diff --git a/cake/libs/cake_request.php b/cake/libs/cake_request.php
index 6a84f16e7..1b15c2239 100644
--- a/cake/libs/cake_request.php
+++ b/cake/libs/cake_request.php
@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@ class CakeRequest implements ArrayAccess {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the HTTP method used for this request.
+ *
+ * @return string The name of the HTTP method used.
+ */
+	public function method() {
+		return env('REQUEST_METHOD');
+	}
+
 /**
  * Find out which content types the client accepts or check if they accept a 
  * particular type of content.
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
index 3c51bc9b7..ff7107a56 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php
@@ -500,6 +500,18 @@ class CakeRequestTestCase extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse($request->is('delete'));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test the method() method.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testMethod() {
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'delete';
+		$request = new CakeRequest('some/path');
+
+		$this->assertEquals('delete', $request->method());
+	}
+
 /**
  * test ajax, flash and friends
  *