diff --git a/sanic/utils.py b/sanic/utils.py
index 1943652c..644a2a22 100644
--- a/sanic/utils.py
+++ b/sanic/utils.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ async def local_request(method, uri, cookies=None, *args, **kwargs):
     url = 'http://{host}:{port}{uri}'.format(host=HOST, port=PORT, uri=uri)
     log.info(url)
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(cookies=cookies) as session:
-        async with getattr(session, method)(url, *args, **kwargs) as response:
+        async with getattr(
+                session, method.lower())(url, *args, **kwargs) as response:
             response.text = await response.text()
             response.body = await response.read()
             return response