diff --git a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.h b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.h
index d8882fedb5..00eb8c2752 100644
--- a/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.h
+++ b/AFNetworking/AFHTTPSessionManager.h
@@ -425,6 +425,27 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                                   success:(nullable void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask *task, id _Nullable responseObject))success
                                   failure:(nullable void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nullable task, NSError *error))failure;
 
+/**
+ Creates an `NSURLSessionDataTask` with a custom `HTTPMethod` request.
+
+ @param method The HTTPMethod string used to create the request.
+ @param URLString The URL string used to create the request URL.
+ @param parameters The parameters to be encoded according to the client request serializer.
+ @param uploadProgress A block object to be executed when the upload progress is updated. Note this block is called on the session queue, not the main queue.
+ @param downloadProgress A block object to be executed when the download progress is updated. Note this block is called on the session queue, not the main queue.
+ @param success A block object to be executed when the task finishes successfully. This block has no return value and takes two arguments: the data task, and the response object created by the client response serializer.
+ @param failure A block object to be executed when the task finishes unsuccessfully, or that finishes successfully, but encountered an error while parsing the response data. This block has no return value and takes a two arguments: the data task and the error describing the network or parsing error that occurred.
+
+ @see -dataTaskWithRequest:uploadProgress:downloadProgress:completionHandler:
+ */
+- (NSURLSessionDataTask *)dataTaskWithHTTPMethod:(NSString *)method
+                                       URLString:(NSString *)URLString
+                                      parameters:(nullable id)parameters
+                                  uploadProgress:(nullable void (^)(NSProgress *uploadProgress)) uploadProgress
+                                downloadProgress:(nullable void (^)(NSProgress *downloadProgress)) downloadProgress
+                                         success:(void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask *, id))success
+                                         failure:(void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask *, NSError *))failure;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END