diff --git a/core/matching/matchers/negation_match.go b/core/matching/matchers/negation_match.go
index 41b22f2cb..d983f3eef 100644
--- a/core/matching/matchers/negation_match.go
+++ b/core/matching/matchers/negation_match.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package matchers
 
-var Negation = "negation"
+var Negation = "negate"
 
 func NegationMatch(match interface{}, toMatch string) bool {
 	matchString, ok := match.(string)
diff --git a/functional-tests/core/ft_simulation_matching_test.go b/functional-tests/core/ft_simulation_matching_test.go
index 9116a333e..3f3a2d61a 100644
--- a/functional-tests/core/ft_simulation_matching_test.go
+++ b/functional-tests/core/ft_simulation_matching_test.go
@@ -438,4 +438,30 @@ var _ = Describe("	When using different matchers", func() {
 		})
 
 	})
+
+	Context("Using negate match", func() {
+
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			hoverfly.ImportSimulation(testdata.NegationMatch)
+		})
+
+		It("path should not match with different path passed", func() {
+			req := sling.New().Get("http://test.com/path2")
+
+			response := hoverfly.Proxy(req)
+			Expect(response.StatusCode).To(Equal(200))
+
+			Expect(io.ReadAll(response.Body)).Should(Equal([]byte("destination matched")))
+		})
+
+		It("path should not match with no path passed", func() {
+			req := sling.New().Get("http://test.com")
+
+			response := hoverfly.Proxy(req)
+			Expect(response.StatusCode).To(Equal(200))
+
+			Expect(io.ReadAll(response.Body)).Should(Equal([]byte("destination matched")))
+		})
+
+	})
 })
diff --git a/functional-tests/testdata/negation_match.go b/functional-tests/testdata/negation_match.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ad4d8a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functional-tests/testdata/negation_match.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package testdata
+
+var NegationMatch = `{
+	"data": {
+		"pairs": [
+			{
+				"request": {
+					"path": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "negate",
+							"value": "/path1"
+						}
+					],
+					"method": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "exact",
+							"value": "GET"
+						}
+					],
+					"destination": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "exact",
+							"value": "test.com"
+						}
+					],
+					"scheme": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "exact",
+							"value": "http"
+						}
+					],
+					"deprecatedQuery": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "exact",
+							"value": ""
+						}
+					],
+					"body": [
+						{
+							"matcher": "exact",
+							"value": ""
+						}
+					]
+				},
+				"response": {
+					"status": 200,
+					"body": "destination matched",
+					"encodedBody": false,
+					"headers": {
+						"Header": [
+							"value1"
+						]
+					},
+					"templated": false
+				}
+			}
+		],
+		"globalActions": {
+			"delays": [],
+			"delaysLogNormal": []
+		}
+	},
+	"meta": {
+		"schemaVersion": "v5",
+		"hoverflyVersion": "v0.17.0",
+		"timeExported": "2018-05-03T12:12:46+01:00"
+	}
+}`