diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b23832c..45d2372 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ This project aims to comply with [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/),
 so please check *Changed* and *Removed* notes before upgrading.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Do not force adding paths with shared named parameter in an specific order (@jwoertink)
 
 ## [0.3.1] - 2016-07-29
 ### Added
diff --git a/spec/radix/tree_spec.cr b/spec/radix/tree_spec.cr
index 4e5f942..a01085a 100644
--- a/spec/radix/tree_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/radix/tree_spec.cr
@@ -233,6 +233,30 @@ module Radix
           tree.root.children[0].children[0].key.should eq("/:subcategory")
         end
 
+        it "does allow same named parameter in different order of insertion" do
+          tree = Tree(Symbol).new
+          tree.add "/members/:id/edit", :member_edit
+          tree.add "/members/export", :members_export
+          tree.add "/members/:id/videos", :member_videos
+
+          # /members/
+          #         +-export      (:members_export)
+          #         \-:id/
+          #              +-videos (:members_videos)
+          #              \-edit   (:members_edit)
+          tree.root.key.should eq("/members/")
+          tree.root.children.size.should eq(2)
+
+          # first level children nodes
+          tree.root.children[0].key.should eq("export")
+          tree.root.children[1].key.should eq(":id/")
+
+          # inner children
+          nodes = tree.root.children[1].children
+          nodes[0].key.should eq("videos")
+          nodes[1].key.should eq("edit")
+        end
+
         it "does not allow different named parameters sharing same level" do
           tree = Tree(Symbol).new
           tree.add "/", :root
diff --git a/src/radix/tree.cr b/src/radix/tree.cr
index 5a0c736..5436c15 100644
--- a/src/radix/tree.cr
+++ b/src/radix/tree.cr
@@ -374,7 +374,18 @@ module Radix
       count
     end
 
-    # :nodoc:
+    # Internal: Compares *path* against *key* for differences until the
+    # following criteria is met:
+    #
+    # - End of *path* or *key* is reached.
+    # - A separator (`/`) is found.
+    # - A character between *path* or *key* differs
+    #
+    # ```
+    # _same_key?("foo", "bar")         # => false (mismatch at 1st character)
+    # _same_key?("foo/bar", "foo/baz") # => true (only `foo` is compared)
+    # _same_key?("zipcode", "zip")     # => false (`zip` is shorter)
+    # ```
     private def _same_key?(path, key)
       path_reader = Char::Reader.new(path)
       key_reader = Char::Reader.new(key)
@@ -392,7 +403,7 @@ module Radix
         key_reader.next_char
       end
 
-      (!key_reader.has_next? && !different) &&
+      (!different) &&
         (path_reader.current_char == '/' || !path_reader.has_next?)
     end