diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/assets/native-bridge.js b/android/capacitor/src/main/assets/native-bridge.js
index 59b22caadb..898d9d6386 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/assets/native-bridge.js
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/assets/native-bridge.js
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ var nativeBridge = (function (exports) {
                         // XHR patch open
                         prototype.open = function (method, url) {
                             this._url = url;
+                            this._method = method;
                             if (!(url.startsWith('http:') || url.toString().startsWith('https:'))) {
                                 return win.CapacitorWebXMLHttpRequest.open.call(this, method, url);
                             }
diff --git a/core/native-bridge.ts b/core/native-bridge.ts
index c691036603..021b4523ad 100644
--- a/core/native-bridge.ts
+++ b/core/native-bridge.ts
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ const initBridge = (w: any): void => {
           // XHR patch open
           prototype.open = function (method: string, url: string) {
             this._url = url;
+            this._method = method;
 
             if (
               !(url.startsWith('http:') || url.toString().startsWith('https:'))
diff --git a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/assets/native-bridge.js b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/assets/native-bridge.js
index 59b22caadb..898d9d6386 100644
--- a/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/assets/native-bridge.js
+++ b/ios/Capacitor/Capacitor/assets/native-bridge.js
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ var nativeBridge = (function (exports) {
                         // XHR patch open
                         prototype.open = function (method, url) {
                             this._url = url;
+                            this._method = method;
                             if (!(url.startsWith('http:') || url.toString().startsWith('https:'))) {
                                 return win.CapacitorWebXMLHttpRequest.open.call(this, method, url);
                             }