1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index 40467c03..d508f9b4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -42,13 +42,20 @@ class override_method(object):
         self.view = view
         self.request = request
         self.method = method
+        self.action = getattr(view, 'action', None)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self.view.request = clone_request(self.request, self.method)
+        if self.action is not None:
+            # For viewsets we also set the `.action` attribute.
+            action_map = getattr(self.view, 'action_map', {})
+            self.view.action = action_map.get(self.method.lower())
         return self.view.request
 
     def __exit__(self, *args, **kwarg):
         self.view.request = self.request
+        if self.action is not None:
+            self.view.action = self.action
 
 
 class Empty(object):
@@ -280,8 +287,8 @@ class Request(object):
             self._method = self._request.method
 
             # Allow X-HTTP-METHOD-OVERRIDE header
-            self._method = self.META.get('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE',
-                                         self._method)
+            if 'HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE' in self.META:
+                self._method = self.META['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'].upper()
 
     def _load_stream(self):
         """