diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
index b191fbc..484694d 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c
@@ -377,6 +377,13 @@
       offsetof(ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t, upstream.cache_use_stale),
       &ngx_http_proxy_next_upstream_masks },
 
+    { ngx_string("proxy_cache_methods"),
+      NGX_HTTP_MAIN_CONF|NGX_HTTP_SRV_CONF|NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF|NGX_CONF_1MORE,
+      ngx_conf_set_bitmask_slot,
+      NGX_HTTP_LOC_CONF_OFFSET,
+      offsetof(ngx_http_proxy_loc_conf_t, upstream.cache_methods),
+      &ngx_http_upstream_cache_method_mask },
+
 #endif
 
     { ngx_string("proxy_temp_path"),
@@ -1885,7 +1892,8 @@
      *     conf->upstream.bufs.num = 0;
      *     conf->upstream.ignore_headers = 0;
      *     conf->upstream.next_upstream = 0;
-     *     conf->upstream.use_stale_cache = 0;
+     *     conf->upstream.cache_use_stale = 0;
+     *     conf->upstream.cache_methods = 0;
      *     conf->upstream.temp_path = NULL;
      *     conf->upstream.hide_headers_hash = { NULL, 0 };
      *     conf->upstream.uri = { 0, NULL };
@@ -2139,6 +2147,12 @@
                               (NGX_CONF_BITMASK_SET
                                |NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_OFF));
 
+    if (conf->upstream.cache_methods == 0) {
+        conf->upstream.cache_methods = prev->upstream.cache_methods;
+    }
+
+    conf->upstream.cache_methods |= NGX_HTTP_GET|NGX_HTTP_HEAD;
+
     if (conf->upstream.cache_use_stale & NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_OFF) {
         conf->upstream.cache_use_stale = NGX_CONF_BITMASK_SET
                                          |NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_OFF;