diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/NettyRoutingFilter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/NettyRoutingFilter.java
index 2882917d..38c3dbc2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/NettyRoutingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/NettyRoutingFilter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilterChain;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.CLIENT_RESPONSE_ATTR;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.isAlreadyRouted;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.setAlreadyRouted;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpHeaders;
@@ -47,8 +49,6 @@ import reactor.ipc.netty.http.client.HttpClientRequest;
  */
 public class NettyRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 
-	//TODO: investigate using WebClient
-	//The WebSocketRoutingFilter worked out so well without a hard dependency on netty
 	private final HttpClient httpClient;
 
 	public NettyRoutingFilter(HttpClient httpClient) {
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ public class NettyRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 		URI requestUrl = exchange.getRequiredAttribute(GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR);
 
 		String scheme = requestUrl.getScheme();
-		if (!scheme.equals("http") && !scheme.equals("https")) {
+		if (isAlreadyRouted(exchange) || (!scheme.equals("http") && !scheme.equals("https"))) {
 			return chain.filter(exchange);
 		}
+		setAlreadyRouted(exchange);
 
 		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebClientHttpRoutingFilter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebClientHttpRoutingFilter.java
index 287e38ea..fd275231 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebClientHttpRoutingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebClientHttpRoutingFilter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilterChain;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.CLIENT_RESPONSE_ATTR;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.isAlreadyRouted;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.setAlreadyRouted;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -57,9 +59,10 @@ public class WebClientHttpRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 		URI requestUrl = exchange.getRequiredAttribute(GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR);
 
 		String scheme = requestUrl.getScheme();
-		if (!scheme.equals("http") && !scheme.equals("https")) {
+		if (isAlreadyRouted(exchange) || (!scheme.equals("http") && !scheme.equals("https"))) {
 			return chain.filter(exchange);
 		}
+		setAlreadyRouted(exchange);
 
 		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebsocketRoutingFilter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebsocketRoutingFilter.java
index 35a00e15..a3266e9f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebsocketRoutingFilter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/WebsocketRoutingFilter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilterChain;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.isAlreadyRouted;
+import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServerWebExchangeUtils.setAlreadyRouted;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -49,10 +51,10 @@ public class WebsocketRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 		URI requestUrl = exchange.getRequiredAttribute(GATEWAY_REQUEST_URL_ATTR);
 
 		String scheme = requestUrl.getScheme();
-		if (!scheme.equals("ws") && !scheme.equals("wss")) {
+		if (isAlreadyRouted(exchange) || (!scheme.equals("ws") && !scheme.equals("wss"))) {
 			return chain.filter(exchange);
 		}
-
+		setAlreadyRouted(exchange);
 
 		return this.webSocketService.handleRequest(exchange,
 				new ProxyWebSocketHandler(requestUrl, this.webSocketClient, exchange.getRequest().getHeaders()));
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public class WebsocketRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 
 		@Override
 		public Mono<Void> handle(WebSocketSession session) {
+			// pass headers along so custom headers can be sent through
 			return client.execute(url, this.headers, new WebSocketHandler() {
 				@Override
 				public Mono<Void> handle(WebSocketSession proxySession) {
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@ public class WebsocketRoutingFilter implements GlobalFilter, Ordered {
 					return Mono.when(proxySessionSend, serverSessionSend).then();
 				}
 
+				/**
+				 * Copy subProtocols so they are available downstream.
+				 * @return
+				 */
 				@Override
 				public List<String> getSubProtocols() {
 					return ProxyWebSocketHandler.this.subProtocols;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
index ec279f2f..d1d8cdb3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServerWebExchangeUtils.java
@@ -40,10 +40,24 @@ public class ServerWebExchangeUtils {
 	public static final String GATEWAY_ORIGINAL_REQUEST_URL_ATTR = qualify("gatewayOribinalRequestUrl");
 	public static final String GATEWAY_HANDLER_MAPPER_ATTR = qualify("gatewayHandlerMapper");
 
+	/**
+	 * Used when a routing filter has been successfully call. Allows users to write custom
+	 * routing filters that disable built in routing filters.
+	 */
+	public static final String GATEWAY_ALREADY_ROUTED_ATTR = qualify("gatewayAlreadyRouted");
+
 	private static String qualify(String attr) {
 		return ServerWebExchangeUtils.class.getName() + "." + attr;
 	}
 
+	public static void setAlreadyRouted(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		exchange.getAttributes().put(GATEWAY_ALREADY_ROUTED_ATTR, true);
+	}
+
+	public static boolean isAlreadyRouted(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+		return exchange.getAttributeOrDefault(GATEWAY_ALREADY_ROUTED_ATTR, false);
+	}
+
 	public static boolean setResponseStatus(ServerWebExchange exchange, HttpStatus httpStatus) {
 		boolean response = exchange.getResponse().setStatusCode(httpStatus);
 		if (!response && logger.isWarnEnabled()) {