diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/StackRouter.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/StackRouter.js
index d26c6d60..cb77e7a1 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/StackRouter.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/StackRouter.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default (routeConfigs, stackConfig = {}) => {
   const {
     getPathAndParamsForRoute,
     getActionForPathAndParams,
-  } = createPathParser(childRouters, routeConfigs, stackConfig.paths);
+  } = createPathParser(childRouters, routeConfigs, stackConfig);
 
   return {
     childRouters,
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
index e5b76dfd..1b028ebe 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/SwitchRouter.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export default (routeConfigs, config = {}) => {
   const {
     getPathAndParamsForRoute,
     getActionForPathAndParams,
-  } = createPathParser(childRouters, routeConfigs, config.paths);
+  } = createPathParser(childRouters, routeConfigs, config);
 
   if (initialRouteIndex === -1) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js
index 5d09237a..0863565c 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/__tests__/PathHandling-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import SwitchRouter from '../SwitchRouter';
 import StackRouter from '../StackRouter';
+import TabRouter from '../TabRouter';
+import StackActions from '../StackActions';
 import NavigationActions from '../../NavigationActions';
 import { _TESTING_ONLY_normalize_keys } from '../KeyGenerator';
 
@@ -582,3 +584,39 @@ test('Handles nested switch routers', () => {
   expect(action.action.type).toEqual(NavigationActions.NAVIGATE);
   expect(action.action.routeName).toEqual('B');
 });
+
+const performRouteNameAsPathDisabledTest = createTestRouter => {
+  const BScreen = () => <div />;
+  const NestedNavigator = () => <div />;
+  NestedNavigator.router = createTestRouter({
+    B: {
+      screen: BScreen,
+      path: 'baz',
+    },
+  });
+  const router = createTestRouter(
+    {
+      A: NestedNavigator,
+    },
+    { disableRouteNamePaths: true }
+  );
+
+  test('disableRouteNamePaths option on router prevent the default path to be the routeName', () => {
+    const action = router.getActionForPathAndParams('baz', {});
+
+    expect(action.routeName).toBe('A');
+    expect(action.action.routeName).toBe('B');
+  });
+};
+
+describe('Stack router handles disableRouteNamePaths', () => {
+  performRouteNameAsPathDisabledTest(StackRouter);
+});
+
+describe('Switch router handles disableRouteNamePaths', () => {
+  performRouteNameAsPathDisabledTest(SwitchRouter);
+});
+
+describe('Tab router handles disableRouteNamePaths', () => {
+  performRouteNameAsPathDisabledTest(TabRouter);
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/pathUtils.js b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/pathUtils.js
index 4b0e7c75..180f5ea2 100644
--- a/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/pathUtils.js
+++ b/packages/react-navigation/src/routers/pathUtils.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const urlToPathAndParams = (url, uriPrefix) => {
 export const createPathParser = (
   childRouters,
   routeConfigs,
-  pathConfigs = {}
+  { paths: pathConfigs = {}, disableRouteNamePaths }
 ) => {
   const pathsByRouteNames = {};
   let paths = [];
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ export const createPathParser = (
     }
 
     if (pathPattern === undefined) {
-      // If the user hasn't specified a path at all, then we assume the routeName is an appropriate path
-      pathPattern = routeName;
+      // If the user hasn't specified a path at all nor disableRouteNamePaths, then we assume the routeName is an appropriate path
+      pathPattern = disableRouteNamePaths ? null : routeName;
     }
 
     invariant(