diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ReRoute.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ReRoute.cs
index 4c27ec37..12698ed4 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ReRoute.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Configuration/ReRoute.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     {
         public string DownstreamTemplate { get; set; }
         public string UpstreamTemplate { get; set; }
+        public string UpstreamHttpMethod { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
index 0cc2f18e..f02000c3 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responses;
 using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.UrlMatcher;
@@ -16,9 +18,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.DownstreamRouteFinder
             _urlMatcher = urlMatcher;
         }
 
-        public Response<DownstreamRoute> FindDownstreamRoute(string upstreamUrlPath)
+        public Response<DownstreamRoute> FindDownstreamRoute(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamHttpMethod)
         {
-            foreach (var template in _configuration.Value.ReRoutes)
+            foreach (var template in _configuration.Value.ReRoutes.Where(r => string.Equals(r.UpstreamHttpMethod, upstreamHttpMethod, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)))
             {
                 var urlMatch = _urlMatcher.Match(upstreamUrlPath, template.UpstreamTemplate);
 
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/IDownstreamRouteFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/IDownstreamRouteFinder.cs
index 1394b3af..4b8f7105 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/IDownstreamRouteFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/DownstreamRouteFinder/IDownstreamRouteFinder.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.DownstreamRouteFinder
 {
     public interface IDownstreamRouteFinder
     {
-        Response<DownstreamRoute> FindDownstreamRoute(string upstreamUrlPath);
+        Response<DownstreamRoute> FindDownstreamRoute(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamHttpMethod);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4c4738a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.DownstreamRouteFinder;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public class DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private readonly IDownstreamRouteFinder _downstreamRouteFinder;
+        private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
+
+        public DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
+            IDownstreamRouteFinder downstreamRouteFinder, 
+            IHttpResponder responder)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            _downstreamRouteFinder = downstreamRouteFinder;
+            _responder = responder;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {   
+            var upstreamUrlPath = context.Request.Path.ToString();
+
+            var downstreamRoute = _downstreamRouteFinder.FindDownstreamRoute(upstreamUrlPath, context.Request.Method);
+
+            if (downstreamRoute.IsError)
+            {
+                await _responder.CreateNotFoundResponse(context);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            context.Items.Add("DownstreamRoute", downstreamRoute.Data);
+            
+            await _next.Invoke(context);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec454bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public static class DownstreamRouteFinderMiddlewareExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseDownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<DownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware>();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30e41802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.DownstreamRouteFinder;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.UrlTemplateReplacer;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public class DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private readonly IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer _urlReplacer;
+
+        public DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
+            IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer urlReplacer)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            _urlReplacer = urlReplacer;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var downstreamRoute = GetDownstreamRouteFromOwinItems(context);
+
+            var downstreamUrl = _urlReplacer.ReplaceTemplateVariables(downstreamRoute);
+
+            context.Items.Add("DownstreamUrl", downstreamUrl);
+
+            await _next.Invoke(context);
+        }
+
+        private DownstreamRoute GetDownstreamRouteFromOwinItems(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            object obj;
+            DownstreamRoute downstreamRoute = null;
+            if (context.Items.TryGetValue("DownstreamRoute", out obj))
+            {
+                downstreamRoute = (DownstreamRoute) obj;
+            }
+            return downstreamRoute;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ba3e58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public static class DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UserDownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware>();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2b4b1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Requester;
+using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public class HttpRequesterMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private readonly IHttpRequester _requester;
+        private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
+
+        public HttpRequesterMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
+            IHttpRequester requester, 
+            IHttpResponder responder)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            _requester = requester;
+            _responder = responder;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var downstreamUrl = GetDownstreamUrlFromOwinItems(context);
+
+            var response = await _requester
+                .GetResponse(context.Request.Method, downstreamUrl, context.Request.Body, 
+                context.Request.Headers, context.Request.Cookies, context.Request.Query, context.Request.ContentType);
+
+            await _responder.CreateResponse(context, response);
+
+            await _next.Invoke(context);
+        }
+
+        private string GetDownstreamUrlFromOwinItems(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            object obj;
+            string downstreamUrl = null;
+            if (context.Items.TryGetValue("DownstreamUrl", out obj))
+            {
+                downstreamUrl = (string) obj;
+            }
+            return downstreamUrl;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddlewareExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aead7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
+{
+    public static class HttpRequesterMiddlewareExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseHttpRequesterMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<HttpRequesterMiddleware>();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 83777448..00000000
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-
-namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
-{
-    public static class ProxyExtensions
-    {
-        public static IApplicationBuilder UseProxy(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
-        {
-            return builder.UseMiddleware<ProxyMiddleware>();
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyMiddleware.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4540b25b..00000000
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Middleware/ProxyMiddleware.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Configuration;
-using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.DownstreamRouteFinder;
-using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Requester;
-using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responder;
-using Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.UrlTemplateReplacer;
-
-namespace Ocelot.Library.Middleware
-{
-    public class ProxyMiddleware
-    {
-        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
-        private readonly IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer _urlReplacer;
-        private readonly IOptions<Configuration> _configuration;
-        private readonly IDownstreamRouteFinder _downstreamRouteFinder;
-        private readonly IHttpRequester _requester;
-        private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
-
-        public ProxyMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
-            IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer urlReplacer, 
-            IOptions<Configuration> configuration, 
-            IDownstreamRouteFinder downstreamRouteFinder, 
-            IHttpRequester requester, 
-            IHttpResponder responder)
-        {
-            _next = next;
-            _urlReplacer = urlReplacer;
-            _configuration = configuration;
-            _downstreamRouteFinder = downstreamRouteFinder;
-            _requester = requester;
-            _responder = responder;
-        }
-
-        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
-        {   
-            var upstreamUrlPath = context.Request.Path.ToString();
-
-            var downstreamRoute = _downstreamRouteFinder.FindDownstreamRoute(upstreamUrlPath);
-
-            if (downstreamRoute.IsError)
-            {
-                await _responder.CreateNotFoundResponse(context);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var downstreamUrl = _urlReplacer.ReplaceTemplateVariables(downstreamRoute.Data);
-
-            var response = await _requester
-                .GetResponse(context.Request.Method, downstreamUrl, context.Request.Body, 
-                context.Request.Headers, context.Request.Cookies, context.Request.Query, context.Request.ContentType);
-
-            await _responder.CreateResponse(context, response);
-
-            await _next.Invoke(context);
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs b/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
index 5b1fff8e..1142231f 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Startup.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ namespace Ocelot
 
