diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py b/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
index 83c4e7b..fe854c1 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/tempurl.py
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class TempURL(object):
         :returns: None for safe operations or swob.HTTPBadResponse if the
                   request includes disallowed headers.
         """
-        if env['REQUEST_METHOD'] in ('GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS'):
+        if env['REQUEST_METHOD'] in ('GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS', 'POST'):
             return
         for h in env:
             if h in self.disallowed_headers:
diff --git a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
index c93b2ea..c80db01 100644
--- a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
+++ b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
@@ -1000,3 +1000,26 @@ class File(Base):
             raise ResponseError(self.conn.response)
         self.md5 = self.compute_md5sum(six.StringIO(data))
         return resp
+
+    def post(self, hdrs=None, parms=None, cfg=None, return_resp=False):
+        if hdrs is None:
+            hdrs = {}
+        if parms is None:
+            parms = {}
+        if cfg is None:
+            cfg = {}
+
+        headers = self.make_headers(cfg=cfg)
+        headers.update(hdrs)
+
+        self.conn.make_request('POST', self.path, hdrs=headers,
+                               parms=parms, cfg=cfg)
+
+        if self.conn.response.status not in (201, 202):
+            raise ResponseError(self.conn.response, 'POST',
+                                self.conn.make_path(self.path))
+
+        if return_resp:
+            return self.conn.response
+
+        return True
diff --git a/test/functional/tests.py b/test/functional/tests.py
index 06cf125..d336a67 100644
--- a/test/functional/tests.py
+++ b/test/functional/tests.py
@@ -2957,6 +2957,30 @@ class TestTempurl(Base):
         else:
             self.fail('request did not error')
 
+        # try again using a tempurl POST to an already created object
+        new_obj.write('', {}, parms=put_parms, cfg={'no_auth_token': True})
+        expires = int(time.time()) + 86400
+        sig = self.tempurl_sig(
+            'POST', expires, self.env.conn.make_path(new_obj.path),
+            self.env.tempurl_key)
+        post_parms = {'temp_url_sig': sig,
+                      'temp_url_expires': str(expires)}
+        # pointer to non-existent container
+        new_obj.post({'x-object-manifest': '%s/foo' % 'some_randon_container'},
+                     parms=post_parms, cfg={'no_auth_token': True})
+        try:
+            info = new_obj.info(parms=post_parms, cfg={'no_auth_token': True})
+        except ResponseError as e:
+            self.assertEqual(e.status, 404)
+        else:
+            self.fail('Expected a 404')
+
+        # pointer to existing comtainer
+        new_obj.post({'x-object-manifest': '%s/foo' % other_container},
+                     parms=post_parms, cfg={'no_auth_token': True})
+        info = new_obj.info(parms=post_parms, cfg={'no_auth_token': True})
+        self.assertTrue('x_object_manifest' in info)
+
     def test_HEAD(self):
         expires = int(time.time()) + 86400
         sig = self.tempurl_sig(