diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
index 112bcd92dfe..fcc5e0e5066 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/event_handler/api_gateway.py
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ def register_route(func: Callable):
             # Convert methods to tuple. It needs to be hashable as its part of the self._routes dict key
             methods = (method,) if isinstance(method, str) else tuple(method)
             self._routes[(rule, methods, cors, compress, cache_control)] = func
+            return func
 
         return register_route
 
diff --git a/tests/events/apiGatewayProxyEventAnotherPath.json b/tests/events/apiGatewayProxyEventAnotherPath.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8f43e46266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/events/apiGatewayProxyEventAnotherPath.json
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "resource": "/my/anotherPath",
+  "path": "/my/anotherPath",
+  "httpMethod": "GET",
+  "headers": {
+    "Header1": "value1",
+    "Header2": "value2"
+  },
+  "multiValueHeaders": {
+    "Header1": [
+      "value1"
+    ],
+    "Header2": [
+      "value1",
+      "value2"
+    ]
+  },
+  "queryStringParameters": {
+    "parameter1": "value1",
+    "parameter2": "value"
+  },
+  "multiValueQueryStringParameters": {
+    "parameter1": [
+      "value1",
+      "value2"
+    ],
+    "parameter2": [
+      "value"
+    ]
+  },
+  "requestContext": {
+    "accountId": "123456789012",
+    "apiId": "id",
+    "authorizer": {
+      "claims": null,
+      "scopes": null
+    },
+    "domainName": "id.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
+    "domainPrefix": "id",
+    "extendedRequestId": "request-id",
+    "httpMethod": "GET",
+    "identity": {
+      "accessKey": null,
+      "accountId": null,
+      "caller": null,
+      "cognitoAuthenticationProvider": null,
+      "cognitoAuthenticationType": null,
+      "cognitoIdentityId": null,
+      "cognitoIdentityPoolId": null,
+      "principalOrgId": null,
+      "sourceIp": "192.168.0.1/32",
+      "user": null,
+      "userAgent": "user-agent",
+      "userArn": null,
+      "clientCert": {
+        "clientCertPem": "CERT_CONTENT",
+        "subjectDN": "www.example.com",
+        "issuerDN": "Example issuer",
+        "serialNumber": "a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1:a1",
+        "validity": {
+          "notBefore": "May 28 12:30:02 2019 GMT",
+          "notAfter": "Aug  5 09:36:04 2021 GMT"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "path": "/my/anotherPath",
+    "protocol": "HTTP/1.1",
+    "requestId": "id=",
+    "requestTime": "04/Mar/2020:19:15:17 +0000",
+    "requestTimeEpoch": 1583349317135,
+    "resourceId": null,
+    "resourcePath": "/my/anotherPath",
+    "stage": "$default"
+  },
+  "pathParameters": null,
+  "stageVariables": null,
+  "body": "Hello from Lambda!",
+  "isBase64Encoded": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py b/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
index 6b343dd1f0f..a2d62b9652b 100644
--- a/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
+++ b/tests/functional/event_handler/test_api_gateway.py
@@ -1476,3 +1476,46 @@ def test_include_router_merges_context():
     app.include_router(router)
 
     assert app.context == router.context
+
+
+def test_nested_app_decorator():
+    # GIVEN a Http API V1 proxy type event
+    # with a function registered with two distinct routes
+    app = APIGatewayRestResolver()
+
+    @app.get("/my/path")
+    @app.get("/my/anotherPath")
+    def get_lambda() -> Response:
+        return Response(200, content_types.APPLICATION_JSON, json.dumps({"foo": "value"}))
+
+    # WHEN calling the event handler
+    result = app(LOAD_GW_EVENT, {})
+    result2 = app(load_event("apiGatewayProxyEventAnotherPath.json"), {})
+
+    # THEN process event correctly
+    # AND set the current_event type as APIGatewayProxyEvent
+    assert result["statusCode"] == 200
+    assert result2["statusCode"] == 200
+
+
+def test_nested_router_decorator():
+    # GIVEN a Http API V1 proxy type event
+    # with a function registered with two distinct routes
+    app = APIGatewayRestResolver()
+    router = Router()
+
+    @router.get("/my/path")
+    @router.get("/my/anotherPath")
+    def get_lambda() -> Response:
+        return Response(200, content_types.APPLICATION_JSON, json.dumps({"foo": "value"}))
+
+    app.include_router(router)
+
+    # WHEN calling the event handler
+    result = app(LOAD_GW_EVENT, {})
+    result2 = app(load_event("apiGatewayProxyEventAnotherPath.json"), {})
+
+    # THEN process event correctly
+    # AND set the current_event type as APIGatewayProxyEvent
+    assert result["statusCode"] == 200
+    assert result2["statusCode"] == 200