diff --git a/conf/evolutions/default/1.sql b/conf/evolutions/default/1.sql
index a20763e93..4f1886867 100644
--- a/conf/evolutions/default/1.sql
+++ b/conf/evolutions/default/1.sql
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ CREATE TABLE import_url_set_config (
     repo_id           VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
     import_dataset_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
     url_map           JSONB NOT NULL,
+    method            VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'GET',
     headers           JSONB,
     created           TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     comments          TEXT,
diff --git a/etc/db_migrations/20240129_add_import_url_set_config_method_column.sql b/etc/db_migrations/20240129_add_import_url_set_config_method_column.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd6cba5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/db_migrations/20240129_add_import_url_set_config_method_column.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE import_url_set_config ADD COLUMN method VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'GET';
+
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvester.scala b/modules/admin/app/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvester.scala
index 324fc8fdb..f4f98a6a4 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvester.scala
+++ b/modules/admin/app/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvester.scala
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ case class UrlSetHarvester (client: WSClient, storage: FileStorage)(
     val name = item.name
     val path = job.data.prefix + name
 
-    val withHeaders = job.data.config.headers.fold(client.url(item.url)) { headers =>
-        client.url(item.url).withHttpHeaders(headers: _*)
+    val withMethod = client.url(item.url).withMethod(job.data.config.method)
+    val withHeaders = job.data.config.headers.fold(withMethod) { headers =>
+        withMethod.withHttpHeaders(headers: _*)
     }
     val req = job.data.config.auth.fold(withHeaders) { case BasicAuthConfig(username, password) =>
       withHeaders.withAuth(username, password, WSAuthScheme.BASIC)
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ case class UrlSetHarvester (client: WSClient, storage: FileStorage)(
         // Either the hash doesn't match or the file's not there yet
         // so upload it now...
         case _ =>
-          val bytes: Future[Source[ByteString, _]] = req.get().map(r => r.bodyAsSource)
+          val bytes: Future[Source[ByteString, _]] = req.execute().map(r => r.bodyAsSource)
           bytes.flatMap { src =>
             storage.putBytes(
               path,
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-headers.vue b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-headers.vue
index aead28836..9e7016ef9 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-headers.vue
+++ b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-headers.vue
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div class="http-header-params">
+  <div class="http-headers">
     <div class="form-group">
       <div class="form-check">
-        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="opt-header" v-model="show"/>
-        <label class="form-check-label" for="opt-header">
-          HTTP Header
+        <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="opt-http-headers" v-model="show"/>
+        <label class="form-check-label" for="opt-http-headers">
+          HTTP Headers
         </label>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-method.vue b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-method.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a20645be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_form-http-method.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+
+export default {
+  props: {
+    modelValue: String,
+  },
+  data: function () {
+    return {
+      str: this.modelValue ? this.modelValue : "GET",
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    update: function () {
+      this.$emit("update:modelValue", this.str);
+    },
+  },
+  watch: {
+    str: function () {
+      this.update();
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="http-method">
+    <fieldset>
+      <div class="form-group">
+        <label class="form-label" for="http-method">
+          HTTP Method
+        </label>
+        <select id="http-method" class="form-control" v-model="str">
+          <option value="GET" selected>GET</option>
+          <option value="POST">POST</option>
+        </select>
+      </div>
+    </fieldset>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_modal-urlset-config.vue b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_modal-urlset-config.vue
index 1fd2088a2..d7302f1d8 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_modal-urlset-config.vue
+++ b/modules/admin/app/assets/js/datasets/components/_modal-urlset-config.vue
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import ModalAlert from './_modal-alert';
 import {DatasetManagerApi} from '../api';
 import EditorUrlset from "./_editor-urlset.vue";
 import FormHttpBasicAuth from "./_form-http-basic-auth";
+import FormHttpMethod from "./_form-http-method";
 import FormHttpHeaders from "./_form-http-headers";
 import {decodeTsv, encodeTsv} from "../common";
 
