diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HierarchicalUriComponents.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HierarchicalUriComponents.java
index 5f543823dff..fa5fda06d87 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HierarchicalUriComponents.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/HierarchicalUriComponents.java
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
@@ -631,12 +631,26 @@ final class HierarchicalUriComponents extends UriComponents {
 	 */
 	static final class FullPathComponent implements PathComponent {
 
+		// Pattern used to split the path into segments: '/' if not preceded by '{',
+		// using negative look-behind
+		private static final Pattern DELIMITER_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?<!\\{)/");
+
+
+		private final List<PartialPath> partialPaths;
+
 		private final String path;
 
+
 		public FullPathComponent(String path) {
+			this.partialPaths = PartialPath.parse(path);
 			this.path = path;
 		}
 
+		private FullPathComponent(List<PartialPath> partialPaths) {
+			this.partialPaths = partialPaths;
+			this.path = PartialPath.getPath(partialPaths);
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public String getPath() {
 			return this.path;
@@ -644,25 +658,32 @@ final class HierarchicalUriComponents extends UriComponents {
 
 		@Override
 		public List<String> getPathSegments() {
-			String delimiter = new String(new char[]{PATH_DELIMITER});
-			String[] pathSegments = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(path, delimiter);
-			return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(pathSegments));
+			String[] pathSegments = DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(getPath());
+			List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(pathSegments.length);
+			for (String pathSegment : pathSegments) {
+				if (StringUtils.hasLength(pathSegment)) {
+					result.add(pathSegment);
+				}
+			}
+			return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public PathComponent encode(String encoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-			String encodedPath = encodeUriComponent(getPath(),encoding, Type.PATH);
+			List<PartialPath> encodedPath =
+					PartialPath.encode(this.partialPaths, encoding);
 			return new FullPathComponent(encodedPath);
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public void verify() {
-			verifyUriComponent(this.path, Type.PATH);
+			verifyUriComponent(getPath(), Type.PATH);
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public PathComponent expand(UriTemplateVariables uriVariables) {
-			String expandedPath = expandUriComponent(getPath(), uriVariables);
+			List<PartialPath> expandedPath =
+					PartialPath.expand(this.partialPaths, uriVariables);
 			return new FullPathComponent(expandedPath);
 		}
 
@@ -681,6 +702,97 @@ final class HierarchicalUriComponents extends UriComponents {
 		public int hashCode() {
 			return getPath().hashCode();
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Represents a part of the full path, with a separate encoding type.
+		 * Required because of {/...} uri variables, which need to encoded as PATH_SEGMENT
+		 * rather than PATH.
+		 */
+		static final class PartialPath implements Serializable {
+
+			final String value;
+
+			final Type type;
+
+			private PartialPath(String value, Type type) {
+				Assert.hasLength(value);
+				Assert.isTrue(Type.PATH == type || Type.PATH_SEGMENT == type);
+				this.value = value;
+				this.type = type;
+			}
+
+			private PartialPath expand(UriTemplateVariables uriVariables) {
+				String expandedValue = expandUriComponent(this.value, uriVariables);
+				return new PartialPath(expandedValue, this.type);
+			}
+
+			private PartialPath encode(String encoding)
+					throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+				String encodedPath = encodeUriComponent(this.value, encoding, this.type);
+				return new PartialPath(encodedPath, this.type);
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public String toString() {
+				return value;
+			}
+
+			public static List<PartialPath> parse(String path) {
+				List<PartialPath> result = new ArrayList<PartialPath>();
+				int startIdx;
+				int endIdx = 0;
+				while ((startIdx = path.indexOf("{/", endIdx)) != -1) {
+					if (startIdx > endIdx) {
+						String prevPart = path.substring(endIdx, startIdx);
+						result.add(new PartialPath(prevPart, Type.PATH));
+					}
+					endIdx = path.indexOf('}', startIdx + 2) + 1;
+					if (endIdx == -1) {
+						throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path \"" + path + "\" has no " +
+								"closing \"}\" after \"{/\" at index " + startIdx);
+					}
+					String part = path.substring(startIdx, endIdx);
+					result.add(new PartialPath(part, Type.PATH_SEGMENT));
+				}
+				if (endIdx < path.length()) {
+					String endPart = path.substring(endIdx);
+					result.add(new PartialPath(endPart, Type.PATH));
+				}
+				return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
+			}
+
+			public static String getPath(List<PartialPath> partialPaths) {
+				StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+				for (PartialPath partialPath : partialPaths) {
+					builder.append(partialPath.value);
+				}
+				return builder.toString();
+			}
+
+			public static List<PartialPath> expand(
+					List<PartialPath> partialPaths,
+					UriTemplateVariables uriVariables) {
+				List<PartialPath> result = new ArrayList<PartialPath>();
+				for (PartialPath partialPath : partialPaths) {
+					PartialPath expanded = partialPath.expand(uriVariables);
+					result.add(expanded);
+				}
+				return result;
+			}
+
+			public static List<PartialPath> encode(
+					List<PartialPath> partialPaths, String encoding)
+					throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+				List<PartialPath> result = new ArrayList<PartialPath>();
+				for (PartialPath partialPath : partialPaths) {
+					PartialPath encoded = partialPath.encode(encoding);
+					result.add(encoded);
+				}
+				return result;
+			}
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponents.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponents.java
index 844267da96d..1c3c0f2e799 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponents.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponents.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public abstract class UriComponents implements Serializable {
 	private static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
 
