diff --git a/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImpl.java b/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImpl.java
index 93e3b4e288b..b4e99347ccc 100644
--- a/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImpl.java
+++ b/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImpl.java
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ public String getMatchedResourceTemplate() {
             final List<URITemplate> templates = new LinkedList<>();
             for (MethodInvocationInfo invocation : stack) {
                 OperationResourceInfo ori = invocation.getMethodInfo();
-                templates.add(ori.getClassResourceInfo().getURITemplate());
+                final URITemplate classUriTemplate = ori.getClassResourceInfo().getURITemplate();
+                if (classUriTemplate != null) {
+                    templates.add(classUriTemplate);
+                }
                 templates.add(ori.getURITemplate());
             }
             
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ public String getMatchedResourceTemplate() {
                 for (int i = 1; i < templates.size(); ++i) {
                     builder = builder.path(templates.get(i).getValue());
                 }
-                return builder.build().toString();
+                return builder.toTemplate();
             }
         }
         LOG.fine("No resource stack information, returning empty template");
diff --git a/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImplTest.java b/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImplTest.java
index ae6c97105b2..bfc5c8ba871 100644
--- a/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImplTest.java
+++ b/rt/frontend/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/jaxrs/impl/UriInfoImplTest.java
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ public Response get() {
             return null;
         }
 
+        @GET
+        @Path("one/{name:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z_0-9]*}")
+        public Response getTemplate() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         @GET
         @Path("bar")
         public Response getSubMethod() {
@@ -563,6 +569,58 @@ public void testGetMatchedURIsSubResourceLocatorSubPath() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("foo", matchedUris.get(2));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMatchedResourceTemplateIncludesApplicationPathAndTemplateVariables() throws Exception {
+        Message m = mockMessage("http://localhost:8080/app", "/foo/one/abc");
+        OperationResourceInfoStack oriStack = new OperationResourceInfoStack();
+        ClassResourceInfo cri = getCri(RootResource.class, true);
+        OperationResourceInfo ori = getOri(cri, "getTemplate");
+
+        MethodInvocationInfo miInfo = new MethodInvocationInfo(ori, RootResource.class, new ArrayList<String>());
+        oriStack.push(miInfo);
+        m.put(OperationResourceInfoStack.class, oriStack);
+
+        UriInfoImpl u = new UriInfoImpl(m);
+        assertEquals("/foo/one/{name:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z_0-9]*}", u.getMatchedResourceTemplate());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMatchedResourceTemplateIgnoresPathBeforeApplicationPath() throws Exception {
+        Message m = mockMessage("http://localhost:8080/context/service", "/foo/bar");
+
+        OperationResourceInfoStack oriStack = new OperationResourceInfoStack();
+        ClassResourceInfo cri = getCri(RootResource.class, true);
+        OperationResourceInfo ori = getOri(cri, "getSubMethod");
+
+        MethodInvocationInfo miInfo = new MethodInvocationInfo(ori, RootResource.class, new ArrayList<String>());
+        oriStack.push(miInfo);
+        m.put(OperationResourceInfoStack.class, oriStack);
+
+        UriInfoImpl u = new UriInfoImpl(m);
+        assertEquals("/foo/bar", u.getMatchedResourceTemplate());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMatchedResourceTemplateSubResourceWithoutClassPath() throws Exception {
+        Message m = mockMessage("http://localhost:8080/app", "/foo/sub");
+        OperationResourceInfoStack oriStack = new OperationResourceInfoStack();
+        ClassResourceInfo rootCri = getCri(RootResource.class, true);
+        OperationResourceInfo rootOri = getOri(rootCri, "getSubResourceLocator");
+
+        MethodInvocationInfo miInfo = new MethodInvocationInfo(rootOri, RootResource.class, new ArrayList<String>());
+        oriStack.push(miInfo);
+
+        ClassResourceInfo subCri = getCri(SubResource.class, false);
+        OperationResourceInfo subOri = getOri(subCri, "getFromSub");
+
+        miInfo = new MethodInvocationInfo(subOri, SubResource.class, new ArrayList<String>());
+        oriStack.push(miInfo);
+        m.put(OperationResourceInfoStack.class, oriStack);
+
+        UriInfoImpl u = new UriInfoImpl(m);
+        assertEquals("/foo/sub/", u.getMatchedResourceTemplate());
+    }
+
     private Message mockMessage(String baseAddress, String pathInfo) {
         return mockMessage(baseAddress, pathInfo, null, null);
     }
diff --git a/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/BookStorePerRequest.java b/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/BookStorePerRequest.java
index 4ed0cd0ede0..e9ab093329b 100644
--- a/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/BookStorePerRequest.java
+++ b/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/BookStorePerRequest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
 
 @Path("/bookstore2")
 public class BookStorePerRequest {
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ public void setHttpHeaders(HttpHeaders headers) {
     public Book getBookByHeader2() throws Exception {
         return getBookByHeader();
     }
+    
+    @GET
+    @Path("/book%20template/{name:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z_0-9]*}")
+    public String getBookTemplate(@Context final UriInfo info) throws Exception {
+        return info.getMatchedResourceTemplate();
+    }
 
     @GET
     @Path("/bookheaders/")
diff --git a/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/JAXRSClientServerNonSpringBookTest.java b/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/JAXRSClientServerNonSpringBookTest.java
index 3278e4d7d2e..cd19a68b979 100644
--- a/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/JAXRSClientServerNonSpringBookTest.java
+++ b/systests/jaxrs/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/jaxrs/JAXRSClientServerNonSpringBookTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -202,6 +204,14 @@ public void testGetBook123TwoApplications() throws Exception {
         doTestPerRequest("http://localhost:" + PORT + "/application6/thebooks/bookstore2/bookheaders");
         doTestPerRequest("http://localhost:" + PORT + "/application6/the%20books2/bookstore2/book%20headers");
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testGetMatchedResourceTemplate() throws Exception {
+        WebClient wc = WebClient.create("http://localhost:" + PORT
+                                        + "/application6/the%20books2/bookstore2/book%20template/abc");
+        assertThat(wc.accept("*/*").get(String.class),
+            equalTo("/bookstore2/book%20template/{name:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z_0-9]*}"));
+    }
 
     @SafeVarargs
     private final Response doTestPerRequest(String address, Map.Entry<String, String> ... params) throws Exception {