 export default {
-  components: {EditorUrlset, ModalAlert, ModalWindow, FormHttpBasicAuth, FormHttpHeaders},
+  components: {EditorUrlset, ModalAlert, ModalWindow, FormHttpBasicAuth, FormHttpHeaders, FormHttpMethod},
   props: {
     waiting: Boolean,
     datasetId: String,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export default {
     return {
       urlMap: this.opts ? this.opts.urlMap : null,
       filter: this.opts ? this.opts.filter : null,
+      method: this.opts ? this.opts.method : null,
       auth: this.opts ? this.opts.auth : null,
       headers: this.opts ? this.opts.headers : null,
       tested: null,
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export default {
     isValidConfig: function () {
       return this.urlMap !== null
           && this.urlMap.length > 0
+          && (!this.method || this.method === "GET" || this.method === "POST")
           && (!this.auth || (this.auth.username !== "" && this.auth.password !== ""))
           && (!this.headers || (this.headers.length > 0));
     },
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ export default {
       try {
         let data = await this.api.saveHarvestConfig(this.datasetId, {
           urlMap: this.urlMap,
+          method: this.method,
           auth: null,
           headers: this.headers
         });
@@ -75,7 +79,12 @@ export default {
       this.testing = true;
       this.error = null;
       try {
-        await this.api.testHarvestConfig(this.datasetId, {urlMap: this.urlMap, auth: this.auth, headers: this.headers});
+        await this.api.testHarvestConfig(this.datasetId, {
+            urlMap: this.urlMap,
+            method: this.method,
+            auth: this.auth,
+            headers: this.headers
+        });
         this.tested = true;
       } catch (e) {
         this.tested = false;
@@ -90,7 +99,11 @@ export default {
     cleanEndpoint: async function () {
       this.cleaning = true;
       try {
-        this.orphanCheck = await this.api.cleanHarvestConfig(this.datasetId, {urlMap: this.urlMap, auth: null})
+        this.orphanCheck = await this.api.cleanHarvestConfig(this.datasetId, {
+            urlMap: this.urlMap,
+            method: this.method,
+            auth: null
+        })
       } catch (e) {
         this.error = e.message;
       } finally {
@@ -184,6 +197,7 @@ export default {
       <editor-urlset v-model.lazy="urlMapText"/>
     </div>
     <div v-else class="options-form">
+      <form-http-method v-model="method"/>
       <form-http-basic-auth v-model="auth"/>
       <form-http-headers v-model="headers"/>
     </div>
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/controllers/datasets/HarvestConfigs.scala b/modules/admin/app/controllers/datasets/HarvestConfigs.scala
index 521db746c..c067098b4 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/controllers/datasets/HarvestConfigs.scala
+++ b/modules/admin/app/controllers/datasets/HarvestConfigs.scala
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ case class HarvestConfigs @Inject()(
     } else {
       // Check all rows response to a HEAD request with the right info...
       def req(url: String): Future[Option[(String, String)]] = try {
-        authReq(url, config.auth, config.headers).head().map { r =>
+        authReq(url, auth = config.auth, headers = config.headers).head().map { r =>
           checkRemoteFile(r).map(err => url -> err)
         }
       } catch {
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/models/UrlSetConfig.scala b/modules/admin/app/models/UrlSetConfig.scala
index d65a3351c..e54fdd867 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/models/UrlSetConfig.scala
+++ b/modules/admin/app/models/UrlSetConfig.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package models
 
-import play.api.libs.json.Reads
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.HttpMethods
 
 case class UrlNameMap(url: String, name: String)
 
 case class UrlSetConfig(
   urlMap: Seq[(String, String)],
+  method: String = HttpMethods.GET.value,
   auth: Option[BasicAuthConfig] = None,
   headers: Option[Seq[(String, String)]] = None,
 ) extends HarvestConfig {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ case class UrlSetConfig(
 
 object UrlSetConfig {
   val URLS = "urlMap"
+  val METHOD = "method"
   val AUTH = "auth"
   val HEADERS = "headers"
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ object UrlSetConfig {
     (__ \ URLS).read[Seq[(String, String)]](Reads.seq(Reads.Tuple2R[String, String](
       Reads.filter(JsonValidationError("errors.invalidUrl"))(forms.isValidUrl),
       Reads.pattern("^[\\w.\\-_]+$".r, "harvesting.error.invalidFileName")))) and
+    (__ \ METHOD).readNullable[String].map(_.getOrElse(HttpMethods.GET.value)) and
     (__ \ AUTH).readNullable[BasicAuthConfig] and
     (__ \ HEADERS).readNullable[Seq[(String, String)]]
   ) (UrlSetConfig.apply _)
diff --git a/modules/admin/app/services/harvesting/SqlUrlSetConfigService.scala b/modules/admin/app/services/harvesting/SqlUrlSetConfigService.scala
index b09d388d5..8340250b9 100644
--- a/modules/admin/app/services/harvesting/SqlUrlSetConfigService.scala
+++ b/modules/admin/app/services/harvesting/SqlUrlSetConfigService.scala
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ case class SqlUrlSetConfigService @Inject()(db: Database, actorSystem: ActorSyst
 
