diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/xsl/builder.xsl b/core/src/main/resources/xsl/builder.xsl
index a7c4ef84..edc431f7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/xsl/builder.xsl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/xsl/builder.xsl
@@ -464,10 +464,12 @@
             </xsl:choose>
         </xsl:variable>
         <xsl:variable name="templatePath" select="starts-with(@path,'{')" as="xsd:boolean"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="templatePathFixedValue" as="xsd:string?"
+                      select="if ($templatePath) then check:paramForTemplatePath(.)/@fixed else ()"/>
         <step>
             <xsl:attribute name="type">
                 <xsl:choose>
-                    <xsl:when test="$templatePath and check:isXSDURL(.)">
+                    <xsl:when test="$templatePath and not($templatePathFixedValue) and check:isXSDURL(.)">
                         <xsl:text>URLXSD</xsl:text>
                     </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:otherwise>
@@ -478,6 +480,9 @@
             <xsl:attribute name="id" select="generate-id()"/>
             <xsl:attribute name="match">
                 <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="$templatePathFixedValue">
+                        <xsl:value-of select="check:toRegExEscaped($templatePathFixedValue)"/>
+                    </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:when test="$templatePath">
                         <xsl:call-template name="check:getTemplateMatch"/>
                     </xsl:when>
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/ValidatorWADLSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/ValidatorWADLSuite.scala
index 915fa7f7..54915ea1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/ValidatorWADLSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/ValidatorWADLSuite.scala
@@ -368,6 +368,39 @@ class ValidatorWADLSuite extends BaseValidatorSuite {
     assertResultFailed(validator_INT.validate(request("GET","/a/7/d"),response,chain), 404)
   }
 
+  //
+  // validator_FIXED allows a GET on /a/FOO/c. That is, the 2nd URI
+  // component may be the value FOO, but foo is described as a FIXED
+  // string. The validator is used in the following tests.
+  //
+  val validator_FIXED = Validator(
+    <application xmlns="http://wadl.dev.java.net/2009/02"
+                     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+           <grammars/>
+           <resources base="https://test.api.openstack.com">
+              <resource path="a/{foo}/c">
+                   <param name="foo" style="template" type="xsd:string" fixed="FOO"/>
+                   <method href="#getMethod" />
+              </resource>
+           </resources>
+           <method id="getMethod" name="GET">
+               <response status="200 203"/>
+           </method>
+    </application>
+    , assertConfig)
+
+  test ("GET on /a/FOO/c should pass with validator_FOO") {
+    validator_FIXED.validate(request("GET","/a/FOO/c"), response, chain)
+  }
+
+  test ("GET on /a/foo/c should fail on validator_FOO") {
+    assertResultFailed(validator_FIXED.validate(request("GET","/a/foo/c"), response, chain), 404)
+  }
+
+  test ("GET on /a/bar/c should fail on validator_FOO") {
+    assertResultFailed(validator_FIXED.validate(request("GET","/a/bar/c"), response, chain), 404)
+  }
+
   //
   // validator_RT allows:
   //
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/wadl/WADLCheckerSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/wadl/WADLCheckerSpec.scala
index a2209c23..e5ceb00a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/wadl/WADLCheckerSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/rackspace/com/papi/components/checker/wadl/WADLCheckerSpec.scala
@@ -220,6 +220,56 @@ class WADLCheckerSpec extends BaseCheckerSpec with LogAssertions {
       assert (checker, URL("element2"), MethodFail)
     }
 
+    scenario("The WADL contains a / path deeper in the URI structure (with sub elements one of which is a fixed template param)") {
+      Given("a WADL that contains a / path deeper in the URI structure")
+      val inWADL =
+        <application xmlns="http://wadl.dev.java.net/2009/02"
+                     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+           <grammars/>
+           <resources base="https://test.api.openstack.com">
+              <resource path="/">
+                <method name="GET">
+                    <response status="200"/>
+                </method>
+                <resource path="{elm}">
+                    <param name="elm" style="template" type="xsd:string" fixed="element"/>
+                    <resource path="/">
+                       <method name="GET">
+                          <response status="200"/>
+                       </method>
+                       <resource path="element2">
+                          <method name="POST">
+                            <response status="200"/>
+                          </method>
+                       </resource>
+                    </resource>
+                </resource>
+              </resource>
+           </resources>
+        </application>
+      val checker = builder.build (inWADL, stdConfig)
+      Then("The checker should contain an URL node and element2")
+      assert (checker, "count(/chk:checker/chk:step[@type='URL']) = 2")
+      And ("The checker should contain two GET methods")
+      assert (checker, "count(/chk:checker/chk:step[@type='METHOD' and @match='GET']) = 2")
+      And ("The checker should contain a POST methods")
+      assert (checker, "count(/chk:checker/chk:step[@type='METHOD' and @match='POST']) = 1")
+      And ("The checker should NOT contian URL steps with a match == '/'")
+      assert (checker, "count(/chk:checker/chk:step[@type='URL' and @match='/']) = 0")
+      And ("The URL path should exist from Start to the element")
+      assert (checker, Start, URL("element"), Method("GET"))
+      And ("The URL path should exist from Start to the element2")
+      assert (checker, Start, URL("element"), URL("element2"), Method("POST"))
+      And ("The URL path should exist from START directly to GET method")
+      assert (checker, Start, Method("GET"))
+      And ("The Start state and each URL state should contain a path to MethodFail and URLFail")
+      assert (checker, Start, URLFail)
+      assert (checker, Start, MethodFail)
+      assert (checker, URL("element"), URLFail)
+      assert (checker, URL("element"), MethodFail)
+      assert (checker, URL("element2"), URLFail)
+      assert (checker, URL("element2"), MethodFail)
+    }
 
     scenario("The WADL contains a / path deeper in the URI structure (with sub elements and multiple nested '/')") {
       Given("a WADL that contains a / path deeper in the URI structure")