diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac1655a1e..674722aac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ MANIFEST
 /doc
 .coverage
 netlib
+venv
diff --git a/libpathod/rparse.py b/libpathod/rparse.py
index 6306f7461..e08da49f5 100644
--- a/libpathod/rparse.py
+++ b/libpathod/rparse.py
@@ -155,20 +155,29 @@ class FileGenerator:
         return self.map.__getslice__(a, b)
 
 
-class ValueLiteral:
+class _Value:
     def __init__(self, val):
         self.val = val
 
     def get_generator(self, settings):
         return LiteralGenerator(self.val)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.val
+
+
+class ValueLiteral(_Value):
     @classmethod
     def expr(klass):
         e = v_literal.copy()
         return e.setParseAction(lambda x: klass(*x))
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.val
+
+class ValueNakedLiteral(_Value):
+    @classmethod
+    def expr(klass):
+        e = v_naked_literal.copy()
+        return e.setParseAction(lambda x: klass(*x))
 
 
 class ValueGenerate:
@@ -238,6 +247,16 @@ Value = pp.MatchFirst(
 )
 
 
+NakedValue = pp.MatchFirst(
+    [
+        ValueGenerate.expr(),
+        ValueFile.expr(),
+        ValueLiteral.expr(),
+        ValueNakedLiteral.expr(),
+    ]
+)
+
+
 class ShortcutContentType:
     def __init__(self, value):
         self.value = value
@@ -302,7 +321,7 @@ class Path:
 
     @classmethod
     def expr(klass):
-        e = v_naked_literal.copy()
+        e = NakedValue.copy()
         return e.setParseAction(lambda x: klass(*x))
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_rparse.py b/test/test_rparse.py
index 9f330f510..cb1076c28 100644
--- a/test/test_rparse.py
+++ b/test/test_rparse.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class TestMisc:
         assert v.expr()
         assert str(v)
 
+    def test_valuenakedliteral(self):
+        v = rparse.ValueNakedLiteral("foo")
+        assert v.expr()
+
     def test_file_value(self):
         v = rparse.Value.parseString("<'one two'")[0]
         assert str(v)
@@ -200,6 +204,10 @@ class TestParseRequest:
         r = rparse.parse_request({}, 'GET:"/foo"')
         assert r.method == "GET"
         assert r.path == "/foo"
+        r = rparse.parse_request({}, 'GET:/foo')
+        assert r.path == "/foo"
+        r = rparse.parse_request({}, 'GET:@1k')
+        assert len(r.path) == 1024
 
     def test_render(self):
         s = cStringIO.StringIO()