diff --git a/examples/simple.py b/examples/simple.py
index 8cc9f62..722aee3 100644
--- a/examples/simple.py
+++ b/examples/simple.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # mypy: disable-error-code="no-any-return"
 # flake8: noqa: A003
 
-from typing import List, Any, Dict
-from fastapi import FastAPI, APIRouter
+from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, Dict, List
+from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI, Request, Response
+from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from fastapi_versionizer.versionizer import Versionizer, api_version
@@ -36,6 +37,25 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.items: Dict[int, Any] = {}
 
 
+class CounterDb:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.counter = 0
+
+    def increment(self) -> None:
+        self.counter += 1
+
+counter_db = CounterDb()
+
+class CounterRoute(APIRoute):
+    def get_route_handler(self) -> Callable[[Request], Coroutine[Any, Any, Response]]:
+        original_route_handler = super().get_route_handler()
+
+        async def custom_route_handler(request: Request) -> Response:
+            counter_db.increment()
+            return await original_route_handler(request)
+
+        return custom_route_handler
+
 db = DB()
 app = FastAPI(
     title='test',
@@ -47,7 +67,8 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 )
 users_router = APIRouter(
     prefix='/users',
-    tags=['Users']
+    tags=['Users'],
+    route_class=CounterRoute,
 )
 items_router = APIRouter(
     prefix='/items',
diff --git a/fastapi_versionizer/versionizer.py b/fastapi_versionizer/versionizer.py
index 639b633..b93f524 100644
--- a/fastapi_versionizer/versionizer.py
+++ b/fastapi_versionizer/versionizer.py
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ def _add_route_to_router(
         version: Tuple[int, int]
     ) -> None:
         kwargs = dict(route.__dict__)
+        if route.__class__ != APIRoute:
+            kwargs['route_class_override'] = route.__class__
 
         deprecated_in_version = getattr(route.endpoint, '_deprecate_in_version', None)
         if deprecated_in_version is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_simple.py b/tests/test_simple.py
index 174077f..4837a5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
 from unittest import TestCase
-from examples.simple import app, versions
+from examples.simple import app, counter_db, versions
 
 
 class TestSimpleExample(TestCase):
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ def test_simple_example(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(404, test_client.get('/v2/versions').status_code)
         self.assertEqual(404, test_client.get('/latest/versions').status_code)
 
+        self.assertEqual(0, counter_db.counter)
+
         # versions route
         self.assertDictEqual(
             {
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ def test_simple_example(self) -> None:
             test_client.get('/latest/users/3').json()
         )
 
+        self.assertEqual(9, counter_db.counter)
+
         # docs
         self.assertEqual(200, test_client.get('/swagger').status_code)
         self.assertEqual(200, test_client.get('/v1/swagger').status_code)