diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.java
index f74978ddd2..4f2f6edffa 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 public class MetricFilterAutoConfiguration {
 
 	private static final int UNDEFINED_HTTP_STATUS = 999;
+	private static final String UNKNOWN_PATH_SUFFIX = "/unmapped";
 
 	@Autowired
 	private CounterService counterService;
@@ -86,10 +89,19 @@ public class MetricFilterAutoConfiguration {
 			}
 			finally {
 				stopWatch.stop();
+				int status = getStatus(response);
+				if (request.getAttribute(HandlerMapping.BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
+					suffix = request
+							.getAttribute(HandlerMapping.BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE)
+							.toString().replaceAll("[{}]", "-");
+				}
+				else if (HttpStatus.valueOf(status).is4xxClientError()) {
+					suffix = UNKNOWN_PATH_SUFFIX;
+				}
 				String gaugeKey = getKey("response" + suffix);
 				MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.this.gaugeService.submit(gaugeKey,
 						stopWatch.getTotalTimeMillis());
-				String counterKey = getKey("status." + getStatus(response) + suffix);
+				String counterKey = getKey("status." + status + suffix);
 				MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.this.counterService.increment(counterKey);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 0f396291d8..5f2ec79bba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@ import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.GaugeService;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -36,7 +44,10 @@ import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyDouble;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link MetricFilterAutoConfiguration}.
@@ -68,6 +79,57 @@ public class MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests {
 		context.close();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void recordsHttpInteractionsWithTemplateVariable() throws Exception {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
+				Config.class, MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.class);
+		Filter filter = context.getBean(Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(new MetricFilterTestController())
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mvc.perform(get("/templateVarTest/foo")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+
+		verify(context.getBean(CounterService.class)).increment(
+				"status.200.templateVarTest.-someVariable-");
+		verify(context.getBean(GaugeService.class)).submit(
+				eq("response.templateVarTest.-someVariable-"), anyDouble());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void recordsKnown404HttpInteractionsAsSingleMetricWithPathAndTemplateVariable()
+			throws Exception {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
+				Config.class, MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.class);
+		Filter filter = context.getBean(Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(new MetricFilterTestController())
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mvc.perform(get("/knownPath/foo")).andExpect(status().isNotFound());
+
+		verify(context.getBean(CounterService.class)).increment(
+				"status.404.knownPath.-someVariable-");
+		verify(context.getBean(GaugeService.class)).submit(
+				eq("response.knownPath.-someVariable-"), anyDouble());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void records404HttpInteractionsAsSingleMetric() throws Exception {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
+				Config.class, MetricFilterAutoConfiguration.class);
+		Filter filter = context.getBean(Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(new MetricFilterTestController())
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mvc.perform(get("/unknownPath/1")).andExpect(status().isNotFound());
+
+		mvc.perform(get("/unknownPath/2")).andExpect(status().isNotFound());
+
+		verify(context.getBean(CounterService.class), times(2)).increment(
+				"status.404.unmapped");
+		verify(context.getBean(GaugeService.class), times(2)).submit(
+				eq("response.unmapped"), anyDouble());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void skipsFilterIfMissingServices() throws Exception {
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
@@ -88,6 +150,23 @@ public class MetricFilterAutoConfigurationTests {
 		public GaugeService gaugeService() {
 			return mock(GaugeService.class);
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }
+
+@RestController
+class MetricFilterTestController {
+
+	@RequestMapping("templateVarTest/{someVariable}")
+	public String testTemplateVariableResolution(@PathVariable String someVariable) {
+		return someVariable;
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping("knownPath/{someVariable}")
+	@ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND)
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String testKnownPathWith404Response(@PathVariable String someVariable) {
+		return someVariable;
+	}
+}
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