diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 51425e8..50b63b7 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 2.0.0 beta under development
 ----------------------------
 
+- Enh: Adding support for the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header in `yii\web\Request::getMethod()`.
 - Bug #1265: AssetController does not override 'js' and 'css' for compressed bundles (klimov-paul)
 - Bug #1326: The `visible` setting for `DetailView` doesn't work as expected (qiangxue)
 - Bug #1412: `FileValidator` and `ImageValidator` still trigger `uploadRequired` error in some case when `skipOnEmpty` is true and no upload is provided (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/web/Request.php b/framework/web/Request.php
index 25ac672..e3216c3 100644
--- a/framework/web/Request.php
+++ b/framework/web/Request.php
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ use yii\helpers\StringHelper;
  */
 class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 {
+
 	/**
 	 * The name of the HTTP header for sending CSRF token.
 	 */
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 	 */
 	const CSRF_MASK_LENGTH = 8;
 
-
 	/**
 	 * @var boolean whether to enable CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) validation. Defaults to true.
 	 * When CSRF validation is enabled, forms submitted to an Yii Web application must be originated
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 	 * @see getBodyParams()
 	 */
 	public $parsers = [];
-
 	private $_cookies;
-
 	/**
 	 * @var array the headers in this collection (indexed by the header names)
 	 */
@@ -210,6 +208,8 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 	{
 		if (isset($_POST[$this->methodVar])) {
 			return strtoupper($_POST[$this->methodVar]);
+		} elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'])) {
+			return strtoupper($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE']);
 		} else {
 			return isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? strtoupper($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) : 'GET';
 		}
@@ -748,8 +748,7 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 	 */
 	public function getIsSecureConnection()
 	{
-		return isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && (strcasecmp($_SERVER['HTTPS'], 'on') === 0 || $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 1)
-			|| isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && strcasecmp($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') === 0;
+		return isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && (strcasecmp($_SERVER['HTTPS'], 'on') === 0 || $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 1) || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && strcasecmp($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') === 0;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -953,7 +952,8 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 		$n = preg_match_all('/\s*([\w\/\-\*]+)\s*(?:;\s*q\s*=\s*([\d\.]+))?[^,]*/', $header, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
 		for ($i = 0; $i < $n; ++$i) {
 			if (!empty($matches[$i][1])) {
-				$accepts[] = [$matches[$i][1], isset($matches[$i][2]) ? (float)$matches[$i][2] : 1, $i];
+				$accepts[] = [$matches[$i][1], isset($matches[$i][2]) ? (float)$matches[$i][2] : 1,
+					$i];
 			}
 		}
 		usort($accepts, function ($a, $b) {
@@ -1194,8 +1194,7 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 		}
 		$trueToken = $this->getCookies()->getValue($this->csrfVar);
 		$token = $this->getBodyParam($this->csrfVar);
-		return $this->validateCsrfTokenInternal($token, $trueToken)
-			|| $this->validateCsrfTokenInternal($this->getCsrfTokenFromHeader(), $trueToken);
+		return $this->validateCsrfTokenInternal($token, $trueToken) || $this->validateCsrfTokenInternal($this->getCsrfTokenFromHeader(), $trueToken);
 	}
 
 	private function validateCsrfTokenInternal($token, $trueToken)