diff --git a/plugins/WebHooks/WebHooks.php b/plugins/WebHooks/WebHooks.php
index ca13aa061d..e5bd175ef3 100644
--- a/plugins/WebHooks/WebHooks.php
+++ b/plugins/WebHooks/WebHooks.php
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class WebHooks extends Plugin
             $json = str_replace('"activity":"%activity%"', '"activity":' . \Plugin\ActivityPub\Util\Model\Activity::toJson($activity), json_encode($data));
             Log::debug("WebHooks: POST {$target} on behalf of actor {$actor->getId()} ({$actor->getNickname()})", [$data, ['json' => $json]]);
             try {
-                HTTPClient::post($target, ['body' => $json, 'headers' => ['content-type' => 'application/json', 'user-agent' => 'GNU social']]);
+                $method = Common::config('plugin_webhooks', 'method');
+                HTTPClient::{$method}($target, ['body' => $json, 'headers' => ['content-type' => 'application/json', 'user-agent' => 'GNU social']]);
             } catch (Exception $e) {
                 Log::debug("WebHooks: Failed POST {$target} on behalf of actor {$actor->getId()} ({$actor->getNickname()})", [$e]);
             }
diff --git a/social.yaml b/social.yaml
index 30adae1620..e4eff3d6b2 100644
--- a/social.yaml
+++ b/social.yaml
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ parameters:
       max_px: 64000
       max_file_size: 4000000
 
+    plugin_webhooks:
+      method: post
+
     theme:
       server:
       ssl: