diff --git a/packages/builder/src/builder.js b/packages/builder/src/builder.js
index 2cfa42c777..cb16dd57f8 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/builder.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/builder.js
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ export default class Builder {
     if (this._defaultPage) {
       templateVars.router.routes = createRoutes(
         ['index.vue'],
-        this.template.templatesDir + '/pages'
+        this.template.templatesDir + '/pages',
+        '',
+        this.options.router.routeNameSplitter
       )
     } else if (this._nuxtPages) {
       // Use nuxt.js createRoutes bases on pages/
@@ -342,7 +344,8 @@ export default class Builder {
       templateVars.router.routes = createRoutes(
         Object.values(files),
         this.options.srcDir,
-        this.options.dir.pages
+        this.options.dir.pages,
+        this.options.router.routeNameSplitter
       )
     } else { // If user defined a custom method to create routes
       templateVars.router.routes = this.options.build.createRoutes(
diff --git a/packages/common/src/utils.js b/packages/common/src/utils.js
index 127a4ce85c..b4c52d90cb 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/src/utils.js
@@ -211,13 +211,14 @@ export const flatRoutes = function flatRoutes(router, _path = '', routes = []) {
   return routes
 }
 
-function cleanChildrenRoutes(routes, isChild = false) {
+function cleanChildrenRoutes(routes, isChild = false, routeNameSplitter = '-') {
   let start = -1
+  const regExpIndex = new RegExp(`${routeNameSplitter}index$`)
   const routesIndex = []
   routes.forEach((route) => {
-    if (/-index$/.test(route.name) || route.name === 'index') {
+    if (regExpIndex.test(route.name) || route.name === 'index') {
       // Save indexOf 'index' key in name
-      const res = route.name.split('-')
+      const res = route.name.split(routeNameSplitter)
       const s = res.indexOf('index')
       start = start === -1 || s < start ? s : start
       routesIndex.push(res)
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ function cleanChildrenRoutes(routes, isChild = false) {
   routes.forEach((route) => {
     route.path = isChild ? route.path.replace('/', '') : route.path
     if (route.path.includes('?')) {
-      const names = route.name.split('-')
+      const names = route.name.split(routeNameSplitter)
       const paths = route.path.split('/')
       if (!isChild) {
         paths.shift()
@@ -246,12 +247,12 @@ function cleanChildrenRoutes(routes, isChild = false) {
       })
       route.path = (isChild ? '' : '/') + paths.join('/')
     }
-    route.name = route.name.replace(/-index$/, '')
+    route.name = route.name.replace(regExpIndex, '')
     if (route.children) {
       if (route.children.find(child => child.path === '')) {
         delete route.name
       }
-      route.children = cleanChildrenRoutes(route.children, true)
+      route.children = cleanChildrenRoutes(route.children, true, routeNameSplitter)
     }
   })
   return routes
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ const sortRoutes = function sortRoutes(routes) {
   return routes
 }
 
-export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir) {
+export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir = '', routeNameSplitter = '-') {
   const supportedExtensions = ['vue', 'js', 'ts']
   const routes = []
   files.forEach((file) => {
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir) {
       const sanitizedKey = key.startsWith('_') ? key.substr(1) : key
 
       route.name = route.name
-        ? route.name + '-' + sanitizedKey
+        ? route.name + routeNameSplitter + sanitizedKey
         : sanitizedKey
       route.name += key === '_' ? 'all' : ''
       route.chunkName = file.replace(new RegExp(`\\.(${supportedExtensions.join('|')})$`), '')
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ export const createRoutes = function createRoutes(files, srcDir, pagesDir) {
   })
 
   sortRoutes(routes)
-  return cleanChildrenRoutes(routes)
+  return cleanChildrenRoutes(routes, false, routeNameSplitter)
 }
 
 // Guard dir1 from dir2 which can be indiscriminately removed
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config/router.js b/packages/config/src/config/router.js
index 28bbf404cd..3b0a316a6d 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config/router.js
+++ b/packages/config/src/config/router.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export default () => ({
   mode: 'history',
   base: '/',
   routes: [],
+  routeNameSplitter: '-',
   middleware: [],
   linkActiveClass: 'nuxt-link-active',
   linkExactActiveClass: 'nuxt-link-exact-active',
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/nuxt.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f72308a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/nuxt.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default {
+  router: {
+    routeNameSplitter: '/'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/_.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/_.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/index.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/p/_.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/_/p/_.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/index.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/parent/child.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/parent/child.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/parent/index.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/parent/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/posts.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/posts.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/posts/_id.vue b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/pages/posts/_id.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/route-name-splitter.test.js b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/route-name-splitter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61147da103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/route-name-splitter/route-name-splitter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { buildFixture } from '../../utils/build'
+
+buildFixture('route-name-splitter')
diff --git a/test/unit/route-name-splitter.test.js b/test/unit/route-name-splitter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9595788d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/route-name-splitter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import { promisify } from 'util'
+
+const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile)
+
+describe('route-name-splitter', () => {
+  test('Check routes names', () => {
+    return readFile(
+      resolve(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures/route-name-splitter/.nuxt/router.js'),
+      'utf-8'
+    ).then((routerFile) => {
+      routerFile = routerFile
+        .slice(routerFile.indexOf('routes: ['))
+        .replace('routes: [', '[')
+        .replace(/ _[0-9A-z]+,/g, ' "",')
+      routerFile = routerFile.substr(
+        routerFile.indexOf('['),
+        routerFile.lastIndexOf(']') + 1
+      )
+      const routes = eval('( ' + routerFile + ')') // eslint-disable-line no-eval
+
+      expect(routes[0].name).toBe('parent')
+      expect(routes[1].name).toBe('posts')
+      expect(routes[1].children[0].name).toBe('posts/id')
+      expect(routes[2].name).toBe('parent/child')
+      expect(routes[3].name).toBe('index')
+      expect(routes[4].name).toBe('all/p/all')
+      expect(routes[5].name).toBe('all/all')
+      expect(routes[6].name).toBe('all')
+    })
+  })
+})