diff --git a/ruma-api-macros/src/api/request.rs b/ruma-api-macros/src/api/request.rs
index d83c678f..793e45fd 100644
--- a/ruma-api-macros/src/api/request.rs
+++ b/ruma-api-macros/src/api/request.rs
@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ impl Request {
                                 fn try_from_http_request(
                                     request: #http::Request<Vec<u8>>
                                 ) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, #ruma_api::error::FromHttpRequestError> {
+                                    if request.method() != #http::Method::#method {
+                                        return Err(#ruma_api::error::FromHttpRequestError::MethodMismatch {
+                                            expected: #http::Method::#method,
+                                            received: request.method().clone(),
+                                        });
+                                    }
                                     #extract_request_path
                                     #extract_request_query
                                     #extract_request_headers
diff --git a/ruma-api/src/error.rs b/ruma-api/src/error.rs
index 9f2046f2..5f2aa95f 100644
--- a/ruma-api/src/error.rs
+++ b/ruma-api/src/error.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ pub enum FromHttpRequestError {
     /// Deserialization failed
     #[error("deserialization failed: {0}")]
     Deserialization(#[from] RequestDeserializationError),
+
+    /// HTTP method mismatch
+    #[error("http method mismatch: expected {expected}, received: {received}")]
+    MethodMismatch {
+        /// expected http method
+        expected: http::method::Method,
+        /// received http method
+        received: http::method::Method,
+    },
 }
 
 /// An error that occurred when trying to deserialize a request.