diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfda766..3239a64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Options:
 |Parameter|type|mandatory|description|
 |---------|----|---------|-----------|
 |`container`|`boolean`|no|Default true, when false, renders a component without its <oc-component> container|
+|`httpMethod`|`string`|no|Default GET, when false, Allows you specify which HTTP method to use. Available options: GET or POST. Note: If you have more than one component, POST is automatically forced.|
 |`disableFailoverRendering`|`boolean`|no|Disables the automatic failover rendering in case the registry times-out (in case configuration.registries.clientRendering contains a valid value.) Default false|
 |`forwardAcceptLanguageToClient`|`boolean`|no|When not specified in config, defaults to false. When true, when doing client-side requests (normal or failover) appends a custom parameter to the browser's component hrefs so that the framework will ignore the browser's Accept-Language in favour of the query-string value|
 |`headers`|`object`|no|An object containing all the headers that must be forwarded to the component|
diff --git a/src/get-components-data.js b/src/get-components-data.js
index b954060..2799eca 100644
--- a/src/get-components-data.js
+++ b/src/get-components-data.js
@@ -141,8 +141,15 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       return cb(serverRenderingFail);
     }
 
-    const performRequest =
-      serverRendering.components.length === 1 ? performGet : performPost;
+    let componentsLength = serverRendering.components.length;
+    let performRequest = componentsLength === 1 ? performGet : performPost;
+
+    const method = (options.httpMethod || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (method === 'post') {
+      performRequest = performPost;
+    } else if (method === 'get') {
+      performRequest = componentsLength > 1 ? performPost : performGet;
+    }
 
     performRequest(
       serverRenderingEndpoint,
diff --git a/test/unit/client-get-component-data.js b/test/unit/client-get-component-data.js
index 88e0960..b430cc0 100644
--- a/test/unit/client-get-component-data.js
+++ b/test/unit/client-get-component-data.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe('client : get-component-data', () => {
     const options = {
       parameters: { p1: 'v1', p2: 'v2' },
       headers: { 'header-a': 'header-value b' },
+      httpMethod: 'POST',
       timeout: 10
     };
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ describe('client : get-component-data', () => {
     const options = {
       parameters: { p1: 'v1', p2: 'v2' },
       headers: { 'header-a': 'header-value b' },
+      httpMethod: 'GET',
       timeout: 10
     };