
+extern crate regex;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 extern crate crossbeam;
 
diff --git a/src/router/tree/node.rs b/src/router/tree/node.rs
index e9118f6d5..d032ea4b2 100644
--- a/src/router/tree/node.rs
+++ b/src/router/tree/node.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,49 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
 use hyper::StatusCode;
+use regex::Regex;
 
 use http::PercentDecoded;
 use router::route::{Route, Delegation};
 use router::tree::{SegmentsProcessed, SegmentMapping, Path};
 use state::{State, request_id};
 
+pub struct OrderedRegex(Regex);
+
+impl<'a> OrderedRegex {
+    pub fn new(regex: &'a str) -> Self {
+        OrderedRegex(Regex::new(&format!("^{pattern}$", pattern = regex)).unwrap())
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for OrderedRegex {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.0.as_str() == other.0.as_str()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for OrderedRegex {}
+
+impl PartialOrd for OrderedRegex {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &OrderedRegex) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        return if self.0.as_str() > other.0.as_str() {
+            Some(Ordering::Greater)
+        } else if self.0.as_str() < other.0.as_str() {
+            Some(Ordering::Less)
+        } else if self.0.as_str() == other.0.as_str() {
+            Some(Ordering::Equal)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for OrderedRegex {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.partial_cmp(other).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Indicates the type of segment which is being represented by this Node.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub enum SegmentType {
@@ -22,7 +59,7 @@ pub enum SegmentType {
     /// Uses the supplied regex to determine match against incoming request paths.
     Constrained {
         /// Regex used to match against a single segment of a request path.
-        regex: String,
+        regex: OrderedRegex,
     },
 
     /// Matches any corresponding segment for incoming request paths.
@@ -263,8 +300,9 @@ impl Node {
     fn is_match(&self, req_path_segment: &PercentDecoded) -> bool {
         match self.segment_type {
             SegmentType::Static => self.segment == req_path_segment.val(),
-            // TODO #10, address Constrained type
-            SegmentType::Constrained { regex: _ } => unimplemented!(),
+            SegmentType::Constrained { ref regex } => {
+                regex.0.is_match(req_path_segment.val().as_ref())
+            },
             SegmentType::Dynamic | SegmentType::Glob => true,
         }
     }
@@ -526,6 +564,17 @@ mod tests {
         seg3.add_child(seg4);
         root.add_child(seg3);
 
+        // Ensure regex matching works and that it's anchored to the segment and does not allow for
+        // overzealous matching
+        // GET: /resource/<id> where id: [0-9]+
+        let mut seg_resource = NodeBuilder::new("resource", SegmentType::Static);
+        let mut seg_id = NodeBuilder::new("id", SegmentType::Constrained {
+            regex: OrderedRegex::new("[0-9]+")
+        });
+        seg_id.add_route(get_route(pipeline_set.clone()));
+        seg_resource.add_child(seg_id);
+        root.add_child(seg_resource);
+
         // Ensure traversal will backtrack and find the correct path if it goes down an ultimately
         // invalid branch, in this case seg6 initially being matched by the dynamic handler segdyn1
         // which matches every segment it sees.
@@ -616,6 +665,16 @@ mod tests {
             }
             None => panic!("traversal should have succeeded here"),
         }
+
+        let rs = RequestPathSegments::new("/resource/5001");
+        let expected_segment = "id";
+        match root.traverse(&rs.segments()) {
+            Some((path, _, sp, _)) => {
+                assert_eq!(path.last().unwrap().segment(), expected_segment);
+                assert_eq!(sp, 2);
+            },
+            None => panic!("traversal should have succeeded here"),
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]