diff --git a/router/httpTriggers.go b/router/httpTriggers.go
index 4663ba9f..22a89334 100644
--- a/router/httpTriggers.go
+++ b/router/httpTriggers.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (ts *HTTPTriggerSet) getRouter() *mux.Router {
 			Function: m,
 			poolmgr:  ts.poolmgr,
 		}
-		muxRouter.HandleFunc(trigger.UrlPattern, fh.handler)
+		muxRouter.HandleFunc(trigger.UrlPattern, fh.handler).Methods(trigger.Method)
 	}
 
 	// Internal triggers for (the latest version of) each function
diff --git a/router/router_test.go b/router/router_test.go
index da58120c..59b5c7db 100644
--- a/router/router_test.go
+++ b/router/router_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestRouter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	triggers := makeHTTPTriggerSet(fmap, nil, nil)
 	triggerUrl := "/foo"
-	triggers.triggers = append(triggers.triggers, fission.HTTPTrigger{UrlPattern: triggerUrl, Function: *fn})
+	triggers.triggers = append(triggers.triggers, fission.HTTPTrigger{UrlPattern: triggerUrl, Function: *fn, Method: "GET"})
 
 	port := 4242
 	go serve(port, triggers)