diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index b67f1b8c1b..f729e5aec4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ class Request
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether the method is safe or not.
+     * Checks whether or not the method is safe.
      *
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -1482,6 +1482,16 @@ class Request
         return in_array($this->getMethod(), array('GET', 'HEAD'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether or not the method is idempotent.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isMethodIdempotent()
+    {
+        return in_array($this->getMethod(), array('HEAD', 'GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'TRACE', 'OPTIONS', 'PURGE'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the request body content.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 6739797e0f..69be6c6126 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -1951,6 +1951,32 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array(str_repeat(':', 101)),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider methodIdempotentProvider
+     */
+    public function testMethodIdempotent($method, $idempotent)
+    {
+        $request = new Request();
+        $request->setMethod($method);
+        $this->assertEquals($idempotent, $request->isMethodIdempotent());
+    }
+
+    public function methodIdempotentProvider()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('HEAD', true),
+            array('GET', true),
+            array('POST', false),
+            array('PUT', true),
+            array('PATCH', false),
+            array('DELETE', true),
+            array('PURGE', true),
+            array('OPTIONS', true),
+            array('TRACE', true),
+            array('CONNECT', false),
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 class RequestContentProxy extends Request