diff --git a/Slim/Route.php b/Slim/Route.php
index 113603554..ae87e27f6 100644
--- a/Slim/Route.php
+++ b/Slim/Route.php
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ class Route
 
     /**
      * Constructor
-     * @param string $pattern  The URL pattern (e.g. "/books/:id")
-     * @param mixed  $callable Anything that returns TRUE for is_callable()
+     * @param string $pattern The URL pattern (e.g. "/books/:id")
+     * @param mixed $callable Anything that returns TRUE for is_callable()
      */
     public function __construct($pattern, $callable)
     {
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ public function getCallable()
      */
     public function setCallable($callable)
     {
+        $matches = array();
+        if (is_string($callable) && preg_match('!^([^\:]+)\:([[:alnum:]]+)$!', $callable, $matches)) {
+            $callable = array(new $matches[1], $matches[2]);
+        }
+
         if (!is_callable($callable)) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Route callable must be callable');
         }
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function setName($name)
     {
-        $this->name = (string) $name;
+        $this->name = (string)$name;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ public function setParams($params)
 
     /**
      * Get route parameter value
-     * @param  string                    $index     Name of URL parameter
+     * @param  string $index Name of URL parameter
      * @return string
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException If route parameter does not exist at index
      */
@@ -232,8 +237,8 @@ public function getParam($index)
 
     /**
      * Set route parameter value
-     * @param  string                    $index     Name of URL parameter
-     * @param  mixed                     $value     The new parameter value
+     * @param  string $index Name of URL parameter
+     * @param  mixed $value The new parameter value
      * @throws \InvalidArgumentException If route parameter does not exist at index
      */
     public function setParam($index, $value)
@@ -351,7 +356,7 @@ public function matches($resourceUri)
         $patternAsRegex = preg_replace_callback(
             '#:([\w]+)\+?#',
             array($this, 'matchesCallback'),
-            str_replace(')', ')?', (string) $this->pattern)
+            str_replace(')', ')?', (string)$this->pattern)
         );
         if (substr($this->pattern, -1) === '/') {
             $patternAsRegex .= '?';
@@ -363,7 +368,7 @@ public function matches($resourceUri)
         }
         foreach ($this->paramNames as $name) {
             if (isset($paramValues[$name])) {
-                if (isset($this->paramNamesPath[ $name ])) {
+                if (isset($this->paramNamesPath[$name])) {
                     $this->params[$name] = explode('/', urldecode($paramValues[$name]));
                 } else {
                     $this->params[$name] = urldecode($paramValues[$name]);
@@ -376,17 +381,17 @@ public function matches($resourceUri)
 
     /**
      * Convert a URL parameter (e.g. ":id", ":id+") into a regular expression
-     * @param  array    $m  URL parameters
+     * @param  array $m URL parameters
      * @return string       Regular expression for URL parameter
      */
     protected function matchesCallback($m)
     {
         $this->paramNames[] = $m[1];
-        if (isset($this->conditions[ $m[1] ])) {
-            return '(?P<' . $m[1] . '>' . $this->conditions[ $m[1] ] . ')';
+        if (isset($this->conditions[$m[1]])) {
+            return '(?P<' . $m[1] . '>' . $this->conditions[$m[1]] . ')';
         }
         if (substr($m[0], -1) === '+') {
-            $this->paramNamesPath[ $m[1] ] = 1;
+            $this->paramNamesPath[$m[1]] = 1;
 
             return '(?P<' . $m[1] . '>.+)';
         }
@@ -396,7 +401,7 @@ protected function matchesCallback($m)
 
     /**
      * Set route name
-     * @param  string     $name The name of the route
+     * @param  string $name The name of the route
      * @return \Slim\Route
      */
     public function name($name)
@@ -408,7 +413,7 @@ public function name($name)
 
     /**
      * Merge route conditions
-     * @param  array      $conditions Key-value array of URL parameter conditions
+     * @param  array $conditions Key-value array of URL parameter conditions
      * @return \Slim\Route
      */
     public function conditions(array $conditions)
@@ -434,6 +439,6 @@ public function dispatch()
         }
 
         $return = call_user_func_array($this->getCallable(), array_values($this->getParams()));
-        return ($return === false)? false : true;
+        return ($return === false) ? false : true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/RouteTest.php b/tests/RouteTest.php
index 0e67d229e..61e60446d 100644
--- a/tests/RouteTest.php
+++ b/tests/RouteTest.php
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ public function testGetCallable()
         $this->assertSame($callable, $route->getCallable());
     }
 
+    public function testGetCallableAsClass()
+    {
+        $route = new \Slim\Route('/foo', '\Slim\Router:getCurrentRoute');
+
+        $callable = $route->getCallable();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Slim\Router', $callable[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('getCurrentRoute', $callable[1]);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetCallableAsStaticMethod()
+    {
+        $route = new \Slim\Route('/bar', '\Slim\Slim::getInstance');
+
+        $callable = $route->getCallable();
+        $this->assertEquals('\Slim\Slim::getInstance', $callable);
+    }
+
     public function testSetCallable()
     {
         $callable = function () {