diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Server/IWireMockServer.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Server/IWireMockServer.cs
index 7848b3df..801cc1cc 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Server/IWireMockServer.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.Abstractions/Server/IWireMockServer.cs
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
         void AddGlobalProcessingDelay(TimeSpan delay);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Allows the partial mapping.
+        /// Set the partial mapping to allowed (if true, you can also provide 'enforceHttpMethod').
         /// </summary>
-        void AllowPartialMapping(bool allow = true);
+        void AllowPartialMapping(bool allow = true, bool enforceHttpMethod = false);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Deletes a LogEntry.
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
index 44f900e2..5bca118a 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using WireMock.Handlers;
 using WireMock.Logging;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 using WireMock.Util;
+using WireMock.Settings;
 #if !USE_ASPNETCORE
 using Owin;
 #else
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
+        IPartialMappingSettings PartialMappingSettings { get; set; }
+
         ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping> Mappings { get; }
 
         ConcurrentDictionary<string, ScenarioState> Scenarios { get; }
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
index 71b4d814..1edcb5ad 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
                 .OrderBy(m => m.RequestMatchResult)
                 .ThenBy(m => m.Mapping.Priority)
                 .ToList();
+
+            if (_options.PartialMappingSettings?.EnforceHttpMethod == true)
+            {
+                // Check if any partialMappings contain a HttpMethodMatcher, and check if this returns a 0
+                foreach (var partialMapping in partialMappings)
+                {
+                    
+                }
+            }
+
             var partialMatch = partialMappings.FirstOrDefault(pm => pm.RequestMatchResult.AverageTotalScore > 0.0);
 
             if (_options.AllowPartialMapping == true)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
index e6b1b138..ab2e7280 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using WireMock.Handlers;
 using WireMock.Logging;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
 using WireMock.Util;
+using WireMock.Settings;
 #if !USE_ASPNETCORE
 using Owin;
 #else
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         public bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
+        public IPartialMappingSettings PartialMappingSettings { get; set; }
+
         public ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping> Mappings { get; } = new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping>();
 
         public ConcurrentDictionary<string, ScenarioState> Scenarios { get; } = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ScenarioState>();
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.Admin.cs
index d0bd7d73..961fa0d2 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
             if (settings.AllowPartialMapping != null)
             {
                 _options.AllowPartialMapping = settings.AllowPartialMapping.Value;
+                // TODO stef _options.PartialMappingSettings = settings.
             }
 
             if (settings.GlobalProcessingDelay != null)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.cs
index 8702c338..e1efbf35 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/WireMockServer.cs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
 
             if (settings.AllowPartialMapping == true)
             {
-                AllowPartialMapping();
+                AllowPartialMapping(true, settings.PartialMappingSettings);
             }
 
             if (settings.StartAdminInterface == true)
@@ -389,10 +389,21 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServer.AllowPartialMapping" />
         [PublicAPI]
-        public void AllowPartialMapping(bool allow = true)
+        public void AllowPartialMapping(bool allow = true, bool enforceHttpMethod = false)
+        {
+            AllowPartialMapping(allow, new PartialMappingSettings
+            {
+                EnforceHttpMethod = enforceHttpMethod
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServer.AllowPartialMapping" />
+        [PublicAPI]
+        public void AllowPartialMapping(bool allow = true, IPartialMappingSettings partialMappingSettings = null)
         {
             _settings.Logger.Info("AllowPartialMapping is set to {0}", allow);
             _options.AllowPartialMapping = allow;
+            _options.PartialMappingSettings = partialMappingSettings;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServer.SetBasicAuthentication" />
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IPartialMappingSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IPartialMappingSettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22222419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IPartialMappingSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace WireMock.Settings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// IPartialMappingSettings
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IPartialMappingSettings
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// ...
+        /// </summary>
+        bool EnforceHttpMethod { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IWireMockServerSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IWireMockServerSettings.cs
index 65ce9a30..1371579f 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IWireMockServerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IWireMockServerSettings.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ namespace WireMock.Settings
         [PublicAPI]
         bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the partial mapping settings (optional).
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        IPartialMappingSettings PartialMappingSettings { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The username needed for __admin access.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/PartialMappingSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/PartialMappingSettings.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02f432c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/PartialMappingSettings.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+namespace WireMock.Settings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// PartialMappingSettings
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <seealso cref="IPartialMappingSettings" />
+    public class PartialMappingSettings : IPartialMappingSettings
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IPartialMappingSettings.EnforceHttpMethod"/>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        public bool EnforceHttpMethod { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/WireMockServerSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/WireMockServerSettings.cs
index ac1beb14..494045e1 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/WireMockServerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/WireMockServerSettings.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Settings
         [PublicAPI]
         public bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServerSettings.PartialMappingSettings"/>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        public IPartialMappingSettings PartialMappingSettings { get; set; }
+
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockServerSettings.AdminUsername"/>
         [PublicAPI]
         public string AdminUsername { get; set; }
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
index 32081267..fd1b69cc 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/RequestTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using NFluent;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NFluent;
 using WireMock.Matchers.Request;
 using WireMock.Models;
 using WireMock.RequestBuilders;
@@ -13,6 +14,34 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
     {
         private const string ClientIp = "::1";
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Should_Match_When_Verb_Does_Match()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var requestPut = Request.Create().WithPath("/bar").UsingPut();
+
+            // Act
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new UrlDetails("http://localhost/bar"), "PUT", ClientIp);
+
+            // Assert
+            var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
+            requestPut.GetMatchingScore(request, requestMatchResult).Should().Be(1.0);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Should_NotMatch_When_Verb_Does_Not_Match()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var requestGet = Request.Create().WithPath("/bar").UsingGet();
+
+            // Act
+            var request = new RequestMessage(new UrlDetails("http://localhost/bar"), "PUT", ClientIp);
+
+            // Assert
+            var requestMatchResult = new RequestMatchResult();
+            requestGet.GetMatchingScore(request, requestMatchResult).Should().Be(0.0);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Should_exclude_requests_matching_given_http_method_but_not_url()
         {