diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
index c2f66d6952..0a43b8ac71 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/BinaryFileResponse.php
@@ -239,33 +239,36 @@ class BinaryFileResponse extends Response
                 $this->headers->set($type, $path);
                 $this->maxlen = 0;
             }
-        } elseif ($request->headers->has('Range')) {
+        } elseif ($request->headers->has('Range') && $request->isMethod('GET')) {
             // Process the range headers.
             if (!$request->headers->has('If-Range') || $this->hasValidIfRangeHeader($request->headers->get('If-Range'))) {
                 $range = $request->headers->get('Range');
 
-                list($start, $end) = explode('-', substr($range, 6), 2) + [0];
+                if (0 === strpos($range, 'bytes=')) {
+                    list($start, $end) = explode('-', substr($range, 6), 2) + [0];
 
-                $end = ('' === $end) ? $fileSize - 1 : (int) $end;
+                    $end = ('' === $end) ? $fileSize - 1 : (int) $end;
 
-                if ('' === $start) {
-                    $start = $fileSize - $end;
-                    $end = $fileSize - 1;
-                } else {
-                    $start = (int) $start;
-                }
+                    if ('' === $start) {
+                        $start = $fileSize - $end;
+                        $end = $fileSize - 1;
+                    } else {
+                        $start = (int) $start;
+                    }
 
-                if ($start <= $end) {
-                    if ($start < 0 || $end > $fileSize - 1) {
-                        $this->setStatusCode(416);
-                        $this->headers->set('Content-Range', sprintf('bytes */%s', $fileSize));
-                    } elseif (0 !== $start || $end !== $fileSize - 1) {
-                        $this->maxlen = $end < $fileSize ? $end - $start + 1 : -1;
-                        $this->offset = $start;
+                    if ($start <= $end) {
+                        $end = min($end, $fileSize - 1);
+                        if ($start < 0 || $start > $end) {
+                            $this->setStatusCode(416);
+                            $this->headers->set('Content-Range', sprintf('bytes */%s', $fileSize));
+                        } elseif ($end - $start < $fileSize - 1) {
+                            $this->maxlen = $end < $fileSize ? $end - $start + 1 : -1;
+                            $this->offset = $start;
 
-                        $this->setStatusCode(206);
-                        $this->headers->set('Content-Range', sprintf('bytes %s-%s/%s', $start, $end, $fileSize));
-                        $this->headers->set('Content-Length', $end - $start + 1);
+                            $this->setStatusCode(206);
+                            $this->headers->set('Content-Range', sprintf('bytes %s-%s/%s', $start, $end, $fileSize));
+                            $this->headers->set('Content-Length', $end - $start + 1);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
index 31916fc7d6..38cc84420c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/BinaryFileResponseTest.php
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class BinaryFileResponseTest extends ResponseTestCase
             ['bytes=30-', 30, 5, 'bytes 30-34/35'],
             ['bytes=30-30', 30, 1, 'bytes 30-30/35'],
             ['bytes=30-34', 30, 5, 'bytes 30-34/35'],
+            ['bytes=30-40', 30, 5, 'bytes 30-34/35'],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -203,9 +204,31 @@ class BinaryFileResponseTest extends ResponseTestCase
             // Syntactical invalid range-request should also return the full resource
             ['bytes=20-10'],
             ['bytes=50-40'],
+            // range units other than bytes must be ignored
+            ['unknown=10-20'],
         ];
     }
 
+    public function testRangeOnPostMethod()
+    {
+        $request = Request::create('/', 'POST');
+        $request->headers->set('Range', 'bytes=10-20');
+        $response = BinaryFileResponse::create(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif', 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/octet-stream']);
+
+        $file = fopen(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif', 'r');
+        $data = fread($file, 35);
+        fclose($file);
+
+        $this->expectOutputString($data);
+        $response = clone $response;
+        $response->prepare($request);
+        $response->sendContent();
+
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertSame('35', $response->headers->get('Content-Length'));
+        $this->assertNull($response->headers->get('Content-Range'));
+    }
+
     public function testUnpreparedResponseSendsFullFile()
     {
         $response = BinaryFileResponse::create(__DIR__.'/File/Fixtures/test.gif', 200);
@@ -242,7 +265,7 @@ class BinaryFileResponseTest extends ResponseTestCase
     {
         return [
             ['bytes=-40'],
-            ['bytes=30-40'],
+            ['bytes=40-50'],
         ];
     }