diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcher.php
index 8826c59854..51e80057cd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcher.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ abstract class RedirectableUrlMatcher extends UrlMatcher implements Redirectable
         try {
             $parameters = parent::match($pathinfo);
         } catch (ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
-            if ('/' === substr($pathinfo, -1)) {
+            if ('/' === substr($pathinfo, -1) || !in_array($this->context->getMethod(), array('HEAD', 'GET'))) {
                 throw $e;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
index 43c958b150..b8ab2647ff 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ class RedirectableUrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $matcher->match('/foo');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function testRedirectWhenNoSlashForNonSafeMethod()
+    {
+        $coll = new RouteCollection();
+        $coll->add('foo', new Route('/foo/'));
+
+        $context = new RequestContext();
+        $context->setMethod('POST');
+        $matcher = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\RedirectableUrlMatcher', array($coll, $context));
+        $matcher->match('/foo');
+    }
+
     public function testSchemeRedirect()
     {
         $coll = new RouteCollection();