diff --git a/lib/private/appframework/http/request.php b/lib/private/appframework/http/request.php
index 43631697d3a633de45098248cf6f2078299c7e27..643fa685adcd72e7735fc4eaad30ab5ccdb8831a 100644
--- a/lib/private/appframework/http/request.php
+++ b/lib/private/appframework/http/request.php
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class Request implements \ArrayAccess, \Countable, IRequest {
 		$this->inputStream = $stream;
 		$this->items['params'] = array();
 
+		if(!array_key_exists('method', $vars)) {
+			$vars['method'] = 'GET';			
+		}
+
 		foreach($this->allowedKeys as $name) {
 			$this->items[$name] = isset($vars[$name])
 				? $vars[$name] 
@@ -76,6 +80,9 @@ class Request implements \ArrayAccess, \Countable, IRequest {
 			$params = json_decode(file_get_contents($this->inputStream), true);
 			if(count($params) > 0) {
 				$this->items['params'] = $params;
+				if($vars['method'] === 'POST') {
+					$this->items['post'] = $params;					
+				}
 			}
 		// Handle application/x-www-form-urlencoded for methods other than GET
 		// or post correctly
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
index f3ebff0207f38a9fda87495debed6ba3cba444de..d1bc900fb28bfa82a55cc97d810f8a0f20c1806d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/dependencyinjection/DIContainerTest.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class DIContainerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 
 	public function testMiddlewareDispatcherIncludesSecurityMiddleware(){
-		$this->container['Request'] = new Request();
+		$this->container['Request'] = new Request(array('method' => 'GET'));
 		$security = $this->container['SecurityMiddleware'];
 		$dispatcher = $this->container['MiddlewareDispatcher'];
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/http/RequestTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/http/RequestTest.php
index 00473a8c44f9167827592591d6df7e6847cd8216..58828d17bb2ab7c00d6dd7f738b89d59216bc619 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/http/RequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/http/RequestTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			stream_wrapper_unregister('fakeinput');
 		}
 		stream_wrapper_register('fakeinput', 'RequestStream');
+		$this->stream = 'fakeinput://data';
 	}
 
 	public function tearDown() {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'method' => 'GET',
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 
 		// Countable
 		$this->assertEquals(2, count($request));
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'get' => array('name' => 'John Q. Public', 'nickname' => 'Joey'),
 			'post' => array('name' => 'Jane Doe', 'nickname' => 'Janey'),
 			'urlParams' => array('user' => 'jw', 'name' => 'Johnny Weissmüller'),
+			'method' => 'GET'
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 
 		$this->assertEquals(3, count($request));
 		$this->assertEquals('Janey', $request->{'nickname'});
@@ -70,9 +72,10 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	public function testImmutableArrayAccess() {
 		$vars = array(
 			'get' => array('name' => 'John Q. Public', 'nickname' => 'Joey'),
+			'method' => 'GET'
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$request['nickname'] = 'Janey';
 	}
 
@@ -82,9 +85,10 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	public function testImmutableMagicAccess() {
 		$vars = array(
 			'get' => array('name' => 'John Q. Public', 'nickname' => 'Joey'),
+			'method' => 'GET'
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$request->{'nickname'} = 'Janey';
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'method' => 'GET',
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$result = $request->post;
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'method' => 'GET',
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$this->assertEquals('GET', $request->method);
 		$result = $request->get;
 		$this->assertEquals('John Q. Public', $result['name']);
@@ -119,10 +123,10 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$data = '{"name": "John Q. Public", "nickname": "Joey"}';
 		$vars = array(
 			'method' => 'POST',
-			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json; utf-8'),
+			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json; utf-8')
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$this->assertEquals('POST', $request->method);
 		$result = $request->post;
 		$this->assertEquals('John Q. Public', $result['name']);
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'),
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 
 		$this->assertEquals('PATCH', $request->method);
 		$result = $request->patch;
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json; utf-8'),
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 
 		$this->assertEquals('PUT', $request->method);
 		$result = $request->put;
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json; utf-8'),
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 
 		$this->assertEquals('PATCH', $request->method);
 		$result = $request->patch;
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ class RequestTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 			'server' => array('CONTENT_TYPE' => 'image/png'),
 		);
 
-		$request = new Request($vars);
+		$request = new Request($vars, $this->stream);
 		$this->assertEquals('PUT', $request->method);
 		$resource = $request->put;
 		$contents = stream_get_contents($resource);
diff --git a/tests/lib/appframework/middleware/MiddlewareDispatcherTest.php b/tests/lib/appframework/middleware/MiddlewareDispatcherTest.php
index f16b14150c34a9a18c45255918feba42bbe4e20e..935f97d2a6f251630d6d813b0298bd35189b54e3 100644
--- a/tests/lib/appframework/middleware/MiddlewareDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/appframework/middleware/MiddlewareDispatcherTest.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class MiddlewareDispatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	private function getControllerMock(){
 		return $this->getMock('OCP\AppFramework\Controller', array('method'),
-			array($this->getAPIMock(), new Request()));
+			array($this->getAPIMock(), new Request(array('method' => 'GET'))));
 	}