diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 0815b46eae..3d317f0d4b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -591,6 +591,16 @@ class Request
         self::$httpMethodParameterOverride = true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the state of httpMethodParameterOverride value.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean
+     */
+    public static function getHttpMethodParameterOverride()
+    {
+        return self::$httpMethodParameterOverride;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets a "parameter" value.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 9f4cb57571..6347df176a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -677,7 +677,13 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $request = new Request();
         $request->setMethod('POST');
         $request->request->set('_method', 'purge');
+
+        $this->assertFalse(Request::getHttpMethodParameterOverride(), 'httpMethodParameterOverride should be disabled by default');
+
         Request::enableHttpMethodParameterOverride();
+
+        $this->assertTrue(Request::getHttpMethodParameterOverride(), 'httpMethodParameterOverride should be enabled now but it is not');
+
         $this->assertEquals('PURGE', $request->getMethod(), '->getMethod() returns the method from _method if defined and POST');
         $this->disableHttpMethodParameterOverride();