diff --git a/src/Routing/Router.php b/src/Routing/Router.php
index 131e510..e44ba69 100644
--- a/src/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/src/Routing/Router.php
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class Router implements RouterInterface
     public function register($method, $target, $middleware)
     {
         $route = $this->getRouteForTarget($target);
+        if (is_array($middleware)) {
+            $middleware = $this->dispatchProvider->getDispatchStack($middleware);
+        }
         $route->getMethodMap()->register($method, $middleware);
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/test/tests/unit/Routing/RouterTest.php b/test/tests/unit/Routing/RouterTest.php
index 73aa6a3..a372f09 100644
--- a/test/tests/unit/Routing/RouterTest.php
+++ b/test/tests/unit/Routing/RouterTest.php
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ class RouterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->methodMap->register("GET", "middleware")->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers ::register
+     */
+    public function testCreatesDispatchStackForMiddlewareArray()
+    {
+        $stack = $this->prophesize('WellRESTed\MiddlewareInterface');
+        $this->dispatchProvider->getDispatchStack(Argument::any())->willReturn($stack->reveal());
+
+        $this->router->register("GET", "/", ["middleware1", "middleware2"]);
+        $this->methodMap->register("GET", $stack->reveal())->shouldHaveBeenCalled();
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Dispatching