diff --git a/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py b/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
index 08ee24b..9bb19d9 100644
--- a/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
+++ b/openapi_core/contrib/falcon/requests.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory:
             cookie=req.cookies,
         )
         return OpenAPIRequest(
-            host_url=req.host,
+            host_url=None,
             path=req.path,
-            path_pattern=req.uri_template,
+            path_pattern=req.uri_template or req.path,
             method=method,
             parameters=parameters,
             # Support falcon-jsonify.
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d96c287..1f282d6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mock==2.0.0
 pytest==3.5.0
 pytest-flake8
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
+falcon==2.0.0
 flask
 django==2.2.10; python_version>="3.0"
 requests==2.22.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c181fac..564a212 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ tests_require =
     pytest
     pytest-flake8
     pytest-cov
+    falcon
     flask
     webob
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af6155b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from falcon import Request, Response
+from falcon.routing import DefaultRouter
+from falcon.testing import create_environ
+import pytest
+from six import BytesIO
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def environ_factory():
+    def create_env(method, path, server_name):
+        return create_environ(
+            host=server_name,
+            path=path,
+        )
+    return create_env
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def router():
+    router = DefaultRouter()
+    router.add_route('/browse/<int:id>/', None)
+    return router
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def request_factory(environ_factory, router):
+    server_name = 'localhost'
+
+    def create_request(method, path, subdomain=None, query_string=None):
+        environ = environ_factory(method, path, server_name)
+        options = None
+        # return create_req(options=options, **environ)
+        req = Request(environ, options)
+        req.uri_template = router.find(path, req)
+        return req
+    return create_request
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def response_factory(environ_factory):
+    def create_response(
+            data, status_code=200, content_type='application/json'):
+        options = {
+            'content_type': content_type,
+            'data': data,
+            'status': status_code,
+        }
+        return Response(options)
+    return create_response
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ed6d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+openapi: "3.0.0"
+info:
+  title: Basic OpenAPI specification used with test_flask.TestFlaskOpenAPIIValidation
+  version: "0.1"
+servers:
+  - url: 'http://localhost'
+paths:
+  '/browse/{id}/':
+    parameters:
+      - name: id
+        in: path
+        required: true
+        description: the ID of the resource to retrieve
+        schema:
+          type: integer
+    get:
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: Return the resource.
+          content:
+            application/json:    
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                required:
+                  - data
+                properties:
+                  data:
+                    type: string
+        default:
+          description: Return errors.
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                required:
+                  - errors
+                properties:
+                  errors:
+                    type: array
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        title:
+                          type: string
+                        code:
+                          type: string
+                        message:
+                          type: string
diff --git a/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cec3631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/contrib/falcon/test_falcon_validation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+
+from openapi_core.contrib.falcon.requests import FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory
+from openapi_core.contrib.falcon.responses import FalconOpenAPIResponseFactory
+from openapi_core.shortcuts import create_spec
+from openapi_core.validation.request.validators import RequestValidator
+from openapi_core.validation.response.validators import ResponseValidator
+
+
+class TestFalconOpenAPIValidation(object):
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def spec(self, factory):
+        specfile = 'contrib/falcon/data/v3.0/falcon_factory.yaml'
+        return create_spec(factory.spec_from_file(specfile))
+
+    def test_response_validator_path_pattern(self,
+                                             spec,
+                                             request_factory,
+                                             response_factory):
+        validator = ResponseValidator(spec)
+        request = request_factory('GET', '/browse/12/', subdomain='kb')
+        openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory.create(
+            request, '/browse/12/')
+        response = response_factory('{"data": "data"}', status_code=200)
+        openapi_response = FalconOpenAPIResponseFactory.create(response)
+        result = validator.validate(openapi_request, openapi_response)
+        assert not result.errors
+
+    def test_request_validator_path_pattern(self, spec, request_factory):
+        validator = RequestValidator(spec)
+        request = request_factory('GET', '/browse/12/', subdomain='kb')
+        openapi_request = FalconOpenAPIRequestFactory.create(
+            request, '/browse/12/')
+        result = validator.validate(openapi_request)
+        assert not result.errors