diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
index 8d5bfa738e..ba0533b794 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     </div>
     <main class="mdl-layout__content">
         <div class="page-content">
+            <alfresco-login method="{{methodName}}"></alfresco-login>
             <!--<router-outlet></router-outlet>-->
             <auth-router-outlet></auth-router-outlet>
         </div>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/README.md b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/README.md
index b1466d3df9..b9a3a3ba01 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/README.md
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/README.md
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ import {Login} from 'ng2-alfresco-login/ng2-alfresco-login';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'my-login',
-    template: ' <alfresco-login></alfresco-login>',
+    template: ' <alfresco-login method="{{methodName}}"></alfresco-login>',
     directives: [Login]
 })
 export class MyLoginComponent {
+    methodName: string = 'POST';
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js
index 9c19ff13e8..545d32b943 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ System.register(['angular2/core', 'angular2/router', 'angular2/common', './authe
                 function Login(fb, auth, router) {
                     this.auth = auth;
                     this.router = router;
+                    this.method = 'GET';
                     this.error = false;
                     this.form = fb.group({
                         username: ['', common_1.Validators.compose([common_1.Validators.required, common_1.Validators.minLength(4)])],
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ System.register(['angular2/core', 'angular2/router', 'angular2/common', './authe
                     if (event) {
                         event.preventDefault();
                     }
-                    this.auth.login('POST', value.username, value.password)
+                    this.auth.login(this.method, value.username, value.password)
                         .subscribe(function (token) { return _this.router.navigate(['Home']); }, function () {
                         _this.error = true;
                     });
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ System.register(['angular2/core', 'angular2/router', 'angular2/common', './authe
                         return true;
                     }
                 };
+                __decorate([
+                    core_1.Input(), 
+                    __metadata('design:type', String)
+                ], Login.prototype, "method", void 0);
                 Login = __decorate([
                     core_1.Component({
                         selector: 'alfresco-login',
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js.map b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js.map
index e2ea2ebf31..6b8b1b4242 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js.map
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.js.map
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diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.ts
index a826abb57f..418893e0f2 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-login/src/login.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Component, Input} from 'angular2/core';
 import {Router, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES} from 'angular2/router';
 import {FORM_DIRECTIVES, ControlGroup, FormBuilder, Validators} from 'angular2/common';
 import {Authentication} from './authentication.service';
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ declare let componentHandler;
 
 })
 export class Login {
+    @Input() method: string = 'GET';
+
     form:ControlGroup;
     error:boolean = false;
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ export class Login {
         if (event) {
             event.preventDefault();
         }
-        this.auth.login('POST', value.username, value.password)
+        this.auth.login(this.method, value.username, value.password)
             .subscribe(
                 (token:any) => this.router.navigate(['Home']),
                 () => {