diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
index 6b0deaf575..bd8f5d0b00 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AnyRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RegexRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
  * A base class for registering {@link RequestMatcher}'s. For example, it might allow for specifying which
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestMatcherRegistry<C> {
          */
         public static List<RequestMatcher> antMatchers(HttpMethod httpMethod, String...antPatterns) {
             String method = httpMethod == null ? null : httpMethod.toString();
+            if(ObjectUtils.isEmpty(antPatterns)) {
+                antPatterns = new String[] { "/**" };
+            }
             List<RequestMatcher> matchers = new ArrayList<RequestMatcher>();
             for(String pattern : antPatterns) {
                 matchers.add(new AntPathRequestMatcher(pattern, method));
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AuthorizeRequestsTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AuthorizeRequestsTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d72c2b9e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configurers/AuthorizeRequestsTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers;
+
+import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+@WebAppConfiguration
+public class AuthorizeRequestsTests {
+    @Autowired
+    MockHttpServletRequest request;
+    @Autowired
+    MockHttpServletResponse response;
+
+    MockFilterChain chain;
+
+    @Autowired
+    FilterChainProxy springSecurityFilterChain;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        chain = new MockFilterChain();
+    }
+
+    // SEC-3135
+    @Test
+    public void antMatchersMethodAndNoPatterns() throws Exception {
+        request.setMethod("POST");
+
+        springSecurityFilterChain.doFilter(request, response, chain);
+
+        assertThat(response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN);
+    }
+
+    @EnableWebSecurity
+    @Configuration
+    static class Config extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+        protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+            http
+                .authorizeRequests()
+                    .antMatchers(HttpMethod.POST).denyAll();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
+            auth
+                .inMemoryAuthentication();
+        }
+    }
+}