diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 5d5d7a7f707b40..f7efe151f5b048 100644
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@
 #  _is_allowed_url_pchars_re = re.compile(r"^[/!$&'()*+,;=:@%a-zA-Z0-9._~-]+$")
 # We are more lenient for assumed real world compatibility purposes.
 
+# These characters are not allowed within HTTP method names
+# to prevent http header injection.
+_contains_disallowed_method_pchar_re = re.compile('[\x00-\x1f]')
+
 # We always set the Content-Length header for these methods because some
 # servers will otherwise respond with a 411
 _METHODS_EXPECTING_BODY = {'PATCH', 'POST', 'PUT'}
@@ -985,6 +989,8 @@ def putrequest(self, method, url, skip_host=False,
         else:
             raise CannotSendRequest(self.__state)
 
+        self._validate_method(method)
+
         # Save the method for use later in the response phase
         self._method = method
 
@@ -1075,6 +1081,16 @@ def _encode_request(self, request):
         # ASCII also helps prevent CVE-2019-9740.
         return request.encode('ascii')
 
+    def _validate_method(self, method):
+        """Validate a method name for putrequest."""
+        # prevent http header injection
+        match = _contains_disallowed_method_pchar_re.search(method)
+        if match:
+            raise ValueError(
+                    "method can't contain control characters. %r "
+                    "(found at least %r)"
+                    % (method, match.group()))
+
     def _validate_path(self, url):
         """Validate a url for putrequest."""
         # Prevent CVE-2019-9740.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index a8e7a30af1a9f0..b1cd08b23a4b12 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -344,6 +344,28 @@ def test_invalid_headers(self):
                     conn.putheader(name, value)
 
 
+class HttpMethodTests(TestCase):
+    def test_invalid_method_names(self):
+        methods = (
+            'GET\r',
+            'POST\n',
+            'PUT\n\r',
+            'POST\nValue',
+            'POST\nHOST:abc',
+            'GET\nrHost:abc\n',
+            'POST\rRemainder:\r',
+            'GET\rHOST:\n',
+            '\nPUT'
+        )
+
+        for method in methods:
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(
+                    ValueError, "method can't contain control characters"):
+                conn = client.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+                conn.sock = FakeSocket(None)
+                conn.request(method=method, url="/")
+
+
 class BasicTest(TestCase):
     def test_status_lines(self):
         # Test HTTP status lines
@@ -1783,8 +1805,8 @@ def test_tunnel_debuglog(self):
 
 @support.reap_threads
 def test_main(verbose=None):
-    support.run_unittest(HeaderTests, OfflineTest, BasicTest, TimeoutTest,
-                         PersistenceTest,
+    support.run_unittest(HeaderTests, OfflineTest, HttpMethodTests,
+                         BasicTest, TimeoutTest, PersistenceTest,
                          HTTPSTest, RequestBodyTest, SourceAddressTest,
                          HTTPResponseTest, ExtendedReadTest,
                          ExtendedReadTestChunked, TunnelTests)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..990affc3edd9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-12-14-17-39.bpo-39603.Gt3RSg.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Prevent http header injection by rejecting control characters in
+http.client.putrequest(...).