diff --git a/Annotation/ApiDoc.php b/Annotation/ApiDoc.php
index 744d340..760e174 100644
--- a/Annotation/ApiDoc.php
+++ b/Annotation/ApiDoc.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ApiDoc
     /**
      * @var Boolean
      */
-    private $isResource = false;
+    private $resource = false;
 
     /**
      * @var string
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ApiDoc
 
     public function __construct(array $data)
     {
-        $this->isResource = isset($data['resource']) && $data['resource'];
+        $this->resource = !empty($data['resource']) ? $data['resource'] : false;
 
         if (isset($data['description'])) {
             $this->description = $data['description'];
@@ -292,7 +292,15 @@ class ApiDoc
      */
     public function isResource()
     {
-        return $this->isResource;
+        return (bool) $this->resource;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getResource()
+    {
+        return $this->resource && is_string($this->resource) ? $this->resource : false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Extractor/ApiDocExtractor.php b/Extractor/ApiDocExtractor.php
index 02fe52d..83bc59e 100644
--- a/Extractor/ApiDocExtractor.php
+++ b/Extractor/ApiDocExtractor.php
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ class ApiDocExtractor
             if ($method = $this->getReflectionMethod($route->getDefault('_controller'))) {
                 if ($annotation = $this->reader->getMethodAnnotation($method, self::ANNOTATION_CLASS)) {
                     if ($annotation->isResource()) {
-                        // remove format from routes used for resource grouping
-                        $resources[] = str_replace('.{_format}', '', $route->getPattern());
+                        if ($resource = $annotation->getResource()) {
+                            $resources[] = $resource;
+                        } else {
+                            // remove format from routes used for resource grouping
+                            $resources[] = str_replace('.{_format}', '', $route->getPattern());
+                        }
                     }
 
                     $array[] = array('annotation' => $this->extractData($annotation, $route, $method));
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ class ApiDocExtractor
             $pattern     = $element['annotation']->getRoute()->getPattern();
 
             foreach ($resources as $resource) {
-                if (0 === strpos($pattern, $resource)) {
+                if (0 === strpos($pattern, $resource) || $resource === $element['annotation']->getResource()) {
                     $array[$index]['resource'] = $resource;
 
                     $hasResource = true;
diff --git a/Tests/Extractor/ApiDocExtractorTest.php b/Tests/Extractor/ApiDocExtractorTest.php
index 1948c36..2dc4f19 100644
--- a/Tests/Extractor/ApiDocExtractorTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Extractor/ApiDocExtractorTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\WebTestCase;
 
 class ApiDocExtractorTest extends WebTestCase
 {
-    const ROUTES_QUANTITY = 20;
+    const ROUTES_QUANTITY = 21;
 
     public function testAll()
     {
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@ class ApiDocExtractorTest extends WebTestCase
         $this->assertFalse(isset($array2['filters']));
         $this->assertEquals('Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Fixtures\Form\TestType', $a2->getInput());
 
-        $a3 = $data['13']['annotation'];
+        $a4 = $data[5]['annotation'];
+        $this->assertTrue($a4->isResource());
+        $this->assertEquals('TestResource', $a4->getResource());
+
+        $a3 = $data['14']['annotation'];
         $this->assertTrue($a3->getHttps());
+
     }
 
     public function testGet()
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/Controller/TestController.php b/Tests/Fixtures/Controller/TestController.php
index ea86559..c9e1eae 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixtures/Controller/TestController.php
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/Controller/TestController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Cache;
 
 class TestController
 {
+    /**
+     * @ApiDoc(
+     *     resource="TestResource"
+     * )
+     */
+    public function namedResourceAction()
+    {
+    }
+
     /**
      * @ApiDoc(
      *  resource=true,
diff --git a/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/routing.yml b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/routing.yml
index fcbf561..fb71259 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/routing.yml
+++ b/Tests/Fixtures/app/config/routing.yml
@@ -121,3 +121,7 @@ test_route_17:
 test_return_nested_output:
     pattern: /return-nested-output
     defaults: { _controller: NelmioApiDocTestBundle:Test:jmsReturnNestedOutput, _format: json }
+
+test_route_named_resource:
+    pattern:  /named-resource
+    defaults: { _controller: NelmioApiDocTestBundle:Test:namedResource }
diff --git a/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php b/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
index 65d4571..dde1296 100644
--- a/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ _post test 2_
 
 
 
+## TestResource ##
+
+### `ANY` /named-resource ###
+
+
+
 ### `POST` /another-post ###
 
 _create another test_
diff --git a/Tests/Formatter/SimpleFormatterTest.php b/Tests/Formatter/SimpleFormatterTest.php
index 6eba5a1..cf05031 100644
--- a/Tests/Formatter/SimpleFormatterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Formatter/SimpleFormatterTest.php
@@ -844,6 +844,17 @@ With multiple lines.',
                     'deprecated' => false,
                 ),
             ),
+            'TestResource' =>
+            array(
+                0 =>
+                array(
+                    'method' => 'ANY',
+                    'uri' => '/named-resource',
+                    'https' => false,
+                    'authentication' => false,
+                    'deprecated' => false,
+                ),
+            ),
         );
 
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);