diff --git a/src/core/tree.ts b/src/core/tree.ts
index c4aaf5b90..4580722ec 100644
--- a/src/core/tree.ts
+++ b/src/core/tree.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ export class TreeNode {
   constructor(options: ResolvedOptions, filePath: string, parent?: TreeNode) {
     this.options = options
     this.parent = parent
-    this.value = createTreeNodeValue(filePath, parent?.value)
+    this.value = createTreeNodeValue(
+      filePath,
+      parent?.value,
+      options.pathParser
+    )
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/core/treeNodeValue.ts b/src/core/treeNodeValue.ts
index 1ecb9a4da..7403a3126 100644
--- a/src/core/treeNodeValue.ts
+++ b/src/core/treeNodeValue.ts
@@ -184,13 +184,17 @@ export type TreeNodeValue = TreeNodeValueStatic | TreeNodeValueParam
 
 export function createTreeNodeValue(
   segment: string,
-  parent?: TreeNodeValue
+  parent?: TreeNodeValue,
+  parseSegmentOptions?: ParseSegmentOptions
 ): TreeNodeValue {
   if (!segment || segment === 'index') {
     return new TreeNodeValueStatic(segment, parent, '')
   }
 
-  const [pathSegment, params, subSegments] = parseSegment(segment)
+  const [pathSegment, params, subSegments] = parseSegment(
+    segment,
+    parseSegmentOptions
+  )
 
   if (params.length) {
     return new TreeNodeValueParam(
@@ -212,6 +216,19 @@ const enum ParseSegmentState {
   modifier, // after the ]
 }
 
+/**
+ * Options passed to `parseSegment()`to control how a segment of a file path is parsed. e.g. in `/users/[id]`, `users`
+ * and `[id]` are segments.
+ */
+export interface ParseSegmentOptions {
+  /**
+   * Should we allow dot nesting in the param name. e.g. `users.[id]` will be parsed as `users/[id]` if this is `true`,
+   * nesting
+   * @default true
+   */
+  dotNesting?: boolean
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses a segment into the route path segment and the extracted params.
  *
@@ -219,7 +236,8 @@ const enum ParseSegmentState {
  * @returns - the pathSegment and the params
  */
 function parseSegment(
-  segment: string
+  segment: string,
+  { dotNesting = true }: ParseSegmentOptions = {}
 ): [string, TreeRouteParam[], SubSegment[]] {
   let buffer = ''
   let state: ParseSegmentState = ParseSegmentState.static
@@ -262,8 +280,9 @@ function parseSegment(
         // check if it's an optional param or not
         state = ParseSegmentState.paramOptional
       } else {
-        // allows for nested paths without nesting the views
-        buffer += c === '.' ? '/' : c
+        // append the char to the buffer or if the dotNesting option
+        // is enabled (by default it is), transform into a slash
+        buffer += dotNesting && c === '.' ? '/' : c
       }
     } else if (state === ParseSegmentState.paramOptional) {
       if (c === '[') {
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index 669148c31..d808bef84 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Awaitable, getFileBasedRouteName, isArray, warn } from './core/utils'
 import type { TreeNode } from './core/tree'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { EditableTreeNode } from './core/extendRoutes'
+import { ParseSegmentOptions } from './core/treeNodeValue'
 
 export interface RoutesFolderOption {
   /**
@@ -124,6 +125,11 @@ export interface ResolvedOptions {
    * Activates debug logs.
    */
   logs: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc ParseSegmentOptions
+   */
+  pathParser: ParseSegmentOptions
 }
 
 /**
@@ -152,6 +158,9 @@ export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: ResolvedOptions = {
   dts: isPackageExists('typescript'),
   logs: false,
   _inspect: false,
+  pathParser: {
+    dotNesting: true,
+  },
 }
 
 export interface ServerContext {