diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cf16c28..d76792a 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Possible members of a request object:
   - `not_cached`: The response is not served from cache; it comes from the origin
   - `lm_validated`: The response comes from cache, but was validated on the origin with Last-Modified
   - `etag_validated`: The response comes from cache, but was validated on the origin with an ETag
+- `expected_method` - A string HTTP method; checked on the server.
 - `expected_status` - A numeric HTTP status code; checked on the client.
                     If not set, the value of `response_status[0]` will be used; if that
                     is not set, 200 will be used.
@@ -85,9 +86,7 @@ Possible members of a request object:
   - `[header_name_string, header_value_string]`: headers to check that the response is either missing, or if they're present, that they do _not_ contain the given value string (evaluated against the whole header value).
 - `expected_response_text` - A string to check the response body against on the client.
 - `setup` - Boolean to indicate whether this is a setup request; failures don't mean the actual test failed.
-- `setup_tests` - Array of values that indicate whether the specified check is part of setup;
-  failures don't mean the actual test failed. One of: `["expected_type", "expected_status",
-  "expected_response_headers", "expected_response_text", "expected_request_headers"]`
+- `setup_tests` - Array of values that indicate whether the specified check is part of setup; failures don't mean the actual test failed. One of: `["expected_type", "expected_method", "expected_status", "expected_response_headers", "expected_response_text", "expected_request_headers"]`
 
 `server.js` stashes an entry containing observed headers for each request it receives. When the
 test fetches have run, this state is retrieved and the expected_* lists are checked, including
diff --git a/client/test.mjs b/client/test.mjs
index 6ee0135..e7c26dd 100644
--- a/client/test.mjs
+++ b/client/test.mjs
@@ -266,5 +266,12 @@ function checkServerRequests (requests, responses, serverState) {
           `Response ${reqNum} header ${header[0]} is "${received}", not "${header[1]}"`)
       })
     }
+    if ('expected_method' in reqConfig) {
+      assert(
+        setupCheck(reqConfig, 'expected_method'),
+        serverRequest.request_method === reqConfig.expected_method,
+        `Request ${reqNum} had method ${serverRequest.request_method}, not ${reqConfig.expected_method}`
+      )
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/testsuite-schema.json b/lib/testsuite-schema.json
index 51a1e4f..3adc37c 100644
--- a/lib/testsuite-schema.json
+++ b/lib/testsuite-schema.json
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
                     "type": "string",
                     "enum": ["cached", "not_cached", "lm_validated", "etag_validated"]
                   },
+                  "expected_method": {
+                    "description": "Expected request method received by the server",
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
                   "expected_status": {
                     "description": "Expected response status received by the client",
                     "$ref": "#/definitions/status-code"
@@ -315,7 +319,7 @@
                     "type": "array",
                     "items": {
                       "type": "string",
-                      "enum": ["expected_type", "expected_status", "expected_response_headers", "expected_response_text", "expected_request_headers"]
+                      "enum": ["expected_type", "expected_method", "expected_status", "expected_response_headers", "expected_response_text", "expected_request_headers"]
                     }
                   }
                 }
diff --git a/lib/tpl/checks.liquid b/lib/tpl/checks.liquid
index 9ab695d..290d72e 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/checks.liquid
+++ b/lib/tpl/checks.liquid
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 {%- if request.expected_type %}
 - The client will check that this response {% case request.expected_type %}{% when "cached" %}is cached{% when "not_cached" %}is not cached{% when "lm_validated" %}is validated using `Last-Modified`{% when "etag_validated" %}is validated using `ETag`{% endcase %} {% if test.setup_tests contains "expected_type" %}{{ setup_prop }}{% endif %}{% endif -%}
 
+{%- if request.expected_method %}
+- The server will check that the request method is `{{ request.expected_method }}`.{% endif -%}
+
 {%- if request.expected_request_headers.size > 0 %}
 - The server will check that the following request headers (and values, when specified) are present{% if test.setup_tests contains "expected_request_headers" %}{{ setup_prop }}{% endif %}:
 {%- render 'header-list' with request.expected_request_headers as headers %}{% endif -%}