--- ab.c.old	2014-06-06 19:13:36.000000000 -0400
+++ ab.c	2014-06-06 19:18:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@
 
 int verbosity = 0;      /* no verbosity by default */
 int recverrok = 0;      /* ok to proceed after socket receive errors */
-enum {NO_METH = 0, GET, HEAD, PUT, POST} method = NO_METH;
-const char *method_str[] = {"bug", "GET", "HEAD", "PUT", "POST"};
+enum {NO_METH = 0, GET, HEAD, PUT, POST, CUSTOM_METHOD} method = NO_METH;
+const char *method_str[] = {"bug", "GET", "HEAD", "PUT", "POST", ""};
 int send_body = 0;      /* non-zero if sending body with request */
 int requests = 1;       /* Number of requests to make */
 int heartbeatres = 100; /* How often do we say we're alive */
@@ -1950,6 +1950,7 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "    -g filename     Output collected data to gnuplot format file.\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    -e filename     Output CSV file with percentages served\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    -r              Don't exit on socket receive errors.\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "    -m method       Method name\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "    -h              Display usage information (this message)\n");
 #ifdef USE_SSL
 
@@ -2128,7 +2129,7 @@
     myhost = NULL; /* 0.0.0.0 or :: */
 
     apr_getopt_init(&opt, cntxt, argc, argv);
-    while ((status = apr_getopt(opt, "n:c:t:s:b:T:p:u:v:lrkVhwix:y:z:C:H:P:A:g:X:de:SqB:"
+    while ((status = apr_getopt(opt, "n:c:t:s:b:T:p:u:v:lrkVhwix:y:z:C:H:P:A:g:X:de:SqB:m:"
 #ifdef USE_SSL
             "Z:f:"
 #endif
@@ -2301,6 +2302,10 @@
             case 'Z':
                 ssl_cipher = strdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
+            case 'm':
+                method = CUSTOM_METHOD;
+                method_str[CUSTOM_METHOD] = strdup(opt_arg);
+                break;
             case 'f':
                 if (strncasecmp(opt_arg, "ALL", 3) == 0) {
                     meth = SSLv23_client_method();