diff --git a/example/example.c b/example/example.c
index 9335969..d32194b 100644
--- a/example/example.c
+++ b/example/example.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static void on_request(struct uh_connection *conn)
 
     conn->send_head(conn, 200, -1, NULL);
     conn->chunk_printf(conn, "I'm Libuhttpd: %s\n", UHTTPD_VERSION_STRING);
+    conn->chunk_printf(conn, "Method: %s\n", conn->get_method_str(conn));
     conn->chunk_printf(conn, "Path: %s\n", conn->get_path(conn));
     conn->chunk_printf(conn, "Query: %s\n", conn->get_query(conn));
     conn->chunk_printf(conn, "User-Agent: %s\n", conn->get_header(conn, "User-Agent"));
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index ff83c77..cb66cb6 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ static void conn_redirect(struct uh_connection *conn, int code, const char *loca
     conn_send(conn, "\r\n", 2);
 }
 
+static enum http_method conn_get_method(struct uh_connection *conn)
+{
+    return conn->parser.method;
+}
+
+static const char *conn_get_method_str(struct uh_connection *conn)
+{
+    return http_method_str(conn->parser.method);
+}
+
 /* offset of the request field */
 #define ROF(c, a) (a - (const char *)c->rb.data)
 
@@ -569,6 +579,8 @@ struct uh_connection *uh_new_connection(struct uh_server *srv, int sock, struct
     conn->chunk_vprintf = conn_chunk_vprintf;
     conn->chunk_end = conn_chunk_end;
 
+    conn->get_method = conn_get_method;
+    conn->get_method_str = conn_get_method_str;
     conn->get_path = conn_get_path;
     conn->get_query = conn_get_query;
     conn->get_header = conn_get_header;
diff --git a/src/connection.h b/src/connection.h
index 7bbe95f..04c51be 100644
--- a/src/connection.h
+++ b/src/connection.h
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ struct uh_connection {
     void (*chunk_printf)(struct uh_connection *conn, const char *format, ...);
     void (*chunk_vprintf)(struct uh_connection *conn, const char *format, va_list arg);
     void (*chunk_end)(struct uh_connection *conn);
+    enum http_method (*get_method)(struct uh_connection *conn);
+    const char *(*get_method_str)(struct uh_connection *conn);
     const char *(*get_path)(struct uh_connection *conn);
     const char *(*get_query)(struct uh_connection *conn);
     const char *(*get_header)(struct uh_connection *conn, const char *name);