diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 10cd1c08..2c3f904a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ Relase date to be decided, codename to be chosen.
   longer arguments to the response object, they now have a defined meaning.
 - Added :attr:`flask.Flask.request_globals_class` to allow a specific class to
   be used on creation of the :data:`~flask.g` instance of each request.
+- Added `required_methods` attribute to view functions to force-add methods
+  on registration.
 
 Version 0.8.1
 -------------
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index c329852e..c97a6928 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ some defaults to :meth:`~flask.Flask.add_url_rule` or general behavior:
     decorators that want to customize the `OPTIONS` response on a per-view
     basis.
 
+-   `required_methods`: if this attribute is set, Flask will always add
+    these methods when registering a URL rule even if the methods were
+    explicitly overriden in the ``route()`` call.
+
 Full example::
 
     def index():
diff --git a/flask/app.py b/flask/app.py
index 40090ab0..a91b0f60 100644
--- a/flask/app.py
+++ b/flask/app.py
@@ -915,6 +915,10 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
         # a tuple of only `GET` as default.
         if methods is None:
             methods = getattr(view_func, 'methods', None) or ('GET',)
+        methods = set(methods)
+
+        # Methods that should always be added
+        required_methods = set(getattr(view_func, 'required_methods', ()))
 
         # starting with Flask 0.8 the view_func object can disable and
         # force-enable the automatic options handling.
@@ -923,11 +927,14 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
 
         if provide_automatic_options is None:
             if 'OPTIONS' not in methods:
-                methods = tuple(methods) + ('OPTIONS',)
                 provide_automatic_options = True
+                required_methods.add('OPTIONS')
             else:
                 provide_automatic_options = False
 
+        # Add the required methods now.
+        methods |= required_methods
+
         # due to a werkzeug bug we need to make sure that the defaults are
         # None if they are an empty dictionary.  This should not be necessary
         # with Werkzeug 0.7