Index: src/mod_evhost.c
===================================================================
--- src/mod_evhost.c	(revision 1858)
+++ src/mod_evhost.c	(working copy)
@@ -83,9 +83,14 @@
 			s->path_pieces[s->len+1] = buffer_init();
 
 			buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len],pos,ptr-pos);
-			pos = ptr + 2;
 
-			buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len+1],ptr++,2);
+			if(*(ptr+2) == '.') {
+				pos = ptr + 4;
+				buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len+1],ptr++,4);
+			} else {
+				pos = ptr + 2;
+				buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len+1],ptr++,2);
+			}
 
 			s->len += 2;
 		}
@@ -287,6 +292,20 @@
 			if (*(ptr+1) == '%') {
 				/* %% */
 				BUFFER_APPEND_STRING_CONST(p->tmp_buf,"%");
+			} else if (*(ptr+2) == '.') {
+				/* dot notation in pattern, ie %3.1 insert 1st char of %3 */
+				char key[3];
+				int poffset = 0;
+				strncpy(key, p->conf.path_pieces[i]->ptr, 2);
+				key[2] = NULL;
+				ds = (data_string *)array_get_element(parsed_host,key);
+
+				/* check if the index is outside the string, indexing starts at 1 in config */
+				poffset = atoi(ptr+3)-1;
+
+				if (ds != NULL && (poffset >= 0 && poffset < ds->value->used)) {
+					buffer_append_string_len(p->tmp_buf,ds->value->ptr+poffset, 1);
+				}
 			} else if (NULL != (ds = (data_string *)array_get_element(parsed_host,p->conf.path_pieces[i]->ptr))) {
 				if (ds->value->used) {
 					buffer_append_string_buffer(p->tmp_buf,ds->value);