diff --git a/cask/src-3/cask/router/Macros.scala b/cask/src-3/cask/router/Macros.scala
index f6eaa496b5..78561ad1bc 100644
--- a/cask/src-3/cask/router/Macros.scala
+++ b/cask/src-3/cask/router/Macros.scala
@@ -264,12 +264,12 @@ object Macros {
                 Runtime.makeReadCall(
                   args,
                   ctx,
-                  (sig.default match {
+                  sig.default match {
                     case None => None
                     case Some(getter) =>
                       val value = getter.asInstanceOf[Cls => Any](clazz)
                       Some(value)
-                  }),
+                  },
                   sig
                 )
               }
diff --git a/cask/src/cask/endpoints/WebEndpoints.scala b/cask/src/cask/endpoints/WebEndpoints.scala
index 9951628288..e115739ade 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/endpoints/WebEndpoints.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/endpoints/WebEndpoints.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class delete(val path: String, override val subpath: Boolean = false) extends We
   val methods = Seq("delete")
 }
 class route(val path: String, val methods: Seq[String], override val subpath: Boolean = false) extends WebEndpoint
+
 class options(val path: String, override val subpath: Boolean = false) extends WebEndpoint{
   val methods = Seq("options")
 }
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ abstract class QueryParamReader[T]
   def read(ctx: cask.model.Request, label: String, v: Seq[String]): T
 }
 object QueryParamReader{
+  implicit object QueryParams extends QueryParamReader[cask.model.QueryParams]{
+    def arity: Int = 0
+
+    override def unknownQueryParams = true
+    def read(ctx: cask.model.Request, label: String, v: Seq[String]) = {
+      cask.model.QueryParams(ctx.queryParams)
+    }
+
+  }
   class SimpleParam[T](f: String => T) extends QueryParamReader[T]{
     def arity = 1
     def read(ctx: cask.model.Request, label: String, v: Seq[String]): T = f(v.head)
diff --git a/cask/src/cask/model/Params.scala b/cask/src/cask/model/Params.scala
index 3d8d4ddbe8..7be7f1bc88 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/model/Params.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/model/Params.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import cask.internal.Util
 import io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange
 import io.undertow.server.handlers.CookieImpl
 
+case class QueryParams(value: Map[String, collection.Seq[String]])
+
 case class Request(exchange: HttpServerExchange, remainingPathSegments: Seq[String])
 extends geny.ByteData with geny.Readable {
   import collection.JavaConverters._
diff --git a/cask/src/cask/package.scala b/cask/src/cask/package.scala
index 1eca56f357..83822d7132 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/package.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/package.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package object cask {
   val Cookie = model.Cookie
   type Request = model.Request
   val Request = model.Request
+  type QueryParams = model.QueryParams
+  val QueryParams = model.QueryParams
 
   // endpoints
   type websocket = endpoints.websocket
diff --git a/cask/src/cask/router/EntryPoint.scala b/cask/src/cask/router/EntryPoint.scala
index 6fe44fc534..2d2b7e5d62 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/router/EntryPoint.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/router/EntryPoint.scala
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ case class EntryPoint[T, C](name: String,
     for(k <- firstArgs.keys) {
       if (!paramLists.head.contains(k)) {
         val as = firstArgs(k)
-        if (as.reads.arity != 0 && as.default.isEmpty) missing.append(as)
+        if (as.reads.arity > 0 && as.default.isEmpty) missing.append(as)
       }
     }
 
-    if (missing.nonEmpty || unknown.nonEmpty) Result.Error.MismatchedArguments(missing.toSeq, unknown.toSeq)
-    else {
+    if (missing.nonEmpty || (!argSignatures.exists(_.exists(_.reads.unknownQueryParams)) && unknown.nonEmpty)) {
+      Result.Error.MismatchedArguments(missing.toSeq, unknown.toSeq)
+    } else {
       try invoke0(
         target,
         ctx,
diff --git a/cask/src/cask/router/Misc.scala b/cask/src/cask/router/Misc.scala
index 438ec439f0..286655e8cf 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/router/Misc.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/router/Misc.scala
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ case class ArgSig[I, -T, +V, -C](name: String,
 
 trait ArgReader[I, +T, -C]{
   def arity: Int
+  def unknownQueryParams: Boolean = false
   def read(ctx: C, label: String, input: I): T
 }
diff --git a/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md b/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md
index 5cfeeb52fd..cc0cc0a970 100644
--- a/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md	
+++ b/docs/pages/1 - Cask: a Scala HTTP micro-framework.md	
@@ -139,16 +139,22 @@ $$$variableRoutes
 
