diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
index 33b21d4359c..302bea35587 100755
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fastcgi.go
@@ -85,16 +85,8 @@ func (h Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error)
 				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Get(env)
 			case "OPTIONS":
 				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Options(env)
-			case "POST":
-				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Post(env, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"), r.Body, contentLength)
-			case "PUT":
-				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Put(env, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"), r.Body, contentLength)
-			case "PATCH":
-				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Patch(env, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"), r.Body, contentLength)
-			case "DELETE":
-				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Delete(env, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"), r.Body, contentLength)
 			default:
-				return http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, nil
+				resp, err = fcgiBackend.Post(env, r.Method, r.Header.Get("Content-Type"), r.Body, contentLength)
 			}
 
 			if resp.Body != nil {
diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
index 82580137c97..7f7f82e9cf7 100644
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
@@ -489,11 +489,17 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) Options(p map[string]string) (resp *http.Response, err erro
 
 // Post issues a POST request to the fcgi responder. with request body
 // in the format that bodyType specified
-func (c *FCGIClient) Post(p map[string]string, bodyType string, body io.Reader, l int) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+func (c *FCGIClient) Post(p map[string]string, method string, bodyType string, body io.Reader, l int) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+	if p == nil {
+		p = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+
+	p["REQUEST_METHOD"] = strings.ToUpper(method)
 
 	if len(p["REQUEST_METHOD"]) == 0 || p["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "GET" {
 		p["REQUEST_METHOD"] = "POST"
 	}
+
 	p["CONTENT_LENGTH"] = strconv.Itoa(l)
 	if len(bodyType) > 0 {
 		p["CONTENT_TYPE"] = bodyType
@@ -504,35 +510,11 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) Post(p map[string]string, bodyType string, body io.Reader,
 	return c.Request(p, body)
 }
 
-// Put issues a PUT request to the fcgi responder.
-func (c *FCGIClient) Put(p map[string]string, bodyType string, body io.Reader, l int) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
-
-	p["REQUEST_METHOD"] = "PUT"
-
-	return c.Post(p, bodyType, body, l)
-}
-
-// Patch issues a PATCH request to the fcgi responder.
-func (c *FCGIClient) Patch(p map[string]string, bodyType string, body io.Reader, l int) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
-
-	p["REQUEST_METHOD"] = "PATCH"
-
-	return c.Post(p, bodyType, body, l)
-}
-
-// Delete issues a DELETE request to the fcgi responder.
-func (c *FCGIClient) Delete(p map[string]string, bodyType string, body io.Reader, l int) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
-
-	p["REQUEST_METHOD"] = "DELETE"
-
-	return c.Post(p, bodyType, body, l)
-}
-
 // PostForm issues a POST to the fcgi responder, with form
 // as a string key to a list values (url.Values)
 func (c *FCGIClient) PostForm(p map[string]string, data url.Values) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	body := bytes.NewReader([]byte(data.Encode()))
-	return c.Post(p, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", body, body.Len())
+	return c.Post(p, "POST", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", body, body.Len())
 }
 
 // PostFile issues a POST to the fcgi responder in multipart(RFC 2046) standard,
@@ -571,7 +553,7 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) PostFile(p map[string]string, data url.Values, file map[str
 		return
 	}
 
-	return c.Post(p, bodyType, buf, buf.Len())
+	return c.Post(p, "POST", bodyType, buf, buf.Len())
 }
 
 // Checks whether chunked is part of the encodings stack
diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient_test.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient_test.go
index 0eeebb4b162..04a01c524c2 100644
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient_test.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func sendFcgi(reqType int, fcgiParams map[string]string, data []byte, posts map[
 		if len(data) > 0 {
 			length = len(data)
 			rd := bytes.NewReader(data)
-			resp, err = fcgi.Post(fcgiParams, "", rd, rd.Len())
+			resp, err = fcgi.Post(fcgiParams, "", "", rd, rd.Len())
 		} else if len(posts) > 0 {
 			values := url.Values{}
 			for k, v := range posts {