diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
index 0d1506c6f88..0614147443a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
@@ -16,13 +16,25 @@ public partial class InvokeRestMethodCommand
         /// <summary>
         /// gets or sets the parameter Method
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
         public override WebRequestMethod Method
         {
             get { return base.Method; }
             set { base.Method = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// gets or sets the parameter CustomMethod
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "CustomMethod")]
+        [Alias("CM")]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public override string CustomMethod
+        {
+            get { return base.CustomMethod; }
+            set { base.CustomMethod = value; }
+        }
+
         #endregion Parameters
 
         #region Helper Methods
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
index 2eff4b1cb1f..560aa57a1e5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public virtual int MaximumRedirection
         /// <summary>
         /// gets or sets the Method property
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter]
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
         public virtual WebRequestMethod Method
         {
             get { return _method; }
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ public virtual WebRequestMethod Method
         }
         private WebRequestMethod _method = WebRequestMethod.Default;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// gets or sets the CustomMethod property
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "CustomMethod")]
+        [Alias("CM")]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public virtual string CustomMethod
+        {
+            get { return _customMethod; }
+            set { _customMethod = value; }
+        }
+        private string _customMethod;
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Proxy
@@ -547,7 +560,8 @@ private Uri PrepareUri(Uri uri)
             IDictionary bodyAsDictionary;
             LanguagePrimitives.TryConvertTo<IDictionary>(Body, out bodyAsDictionary);
             if ((null != bodyAsDictionary)
-                && (Method == WebRequestMethod.Default || Method == WebRequestMethod.Get))
+                && ((IsStandardMethodSet() && (Method == WebRequestMethod.Default || Method == WebRequestMethod.Get))
+                     || (IsCustomMethodSet() && CustomMethod.ToUpperInvariant() == "GET")))
             {
                 UriBuilder uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(uri);
                 if (uriBuilder.Query != null && uriBuilder.Query.Length > 1)
@@ -626,6 +640,16 @@ private ErrorRecord GetValidationError(string msg, string errorId, params object
             return (error);
         }
 
+        private bool IsStandardMethodSet()
+        {
+            return (ParameterSetName == "StandardMethod");
+        }
+        
+        private bool IsCustomMethodSet()
+        {
+            return (ParameterSetName == "CustomMethod");
+        }
+
         #endregion Helper Methods
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeRestMethodCommand.CoreClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeRestMethodCommand.CoreClr.cs
index efd3762cc58..7d0d6c2d3bf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeRestMethodCommand.CoreClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeRestMethodCommand.CoreClr.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
     /// Intended to work against the wide spectrum of "RESTful" web services
     /// currently deployed across the web.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "RestMethod", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217034")]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "RestMethod", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217034", DefaultParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
     public partial class InvokeRestMethodCommand : WebRequestPSCmdlet
     {
         #region Virtual Method Overrides
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeWebRequestCommand.CoreClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeWebRequestCommand.CoreClr.cs
index 0506ac15001..3dbfbeaae80 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeWebRequestCommand.CoreClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/InvokeWebRequestCommand.CoreClr.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
     /// The Invoke-RestMethod command
     /// This command makes an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web server and returns the results.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "WebRequest", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217035")]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "WebRequest", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217035", DefaultParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
     public class InvokeWebRequestCommand : WebRequestPSCmdlet
     {
         #region Virtual Method Overrides
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/WebRequestPSCmdlet.CoreClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/WebRequestPSCmdlet.CoreClr.cs
index ca38c1ed3e6..a1069f6c4db 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/WebRequestPSCmdlet.CoreClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/CoreCLR/WebRequestPSCmdlet.CoreClr.cs
@@ -154,7 +154,22 @@ internal virtual HttpClient GetHttpClient()
         internal virtual HttpRequestMessage GetRequest(Uri uri)
         {
             Uri requestUri = PrepareUri(uri);
-            HttpMethod httpMethod = GetHttpMethod(Method);
+            HttpMethod httpMethod = null;
+          
+            switch (ParameterSetName)
+            {
+                case "StandardMethod":
+                    // set the method if the parameter was provided
+                    httpMethod = GetHttpMethod(Method);
+                    break;
+                case "CustomMethod":
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(CustomMethod))
+                    {
+                        // set the method if the parameter was provided
+                        httpMethod = new HttpMethod(CustomMethod.ToString().ToUpperInvariant());
+                    }
+                    break;
+            }
 
