diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
index dc5e5e62c6..e9ed0b6333 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class RouteCompiler implements RouteCompilerInterface
      * @param Route $route A Route instance
      *
      * @return CompiledRoute A CompiledRoute instance
+     *
+     * @throws \LogicException If a variable is referenced more than once
      */
     public function compile(Route $route)
     {
@@ -34,22 +36,22 @@ class RouteCompiler implements RouteCompilerInterface
         $tokens = array();
         $variables = array();
         $pos = 0;
-        preg_match_all('#.\{([\w\d_]+)\}#', $pattern, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE | PREG_SET_ORDER);
+        preg_match_all('#.\{(\w+)\}#', $pattern, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE | PREG_SET_ORDER);
         foreach ($matches as $match) {
             if ($text = substr($pattern, $pos, $match[0][1] - $pos)) {
                 $tokens[] = array('text', $text);
             }
-            $seps = array($pattern[$pos]);
+
             $pos = $match[0][1] + strlen($match[0][0]);
             $var = $match[1][0];
 
             if ($req = $route->getRequirement($var)) {
                 $regexp = $req;
             } else {
-                if ($pos !== $len) {
-                    $seps[] = $pattern[$pos];
-                }
-                $regexp = sprintf('[^%s]+?', preg_quote(implode('', array_unique($seps)), self::REGEX_DELIMITER));
+                // Use the character following the variable as the separator when available
+                // Use the character preceding the variable otherwise
+                $separator = $pos !== $len ? $pattern[$pos] : $match[0][0][0];
+                $regexp = sprintf('[^%s]+?', preg_quote($separator, self::REGEX_DELIMITER));
             }
 
             $tokens[] = array('variable', $match[0][0][0], $regexp, $var);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/RouteCompilerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/RouteCompilerTest.php
index 7245e7909c..793a04e240 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/RouteCompilerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/RouteCompilerTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ class RouteCompilerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 '', '#^/(?<bar>(foo|bar))?$#s', array('bar'), array(
                     array('variable', '/', '(foo|bar)', 'bar'),
                 )),
+
+            array(
+                'Route with a variable in last position',
+                array('/foo-{bar}'),
+                '/foo', '#^/foo\-(?<bar>[^\-]+?)$#s', array('bar'), array(
+                array('variable', '-', '[^\-]+?', 'bar'),
+                array('text', '/foo'),
+            )),
+
         );
     }