diff --git a/library/ZendOpenId/Consumer/GenericConsumer.php b/library/ZendOpenId/Consumer/GenericConsumer.php
index 38e5279..4c5f260 100644
--- a/library/ZendOpenId/Consumer/GenericConsumer.php
+++ b/library/ZendOpenId/Consumer/GenericConsumer.php
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ public function __construct(Storage\AbstractStorage $storage = null,
      * @param mixed $extensions extension object or array of extensions objects
      * @param Response $response an optional response
      *  object to perform HTTP or HTML form redirection
+     * @param string $method HTTP method used to redirect to server
      * @return bool
      */
     public function login($id, $returnTo = null, $root = null, $extensions = null,
-                          Response $response = null)
+                          Response $response = null, $method = 'GET')
     {
         return $this->_checkId(
             false,
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ public function login($id, $returnTo = null, $root = null, $extensions = null,
             $returnTo,
             $root,
             $extensions,
-            $response);
+            $response,
+            $method);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -782,7 +784,7 @@ protected function _discovery(&$id, &$server, &$version)
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function _checkId($immediate, $id, $returnTo=null, $root=null,
-        $extensions=null, Response $response = null)
+        $extensions=null, Response $response = null, $method = 'GET')
     {
         $this->_setError('');
 
@@ -863,7 +865,7 @@ protected function _checkId($immediate, $id, $returnTo=null, $root=null,
             return false;
         }
 
-        OpenId::redirect($server, $params, $response);
+        OpenId::redirect($server, $params, $response, $method);
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/library/ZendOpenId/OpenId.php b/library/ZendOpenId/OpenId.php
index 348c20b..836e89c 100644
--- a/library/ZendOpenId/OpenId.php
+++ b/library/ZendOpenId/OpenId.php
@@ -438,9 +438,11 @@ public static function redirect($url, $params = null,
                  "</script>");
         }
 
-        $response->setStatusCode(302);
+        if ($method == 'GET') {
+            $response->setStatusCode(302);
 
-        $response->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Location', $url);
+            $response->getHeaders()->addHeaderLine('Location', $url);
+        }
 
         if (!headers_sent()) {
             header($response->renderStatusLine());