diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py b/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
index 66bb9af0d3..7cba46cba2 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/bulk.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ class Bulk(object):
                 new_env['PATH_INFO'] = delete_path
                 del(new_env['wsgi.input'])
                 new_env['CONTENT_LENGTH'] = 0
+                new_env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'DELETE'
                 new_env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] = \
                     '%s %s' % (req.environ.get('HTTP_USER_AGENT'), user_agent)
                 new_env['swift.source'] = swift_source
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
index 63ea6f0816..850da665f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_bulk.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class FakeApp(object):
             if len(env['PATH_INFO']) > 100:
                 return Response(status='400 Bad Request')(env, start_response)
             return Response(status='201 Created')(env, start_response)
-        if env['PATH_INFO'].startswith('/delete_works/'):
+        if (env['PATH_INFO'].startswith('/delete_works/')
+                and env['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'DELETE'):
             self.delete_paths.append(env['PATH_INFO'])
             if len(env['PATH_INFO']) > self.max_pathlen:
                 return Response(status='400 Bad Request')(env, start_response)