diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/FeignLoadBalancer.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/FeignLoadBalancer.java
index 57bdc881..91c3a775 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/FeignLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/ribbon/FeignLoadBalancer.java
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ public class FeignLoadBalancer extends
 					return HttpMethod.resolve(RibbonRequest.this.toRequest().method());
 				}
 
+				@Override
+				public String getMethodValue() {
+					return getMethod().name();
+				}
+
 				@Override
 				public URI getURI() {
 					return RibbonRequest.this.getUri();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonHttpRequest.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonHttpRequest.java
index ec610c2c..70edfcef 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonHttpRequest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/RibbonHttpRequest.java
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public class RibbonHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequest {
 		return HttpMethod.valueOf(verb.name());
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getMethodValue() {
+		return getMethod().name();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public URI getURI() {
 		return uri;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/ContextAwareRequest.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/ContextAwareRequest.java
index 09e45a8b..8921eb11 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/ContextAwareRequest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/support/ContextAwareRequest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public abstract class ContextAwareRequest extends ClientRequest implements HttpR
 		return HttpMethod.valueOf(context.getMethod());
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getMethodValue() {
+		return getMethod().name();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public URI getURI() {
 		return this.getUri();