diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Internal/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariables.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Internal/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariables.cs
index 6bfdc59156..35e6ce1237 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Internal/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariables.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Internal/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariables.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Internal.IISUrlRewrite
                     return new RemotePortSegment();
                 case "REQUEST_FILENAME":
                     return new RequestFileNameSegment();
+                case "REQUEST_METHOD":
+                    return new RequestMethodSegment();
                 case "REQUEST_URI":
                     return new UrlSegment(uriMatchPart);
                 default:
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariableTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariableTests.cs
index b9acf1442c..b56a8c7854 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariableTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests/IISUrlRewrite/ServerVariableTests.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests.UrlRewrite
         [InlineData("REQUEST_FILENAME", "/foo", UriMatchPart.Path)]
         [InlineData("REQUEST_URI", "/foo", UriMatchPart.Path)]
         [InlineData("REQUEST_URI", "http://example.com/foo?bar=1", UriMatchPart.Full)]
+        [InlineData("REQUEST_METHOD", "GET", UriMatchPart.Full)]
         public void CheckServerVariableParsingAndApplication(string variable, string expected, UriMatchPart uriMatchPart)
         {
             // Arrange and Act
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Tests.UrlRewrite
         private RewriteContext CreateTestHttpContext()
         {
             var context = new DefaultHttpContext();
+            context.Request.Method = HttpMethods.Get;
             context.Request.Scheme = "http";
             context.Request.Host = new HostString("example.com");
             context.Request.Path = PathString.FromUriComponent("/foo");