diff --git a/src/InfluxDB/Client.php b/src/InfluxDB/Client.php
index 14c8c51..28acf6d 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB/Client.php
+++ b/src/InfluxDB/Client.php
@@ -155,12 +155,13 @@ public function selectDB($name)
      *
      * @param  string $database
      * @param  string $query
+     * @param  string $method
      * @param  array  $parameters
      *
      * @return ResultSet
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function query($database, $query, $parameters = [])
+    public function query($database, $query, $parameters = [], $method = 'get')
     {
         $driver = $this->getDriver();
 
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ public function query($database, $query, $parameters = [])
         $parameters = [
             'url' => 'query?' . http_build_query(array_merge(['q' => $query], $parameters)),
             'database' => $database,
-            'method' => 'get'
+            'method' => $method
         ];
 
         // add authentication to the driver if needed
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB/Database.php b/src/InfluxDB/Database.php
index e730aff..c75f4e1 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB/Database.php
+++ b/src/InfluxDB/Database.php
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ public function getName()
      *
      * @param  string $query
      * @param  array  $params
+     * @param  string  $method
      * @return ResultSet
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function query($query, $params = [])
+    public function query($query, $params = [], $method = 'get')
     {
-        return $this->client->query($this->name, $query, $params);
+        return $this->client->query($this->name, $query, $params, $method);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public function create(RetentionPolicy $retentionPolicy = null, $createIfNotExis
         try {
             $query = sprintf('CREATE DATABASE "%s"', $this->name);
 
-            $this->query($query);
+            $this->query($query, [], 'post');
 
             if ($retentionPolicy) {
                 $this->createRetentionPolicy($retentionPolicy);
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public function create(RetentionPolicy $retentionPolicy = null, $createIfNotExis
      */
     public function createRetentionPolicy(RetentionPolicy $retentionPolicy)
     {
-        return $this->query($this->getRetentionPolicyQuery('CREATE', $retentionPolicy));
+        return $this->query($this->getRetentionPolicyQuery('CREATE', $retentionPolicy), [], 'post');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public function exists()
      */
     public function alterRetentionPolicy(RetentionPolicy $retentionPolicy)
     {
-        $this->query($this->getRetentionPolicyQuery('ALTER', $retentionPolicy));
+        $this->query($this->getRetentionPolicyQuery('ALTER', $retentionPolicy), [], 'post');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ public function listRetentionPolicies()
      */
     public function drop()
     {
-        $this->query(sprintf('DROP DATABASE "%s"', $this->name));
+        $this->query(sprintf('DROP DATABASE "%s"', $this->name), [], 'post');
     }
 
     /**