 	/** Captures URI template variable names. */
-	private static final Pattern NAMES_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\{([^/]+?)\\}");
+	private static final Pattern NAMES_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\{(/?[^/]+?)\\}");
 
 
 	private final String scheme;
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ public abstract class UriComponents implements Serializable {
 	}
 
 	private static String getVariableName(String match) {
+		if (match.length() > 0 && match.charAt(0) == '/') {
+			match = match.substring(1);
+		}
 		int colonIdx = match.indexOf(':');
 		return (colonIdx != -1 ? match.substring(0, colonIdx) : match);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
index b5ee2eba692..791552db2da 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -238,6 +239,24 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 		assertEquals("bar@baz", result.getQueryParams().getFirst("foo"));
 	}
 
+	//SPR-12750
+
+	@Test
+	public void fromUriStringWithSlashPrefixedVariable() {
+		UriComponents result = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(
+				"http://example.com/part1/{/part2}/{var1}/url/{/urlvar}?foo=bar@baz&bar={barvalue}")
+				.build();
+		assertTrue(StringUtils.isEmpty(result.getUserInfo()));
+		assertEquals("example.com", result.getHost());
+		assertEquals("/part1/{/part2}/{var1}/url/{/urlvar}", result.getPath());
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList("part1", "{/part2}", "{var1}", "url", "{/urlvar}"),
+				result.getPathSegments());
+		assertTrue(result.getQueryParams().containsKey("foo"));
+		assertEquals("bar@baz", result.getQueryParams().getFirst("foo"));
+		assertTrue(result.getQueryParams().containsKey("bar"));
+		assertEquals("{barvalue}", result.getQueryParams().getFirst("bar"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void fromHttpRequest() throws URISyntaxException {
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
@@ -496,7 +515,7 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 		UriComponents result = builder.build();
 
 		assertEquals("/foo/", result.getPath());
-		assertEquals(Arrays.asList("foo"), result.getPathSegments());
+		assertEquals(Collections.singletonList("foo"), result.getPathSegments());
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsTests.java
index 7235609a8d7..ea89d04a6c5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -165,4 +166,49 @@ public class UriComponentsTests {
 		assertThat(uriComponents1, not(equalTo(uriComponents3)));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void partialPath() throws Exception {
+		List<HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath> l;
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("x");
+		assertEquals(1, l.size());
+		assertEquals("x", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH, l.get(0).type);
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("/foo");
+		assertEquals(1, l.size());
+		assertEquals("/foo", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH, l.get(0).type);
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("{/foo}");
+		assertEquals(1, l.size());
+		assertEquals("{/foo}", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH_SEGMENT, l.get(0).type);
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("/foo{/bar}");
+		assertEquals(2, l.size());
+		assertEquals("/foo", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH, l.get(0).type);
+		assertEquals("{/bar}", l.get(1).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH_SEGMENT, l.get(1).type);
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("{/foo}{/bar}");
+		assertEquals(2, l.size());
+		assertEquals("{/foo}", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH_SEGMENT, l.get(0).type);
+		assertEquals("{/bar}", l.get(1).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH_SEGMENT, l.get(1).type);
+
+		l = HierarchicalUriComponents.FullPathComponent.PartialPath.parse("foo{/bar}baz");
+		assertEquals(3, l.size());
+		assertEquals("foo", l.get(0).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH, l.get(0).type);
+		assertEquals("{/bar}", l.get(1).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH_SEGMENT, l.get(1).type);
+		assertEquals("baz", l.get(2).value);
+		assertEquals(HierarchicalUriComponents.Type.PATH, l.get(2).type);
+
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
index ebd3cea2174..802dd25ed02 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,6 +63,49 @@ public class UriTemplateTests {
 		assertEquals("Invalid expanded template", new URI("http://example.com/hotels/1/bookings/42"), result);
 	}
 
+	//SPR-12750
+
+	@Test
+	public void expandSlashPrefixedVariable() throws Exception {
+		Map<String, String> uriVariables = new HashMap<String, String>(2);
+		uriVariables.put("hotel", "1");
+		uriVariables.put("publicpath", "pics/logo.png");
+		uriVariables.put("scale", "150x150");
+		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate(
+				"http://example.com/hotels/{hotel}/pic/{/publicpath}/size/{scale}");
+		URI result = template.expand(uriVariables);
+		assertEquals("Invalid expanded template",
+				new URI("http://example.com/hotels/1/pic/pics%2Flogo.png/size/150x150"),
+				result);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void expandSlashPrefixedVariableInBetween() throws Exception {
+		Map<String, String> uriVariables = new HashMap<String, String>(2);
+		uriVariables.put("var1", "foo/bar");
+		uriVariables.put("var2", "baz");
+		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate(
+				"http://example.com/part1/before-{/var1}-after/{var2}");
+		URI result = template.expand(uriVariables);
+		assertEquals("Invalid expanded template",
+				new URI("http://example.com/part1/before-foo%2Fbar-after/baz"),
+				result);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void expandSlashPrefixedVariableAfterNonPrefixedVariable() throws Exception {
+		Map<String, String> uriVariables = new HashMap<String, String>(2);
+		uriVariables.put("var1", "foo/bar");
+		uriVariables.put("var2", "baz");
+		uriVariables.put("var3", "qux");
+		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate(
+				"http://example.com/part1/before-{/var1}-{var2}-after/{var3}");
+		URI result = template.expand(uriVariables);
+		assertEquals("Invalid expanded template",
+				new URI("http://example.com/part1/before-foo%2Fbar-baz-after/qux"),
+				result);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void expandMapDuplicateVariables() throws Exception {
 		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate("/order/{c}/{c}/{c}");