diff --git a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
index 3b733f9ae..ea5071adc 100644
--- a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
+++ b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ function $UrlMatcherFactory() {
     }
 
     function getType(config, urlType, location) {
-      if (config.type && urlType) throw new Error("Param '"+id+"' has two type configurations.");
+      if (config.type && urlType.name !== 'string') throw new Error("Param '"+id+"' has two type configurations.");
+      if (config.type && urlType.name === 'string' && $types[config.type]) return $types[config.type];
       if (urlType) return urlType;
       if (!config.type) return (location === "config" ? $types.any : $types.string);
       return config.type instanceof Type ? config.type : new Type(config.type);
diff --git a/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js b/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
index 3d6cf15d4..aa42f12f3 100755
--- a/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
+++ b/test/urlMatcherFactorySpec.js
@@ -520,6 +520,21 @@ describe("urlMatcherFactory", function () {
       expect(m.format({ foo: 5, flag: true })).toBe("/5/1");
     });
 
+    it("should match types named only in params", function () {
+      var m = new UrlMatcher("/{foo}/{flag}", {
+        params: {
+          foo: {
+            type: 'int'
+          },
+          flag: {
+            type: 'bool'
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      expect(m.exec("/1138/1")).toEqual({ foo: 1138, flag: true });
+      expect(m.format({ foo: 5, flag: true })).toBe("/5/1");
+    });
+
     it("should encode/decode dates", function () {
       var m = new UrlMatcher("/calendar/{date:date}"),
           result = m.exec("/calendar/2014-03-26");