diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractAsyncHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractAsyncHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
index 49fb91856d..ccbb489449 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractAsyncHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractAsyncHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractAsyncHttpRequestFactoryTestCase extends AbstractJe
 		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
 		try {
 			AsyncClientHttpRequest request = this.factory.createAsyncRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/methods/" + path), method);
+			if (method == HttpMethod.POST || method == HttpMethod.PUT || method == HttpMethod.PATCH) {
+				// requires a body
+				request.getBody().write(32);
+			}
 			Future<ClientHttpResponse> futureResponse = request.executeAsync();
 			response = futureResponse.get();
 			assertEquals("Invalid response status", HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
index c51312dbf9..267bc6b9d2 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase.java
@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTestCase extends AbstractJettySe
 		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
 		try {
 			ClientHttpRequest request = factory.createRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/methods/" + path), method);
+			if (method == HttpMethod.POST || method == HttpMethod.PUT || method == HttpMethod.PATCH) {
+				// requires a body
+				try {
+					request.getBody().write(32);
+				}
+				catch (UnsupportedOperationException ex) {
+					// probably a streaming request - let's simply ignore it
+				}
+			}
 			response = request.execute();
 			assertEquals("Invalid response status", HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
 			assertEquals("Invalid method", path.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH), request.getMethod().name());