diff --git a/app/views/issues/destroy.html.erb b/app/views/issues/destroy.html.erb
index 7b9d7a9..3491c78 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/destroy.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/destroy.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <h2><%= l(:label_confirmation) %></h2>
 
-<% form_tag do %>
+<% form_tag({}, :method => :delete)  do %>
 <%= @issues.collect {|i| hidden_field_tag('ids[]', i.id)}.join("\n").html_safe %>
 <div class="box">
 <p><strong><%= l(:text_destroy_time_entries_question, :hours => number_with_precision(@hours, :precision => 2)) %></strong></p>
diff --git a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
index 22ee547..a083084 100644
--- a/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/issues_controller_test.rb
@@ -2491,6 +2491,8 @@ class IssuesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     assert_template 'destroy'
     assert_not_nil assigns(:hours)
     assert Issue.find_by_id(1) && Issue.find_by_id(3)
+    assert_tag 'form',
+      :descendant => {:tag => 'input', :attributes => {:name => '_method', :value => 'delete'}}
   end
 
   def test_destroy_issues_and_destroy_time_entries