diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
index c32e383239..adda788aad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
                 $container,
                 $access['path'],
                 $access['host'],
-                count($access['methods']) === 0 ? null : $access['methods'],
+                $access['methods'],
                 $access['ip']
             );
 
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
         return $switchUserListenerId;
     }
 
-    private function createRequestMatcher($container, $path = null, $host = null, $methods = null, $ip = null, array $attributes = array())
+    private function createRequestMatcher($container, $path = null, $host = null, $methods = array(), $ip = null, array $attributes = array())
     {
         $serialized = serialize(array($path, $host, $methods, $ip, $attributes));
         $id = 'security.request_matcher.'.md5($serialized).sha1($serialized);
@@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
             return $this->requestMatchers[$id];
         }
 
+        if ($methods) {
+            $methods = array_map('strtoupper', (array) $methods);
+        }
+
         // only add arguments that are necessary
         $arguments = array($path, $host, $methods, $ip, $attributes);
         while (count($arguments) > 0 && !end($arguments)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/container1.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/container1.php
index f5ef972838..215ea87f93 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/container1.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/container1.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
     ),
 
     'access_control' => array(
-        array('path' => '/blog/524', 'role' => 'ROLE_USER', 'requires_channel' => 'https'),
+        array('path' => '/blog/524', 'role' => 'ROLE_USER', 'requires_channel' => 'https', 'methods' => array('get', 'POST')),
         array('path' => '/blog/.*', 'role' => 'IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY'),
     ),
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/container1.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/container1.xml
index 7dbdb5480e..210fa9b263 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/container1.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/container1.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <role id="ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN">ROLE_USER,ROLE_ADMIN,ROLE_ALLOWED_TO_SWITCH</role>
         <role id="ROLE_REMOTE">ROLE_USER,ROLE_ADMIN</role>
 
-        <rule path="/blog/524" role="ROLE_USER" requires-channel="https" />
+        <rule path="/blog/524" role="ROLE_USER" requires-channel="https" methods="get,POST" />
         <rule role='IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY' path="/blog/.*" />
     </config>
 </srv:container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/container1.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/container1.yml
index dbfabbf5a1..544d1d1dcf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/container1.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/container1.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ security:
         ROLE_REMOTE:      ROLE_USER,ROLE_ADMIN
 
     access_control:
-        - { path: /blog/524, role: ROLE_USER, requires_channel: https }
+        - { path: /blog/524, role: ROLE_USER, requires_channel: https, methods: [get, POST]}
         -
             path: /blog/.*
             role: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtensionTest.php
index 4422a18e10..3df6784793 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtensionTest.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ abstract class SecurityExtensionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $matcherIds = array();
         foreach ($rules as $rule) {
             list($matcherId, $roles, $channel) = $rule;
+            $requestMatcher = $container->getDefinition($matcherId);
 
             $this->assertFalse(isset($matcherIds[$matcherId]));
             $matcherIds[$matcherId] = true;
@@ -112,9 +113,17 @@ abstract class SecurityExtensionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             if (1 === $i) {
                 $this->assertEquals(array('ROLE_USER'), $roles);
                 $this->assertEquals('https', $channel);
+                $this->assertEquals(
+                    array('/blog/524', null, array('GET', 'POST')),
+                    $requestMatcher->getArguments()
+                );
             } elseif (2 === $i) {
                 $this->assertEquals(array('IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY'), $roles);
                 $this->assertNull($channel);
+                $this->assertEquals(
+                    array('/blog/.*'),
+                    $requestMatcher->getArguments()
+                );
             }
         }
     }