diff --git a/packages/brisa/src/__fixtures__/api/index.ts b/packages/brisa/src/__fixtures__/api/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a40b7dd07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/brisa/src/__fixtures__/api/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import type { RequestContext } from '@/types';
+
+export function GET(request: RequestContext) {
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }), {
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: RequestContext) {
+  const data = await request.json();
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify(data));
+}
diff --git a/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.test.tsx b/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.test.tsx
index 6d8973c3e..1d5388385 100644
--- a/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.test.tsx
@@ -882,6 +882,64 @@ describe.each(BASE_PATHS)('CLI: serve %s', (basePath) => {
     expect(json).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
   });
 
+  it('should be possible to fetch an api route GET from root', async () => {
+    globalThis.mockConstants = {
+      ...globalThis.mockConstants,
+      IS_PRODUCTION: true,
+      I18N_CONFIG: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const response = await testRequest(
+      new Request(`http:///localhost:1234${basePath}/api`),
+    );
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(json).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
+  });
+
+  it('should be possible to fetch an api route POST from root', async () => {
+    globalThis.mockConstants = {
+      ...globalThis.mockConstants,
+      IS_PRODUCTION: true,
+      I18N_CONFIG: undefined,
+    };
+
+    const response = await testRequest(
+      new Request(`http:///localhost:1234${basePath}/api`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }),
+      }),
+    );
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(json).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
+  });
+
+  it('should be possible to fetch an api route GET from root (with i18n)', async () => {
+    const response = await testRequest(
+      new Request(`http:///localhost:1234${basePath}/es/api`),
+    );
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(json).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
+  });
+
+  it('should be possible to fetch an api route POST from root (with i18n)', async () => {
+    const response = await testRequest(
+      new Request(`http:///localhost:1234${basePath}/es/api`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }),
+      }),
+    );
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(json).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
+  });
+
   it('should not be possible to fetch an api route GET without the correct basePath', async () => {
     globalThis.mockConstants = {
       ...globalThis.mockConstants,
diff --git a/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.tsx b/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.tsx
index 6af5401b4..d97d04ab2 100644
--- a/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.tsx
+++ b/packages/brisa/src/cli/serve/serve-options.tsx
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ export async function getServeOptions() {
   ) {
     const locale = req.i18n.locale;
     const url = new URL(req.finalURL);
-    const pathname = url.pathname;
+    const firstPathnamePart = url.pathname.split('/')[locale ? 2 : 1];
     const { route, isReservedPathname } = pagesRouter.match(req);
-    const isApi = pathname.startsWith(locale ? `/${locale}/api/` : '/api/');
+    const isApi = firstPathnamePart === 'api';
     const api = isApi ? rootRouter.match(req) : null;
 
     req.route = (isApi ? api?.route : route) as MatchedBrisaRoute;