diff --git a/elasticapm/conf/constants.py b/elasticapm/conf/constants.py
index 46a94a6bc..3cd045799 100644
--- a/elasticapm/conf/constants.py
+++ b/elasticapm/conf/constants.py
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'
 
 KEYWORD_MAX_LENGTH = 1024
+
+HTTP_WITH_BODY = {'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE'}
diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/django/client.py b/elasticapm/contrib/django/client.py
index 0252ee1f4..05593d2c4 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/django/client.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/django/client.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 
 from elasticapm.base import Client
+from elasticapm.conf import constants
 from elasticapm.contrib.django.utils import iterate_with_template_sources
 from elasticapm.utils import compat, encoding, get_url_dict
 from elasticapm.utils.module_import import import_string
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ def get_data_from_request(self, request, capture_body=False):
             'cookies': dict(request.COOKIES),
         }
 
-        if request.method not in ('GET', 'HEAD'):
+        if request.method in constants.HTTP_WITH_BODY:
             content_type = request.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE')
             if content_type == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
                 data = compat.multidict_to_dict(request.POST)
-            elif content_type.startswith('multipart/form-data'):
+            elif content_type and content_type.startswith('multipart/form-data'):
                 data = compat.multidict_to_dict(request.POST)
                 if request.FILES:
                     data['_files'] = {field: file.name for field, file in compat.iteritems(request.FILES)}
diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/django/management/commands/elasticapm.py b/elasticapm/contrib/django/management/commands/elasticapm.py
index a22b52620..97b915200 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/django/management/commands/elasticapm.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/django/management/commands/elasticapm.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ def info(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.log('info', *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-
 CONFIG_EXAMPLE = """
 
 You can set it in your settings file:
diff --git a/elasticapm/contrib/flask/utils.py b/elasticapm/contrib/flask/utils.py
index 00ede9e7c..ebc44d240 100644
--- a/elasticapm/contrib/flask/utils.py
+++ b/elasticapm/contrib/flask/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from werkzeug.exceptions import ClientDisconnected
 
+from elasticapm.conf import constants
 from elasticapm.utils import compat, get_url_dict
 from elasticapm.utils.wsgi import get_environ, get_headers
 
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ def get_data_from_request(request, capture_body=False):
         },
         'cookies': request.cookies,
     }
-    if request.method not in ('GET', 'HEAD'):
+    if request.method in constants.HTTP_WITH_BODY:
         body = None
         if request.content_type == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
             body = compat.multidict_to_dict(request.form)
-        elif request.content_type.startswith('multipart/form-data'):
+        elif request.content_type and request.content_type.startswith('multipart/form-data'):
             body = compat.multidict_to_dict(request.form)
             if request.files:
                 body['_files'] = {
diff --git a/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py b/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
index f2cf3a611..efa891fb1 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/django/django_tests.py
@@ -1271,3 +1271,15 @@ def test_capture_files(client, django_elasticapm_client):
         }
     else:
         assert error['errors'][0]['context']['request']['body'] == '[REDACTED]'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('django_elasticapm_client', [
+    {'capture_body': 'transactions'},
+], indirect=True)
+def test_options_request(client, django_elasticapm_client):
+    with override_settings(**middleware_setting(django.VERSION, [
+        'elasticapm.contrib.django.middleware.TracingMiddleware'
+    ])):
+        client.options('/')
+    transactions = django_elasticapm_client.instrumentation_store.get_all()
+    assert transactions[0]['context']['request']['method'] == 'OPTIONS'
diff --git a/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py b/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
index e62c72251..17f7e7028 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/flask/flask_tests.py
@@ -232,3 +232,12 @@ def test_post_files(flask_apm_client):
         }
     else:
         assert event['context']['request']['body'] == '[REDACTED]'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('elasticapm_client', [
+    {'capture_body': 'transactions'},
+], indirect=True)
+def test_options_request(flask_apm_client):
+    resp = flask_apm_client.app.test_client().options('/')
+    transactions = flask_apm_client.client.instrumentation_store.get_all()
+    assert transactions[0]['context']['request']['method'] == 'OPTIONS'