diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/UndertowOptions.java b/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/UndertowOptions.java
index ebde0ca5b5..ccb3b29967 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/UndertowOptions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/UndertowOptions.java
@@ -460,6 +460,20 @@ public class UndertowOptions {
      */
     public static final Option<Integer> WEB_SOCKETS_WRITE_TIMEOUT = Option.simple(Options.class, "WEB_SOCKETS_WRITE_TIMEOUT", Integer.class);
 
+    /**
+     * Specify if matrix parameters without ID should be allowed or not. If set to 'true' '/test;param1,param2/next-path-segment' will be acceptable.
+     * (spec compliant '/test;PARAM_ID=param1,param2/next-path-segment')
+     *
+     * If this is not specified it will be the same as {@link #DEFAULT_ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS}.
+     */
+    public static final Option<Boolean> ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS = Option.simple(UndertowOptions.class, "ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS", Boolean.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Default value of allow ID-less matrix parameters - false. We should comply with spec.
+     */
+    public static final boolean DEFAULT_ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS = false;
+
+
     private UndertowOptions() {
 
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/HttpRequestParser.java b/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/HttpRequestParser.java
index 67fbdf9c29..7dcd75b2bf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/HttpRequestParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/HttpRequestParser.java
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ public HttpRequestParser(OptionMap options) {
         charset = options.get(UndertowOptions.URL_CHARSET, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
         maxCachedHeaderSize = options.get(UndertowOptions.MAX_CACHED_HEADER_SIZE, UndertowOptions.DEFAULT_MAX_CACHED_HEADER_SIZE);
         this.allowUnescapedCharactersInUrl = options.get(UndertowOptions.ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CHARACTERS_IN_URL, false);
-        this.allowIDLessMatrixParams = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMS_PROPERTY));
+        if(options.contains(UndertowOptions.ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS)) {
+            this.allowIDLessMatrixParams = options.get(UndertowOptions.ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS, UndertowOptions.DEFAULT_ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS);
+        } else {
+            this.allowIDLessMatrixParams = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMS_PROPERTY));
+        }
     }
 
     public static final HttpRequestParser instance(final OptionMap options) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/SimpleParserTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/SimpleParserTestCase.java
index 25c7567501..d9cc018e4a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/SimpleParserTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/undertow/server/protocol/http/SimpleParserTestCase.java
@@ -383,6 +383,28 @@ public void testServletURLMultiLevelMatrixParameterEndingWithNormalPathAndQuery(
         Assert.assertTrue(result.isHostIncludedInRequestURI());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIDLessMatrixParameters() throws BadRequestException {
+        byte[] in = "GET http://localhost:7777/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037;13.397634,52.529407,111;13.428555,52.523219,222?overview=false HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n".getBytes();
+        ParseState context = new ParseState(10);
+        HttpServerExchange result = new HttpServerExchange(null);
+        OptionMap.Builder builder = OptionMap.builder()
+                .set(UndertowOptions.ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH, true)
+                .set(UndertowOptions.ALLOW_ID_LESS_MATRIX_PARAMETERS, true);
+        HttpRequestParser.instance(builder.getMap()).handle(ByteBuffer.wrap(in), context, result);
+        Assert.assertSame(Methods.GET, result.getRequestMethod());
+        Assert.assertEquals("http://localhost:7777/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037;13.397634,52.529407,111;13.428555,52.523219,222", result.getRequestURI());
+        Assert.assertEquals("/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037", result.getRequestPath());
+        Assert.assertEquals("overview=false", result.getQueryString());
+        Assert.assertEquals("52.529407", result.getPathParameters().get("13.397634").getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("111", result.getPathParameters().get("13.397634").getLast());
+        Assert.assertEquals("52.523219", result.getPathParameters().get("13.428555").getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("222", result.getPathParameters().get("13.428555").getLast());
+        Assert.assertEquals("false", result.getQueryParameters().get("overview").getFirst());
+        Assert.assertSame(Protocols.HTTP_1_1, result.getProtocol());
+        Assert.assertTrue(result.isHostIncludedInRequestURI());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFullUrlRootPath() throws BadRequestException {
         byte[] in = "GET http://myurl.com HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n".getBytes();