diff --git a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
index d0530a9907c6..ed944bb2b8be 100644
--- a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ function createHttpBackendMock($rootScope, $delegate, $browser) {
 
 
   function createShortMethods(prefix) {
-    angular.forEach(['GET', 'DELETE', 'JSONP'], function(method) {
+    angular.forEach(['GET', 'DELETE', 'JSONP', 'HEAD'], function(method) {
      $httpBackend[prefix + method] = function(url, headers) {
        return $httpBackend[prefix](method, url, undefined, headers);
      };
diff --git a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
index cac9d9bd83b1..1d587b03da73 100644
--- a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
@@ -929,6 +929,14 @@ describe('ngMock', function() {
       hb = $httpBackend;
     }));
 
+    it('should provide "expect" methods for each HTTP verb', function() {
+      expect(typeof hb.expectGET).toBe("function");
+      expect(typeof hb.expectPOST).toBe("function");
+      expect(typeof hb.expectPUT).toBe("function");
+      expect(typeof hb.expectPATCH).toBe("function");
+      expect(typeof hb.expectDELETE).toBe("function");
+      expect(typeof hb.expectHEAD).toBe("function");
+    });
 
     it('should respond with first matched definition', function() {
       hb.when('GET', '/url1').respond(200, 'content', {});