diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
index ab5fa90719..db83c5271a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockRestServiceServer.java
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.wiremock;
 
-import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.header;
-import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.requestTo;
-import static org.springframework.test.web.client.response.MockRestResponseCreators.withStatus;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -33,6 +29,7 @@ import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.test.web.client.MockRestServiceServer;
@@ -51,6 +48,11 @@ import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.matching.MultiValuePattern;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.matching.RequestPattern;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.StubMapping;
 
+import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.header;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.method;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.client.match.MockRestRequestMatchers.requestTo;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.client.response.MockRestResponseCreators.withStatus;
+
 /**
  * Convenience class for loading WireMock stubs into a {@link MockRestServiceServer}. In
  * this way using a {@link RestTemplate} can mock the responses from a server using
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ public class WireMockRestServiceServer {
 		}
 		for (StubMapping mapping : mappings) {
 			ResponseActions expect = server.expect(requestTo(request(mapping.getRequest())));
+			expect.andExpect(method(HttpMethod.valueOf(mapping.getRequest().getMethod().getName())));
 			requestHeaders(expect, mapping.getRequest());
 			expect.andRespond(response(mapping.getResponse()));
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
index 3b3afde485..f61d2a4c31 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WiremockMockServerApplicationTests.java
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.wiremock;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.test.web.client.MockRestServiceServer;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class WiremockMockServerApplicationTests {
 
@@ -24,6 +26,26 @@ public class WiremockMockServerApplicationTests {
 		server.verify();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void simplePutShouldFail() throws Exception {
+		MockRestServiceServer server = WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //
+				.baseUrl("http://example.org") //
+				.stubs("classpath:/mappings/resource.json")
+				.build();
+		RequestEntity<Void> postRequest = RequestEntity.post(URI.create("http://example.org/resource"))
+				.accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+				.build();
+		ResponseEntity<String> response;
+		try {
+			response = this.restTemplate.exchange(postRequest, String.class);
+		} catch (AssertionError e) {
+			response = null;
+		}
+		if (null != response) {
+			fail("There was a response for POST request: " + postRequest + "\n\tresponse: " + response);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void simpleGetWithBodyFile() throws Exception {
 		MockRestServiceServer server = WireMockRestServiceServer.with(this.restTemplate) //