diff --git a/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb b/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
index 0555200c8..4dd0e46e3 100644
--- a/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
+++ b/lib/webmock/request_pattern.rb
@@ -181,9 +181,13 @@ def to_s
     private
 
     def matches_with_variations?(uri)
-      normalized_template = Addressable::Template.new(WebMock::Util::URI.heuristic_parse(@pattern.pattern))
-
-      WebMock::Util::URI.variations_of_uri_as_strings(uri).any? { |u| normalized_template.match(u) }
+      template =
+        begin
+          Addressable::Template.new(WebMock::Util::URI.heuristic_parse(@pattern.pattern))
+        rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError
+          Addressable::Template.new(@pattern.pattern)
+        end
+      WebMock::Util::URI.variations_of_uri_as_strings(uri).any? { |u| template.match(u) }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/request_pattern_spec.rb b/spec/unit/request_pattern_spec.rb
index b3b5edd3c..0e59664ef 100644
--- a/spec/unit/request_pattern_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/request_pattern_spec.rb
@@ -132,6 +132,18 @@ def match(request_signature)
       expect(WebMock::RequestPattern.new(:get, uri)).to match(signature)
     end
 
+    it "should match if Addressable::Template pattern host matches request uri" do
+      signature = WebMock::RequestSignature.new(:get, "www.example.com")
+      uri = Addressable::Template.new("{subdomain}.example.com")
+      expect(WebMock::RequestPattern.new(:get, uri)).to match(signature)
+    end
+
+    it "should not match if Addressable::Template pattern host does not match request uri" do
+      signature = WebMock::RequestSignature.new(:get, "www.bad-example.com")
+      uri = Addressable::Template.new("{subdomain}.example.com")
+      expect(WebMock::RequestPattern.new(:get, uri)).not_to match(signature)
+    end
+
     it "should match for uris with same parameters as pattern" do
       expect(WebMock::RequestPattern.new(:get, "www.example.com?a=1&b=2")).
         to match(WebMock::RequestSignature.new(:get, "www.example.com?a=1&b=2"))