diff --git a/include/oas_validator.hpp b/include/oas_validator.hpp
index eec0eac..650c633 100644
--- a/include/oas_validator.hpp
+++ b/include/oas_validator.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
 
 class ValidatorInitExc; ///< Forward declaration for the custom exception class.
 class OASValidatorImp; ///< Forward declaration for the implementation class.
@@ -56,13 +57,29 @@ class OASValidator
 
 public:
     /**
-     * @brief Constructor that takes the path to the OAS specification file.
+     * @brief Constructor that takes the path to the OAS specification file and an optional method mapping.
+     *
      * @param oas_specs File path to the OAS specification in JSON format or JSON string containing the OAS
      * specification.
      *
-     * @note The OAS specification can be provided as a file path or as a JSON string.
+     * @param method_map An optional unordered_map where each key is an HTTP method and the value is an unordered_set
+     * of methods that can be treated as the key method. This allows certain HTTP methods to be treated as others.
+     *
+     * For example:
+     * @code
+     * std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>> method_map = {
+     *     {"OPTIONS", {"GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "HEAD", "PATCH"}},
+     *     {"HEAD", {"GET"}} // Treat HEAD request as GET
+     * };
+     * OASValidator validator(oas_specs, method_map);
+     * @endcode
+     *
+     * @note The OAS specification can be provided as a file path or as a JSON string. If the method map is provided,
+     * it allows certain HTTP methods to be treated as others. For instance, with the mapping {"HEAD", {"GET"}},
+     * a HEAD request can be validated as the GET request, if HEAD method is not defined.
      */
-    explicit OASValidator(const std::string& oas_specs);
+    explicit OASValidator(const std::string& oas_specs,
+                          const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>>& method_map = {});
 
     /**
      * @brief Copy constructor.
diff --git a/include/oas_validator_imp.hpp b/include/oas_validator_imp.hpp
index 312db9b..eb07707 100644
--- a/include/oas_validator_imp.hpp
+++ b/include/oas_validator_imp.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 class OASValidatorImp
 {
 public:
-    explicit OASValidatorImp(const std::string& oas_specs, bool head_mapped_get = false);
+    explicit OASValidatorImp(const std::string& oas_specs,
+                             const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>>& method_map = {});
     ValidationError ValidateRoute(const std::string& method, const std::string& http_path, std::string& error_msg);
     ValidationError ValidateBody(const std::string& method, const std::string& http_path, const std::string& json_body,
                                  std::string& error_msg);
@@ -45,17 +46,17 @@ class OASValidatorImp
         PathTrie path_trie{};
     };
 
-    bool head_mapped_get_;
+    const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>> method_map_;
     std::array<PerMethod, static_cast<size_t>(HttpMethod::COUNT)> oas_validators_{};
     MethodValidator method_validator_{};
 
-    ValidationError GetValidators(const std::string& method, const std::string& http_path, ValidatorsStore*& validators,
-                                  std::string& error_msg, std::unordered_map<size_t, ParamRange>* param_idxs = nullptr,
-                                  std::string* query = nullptr);
     ValidationError GetValidators(const std::string& method, const std::string& mapped_method,
                                   const std::string& http_path, ValidatorsStore*& validators, std::string& error_msg,
                                   std::unordered_map<size_t, ParamRange>* param_idxs = nullptr,
                                   std::string* query = nullptr);
+    ValidationError GetValidators(const std::string& method, const std::string& http_path, ValidatorsStore*& validators,
+                                  std::string& error_msg, std::unordered_map<size_t, ParamRange>* param_idxs = nullptr,
+                                  std::string* query = nullptr);
     static std::vector<std::string> Split(const std::string& str);
     static rapidjson::Value* ResolvePath(rapidjson::Document& doc, const std::string& path);
     static void ParseSpecs(const std::string& oas_specs, rapidjson::Document& doc);
diff --git a/src/oas_validator.cpp b/src/oas_validator.cpp
index efcccf4..a378e3d 100644
--- a/src/oas_validator.cpp
+++ b/src/oas_validator.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
 #include "oas_validator_imp.hpp"
 
-OASValidator::OASValidator(const std::string& oas_specs)
-    : impl_(new OASValidatorImp(oas_specs))
+OASValidator::OASValidator(const std::string& oas_specs,
+                           const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>>& method_map)
+    : impl_(new OASValidatorImp(oas_specs, method_map))
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/oas_validator_imp.cpp b/src/oas_validator_imp.cpp
index 2d4f2f1..e9fa0dc 100644
--- a/src/oas_validator_imp.cpp
+++ b/src/oas_validator_imp.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 #include <rapidjson/istreamwrapper.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
-OASValidatorImp::OASValidatorImp(const std::string& oas_specs, bool head_mapped_get)
-    : head_mapped_get_(head_mapped_get)
+OASValidatorImp::OASValidatorImp(const std::string& oas_specs,
+                                 const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_set<std::string>>& method_map)
+    : method_map_(method_map)
 {
     rapidjson::Document doc;
     ParseSpecs(oas_specs, doc);
@@ -177,9 +178,18 @@ ValidationError OASValidatorImp::GetValidators(const std::string& method, const
     CHECK_ERROR(err_code)
 
     err_code = GetValidators(method, method, http_path, validators, error_msg, param_idxs, query);
-
-    if (head_mapped_get_ && ValidationError::INVALID_ROUTE == err_code && (method == "head" || method == "HEAD")) {
-        return GetValidators(method, "get", http_path, validators, error_msg, param_idxs, query);
+    if (ValidationError::INVALID_ROUTE == err_code) {
+        try {
+            auto mapped_methods = method_map_.at(method);
+            for (const auto& mapped_method : mapped_methods) {
+                err_code = GetValidators(method, mapped_method, http_path, validators, error_msg, param_idxs, query);
+                if (ValidationError::NONE == err_code) {
+                    return err_code;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (const std::out_of_range&) {
+            return err_code;
+        }
     }
 
     return err_code;