diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpConfigurationBuilder.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpConfigurationBuilder.java
index 70d4f75e78..6dafcd3789 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -396,6 +396,11 @@ class HttpConfigurationBuilder {
                 BeanDefinition requestKey = new RootBeanDefinition(RequestKey.class);
                 requestKey.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(path);
 
+                String method = urlElt.getAttribute(ATT_HTTP_METHOD);
+                if(StringUtils.hasText(method)) {
+                    requestKey.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(method);
+                }
+
                 RootBeanDefinition channelAttributes = new RootBeanDefinition(ChannelAttributeFactory.class);
                 channelAttributes.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(requiredChannel);
                 channelAttributes.setFactoryMethodName("createChannelAttributes");
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParser.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 148366eb0d..2d295115c2 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
     static final String OPT_FILTERS_NONE = "none";
 
     static final String ATT_REQUIRES_CHANNEL = "requires-channel";
+    static final String ATT_HTTP_METHOD = "method";
 
     private static final String ATT_LOWERCASE_COMPARISONS = "lowercase-comparisons";
 
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 93ed999143..bb0a55561a 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/http/HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -407,6 +408,23 @@ public class HttpSecurityBeanDefinitionParserTests {
         assertTrue(attrs.contains(new SecurityConfig("ROLE_B")));
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void httpMethodMatchIsSupportedForRequiresChannel() throws Exception {
+        setContext(
+                 "    <http auto-config='true'>" +
+                 "        <intercept-url pattern='/anyurl'/>" +
+                 "        <intercept-url pattern='/anyurl' method='GET' access='ROLE_ADMIN' requires-channel='https' />" +
+                 "    </http>" + AUTH_PROVIDER_XML);
+
+        ChannelProcessingFilter filter = getFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.class);
+        FilterInvocationSecurityMetadataSource fids = (FilterInvocationSecurityMetadataSource)FieldUtils.getFieldValue(filter,"securityMetadataSource");
+        Collection<ConfigAttribute> attrs = fids.getAttributes(createFilterinvocation("/anyurl", "GET"));
+         assertEquals(1, attrs.size());
+        attrs = fids.getAttributes(createFilterinvocation("/anyurl", "POST"));
+         assertEquals(null, attrs);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void oncePerRequestAttributeIsSupported() throws Exception {
         setContext("<http once-per-request='false'><http-basic /></http>" + AUTH_PROVIDER_XML);