diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/http/request/rpc.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/http/request/rpc.py
index 269426261..6e31159e8 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/http/request/rpc.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/http/request/rpc.py
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ class XmlRpcRequest(Request):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         params = kwargs.pop('params')
         methodname = kwargs.pop('methodname')
+
+        # spec defines that requests must use POST method
+        kwargs.setdefault('method', 'POST')
+
+        # xmlrpc query multiples times over the same url
+        kwargs.setdefault('dont_filter', True)
+
         Request.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.body = xmlrpclib.dumps(params, methodname)
         self.headers.setdefault('Content-Type', 'text/xml')
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
index b46645585..6a766c214 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ class XmlRpcRequestTest(unittest.TestCase):
         r = XmlRpcRequest('http://scrapytest.org/rpc2', methodname='login', params=('username', 'password'))
         self.assertEqual(r.headers['Content-Type'], 'text/xml')
         self.assertEqual(r.body, "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>login</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><string>username</string></value>\n</param>\n<param>\n<value><string>password</string></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n")
+        self.assertEqual(r.method, 'POST')
+        self.assertTrue(r.dont_filter, True)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":