diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index fe3c3501d55e5..b4ebfd0b45746 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('secret')->end()
+                ->scalarNode('http_method_override')
+                    ->info("Set true to enable support for the '_method' request parameter to determine the intended HTTP method on POST requests.")
+                    ->defaultTrue()
+                ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('trust_proxy_headers')->defaultFalse()->end() // @deprecated, to be removed in 2.3
                 ->arrayNode('trusted_proxies')
                     ->beforeNormalization()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 606677f38b4c2..f8a0a1ac412e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
             $container->setParameter('kernel.secret', $config['secret']);
         }
 
+        $container->setParameter('kernel.http_method_override', $config['http_method_override']);
+
         $container->setParameter('kernel.trusted_proxies', $config['trusted_proxies']);
 
         // @deprecated, to be removed in 2.3
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/FrameworkBundle.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/FrameworkBundle.php
index a255d120b9dbe..5523499db5008 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/FrameworkBundle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/FrameworkBundle.php
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public function boot()
         } elseif ($this->container->getParameter('kernel.trust_proxy_headers')) {
             Request::trustProxyData(); // @deprecated, to be removed in 2.3
         }
+
+        if ($this->container->getParameter('kernel.http_method_override')) {
+            Request::enableHttpMethodParameterOverride();
+        }
     }
 
     public function build(ContainerBuilder $container)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
index 9ddf203052668..6fa067205b00c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
         <!-- charset is deprecated and will be removed in 2.2 -->
         <xsd:attribute name="charset" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="http-method-override" type="xsd:boolean" />
         <xsd:attribute name="trust-proxy-headers" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="trusted-proxies" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="ide" type="xsd:string" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 3c6c0ea475417..7db16658e8e14 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ protected static function getBundleDefaultConfig()
     {
         return array(
             'charset'             => null,
+            'http_method_override' => true,
             'trust_proxy_headers' => false,
             'trusted_proxies'     => array(),
             'ide'                 => null,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
index 27988e2c2ef4c..899afe15f3d47 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     'secret' => 's3cr3t',
     'default_locale' => 'fr',
     'form' => null,
+    'http_method_override' => false,
     'trust_proxy_headers' => true,
     'trusted_proxies' => array('127.0.0.1', '10.0.0.1'),
     'csrf_protection' => array(
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
index eacd416597baa..806796db77dec 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
                         http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <framework:config secret="s3cr3t" ide="file%%link%%format" default-locale="fr" trust-proxy-headers="true" trusted-proxies="127.0.0.1, 10.0.0.1">
+    <framework:config secret="s3cr3t" ide="file%%link%%format" default-locale="fr" trust-proxy-headers="true" trusted-proxies="127.0.0.1, 10.0.0.1" http-method-override="false">
         <framework:csrf-protection enabled="true" field-name="_csrf" />
         <framework:form />
         <framework:esi enabled="true" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
index 9eddd249d5b97..3707bf1eeb6c3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ framework:
     secret: s3cr3t
     default_locale: fr
     form: ~
+    http_method_override: false
     trust_proxy_headers: true
     trusted_proxies: ['127.0.0.1', '10.0.0.1']
     csrf_protection:
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 00c0098a0dda9..0706eb02b36fb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ public function testProxies()
         $this->assertEquals(array('127.0.0.1', '10.0.0.1'), $container->getParameter('kernel.trusted_proxies'));
     }
 
+    public function testHttpMethodOverride()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('full');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($container->getParameter('kernel.http_method_override'));
+    }
+
     public function testEsi()
     {
         $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('full');