 You can bind variables to endpoints by declaring them as parameters: these are
 either taken from a path-segment matcher of the same name (e.g. `postId` above),
-or from query-parameters of the same name (e.g. `param` above). You can make `param` take
+or from query-parameters of the same name (e.g. `param` above). You can make your route 
+take
 
 * `param: String` to match `?param=hello`
-* `param: Int` for `?param=123`
+* `param: Int` for `?param=123`. Other valid types include `Boolean`, `Byte`, `Short`, `Long`, 
+  `Float`, `Double`
 * `param: Option[T] = None` or `param: String = "DEFAULT VALUE"` for cases where the
   `?param=hello` is optional.
 * `param: Seq[T]` for repeated params such as `?param=hello&param=world` with at 
   least one value
 * `param: Seq[T] = Nil` for repeated params such as `?param=hello&param=world` allowing
   zero values
+* `queryParams: cask.QueryParams` if you want your route to be able to handle arbitrary
+  query params without needing to list them out as separate arguments
+* `request: cask.Request` which provides lower level access to the things that the HTTP
+  request provides
 
 If you need to capture the entire sub-path of the request, you can set the flag
 `subpath=true` and ask for a `request: cask.Request` (the name of the param doesn't
diff --git a/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala b/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
index 480d047ad7..826c5b82c6 100644
--- a/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
+++ b/example/variableRoutes/app/src/VariableRoutes.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ object VariableRoutes extends cask.MainRoutes{
   }
 
   @cask.get("/article3/:articleId") // Optional query param with default
-  def getArticleDefault(articleId: Int, param: String = "DEFAULT VALUE") = { 
+  def getArticleDefault(articleId: Int, param: String = "DEFAULT VALUE") = {
     s"Article $articleId $param"
   }
 
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ object VariableRoutes extends cask.MainRoutes{
     s"Article $articleId $param"
   }
 
+  @cask.get("/user2/:userName") // allow unknown query params
+  def getUserProfileAllowUnknown(userName: String, queryParams: cask.QueryParams) = {
+    s"User $userName " + queryParams.value
+  }
+
   @cask.get("/path", subpath = true)
   def getSubpath(request: cask.Request) = {
     s"Subpath ${request.remainingPathSegments}"
diff --git a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
index 4494c68663..b8a33356df 100644
--- a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
+++ b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
       )
 
 
+      val res1 = requests.get(s"$host/article4/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text()
       assert(
-        requests.get(s"$host/article4/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
-          "Article 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
-        requests.get(s"$host/article4/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
-          "Article 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
+        res1 == "Article 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
+        res1 == "Article 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
       )
 
       requests.get(s"$host/article4/123", check = false).text() ==>
@@ -81,11 +80,10 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
           |
           |""".stripMargin
 
+      val res2 = requests.get(s"$host/article5/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text()
       assert(
-        requests.get(s"$host/article5/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
-          "Article 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
-        requests.get(s"$host/article5/123?param=xyz&param=abc").text() ==
-          "Article 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
+        res2 == "Article 123 ArraySeq(xyz, abc)" ||
+        res2 == "Article 123 ArrayBuffer(xyz, abc)"
       )
       assert(
         requests.get(s"$host/article5/123").text() == "Article 123 List()"
@@ -96,6 +94,25 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
 
       requests.post(s"$host/path/one/two/three").text() ==>
         "POST Subpath List(one, two, three)"
+
+      requests.get(s"$host/user/lihaoyi?unknown1=123&unknown2=abc", check = false).text() ==>
+        """Unknown arguments: "unknown1" "unknown2"
+          |
+          |Arguments provided did not match expected signature:
+          |
+          |getUserProfile
+          |  userName  String
+          |
+          |""".stripMargin
+
+
+      val res3 = requests.get(s"$host/user2/lihaoyi?unknown1=123&unknown2=abc", check = false).text()
+      assert(
+        res3 == "User lihaoyi Map(unknown1 -> ArrayBuffer(123), unknown2 -> ArrayBuffer(abc))" ||
+        res3 == "User lihaoyi Map(unknown1 -> WrappedArray(123), unknown2 -> WrappedArray(abc))" ||
+        res3 == "User lihaoyi Map(unknown1 -> ArraySeq(123), unknown2 -> ArraySeq(abc))"
+      )
+
     }
 
   }