diff --git a/include/http_protocol.h b/include/http_protocol.h
index 629ca448e6..7eee6329f3 100644
--- a/include/http_protocol.h
+++ b/include/http_protocol.h
@@ -470,6 +470,15 @@ CORE_EXPORT(void) ap_parse_uri(request_rec *r, const char *uri);
  */
 API_EXPORT(int) ap_method_number_of(const char *method);
 
+/**
+ * Get the method name associated with the given internal method
+ * number.  Returns NULL if not recognized.
+ * @param methnum An integer value corresponding to an internal method number
+ * @return The name corresponding to the method number
+ * @deffunc const char *ap_method_name_of(int methnum)
+ */
+API_EXPORT(const char *) ap_method_name_of(int methnum);
+
   /* Hooks */
   /*
    * post_read_request --- run right after read_request or internal_redirect,
diff --git a/modules/http/http_protocol.c b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
index 5adf6e7ede..3d206e24c0 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_protocol.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
@@ -809,6 +809,33 @@ API_EXPORT(int) ap_method_number_of(const char *method)
     return M_INVALID;
 }
 
+API_EXPORT(const char *) ap_method_name_of(int methnum) {
+    static const char *AP_HTTP_METHODS[] = {
+	[M_GET]       = "GET",
+	[M_PUT]       = "PUT",
+	[M_POST]      = "POST",
+	[M_DELETE]    = "DELETE",
+	[M_CONNECT]   = "CONNECT",
+	[M_OPTIONS]   = "OPTIONS",
+	[M_TRACE]     = "TRACE",
+	[M_PATCH]     = "PATCH",
+	[M_PROPFIND]  = "PROPFIND",
+	[M_PROPPATCH] = "PROPPATCH",
+	[M_MKCOL]     = "MKCOL",
+	[M_COPY]      = "COPY",
+	[M_MOVE]      = "MOVE",
+	[M_LOCK]      = "LOCK",
+	[M_UNLOCK]    = "UNLOCK",
+	[M_INVALID]   = NULL
+    };
+    
+
+    if ((methnum == M_INVALID) || (methnum >= METHODS)) {
+	return NULL;
+    }
+    return AP_HTTP_METHODS[methnum];
+}
+
 /* Get a line of protocol input, including any continuation lines
  * caused by MIME folding (or broken clients) if fold != 0, and place it
  * in the buffer s, of size n bytes, without the ending newline.