             loggerFactory.AddDebug();
 
-            app.UseProxy();
+            app.UseDownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware();
+
+            app.UserDownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware();
+
+            app.UseHttpRequesterMiddleware();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
index 2d2a348b..4d57adf2 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
                         new ReRoute
                         {
                             DownstreamTemplate = "http://localhost:51879/",
-                            UpstreamTemplate = "/"
+                            UpstreamTemplate = "/",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get"
                         }
                     }
                 }))
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
                         new ReRoute
                         {
                             DownstreamTemplate = "http://localhost:51879/",
-                            UpstreamTemplate = "/"
+                            UpstreamTemplate = "/",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Post"
                         }
                     }
                 }))
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/configuration.yaml b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/configuration.yaml
index 97b35e41..8dda884b 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/configuration.yaml
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/configuration.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ReRoutes:
 - DownstreamTemplate: http://localhost:51879/
   UpstreamTemplate: /
+  HttpMethod: Get
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Requester/RequesterTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Configuration/Requester/RequesterTests.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Requester/RequesterTests.cs
rename to test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Configuration/Requester/RequesterTests.cs
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
index 6d115a66..a1c23bee 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
         private Response<DownstreamRoute> _response;
         private Library.Infrastructure.Configuration.Configuration _configuration;
         private UrlMatch _match;
+        private string _upstreamHttpMethod;
 
         public DownstreamRouteFinderTests()
         {
@@ -39,11 +40,13 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                         new ReRoute()
                         {
                             UpstreamTemplate = "someUpstreamPath",
-                            DownstreamTemplate = "someDownstreamPath"
+                            DownstreamTemplate = "someDownstreamPath",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get"
                         }
                     }
                 }))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheUrlMatcherReturns(new UrlMatch(true, new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), "someDownstreamPath")))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs("Get"))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheFinder())
                 .Then(
                     x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), "someDownstreamPath")))
@@ -51,6 +54,36 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_return_correct_route_for_http_verb()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAnUpstreamUrlPath("someUpstreamPath"))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheConfigurationIs(new Library.Infrastructure.Configuration.Configuration
+                {
+                    ReRoutes = new List<ReRoute>
+                    {
+                        new ReRoute()
+                        {
+                            UpstreamTemplate = "someUpstreamPath",
+                            DownstreamTemplate = "someDownstreamPath",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get"
+                        },
+                         new ReRoute()
+                        {
+                            UpstreamTemplate = "someUpstreamPath",
+                            DownstreamTemplate = "someDownstreamPathForAPost",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Post"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheUrlMatcherReturns(new UrlMatch(true, new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), "someDownstreamPathForAPost")))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs("Post"))
+                .When(x => x.WhenICallTheFinder())
+                .Then(
+                    x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), "someDownstreamPathForAPost")))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void should_not_return_route()
         {
@@ -62,11 +95,13 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                         new ReRoute()
                         {
                             UpstreamTemplate = "somePath",
-                            DownstreamTemplate = "somPath"
+                            DownstreamTemplate = "somPath",
+                            UpstreamHttpMethod = "Get"
                         }
                      }
                  }))
                  .And(x => x.GivenTheUrlMatcherReturns(new UrlMatch(false, new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), null)))
+                 .And(x => x.GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs("Get"))
                  .When(x => x.WhenICallTheFinder())
                  .Then(
                      x => x.ThenAnErrorResponseIsReturned())
@@ -74,6 +109,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        private void GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs(string upstreamHttpMethod)
+        {
+            _upstreamHttpMethod = upstreamHttpMethod;
+        }
+
         private void ThenAnErrorResponseIsReturned()
         {
             _result.IsError.ShouldBeTrue();
@@ -108,7 +148,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
 
         private void WhenICallTheFinder()
         {
-            _result = _downstreamRouteFinder.FindDownstreamRoute(_upstreamUrlPath);
+            _result = _downstreamRouteFinder.FindDownstreamRoute(_upstreamUrlPath, _upstreamHttpMethod);
         }
 
         private void ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(DownstreamRoute expected)
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/project.json b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/project.json
index 7b0acc6e..6e5a6811 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/project.json
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/project.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "Shouldly": "2.8.0",
     "TestStack.BDDfy": "4.3.1",
     "YamlDotNet": "3.9.0",
-    "Moq": "4.6.38-alpha" 
+    "Moq": "4.6.38-alpha",
+    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost": "1.0.0" 
   },
 
     "frameworks": {