diff --git a/mux.go b/mux.go
index ec86fcd..88c6d47 100644
--- a/mux.go
+++ b/mux.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package pat
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ import (
 // Status to "405 Method Not Allowed".
 //
 // If the NotFound handler is set, then it is used whenever the pattern doesn't
-// match the request path for the current method (and the Allow header is not
-// altered).
+// match the request path for any method (if it does match but for a different
+// method, the 405 Method Not Allowed response is returned instead of a 404).
 type PatternServeMux struct {
 	// NotFound, if set, is used whenever the request doesn't match any
-	// pattern for its method. NotFound should be set before serving any
+	// pattern for any method. NotFound should be set before serving any
 	// requests.
 	NotFound http.Handler
 	handlers map[string][]*patHandler
@@ -106,38 +107,80 @@ func New() *PatternServeMux {
 	return &PatternServeMux{handlers: make(map[string][]*patHandler)}
 }
 
-// ServeHTTP matches r.URL.Path against its routing table using the rules
-// described above.
-func (p *PatternServeMux) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	for _, ph := range p.handlers[r.Method] {
-		if params, ok := ph.try(r.URL.Path); ok {
-			if len(params) > 0 && !ph.redirect {
-				r.URL.RawQuery = url.Values(params).Encode() + "&" + r.URL.RawQuery
-			}
-			ph.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-			return
+// Lookup returns the handler that matches the specified method and
+// path. If no registered handlers are found, it returns nil (that is,
+// it doesn't return the NotFound handler or the handler to return
+// the 405 Method Not Allowed response). This can be useful in a middleware
+// to find out if a request actually matches a registered handler.
+func (p *PatternServeMux) Lookup(method, path string) http.Handler {
+	for _, ph := range p.handlers[method] {
+		if params, ok := ph.try(path); ok {
+			return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if len(params) > 0 && !ph.redirect {
+					r.URL.RawQuery = url.Values(params).Encode() + "&" + r.URL.RawQuery
+				}
+				ph.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			})
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
+}
 
-	if p.NotFound != nil {
-		p.NotFound.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-		return
+// RegisteredPatterns returns a list of unique registered patterns.
+// As long as a pattern has been registered for one method, it is
+// returned. The list is lexically sorted.
+func (p *PatternServeMux) RegisteredPatterns() []string {
+	set := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, pats := range p.handlers {
+		for _, ph := range pats {
+			set[ph.pat] = true
+		}
+	}
+	list := make([]string, 0, len(set))
+	for k := range set {
+		list = append(list, k)
 	}
+	sort.Strings(list)
+	return list
+}
+
+// AllowedMethods returns the list of registered methods for the
+// specified path.
+func (p *PatternServeMux) AllowedMethods(path string) []string {
+	return p.allowedMethods(path, "")
+}
 
-	allowed := make([]string, 0, len(p.handlers))
+func (p *PatternServeMux) allowedMethods(path, skip string) []string {
+	var allowed []string
 	for meth, handlers := range p.handlers {
-		if meth == r.Method {
+		if meth == skip {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		for _, ph := range handlers {
-			if _, ok := ph.try(r.URL.Path); ok {
+			if _, ok := ph.try(path); ok {
 				allowed = append(allowed, meth)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return allowed
+}
 
+// ServeHTTP matches r.URL.Path against its routing table using the rules
+// described above.
+func (p *PatternServeMux) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if h := p.Lookup(r.Method, r.URL.Path); h != nil {
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		return
+	}
+
+	allowed := p.allowedMethods(r.URL.Path, r.Method)
 	if len(allowed) == 0 {
+		if p.NotFound != nil {
+			p.NotFound.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
 		http.NotFound(w, r)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/mux_test.go b/mux_test.go
index bce39bc..24bc82b 100644
--- a/mux_test.go
+++ b/mux_test.go
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ func TestNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	p.Post("/bar", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {}))
 
-	for _, path := range []string{"/foo", "/bar"} {
+	for path, want := range map[string]int{"/foo": 123, "/bar": 405} {
 		res := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		p.ServeHTTP(res, newRequest("GET", path, nil))
-		if res.Code != 123 {
-			t.Errorf("for path %q: got code %d; want 123", path, res.Code)
+		if res.Code != want {
+			t.Errorf("for path %q: got code %d; want %d", path, res.Code, want)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -244,6 +244,96 @@ func TestMethodPatch(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRegisteredPatterns(t *testing.T) {
+	p := New()
+	p.Get("/a", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Post("/b", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Del("/a", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Patch("/b", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Patch("/b/", http.NotFoundHandler())
+
+	pats := p.RegisteredPatterns()
+	want := []string{"/a", "/b", "/b/"}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, pats) {
+		t.Errorf("got %v; want %v", pats, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAllowedMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	p := New()
+	p.Get("/a", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Post("/a", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Post("/b", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Del("/a", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Patch("/b", http.NotFoundHandler())
+	p.Patch("/b/", http.NotFoundHandler())
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		path string
+		want []string
+	}{
+		{"/a", []string{"DELETE", "GET", "HEAD", "POST"}},
+		{"/b", []string{"PATCH", "POST"}},
+		{"/c", nil},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		got := p.AllowedMethods(c.path)
+		sort.Strings(got)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(c.want, got) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %v; want %v", c.path, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type statusHandler int
+
+func (h statusHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.WriteHeader(int(h))
+}
+
+func TestLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	p := New()
+
+	// create N different handlers
+	handlers := make([]http.Handler, 5)
+	for i := 0; i < len(handlers); i++ {
+		handlers[i] = statusHandler(i)
+	}
+
+	register := []struct {
+		method       string
+		path         string
+		handlerIndex int
+	}{
+		{"HEAD", "/a", 0},
+		{"GET", "/a", 1},
+		{"POST", "/a", 2},
+		{"GET", "/b", 3},
+		{"DELETE", "/b", 4},
+	}
+
+	// register the handlers
+	for _, r := range register {
+		p.Add(r.method, r.path, handlers[r.handlerIndex])
+	}
+
+	// assert the returned Lookup handler
+	for _, r := range register {
+		h := p.Lookup(r.method, r.path)
+		if h == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s %s: lookup returned nil handler", r.method, r.path)
+		}
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, newRequest("", "/", nil))
+		if w.Code != r.handlerIndex {
+			t.Errorf("%s %s: handler status code; got %v; want %v", r.method, r.path, w.Code, r.handlerIndex)
+		}
+	}
+	if h := p.Lookup("GET", "/c"); h != nil {
+		t.Errorf("GET /c: handler returned non-nil handler")
+	}
+}
+
 func newRequest(method, urlStr string, body io.Reader) *http.Request {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, body)
 	if err != nil {