   private implicit val parser: RowParser[UrlSetConfig] = {
     SqlParser.get("url_map")(fromJson[Seq[(String, String)]]) ~
+      SqlParser.str("method") ~
     SqlParser.get("headers")(fromJson[Seq[(String, String)]]).?
-  }.map { case m ~ h => UrlSetConfig(m, headers = h)}
+  }.map { case um ~ m ~ h => UrlSetConfig(um, method = m, headers = h)}
 
   override def get(id: String, ds: String): Future[Option[UrlSetConfig]] = Future {
     db.withConnection { implicit conn =>
-      SQL"""SELECT url_map, headers
+      SQL"""SELECT url_map, method, headers
            FROM import_url_set_config
            WHERE repo_id = $id
             AND import_dataset_id = $ds"""
@@ -42,17 +43,19 @@ case class SqlUrlSetConfigService @Inject()(db: Database, actorSystem: ActorSyst
   override def save(id: String, ds: String, data: UrlSetConfig): Future[UrlSetConfig] = Future {
     db.withTransaction { implicit conn =>
       SQL"""INSERT INTO import_url_set_config
-        (repo_id, import_dataset_id, url_map, headers)
+        (repo_id, import_dataset_id, url_map, method, headers)
         VALUES (
           $id,
           $ds,
           ${asJson(data.urlMap)},
+          ${data.method},
           ${data.headers.map(kv => Json.toJson(kv))}
       ) ON CONFLICT (repo_id, import_dataset_id) DO UPDATE
         SET
           url_map = ${asJson(data.urlMap)},
+          method = ${data.method},
           headers = ${data.headers.map(kv => Json.toJson(kv))}
-        RETURNING url_map, headers
+        RETURNING url_map, method, headers
       """.executeInsert(parser.single)
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/actors/cleanup/CleanupRunnerManagerSpec.scala b/test/actors/cleanup/CleanupRunnerManagerSpec.scala
index 45f1c9be8..f879d0114 100644
--- a/test/actors/cleanup/CleanupRunnerManagerSpec.scala
+++ b/test/actors/cleanup/CleanupRunnerManagerSpec.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import actors.LongRunningJob
 import actors.cleanup.CleanupRunner.CleanupJob
 import akka.actor.{ActorContext, ActorRef, Props}
 import com.google.inject.name.Names
-import controllers.datasets.{CleanupConfirmation, LongRunningJobs}
+import controllers.datasets.CleanupConfirmation
 import helpers.IntegrationTestRunner
 import mockdata.adminUserProfile
 import models._
diff --git a/test/actors/harvesting/HarvesterManagerSpec.scala b/test/actors/harvesting/HarvesterManagerSpec.scala
index 6f386c49d..60e91e4c5 100644
--- a/test/actors/harvesting/HarvesterManagerSpec.scala
+++ b/test/actors/harvesting/HarvesterManagerSpec.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class HarvesterManagerSpec extends IntegrationTestRunner {
     val urls = itemIds.map(id => s"${serviceConfig.baseUrl}/classes/DocumentaryUnit/$id/ead" -> s"$id.xml")
     UrlSetHarvesterJob("r1", datasetId, jobId, UrlSetHarvesterData(
       // the URLs we're harvesting and the server auth
-      config = UrlSetConfig(urls, serviceConfig.credentials.map { case (u, pw) => BasicAuthConfig(u, pw)}),
+      config = UrlSetConfig(urls, auth = serviceConfig.credentials.map { case (u, pw) => BasicAuthConfig(u, pw)}),
       prefix = "urlset/r1/"
     ))
   }
diff --git a/test/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvesterSpec.scala b/test/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvesterSpec.scala
index c3e47b50d..526ba3ddf 100644
--- a/test/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvesterSpec.scala
+++ b/test/actors/harvesting/UrlSetHarvesterSpec.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,17 @@ class UrlSetHarvesterSpec extends IntegrationTestRunner {
     val urls = itemIds.map(id => s"${serviceConfig.baseUrl}/classes/DocumentaryUnit/$id/ead" -> s"$id.xml")
     UrlSetHarvesterJob("r1", datasetId, jobId, UrlSetHarvesterData(
       // the URLs we're harvesting and the server auth
-      config = UrlSetConfig(urls, serviceConfig.credentials.map { case (u, pw) => BasicAuthConfig(u, pw)}),
+      config = UrlSetConfig(urls, auth = serviceConfig.credentials.map { case (u, pw) => BasicAuthConfig(u, pw) }),
+      prefix = "urlset/r1/"
+    ))
+  }
+
+  private def postJob(implicit app: Application) = {
+    // harvest the OAI-PMH endpoint as a test, since it supports POST
+    val serviceConfig = ServiceConfig("ehridata", config)
+    val urls = Seq(s"${serviceConfig.baseUrl}/oaipmh" -> s"test.xml")
+    UrlSetHarvesterJob("r1", datasetId, jobId, UrlSetHarvesterData(
+      config = UrlSetConfig(urls, method = "POST", auth = serviceConfig.credentials.map { case (u, pw) => BasicAuthConfig(u, pw)}),
       prefix = "urlset/r1/"
     ))
   }
@@ -58,5 +68,16 @@ class UrlSetHarvesterSpec extends IntegrationTestRunner {
       runner ! Cancel
       expectMsgClass(classOf[Cancelled])
     }
+
+    "support POST requests to endpoints" in new ITestAppWithAkka {
+      val runner = system.actorOf(Props(UrlSetHarvester(client, storage)))
+
+      runner ! postJob
+
+      expectMsg(Starting)
+      expectMsg(ToDo(1))
+      expectMsg(DoneFile("+ test.xml"))
+      expectMsgClass(classOf[Completed])
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/admin/HarvestConfigsSpec.scala b/test/integration/admin/HarvestConfigsSpec.scala
index 65781e6db..344e6e7ca 100644
--- a/test/integration/admin/HarvestConfigsSpec.scala
+++ b/test/integration/admin/HarvestConfigsSpec.scala
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ class HarvestConfigsSpec extends IntegrationTestRunner with ResourceUtils {
   }
 
