diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
index 9900e0cd03f9823ee4e62dd631c9120df534630d..02335c72ecfa775a9e79ce72b1ac47b2a57621ea 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def link_to_remote_options?(options)
         end
 
         def add_method_to_attributes!(html_options, method)
-          if method && method.to_s.downcase != "get" && html_options["rel"] !~ /nofollow/
+          if method_not_get_method?(method) && html_options["rel"] !~ /nofollow/
             if html_options["rel"].blank?
               html_options["rel"] = "nofollow"
             else
@@ -599,6 +599,19 @@ def add_method_to_attributes!(html_options, method)
           html_options["data-method"] = method
         end
 
+        STRINGIFIED_COMMON_METHODS = {
+          get:    "get",
+          delete: "delete",
+          patch:  "patch",
+          post:   "post",
+          put:    "put",
+        }.freeze
+
+        def method_not_get_method?(method)
+          return false unless method
+          (STRINGIFIED_COMMON_METHODS[method] || method.to_s.downcase) != "get"
+        end
+
         def token_tag(token = nil, form_options: {})
           if token != false && protect_against_forgery?
             token ||= form_authenticity_token(form_options: form_options)