             // create the base WebRequest object
             var request = new HttpRequestMessage(httpMethod, requestUri);
@@ -229,7 +244,7 @@ internal virtual void FillRequestStream(HttpRequestMessage request)
                 //request
             }
             // ContentType == null
-            else if (Method == WebRequestMethod.Post)
+            else if (Method == WebRequestMethod.Post || (IsCustomMethodSet() && CustomMethod.ToUpperInvariant() == "POST"))
             {
                 // Win8:545310 Invoke-WebRequest does not properly set MIME type for POST
                 string contentType = null;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeRestMethodCommand.FullClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeRestMethodCommand.FullClr.cs
index a723c3684c6..c07f151ab61 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeRestMethodCommand.FullClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeRestMethodCommand.FullClr.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
     /// Intended to work against the wide spectrum of "RESTful" web services
     /// currently deployed across the web.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "RestMethod", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217034")]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "RestMethod", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217034", DefaultParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
     public partial class InvokeRestMethodCommand : WebRequestPSCmdlet
     {
         #region Virtual Method Overrides
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeWebRequestCommand.FullClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeWebRequestCommand.FullClr.cs
index ed930f33116..cb5a5710783 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeWebRequestCommand.FullClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/InvokeWebRequestCommand.FullClr.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
     /// The Invoke-RestMethod command
     /// This command makes an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web server and returns the results.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "WebRequest", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217035")]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Invoke, "WebRequest", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217035", DefaultParameterSetName = "StandardMethod")]
     public class InvokeWebRequestCommand : WebRequestPSCmdlet
     {
         #region Virtual Method Overrides
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/WebRequestPSCmdlet.FullClr.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/WebRequestPSCmdlet.FullClr.cs
index 06ed7591218..8922b9dd40a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/WebRequestPSCmdlet.FullClr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/FullClr/WebRequestPSCmdlet.FullClr.cs
@@ -84,10 +84,19 @@ internal virtual WebRequest GetRequest(Uri uri)
                 request.Proxy = WebSession.Proxy;
             }
 
-            // set the method if the parameter was provided
-            if (WebRequestMethod.Default != Method)
+            switch (ParameterSetName)
             {
-                request.Method = Method.ToString().ToUpperInvariant();
+                case "StandardMethod":
+                    if (WebRequestMethod.Default != Method)
+                    {
+                        // set the method if the parameter was provided
+                        request.Method = Method.ToString().ToUpperInvariant();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case "CustomMethod":
+                    // set the method if the parameter was provided
+                    request.Method = CustomMethod.ToUpperInvariant();
+                    break;
             }
 
             // pull in http specific properties
@@ -248,7 +257,8 @@ internal virtual void FillRequestStream(WebRequest request)
                 request.ContentType = ContentType;
             }
             // ContentType == null
-            else if (Method == WebRequestMethod.Post)
+            else if ((IsStandardMethodSet() && Method == WebRequestMethod.Post)
+                      || (IsCustomMethodSet() && CustomMethod.ToUpperInvariant() == "POST"))
             {
                 // Win8:545310 Invoke-WebRequest does not properly set MIME type for POST
                 if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(request.ContentType))
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
index 66d618ddc61..07e65489f60 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
@@ -400,6 +400,35 @@ Describe "Invoke-WebRequest tests" -Tags "Feature" {
         $result.Error | Should BeNullOrEmpty
     }
 
+    It "Validate Invoke-WebRequest StandardMethod and CustomMethod parameter sets" {
+        
+        #Validate that parameter sets are functioning correctly
+        $errorId = "AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand"
+        { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://http.lee.io/method' -Method GET -CustomMethod TEST } | ShouldBeErrorId $errorId
+    }
+
+    It "Validate Invoke-WebRequest CustomMethod method is used" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://http.lee.io/method' -CustomMethod TEST"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        $result.Error | Should BeNullOrEmpty
+        ($result.Output.Content | ConvertFrom-Json).output.method | Should Be "TEST"
+    }
+
+    It "Validate Invoke-WebRequest default ContentType for CustomMethod POST" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://httpbin.org/post' -CustomMethod POST -Body 'testparam=testvalue'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        ($result.Output.Content | ConvertFrom-Json).form.testparam | Should Be "testvalue"
+    }
+
+    It "Validate Invoke-WebRequest body is converted to query params for CustomMethod GET" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://httpbin.org/get' -CustomMethod GET -Body @{'testparam'='testvalue'}"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        ($result.Output.Content | ConvertFrom-Json).args.testparam | Should Be "testvalue"
+    }
+    
     It "Validate Invoke-WebRequest returns HTTP errors in exception" {
 
         $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri http://httpbin.org/status/418"
@@ -649,6 +678,34 @@ Describe "Invoke-RestMethod tests" -Tags "Feature" {
         $result.Error | Should BeNullOrEmpty
     }
 
+    It "Validate Invoke-RestMethod StandardMethod and CustomMethod parameter sets" {
+
+        $errorId = "AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand"
+        { Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://http.lee.io/method' -Method GET -CustomMethod TEST } | ShouldBeErrorId $errorId
+    }
+
+    It "Validate CustomMethod method is used" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://http.lee.io/method' -CustomMethod TEST"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        $result.Error | Should BeNullOrEmpty
+        $result.Output.output.method | Should Be "TEST"
+    }
+
+    It "Validate Invoke-RestMethod default ContentType for CustomMethod POST" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://httpbin.org/post' -CustomMethod POST -Body 'testparam=testvalue'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        $result.Output.form.testparam | Should Be "testvalue"
+    }
+
+    It "Validate Invoke-RestMethod body is converted to query params for CustomMethod GET" {
+        
+        $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://httpbin.org/get' -CustomMethod GET -Body @{'testparam'='testvalue'}"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -command $command
+        $result.Output.args.testparam | Should Be "testvalue"
+    }
+
     It "Invoke-RestMethod supports request that returns plain text response." {
 
         $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'http://httpbin.org/encoding/utf8'"