diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
index d4cd94aba..3ab6211ec 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/io/21-httprequest.html
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@
         <option value="use" data-i18n="httpin.setby"></option>
         </select>
     </div>
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-url"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> <span data-i18n="httpin.label.url"></span></label>
         <input id="node-input-url" type="text" placeholder="http://">
     </div>
 
+    <div class="form-row node-input-usePayloadAsParameters-row">
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-usePayloadAsParameters" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
+        <label for="node-input-usePayloadAsParameters" style="width: auto" data-i18n="httpin.label.usePayloadAsParameters"></label>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="form-row">
         <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-usetls" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
         <label for="node-input-usetls" style="width: auto" data-i18n="httpin.use-tls"></label>
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@
             name: {value:""},
             method:{value:"GET"},
             ret: {value:"txt"},
+            usePayloadAsParameters: {value: false},
             url:{value:"",validate:function(v) { return (v.trim().length === 0) || (v.indexOf("://") === -1) || (v.trim().indexOf("http") === 0)} },
             tls: {type:"tls-config",required: false},
             proxy: {type:"http proxy",required: false}
@@ -179,6 +186,13 @@
                     $('#node-input-password').val('');
                 }
             });
+            $("#node-input-method").change(function() {
+                if ($(this).val() == "GET") {
+                    $(".node-input-usePayloadAsParameters-row").show();
+                } else {
+                    $(".node-input-usePayloadAsParameters-row").hide();
+                }
+            });
             if (this.credentials.user || this.credentials.has_password) {
                 $('#node-input-useAuth').prop('checked', true);
             } else {