diff --git a/lib/pact/reification.rb b/lib/pact/reification.rb
index dcbe4e2..bbfbc2c 100644
--- a/lib/pact/reification.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/reification.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require 'pact/shared/request'
 require 'pact/consumer_contract/query_hash'
 require 'pact/consumer_contract/query_string'
+require 'pact/consumer_contract/string_with_matching_rules'
 
 module Pact
   module Reification
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ def self.from_term(term)
             "#{k}=#{escape(v)}"
           end
         }.join('&')
+      when Pact::StringWithMatchingRules
+        String.new(term)
       else
         term
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
index 4a83d22..94d9f84 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/reification_spec.rb
@@ -160,5 +160,13 @@ module Pact
         expect(subject).to eq("param=1&param=1")
       end
     end
+
+    context "with a StringWithMatchingRules" do
+      subject { Reification.from_term(StringWithMatchingRules.new("foo", Pact::SpecificationVersion.new("3"), {}))}
+
+      it "returns a String" do
+        expect(subject.class).to be String
+      end
+    end
   end
 end