diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 70bf409f..3ff93e88 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package echo
 
-import "net/http"
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 type (
 	// Router is the registry of all registered routes for an `Echo` instance for
@@ -20,8 +23,8 @@ type (
 		pnames        []string
 		methodHandler *methodHandler
 	}
-	kind uint8
-	children []*node
+	kind          uint8
+	children      []*node
 	methodHandler struct {
 		connect  HandlerFunc
 		delete   HandlerFunc
@@ -336,7 +339,6 @@ func (r *Router) Find(method, path string, c Context) {
 			}
 		}
 
-
 		if l == pl {
 			// Continue search
 			search = search[l:]
@@ -398,16 +400,28 @@ func (r *Router) Find(method, path string, c Context) {
 	Any:
 		if cn = cn.findChildByKind(akind); cn == nil {
 			if nn != nil {
-				cn = nn
-				nn = cn.parent // Next (Issue #954)
-				if nn != nil {
-					nk = nn.kind
-				}
+				// No next node to go down in routing (issue #954)
+				// Find nearest "any" route going up the routing tree
 				search = ns
-				if nk == pkind {
-					goto Param
-				} else if nk == akind {
-					goto Any
+				np := nn.parent
+				// Consider param route one level up only
+				// if no slash is remaining in search string
+				if cn = nn.findChildByKind(pkind); cn != nil && strings.IndexByte(ns, '/') == -1 {
+					break
+				}
+				for {
+					np = nn.parent
+					if cn = nn.findChildByKind(akind); cn != nil {
+						break
+					}
+					if np == nil {
+						break // no further parent nodes in tree, abort
+					}
+					nn = np
+				}
+				if cn != nil { // use the found "any" route and update path
+					pvalues[len(cn.pnames)-1] = search
+					break
 				}
 			}
 			return // Not found
diff --git a/router_test.go b/router_test.go
index 80f1d0ef..43012687 100644
--- a/router_test.go
+++ b/router_test.go
@@ -595,20 +595,41 @@ func TestRouterMatchAnyMultiLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	// Routes
 	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/jack", handler)
 	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/jill", handler)
+	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/*", handler)
+	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/api/*", handler)
+	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/other/*", handler)
 	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/*", handler)
 
 	c := e.NewContext(nil, nil).(*context)
 	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/jack", c)
 	c.handler(c)
 	assert.Equal(t, "/api/users/jack", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", c.Param("*"))
 
 	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/jill", c)
 	c.handler(c)
 	assert.Equal(t, "/api/users/jill", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "", c.Param("*"))
 
 	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/api/users/joe", c)
 	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/api/users/*", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "joe", c.Param("*"))
+
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/api/nousers/joe", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/api/*", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "nousers/joe", c.Param("*"))
+
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/api/none", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/api/*", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "none", c.Param("*"))
+
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/noapi/users/jim", c)
+	c.handler(c)
 	assert.Equal(t, "/*", c.Get("path"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "noapi/users/jim", c.Param("*"))
 }
 
 func TestRouterMicroParam(t *testing.T) {
@@ -702,6 +723,15 @@ func TestRouterPriority(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Set("g", 7)
 		return nil
 	})
+	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/users/new/*", func(c Context) error {
+		c.Set("h", 8)
+		return nil
+	})
+	r.Add(http.MethodGet, "/*", func(c Context) error {
+		c.Set("i", 9)
+		return nil
+	})
+
 	c := e.NewContext(nil, nil).(*context)
 
 	// Route > /users
@@ -734,11 +764,46 @@ func TestRouterPriority(t *testing.T) {
 	c.handler(c)
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, c.Get("c"))
 
+	// Route > /users/newsee
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/users/newsee", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 6, c.Get("f"))
+
 	// Route > /users/*
 	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/users/joe/books", c)
 	c.handler(c)
 	assert.Equal(t, 7, c.Get("g"))
 	assert.Equal(t, "joe/books", c.Param("*"))
+
+	// Route > /users/new/* should be matched
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/users/new/someone", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 8, c.Get("h"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "someone", c.Param("*"))
+
+	// Route > /users/* should be matched although /users/dew exists
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/users/dew/someone", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, c.Get("g"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "dew/someone", c.Param("*"))
+
+	// Route > /users/* should be matched although /users/dew exists
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/users/notexists/someone/else", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, c.Get("g"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "notexists/someone/else", c.Param("*"))
+
+	// Route > *
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/nousers", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 9, c.Get("i"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "nousers", c.Param("*"))
+
+	// Route > *
+	r.Find(http.MethodGet, "/nousers/new", c)
+	c.handler(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 9, c.Get("i"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "nousers/new", c.Param("*"))
 }
 
 func TestRouterIssue1348(t *testing.T) {