diff --git a/src/fetch-mock.js b/src/fetch-mock.js
index e8faf1cb..ed8b6e9a 100644
--- a/src/fetch-mock.js
+++ b/src/fetch-mock.js
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ function mockResponse (url, config) {
 
 function compileRoute (route) {
 
+  var method = route.method;
+  var matchMethod;
+  if(method) {
+    method = method.toLowerCase();
+    matchMethod = function(options) {
+      var m = options && options.method ? options.method.toLowerCase() : 'get';
+      return m === method;
+    };
+  } else {
+    matchMethod = function(){ return true; };
+  }
+
 	debug('compiling route: ' + route.name);
 
 	if (!route.name) {
@@ -77,20 +89,20 @@ function compileRoute (route) {
 		if (route.matcher.indexOf('^') === 0) {
 			debug('constructing starts with string matcher for route: ' + route.name);
 			expectedUrl = expectedUrl.substr(1);
-			route.matcher = function (url) {
-				return url.indexOf(expectedUrl) === 0;
+			route.matcher = function (url, options) {
+				return matchMethod(options) && url.indexOf(expectedUrl) === 0;
 			};
 		} else {
 			debug('constructing string matcher for route: ' + route.name);
-			route.matcher = function (url) {
-				return url === expectedUrl;
+			route.matcher = function (url, options) {
+				return matchMethod(options) && url === expectedUrl;
 			};
 		}
 	} else if (route.matcher instanceof RegExp) {
 		debug('constructing regex matcher for route: ' + route.name);
 		const urlRX = route.matcher;
-		route.matcher = function (url) {
-			return urlRX.test(url);
+		route.matcher = function (url, options) {
+			return matchMethod(options) && urlRX.test(url);
 		};
 	}
 	return route;
diff --git a/test/spec.js b/test/spec.js
index 92f97601..9c6d2240 100644
--- a/test/spec.js
+++ b/test/spec.js
@@ -252,6 +252,32 @@ module.exports = function (fetchMock, theGlobal) {
 						});
 				});
 
+        it('match method', function(done) {
+					fetchMock.mock({
+						routes: [{
+							name: 'route1',
+							method: 'get',
+							matcher: 'http://it.at.here',
+							response: 'ok'
+						}, {
+							name: 'route2',
+							method: 'put',
+							matcher: 'http://it.at.here',
+							response: 'ok'
+						}]
+					});
+					Promise.all([fetch('http://it.at.here', {method: 'put'}), fetch('http://it.at.here'), fetch('http://it.at.here', {method: 'GET'}), fetch('http://it.at.here', {method: 'delete'})])
+						.then(function (res) {
+							expect(fetchMock.called()).to.be.true;
+							expect(fetchMock.called('route1')).to.be.true;
+							expect(fetchMock.called('route2')).to.be.true;
+							expect(fetchMock.calls('route1').length).to.equal(2);
+							expect(fetchMock.calls('route2').length).to.equal(1);
+							expect(fetchMock.calls('__unmatched').length).to.equal(1);
+							done();
+						}).catch(done);
+        });
+
 				it('match multiple routes', function (done) {
 					fetchMock.mock({
 						routes: [{