diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index 0e10892a73..12f4eac57e 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ use = egg:swift#staticweb
 [filter:tempurl]
 use = egg:swift#tempurl
 # The methods allowed with Temp URLs.
-# methods = GET HEAD PUT
+# methods = GET HEAD PUT POST DELETE
 #
 # The headers to remove from incoming requests. Simply a whitespace delimited
 # list of header names and names can optionally end with '*' to indicate a
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py b/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
index 517bb332d7..1f10b31ed4 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ class TempURL(object):
     :param conf: The configuration dict for the middleware.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, app, conf, methods=('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT')):
+    def __init__(self, app, conf,
+                 methods=('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE')):
         #: The next WSGI application/filter in the paste.deploy pipeline.
         self.app = app
         #: The filter configuration dict.
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ def filter_factory(global_conf, **local_conf):
     conf = global_conf.copy()
     conf.update(local_conf)
 
-    methods = conf.get('methods', 'GET HEAD PUT').split()
+    methods = conf.get('methods', 'GET HEAD PUT POST DELETE').split()
     register_swift_info('tempurl', methods=methods)
 
     return lambda app: TempURL(app, conf, methods=methods)
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_tempurl.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_tempurl.py
index bb73993731..e9d166b5ff 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_tempurl.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_tempurl.py
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ class TestTempURL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(resp.status_int, 401)
         self.assertTrue('Www-Authenticate' in resp.headers)
 
-    def test_post_not_allowed(self):
+    def test_post_when_forbidden_by_config(self):
+        self.tempurl.methods.remove('POST')
         method = 'POST'
         expires = int(time() + 86400)
         path = '/v1/a/c/o'
@@ -504,7 +505,8 @@ class TestTempURL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue('Temp URL invalid' in resp.body)
         self.assertTrue('Www-Authenticate' in resp.headers)
 
-    def test_delete_not_allowed(self):
+    def test_delete_when_forbidden_by_config(self):
+        self.tempurl.methods.remove('DELETE')
         method = 'DELETE'
         expires = int(time() + 86400)
         path = '/v1/a/c/o'
@@ -521,8 +523,7 @@ class TestTempURL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue('Temp URL invalid' in resp.body)
         self.assertTrue('Www-Authenticate' in resp.headers)
 
-    def test_delete_allowed_with_conf(self):
-        self.tempurl.methods.append('DELETE')
+    def test_delete_allowed(self):
         method = 'DELETE'
         expires = int(time() + 86400)
         path = '/v1/a/c/o'
@@ -708,9 +709,9 @@ class TestTempURL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(self.tempurl._get_account({
             'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), 'a')
         self.assertEquals(self.tempurl._get_account({
-            'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), None)
+            'REQUEST_METHOD': 'POST', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), 'a')
         self.assertEquals(self.tempurl._get_account({
-            'REQUEST_METHOD': 'DELETE', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), None)
+            'REQUEST_METHOD': 'DELETE', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), 'a')
         self.assertEquals(self.tempurl._get_account({
             'REQUEST_METHOD': 'UNKNOWN', 'PATH_INFO': '/v1/a/c/o'}), None)
         self.assertEquals(self.tempurl._get_account({
@@ -953,14 +954,14 @@ class TestSwiftInfo(unittest.TestCase):
         swift_info = utils.get_swift_info()
         self.assertTrue('tempurl' in swift_info)
         self.assertEqual(set(swift_info['tempurl']['methods']),
-                         set(('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT')))
+                         set(('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE')))
 
     def test_non_default_methods(self):
-        tempurl.filter_factory({'methods': 'GET HEAD PUT POST DELETE'})
+        tempurl.filter_factory({'methods': 'GET HEAD PUT DELETE BREW'})
         swift_info = utils.get_swift_info()
         self.assertTrue('tempurl' in swift_info)
         self.assertEqual(set(swift_info['tempurl']['methods']),
-                         set(('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE')))
+                         set(('GET', 'HEAD', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'BREW')))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':