diff --git a/src/auth.rs b/src/auth.rs
index 840d8f8..ab45dc1 100644
--- a/src/auth.rs
+++ b/src/auth.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use hyper::{
-    HeaderMap, StatusCode,
+    HeaderMap, Method, StatusCode,
     header::{self, HeaderName, HeaderValue, ToStrError},
 };
 use reqwest::redirect::Policy;
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub enum AuthStatus {
 }
 
 const REMOTE_USER: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("remote-user");
+const X_FORWARDED_METHOD: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-forwarded-method");
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum AuthError {
@@ -54,13 +55,14 @@ impl ForwardAuth {
 
     pub async fn check_auth(
         &self,
+        methods: &Method,
         headers: &HeaderMap<HeaderValue>,
     ) -> Result<AuthStatus, AuthError> {
         let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
             .redirect(Policy::none())
             .build()?;
 
-        let headers = headers
+        let mut headers: HeaderMap = headers
             .clone()
             .into_iter()
             .filter_map(|(key, value)| {
@@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ impl ForwardAuth {
             })
             .collect();
 
+        headers.insert(
+            X_FORWARDED_METHOD,
+            HeaderValue::from_str(methods.as_str()).expect("method should convert to valid ascii"),
+        );
+
         let resp = client.get(&self.address).headers(headers).send().await?;
 
         let status_code = resp.status();
diff --git a/src/tunnel.rs b/src/tunnel.rs
index fc7e4f3..6f9a55b 100644
--- a/src/tunnel.rs
+++ b/src/tunnel.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl Service<Request<Incoming>> for Tunnels {
             };
 
             if !matches!(tunnel.access.read().await.deref(), TunnelAccess::Public) {
-                let user = match s.forward_auth.check_auth(req.headers()).await {
+                let user = match s.forward_auth.check_auth(req.method(), req.headers()).await {
                     Ok(AuthStatus::Authenticated(user)) => user,
                     Ok(AuthStatus::Unauthenticated(location)) => {
                         let resp = Response::builder()