diff --git a/src/Routing/ApiCollection.php b/src/Routing/ApiCollection.php
index 3f318ab2d..ae5bde263 100644
--- a/src/Routing/ApiCollection.php
+++ b/src/Routing/ApiCollection.php
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ class ApiCollection extends RouteCollection {
 
 	/**
 	 * API version.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	protected $version;
 
 	/**
 	 * API options.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	protected $options;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new dispatcher instance.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $version
 	 * @param  array  $options
 	 * @return void
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function __construct($version, array $options)
 
 	/**
 	 * Get an option from the collection.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @param  mixed  $default
 	 * @return mixed
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ public function option($key, $default = null)
 	/**
 	 * Determine if the routes within the collection will be a match for
 	 * the current request.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function matches($request)
 	{
-		if ($this->option('domain') and $request->header('host') == $this->option('domain'))
+		if ($this->matchDomain($request))
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
-		elseif ($this->option('prefix') and starts_with($request->getPathInfo(), trim($this->option('prefix'), '/')))
+		elseif ($this->matchPrefix($request))
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -68,4 +68,46 @@ public function matches($request)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Matches domain name if is set on route group
+	 *
+	 * @param $request
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function matchDomain($request)
+	{
+		return $this->option('domain') and $request->header('host') == $this->option('domain');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Matches prefix if is set in route group
+	 *
+	 * @param $request
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function matchPrefix($request)
+	{
+		if ( ! $prefix = $this->option('prefix'))
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$prefix = $this->filterAndExplode($this->option('prefix'));
+
+		$path = $this->filterAndExplode($request->getPathInfo());
+
+		return $prefix == array_slice($path, 0, count($prefix));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Explode array on slash and remove empty values.
+	 * 
+	 * @param  array  $array
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function filterAndExplode($array)
+	{
+		return array_filter(explode('/', $array));
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/RoutingRouterTest.php b/tests/RoutingRouterTest.php
index 5018bcb43..fff9582a5 100644
--- a/tests/RoutingRouterTest.php
+++ b/tests/RoutingRouterTest.php
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ public function testRegisteringApiRouteGroupWithoutVersionThrowsException()
 		$this->router->api([], function(){});
 	}
 
+	public function testPrefixOnApiRoutes()
+	{
+		$this->router->api(['version' => 'v1', 'prefix' => 'foo/bar'], function()
+		{
+			$this->router->get('foo', function() { return 'bar'; });
+		});
+
+		$route = $this->router->getApiCollection('v1')->getRoutes()[0];
+
+		$this->assertEquals('foo/bar', $route->getAction()['prefix']);
+	}
 
 	public function testRouterDispatchesInternalRequests()
 	{
@@ -68,12 +79,11 @@ public function testRouterDispatchesInternalRequests()
 		{
 			$this->router->get('foo', function() { return 'bar'; });
 		});
-		
+
 		$this->assertEquals('{"message":"bar"}', $this->router->dispatch(Dingo\Api\Http\InternalRequest::create('foo', 'GET'))->getContent());
 	}
 
-
-	public function testRouterFindsCollectionCurrentRequestIsTargetting()
+	public function testRouterFindsCollectionCurrentRequestIsTargeting()
 	{
 		$this->router->api(['version' => 'v1'], function()
 		{