--- tests/Zend/Controller/Router/Route/ChainTest.php	(revision 23651)
+++ tests/Zend/Controller/Router/Route/ChainTest.php	(working copy)
@@ -667,6 +667,38 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * @group ZF-7368
+     */
+    public function testChainingStaticDynamicMatchToDefaults()
+    {
+        $foo = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Static('foo');
+        $bar = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(':bar', array('bar' => 0));
+        $chain = $foo->chain($bar);
+
+        $request = new Zend_Controller_Router_ChainTest_Request('http://www.zend.com/foo');
+        $res = $chain->match($request);
+
+        $this->assertType('array', $res, 'Route did not match');
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $res['bar']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-7368
+     */
+    public function testChainingStaticDynamicMatchToParams()
+    {
+        $foo = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Static('foo');
+        $bar = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route(':bar', array('bar' => 1));
+        $chain = $foo->chain($bar);
+
+        $request = new Zend_Controller_Router_ChainTest_Request('http://www.zend.com/foo/2');
+        $res = $chain->match($request);
+
+        $this->assertType('array', $res, 'Route did not match');
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $res['bar']);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * @group ZF-7848
      */
     public function testChainingWithEmptyStaticRoutesMatchesCorrectly()
@@ -715,6 +747,8 @@
         ), $values);
     }
 
+
+
     /**
      * @group ZF-7848
      */
Index: library/Zend/Controller/Router/Route.php
===================================================================
--- library/Zend/Controller/Router/Route.php	(revision 23651)
+++ library/Zend/Controller/Router/Route.php	(working copy)
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@
             if (!array_key_exists($var, $return)) {
                 return false;
             }
+			// Empty variable? Replace with the default value.
+			elseif ($return[$var] == '' || $return[$var] === null) {
+				$return[$var] = $this->_defaults[$var];
+			}
         }
 
         $this->setMatchedPath(rtrim($matchedPath, $this->_urlDelimiter));