diff --git a/core/control/Director.php b/core/control/Director.php
index 1cb88b07a..b7cd2ae3f 100644
--- a/core/control/Director.php
+++ b/core/control/Director.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Director {
 		// Really, it's some inapproriate coupling and should be resolved by making less use of statics
 		$oldStage = Versioned::current_stage();
 		
-		if(!$httpMethod) $httpMethod = $postVars ? "POST" : "GET";
+		if(!$httpMethod) $httpMethod = ($postVars || is_array($postVars)) ? "POST" : "GET";
 		
         $getVars = array();
 		if(strpos($url,'?') !== false) {