diff --git a/mux_test.go b/mux_test.go
index bac758bc..af083cb1 100644
--- a/mux_test.go
+++ b/mux_test.go
@@ -2724,9 +2724,8 @@ func TestSubrouterMatching(t *testing.T) {
 				r.Methods("POST").Subrouter().Methods("GET")
 			},
 			[]request{
-				{"matches before", newRequest("POST", "/"), none},
+				{"matches merged methods", newRequest("GET", "/"), stdOnly},
 				{"no match other", newRequest("HEAD", "/"), none},
-				{"matches override", newRequest("GET", "/"), none},
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index d10401e9..79a2ba31 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -395,13 +395,31 @@ func (m methodMatcher) Match(r *http.Request, match *RouteMatch) bool {
 // Methods adds a matcher for HTTP methods.
 // It accepts a sequence of one or more methods to be matched, e.g.:
 // "GET", "POST", "PUT".
+//
+// Repeated calls merge into the same matcher instead of requiring every method
+// to match independently.
 func (r *Route) Methods(methods ...string) *Route {
 	for k, v := range methods {
 		methods[k] = strings.ToUpper(v)
 	}
+	for i, m := range r.matchers {
+		if existing, ok := m.(methodMatcher); ok {
+			r.matchers[i] = mergeMethodMatcher(existing, methods...)
+			return r
+		}
+	}
 	return r.addMatcher(methodMatcher(methods))
 }
 
+func mergeMethodMatcher(existing methodMatcher, methods ...string) methodMatcher {
+	for _, method := range methods {
+		if !matchInArray(existing, method) {
+			existing = append(existing, method)
+		}
+	}
+	return existing
+}
+
 // Path -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Path adds a matcher for the URL path.
@@ -768,12 +786,20 @@ func (r *Route) GetMethods() ([]string, error) {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return nil, r.err
 	}
+	var methods []string
 	for _, m := range r.matchers {
-		if methods, ok := m.(methodMatcher); ok {
-			return []string(methods), nil
+		if mm, ok := m.(methodMatcher); ok {
+			for _, method := range mm {
+				if !matchInArray(methods, method) {
+					methods = append(methods, method)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("mux: route doesn't have methods")
+	if len(methods) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("mux: route doesn't have methods")
+	}
+	return methods, nil
 }
 
 // GetHostTemplate returns the template used to build the
diff --git a/route_test.go b/route_test.go
index 283c3ad5..f54c10d4 100644
--- a/route_test.go
+++ b/route_test.go
@@ -152,3 +152,41 @@ func TestRouteMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		router.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestRouteMethodsRepeatedCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	route := NewRouter().NewRoute()
+	route.Path("/test").Handler(handler).Methods("PUT").Methods("PATCH")
+	route.Methods("OPTIONS")
+
+	methods, err := route.GetMethods()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetMethods failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(methods) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 methods, got %v", methods)
+	}
+
+	for _, method := range []string{"PUT", "PATCH", "OPTIONS"} {
+		req := newRequest(method, "/test")
+		match := &RouteMatch{}
+		if !route.Match(req, match) {
+			t.Fatalf("%s should match route", method)
+		}
+		if match.MatchErr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s match returned error: %v", method, match.MatchErr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	req := newRequest("GET", "/test")
+	match := &RouteMatch{}
+	if route.Match(req, match) {
+		t.Fatal("GET should not match route")
+	}
+	if match.MatchErr != ErrMethodMismatch {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrMethodMismatch, got %v", match.MatchErr)
+	}
+}