diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py b/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
index 9ef8210452..f5bb00a254 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/ratelimit.py
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ class RateLimitMiddleware(object):
         keys = []
         if self.account_ratelimit and \
                 account_name and container_name and not obj_name and \
-                req_method in ('PUT', 'DELETE'):
+                req_method in ('PUT', 'DELETE', 'POST'):
             # account_ratelimit PUTs/DELETEs to acc_name/cont_name
             keys.append(("ratelimit/%s" % account_name,
                          self.account_ratelimit))
 
         if account_name and container_name and obj_name and \
-                req_method in ('PUT', 'DELETE'):
+                req_method in ('PUT', 'DELETE', 'POST', 'COPY'):
             # container_ratelimit PUTs/DELETEs to acc_name/cont_name/obj_name
             container_size = None
             memcache_key = get_container_memcache_key(account_name,
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_ratelimit.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_ratelimit.py
index ef2608c772..0db80ac81b 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_ratelimit.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_ratelimit.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class TestRateLimit(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(len(the_app.get_ratelimitable_key_tuples(
                     'DELETE', 'a', None, None)), 0)
         self.assertEquals(len(the_app.get_ratelimitable_key_tuples(
-                    'POST', 'a', 'c', None)), 0)
+                    'POST', 'a', 'c', None)), 1)
         self.assertEquals(len(the_app.get_ratelimitable_key_tuples(
                     'PUT', 'a', 'c', None)), 1)
         self.assertEquals(len(the_app.get_ratelimitable_key_tuples(
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TestRateLimit(unittest.TestCase):
         self.test_ratelimit = ratelimit.filter_factory(conf_dict)(FakeApp())
         ratelimit.http_connect = mock_http_connect(204)
         for meth, exp_time in [('DELETE', 9.8), ('GET', 0),
-                           ('POST', 0), ('PUT', 9.8)]:
+                           ('POST', 9.8), ('PUT', 9.8)]:
             req = Request.blank('/v/a%s/c' % meth)
             req.method = meth
             req.environ['swift.cache'] = FakeMemcache()