diff --git a/tests/get-with-headers.py b/tests/get-with-headers.py
--- a/tests/get-with-headers.py
+++ b/tests/get-with-headers.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
                     help='Write HTTP response body to a file')
 parser.add_argument('--showdynamicheaders', action='store_true',
                     help='Show dynamic headers that are hidden by default')
+parser.add_argument('--method', default='GET',
+                    help='HTTP request method')
 parser.add_argument('host')
 parser.add_argument('path')
 parser.add_argument('show', nargs='*')
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@
         headers[key] = value
 
     conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host)
-    conn.request("GET", '/' + path, None, headers)
+    conn.request(args.method.encode('ascii'), '/' + path, None, headers)
     response = conn.getresponse()
     stdout.write(b'%d %s\n' % (response.status,
                                response.reason.encode('ascii')))