diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6c36d00e3..d7b76bb11 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
                      :only => [:update, :destroy]
     # issue form update
     project.issue_form 'issues/new', :controller => 'issues',
-                       :action => 'new', :conditions => {:method => :post}
+                       :action => 'new', :conditions => {:method => [:post, :put]}
     project.resources :issues, :only => [:index, :new, :create] do |issues|
       issues.resources :time_entries, :controller => 'timelog',
                        :collection => {:report => :get}
diff --git a/test/integration/routing/issues_test.rb b/test/integration/routing/issues_test.rb
index dc04b7713..1a96176e1 100644
--- a/test/integration/routing/issues_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/routing/issues_test.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ class RoutingIssuesTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
         { :method => 'post', :path => "/projects/23/issues/new" },
         { :controller => 'issues', :action => 'new', :project_id => '23' }
       )
+    assert_routing(
+        { :method => 'put', :path => "/projects/23/issues/new" },
+        { :controller => 'issues', :action => 'new', :project_id => '23' }
+      )
   end
 
   def test_issues_extra_actions