diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45972a5..e0826f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ Extra header to send with requests e.g. `-H "Cookie: PHPSESSID=blah"`
 
 HTTP status codes which indicate a positive find. (default `200,400,403,500,405,204,401,301,302`)
 
+##### `-m, --method`
+
+HTTP method to use.
+
 ##### `-s, --spider`
 
 Scan page content for links and confirm their existence.
diff --git a/cmd/scout/url.go b/cmd/scout/url.go
index 4521725..59bf2f3 100644
--- a/cmd/scout/url.go
+++ b/cmd/scout/url.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var headers []string
 var extensions = []string{"php", "htm", "html", "txt"}
 var enableSpidering bool
 var proxy string
+var method = "GET"
 
 var urlCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "url [url]",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ var urlCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		options := []scan.URLOption{
+			scan.WithMethod(method),
 			scan.WithPositiveStatusCodes(intStatusCodes),
 			scan.WithTargetURL(*parsedURL),
 			scan.WithResultChan(resultChan),
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ func init() {
 	urlCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&headers, "header", "H", headers, "Extra header to send with requests (can be specified multiple times).")
 	urlCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&enableSpidering, "spider", "s", enableSpidering, "Spider links within page content")
 	urlCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&proxy, "proxy", "p", proxy, "HTTP Proxy to use")
+	urlCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&method, "method", "m", method, "HTTP method (default: GET)")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(urlCmd)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/scan/url_options.go b/pkg/scan/url_options.go
index 1a57b12..7aaa829 100644
--- a/pkg/scan/url_options.go
+++ b/pkg/scan/url_options.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package scan
 
 import (
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/liamg/scout/pkg/wordlist"
@@ -94,6 +95,12 @@ func WithExtraHeaders(headers []string) URLOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithMethod(method string) URLOption {
+	return func(s *URLScanner) {
+		s.method = strings.ToUpper(method)
+	}
+}
+
 type URLResult struct {
 	URL        url.URL
 	StatusCode int
diff --git a/pkg/scan/url_scanner.go b/pkg/scan/url_scanner.go
index 09ae648..54d5cad 100644
--- a/pkg/scan/url_scanner.go
+++ b/pkg/scan/url_scanner.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type URLScanner struct {
 	queueChan           chan URLJob
 	jobsLoaded          int32
 	proxy               *url.URL
+	method              string
 }
 
 type URLJob struct {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ func NewURLScanner(options ...URLOption) *URLScanner {
 		extensions:       []string{"php", "htm", "html", "txt"},
 		backupExtensions: []string{"~", ".bak", ".BAK", ".old", ".backup", ".txt", ".OLD", ".BACKUP", "1", "2", "_", ".1", ".2"},
 		enableSpidering:  false,
+		method:           "GET",
 	}
 
 	for _, option := range options {
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ func (scanner *URLScanner) checkURL(job URLJob) *URLResult {
 
 	if err := retry.Do(func() error {
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, job.URL, nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(scanner.method, job.URL, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}