 
-  // Mock user who belongs to admin
-  private val userProfile = UserProfile(
-    data = UserProfileF(id = Some(privilegedUser.id), identifier = "test", name = "test user"),
-    groups = List(Group(GroupF(id = Some("admin"), identifier = "admin", name = "Administrators")))
-  )
-
   "HarvestConfigs API" should {
     "save oaipmh configs" in new DBTestApp("import-dataset-fixtures.sql") {
       val c = OaiPmhConfig("https://foo.bar/baz", "oai_ead", Some("test"), from = Some(Instant.now().minusSeconds(3600)))
diff --git a/test/resources/import-url-set-config-fixtures.sql b/test/resources/import-url-set-config-fixtures.sql
index d83123829..7135bae5f 100644
--- a/test/resources/import-url-set-config-fixtures.sql
+++ b/test/resources/import-url-set-config-fixtures.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VALUES
         ('r1', '2', '2', 'urlset', 'test 2'),
         ('r1', '3', '3', 'urlset', 'test 3');
 
-INSERT INTO import_url_set_config
+INSERT INTO import_url_set_config (repo_id, import_dataset_id, url_map, method, headers, created, comments)
 VALUES
-        ('r1', '1', '[["http://example.com", "test"]]'::jsonb, NULL, '2020-06-12 10:00:00', NULL),
-        ('r1', '2', '[["http://example.com", "test"]]'::jsonb, '[["Accept", "text/xml"]]'::jsonb, '2020-06-12 10:00:00', NULL);
+        ('r1', '1', '[["http://example.com", "test"]]'::jsonb, 'GET', NULL, '2020-06-12 10:00:00', NULL),
+        ('r1', '2', '[["http://example.com", "test"]]'::jsonb, 'GET', '[["Accept", "text/xml"]]'::jsonb, '2020-06-12 10:00:00', NULL);