diff --git a/tests/libtest.c b/tests/libtest.c
index 2c66b0ae..48e5ee35 100644
--- a/tests/libtest.c
+++ b/tests/libtest.c
@@ -435,6 +435,13 @@ static int _answer_to_connection(
 			// check request headers
 			bool bad_request = false;
 
+			if (request_url->expected_method && strcmp(method, request_url->expected_method)) {
+				wget_debug_printf("%s: Expected request method '%s', but got '%s'\n",
+					__func__, request_url->expected_method, method);
+				bad_request = true;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			for (const char **header = request_url->expected_req_headers; *header; header++) {
 				const char *header_value = strchr(*header, ':');
 				const char *header_key = wget_strmemdup(*header, header_value - *header);
diff --git a/tests/libtest.h b/tests/libtest.h
index 4b1f91f2..7ef7d5d9 100644
--- a/tests/libtest.h
+++ b/tests/libtest.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ typedef struct {
 		expected_req_headers[10];
 	const char *
 		unexpected_req_headers[10];
+	const char *
+		expected_method;
 	int64_t
 		modified;