diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/OpenAPI.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/OpenAPI.pm
index eac36f9..3043799 100644
--- a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/OpenAPI.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/OpenAPI.pm
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ sub _helper_get_spec {
     $jp ||= [paths => $s->{'openapi.path'}];
   }
 
-  push @$jp, lc $c->req->method if $jp and $path ne 'for_path';    # Internal for now
+  my $method = lc $c->req->method;
+  push @$jp, ( $method eq 'head' ? 'get' : $method ) if $jp and $path ne 'for_path';    # Internal for now
   return $jp ? $self->validator->get($jp) : undef;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/head_request.t b/t/head_request.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c685daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/head_request.t
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+use Mojo::Base -strict;
+use Test::Mojo;
+use Test::More;
+
+make_app();
+make_controller();
+
+my $t = Test::Mojo->new('Myapp');
+
+$t->head_ok('/api')->status_is(200);
+$t->head_ok('/api/pets')->status_is(200);
+
+done_testing;
+
+sub make_app {
+  eval <<'HERE' or die $@;
+  package Myapp;
+  use Mojo::Base "Mojolicious";
+
+  sub startup {
+    my $app = shift;
+    $app->plugin("OpenAPI" => {url => "data://main/myapi.json"});
+  }
+
+  $ENV{"Myapp.pm"} = 1;
+HERE
+}
+
+sub make_controller {
+  eval <<'HERE' or die $@;
+  package Myapp::Controller::Pet;
+  use Mojo::Base "Mojolicious::Controller";
+
+  sub list {
+
+    # Do not continue on invalid input and render a default 400
+    # error document.
+    my $c = shift->openapi->valid_input or return;
+
+    # $c->openapi->valid_input copies valid data to validation object,
+    # and the normal Mojolicious api works as well.
+    my $input = $c->validation->output;
+    my $age   = $c->param("age"); # same as $input->{age}
+    my $body  = $c->req->json;    # same as $input->{body}
+
+    # $output will be validated by the OpenAPI spec before rendered
+    my $output = {pets => [{name => "kit-e-cat"}]};
+    $c->render(openapi => $output);
+  }
+
+  $ENV{"Myapp/Controller/Pet.pm"} = 1;
+HERE
+}
+
+__DATA__
+@@ myapi.json
+{
+  "swagger": "2.0",
+  "info": { "version": "1.0", "title": "Some awesome API" },
+  "basePath": "/api",
+  "paths": {
+    "/pets": {
+      "get": {
+        "operationId": "getPets",
+        "x-mojo-name": "get_pets",
+        "x-mojo-to": "pet#list",
+        "summary": "Finds pets in the system",
+        "parameters": [
+          {"in": "body", "name": "body", "schema": {"type": "object"}},
+          {"in": "query", "name": "age", "type": "integer"}
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Pet response",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "pets": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": { "type": "object" }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}