diff --git a/framework/yii/web/UrlManager.php b/framework/yii/web/UrlManager.php
index 47f5c5d..44c63c5 100644
--- a/framework/yii/web/UrlManager.php
+++ b/framework/yii/web/UrlManager.php
@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ class UrlManager extends Component
 	 * array, one can use the key to represent the pattern and the value the corresponding route.
 	 * For example, `'post/<id:\d+>' => 'post/view'`.
 	 *
+	 * For RESTful routing the mentioned shortcut format also allows you to specify the
+	 * [[UrlRule::verb|HTTP verb]] that the rule should apply for.
+	 * You can do that  by prepending it to the pattern, separated by space.
+	 * For example, `'PUT post/<id:\d+>' => 'post/update'`.
+	 * You may specify multiple verbs by separating them with comma
+	 * like this: `'POST,PUT post/index' => 'post/create'`.
+	 * The supported verbs in the shortcut format are: GET, HEAD, POST, PUT and DELETE.
+	 * Note that [[UrlRule::mode|mode]] will be set to PARSING_ONLY when specifying verb in this way
+	 * so you normally would not specify a verb for normal GET request.
+	 *
+	 * Here is an example configuration for RESTful CRUD controller:
+	 *
+	 * ~~~php
+	 * array(
+	 *     'dashboard' => 'site/index',
+	 *
+	 *     'POST <controller:\w+>s' => '<controller>/create',
+	 *     '<controller:\w+>s' => '<controller>/index',
+	 *
+	 *     'PUT <controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'    => '<controller>/update',
+	 *     'DELETE <controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>' => '<controller>/delete',
+	 *     '<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'        => '<controller>/view',
+	 * );
+	 * ~~~
+	 *
 	 * Note that if you modify this property after the UrlManager object is created, make sure
 	 * you populate the array with rule objects instead of rule configurations.
 	 */
@@ -115,9 +140,14 @@ class UrlManager extends Component
 		foreach ($this->rules as $key => $rule) {
 			if (!is_array($rule)) {
 				$rule = array(
-					'pattern' => $key,
 					'route' => $rule,
 				);
+				if (preg_match('/^((?:(GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|DELETE),)*(GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|DELETE))\s+(.*)$/', $key, $matches)) {
+					$rule['verb'] = explode(',', $matches[1]);
+					$rule['mode'] = UrlRule::PARSING_ONLY;
+					$key = $matches[4];
+				}
+				$rule['pattern'] = $key;
 			}
 			$rules[] = Yii::createObject(array_merge($this->ruleConfig, $rule));
 		}
diff --git a/tests/unit/TestCase.php b/tests/unit/TestCase.php
index 479f85d..efcedf0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/unit/TestCase.php
@@ -38,14 +38,13 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \yii\test\TestCase
 	 * The application will be destroyed on tearDown() automatically.
 	 * @param array $config The application configuration, if needed
 	 */
-	protected function mockApplication($config=array())
+	protected function mockApplication($config = array(), $appClass = '\yii\console\Application')
 	{
 		static $defaultConfig = array(
 			'id' => 'testapp',
 			'basePath' => __DIR__,
 		);
 
-		$appClass = $this->getParam( 'appClass', '\yii\web\Application' );
 		new $appClass(array_merge($defaultConfig,$config));
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/config.php b/tests/unit/data/config.php
index 88c8127..a2cc445 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/config.php
+++ b/tests/unit/data/config.php
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
 return array(
-	//'appClass' => '\yii\web\Application',
-	'appClass' => '\yii\console\Application',
 	'databases' => array(
 		'mysql' => array(
 			'dsn' => 'mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=yiitest',
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/web/UrlManagerTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/web/UrlManagerTest.php
index 0f08790..7da8f34 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/web/UrlManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/web/UrlManagerTest.php
@@ -248,4 +248,58 @@ class UrlManagerTest extends TestCase
 		$result = $manager->parseRequest($request);
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 	}
+
+	public function testParseRESTRequest()
+	{
+		$manager = new UrlManager(array(
+			'cache' => null,
+		));
+		$request = new Request;
+
+		// pretty URL rules
+		$manager = new UrlManager(array(
+			'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
+			'cache' => null,
+			'rules' => array(
+				'PUT,POST post/<id>/<title>' => 'post/create',
+				'DELETE post/<id>' => 'post/delete',
+				'post/<id>/<title>' => 'post/view',
+				'POST/GET' => 'post/get',
+			),
+		));
+		// matching pathinfo GET request
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+		$request->pathInfo = 'post/123/this+is+sample';
+		$result = $manager->parseRequest($request);
+		$this->assertEquals(array('post/view', array('id' => '123', 'title' => 'this+is+sample')), $result);
+		// matching pathinfo PUT/POST request
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'PUT';
+		$request->pathInfo = 'post/123/this+is+sample';
+		$result = $manager->parseRequest($request);
+		$this->assertEquals(array('post/create', array('id' => '123', 'title' => 'this+is+sample')), $result);
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+		$request->pathInfo = 'post/123/this+is+sample';
+		$result = $manager->parseRequest($request);
+		$this->assertEquals(array('post/create', array('id' => '123', 'title' => 'this+is+sample')), $result);
+
+		// no wrong matching
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+		$request->pathInfo = 'POST/GET';
+		$result = $manager->parseRequest($request);
+		$this->assertEquals(array('post/get', array()), $result);
+
+		// createUrl should ignore REST rules
+		$this->mockApplication(array(
+			'components' => array(
+				'request' => array(
+					'hostInfo' => 'http://localhost/',
+					'baseUrl' => '/app'
+				)
+			)
+		), \yii\web\Application::className());
+		$this->assertEquals('/app/post/delete?id=123', $manager->createUrl('post/delete', array('id' => 123)));
+		$this->destroyApplication();
+
+		unset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
+	}
 }