diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 45f97016a04e..125be18bbb40 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ public function isMethod($method)
      */
     public function isMethodSafe()
     {
-        return in_array($this->getMethod(), array('GET', 'HEAD'));
+        return in_array($this->getMethod(), array('GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS', 'TRACE'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 1edc48c1b62d..8540cad6630e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -1912,6 +1912,32 @@ public function getLongHostNames()
             array(str_repeat(':', 101)),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider methodSafeProvider
+     */
+    public function testMethodSafe($method, $safe)
+    {
+        $request = new Request();
+        $request->setMethod($method);
+        $this->assertEquals($safe, $request->isMethodSafe());
+    }
+
+    public function methodSafeProvider()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('HEAD', true),
+            array('GET', true),
+            array('POST', false),
+            array('PUT', false),
+            array('PATCH', false),
+            array('DELETE', false),
+            array('PURGE', false),
+            array('OPTIONS', true),
+            array('TRACE', true),
+            array('CONNECT', false),
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 class RequestContentProxy extends Request