diff --git a/scrapy/http/request/form.py b/scrapy/http/request/form.py
index 3167ed273..6ffa4c0c5 100644
--- a/scrapy/http/request/form.py
+++ b/scrapy/http/request/form.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ class FormRequest(Request):
form = _get_form(response, formname, formnumber, formxpath)
formdata = _get_inputs(form, formdata, dont_click, clickdata, response)
url = form.action or form.base_url
- return cls(url, method=form.method, formdata=formdata, **kwargs)
+ method = kwargs.pop('method', form.method)
+ return cls(url, method=method, formdata=formdata, **kwargs)
def _urlencode(seq, enc):
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py b/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
index 9b26282ed..57444a056 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_http_request.py
@@ -268,6 +268,16 @@ class FormRequestTest(RequestTest):
self.assertEqual(fs['one'], ['1'])
self.assertEqual(fs['two'], ['2'])
+ def test_from_response_override_method(self):
+ response = _buildresponse(
+ '''
+
+ ''')
+ request = FormRequest.from_response(response)
+ self.assertEqual(request.method, 'GET')
+ request = FormRequest.from_response(response, method='POST')
+ self.assertEqual(request.method, 'POST')
+
def test_from_response_submit_first_clickable(self):
response = _buildresponse(
"""