diff --git a/conf/kore.conf.example b/conf/kore.conf.example
index a642ddb..8b56b8d 100644
--- a/conf/kore.conf.example
+++ b/conf/kore.conf.example
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ domain localhost {
 		validate	arg1		v_example
 		validate	id		v_number
 	}
+
+	# Configure a params block for allowed parameters in the
+	# querystring when performing a POST against /params-test.
+	# You do this by prefixing the method with the qs: marker.
+	# In the param blocks below we allow the parameter "post_id"
+	# in the querystring validated by v_number when a POST is
+	# done against the supplied URL.
+	params qs:post /params-test {
+		validate	post_id		v_number
+	}
 }
 
 #domain domain.com {
diff --git a/examples/integers/conf/integers.conf b/examples/integers/conf/integers.conf
index 517512f..2b66b18 100755
--- a/examples/integers/conf/integers.conf
+++ b/examples/integers/conf/integers.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ domain * {
 	certkey		cert/key.pem
 	static	/	page
 
-	params get / {
+	# allowed parameters in the query string for GETs
+	params qs:get / {
 		validate	id		v_id
 	}
 }
diff --git a/examples/ktunnel/conf/ktunnel.conf b/examples/ktunnel/conf/ktunnel.conf
index 6d117a9..7b79a5a 100755
--- a/examples/ktunnel/conf/ktunnel.conf
+++ b/examples/ktunnel/conf/ktunnel.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ domain * {
 
 	static	/connect	open_connection
 
-	params get /connect {
+	params qs:get /connect {
 		validate	host		v_host
 		validate	port		v_port
 	}
diff --git a/examples/parameters/conf/parameters.conf b/examples/parameters/conf/parameters.conf
index 3c313e4..acc630d 100755
--- a/examples/parameters/conf/parameters.conf
+++ b/examples/parameters/conf/parameters.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ domain * {
 	# If you would want to declare parameters available
 	# to the page handler for POST, swap the 'get' setting
 	# to 'post' instead, Kore takes care of the rest.
-	params get / {
+	params qs:get / {
 		# Validate the id parameter with the v_id validator.
 		validate	id		v_id
 	}
diff --git a/examples/python/conf/python.conf b/examples/python/conf/python.conf
index 1de0c73..76c6ef9 100644
--- a/examples/python/conf/python.conf
+++ b/examples/python/conf/python.conf
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ domain * {
 	#
 	# On the native page handler, use a python validator.
 	#
-	params get /c {
+	params qs:get /c {
 		validate id v_p_id
 	}
 
 	#
 	# On the python page handler, use a native validator.
 	#
-	params get / {
+	params qs:get / {
 		validate id v_id
 	}
 }
diff --git a/examples/tasks/conf/tasks.conf b/examples/tasks/conf/tasks.conf
index f428733..4d29274 100644
--- a/examples/tasks/conf/tasks.conf
+++ b/examples/tasks/conf/tasks.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ domain * {
 	static		/		page_handler
 	static		/post_back	post_back
 
-	params get / {
+	params qs:get / {
 		validate	user	v_user
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/http.h b/includes/http.h
index 068f7e1..1194339 100644
--- a/includes/http.h
+++ b/includes/http.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/* Keep the http_populate_get symbol around. */
+#define http_populate_get	http_populate_qs
+
 #define HTTP_KEEPALIVE_TIME	20
 #define HTTP_HSTS_ENABLE	31536000
 #define HTTP_HEADER_MAX_LEN	4096
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ void		*http_state_create(struct http_request *, size_t);
 
 int		http_argument_urldecode(char *);
 int		http_header_recv(struct netbuf *);
-void		http_populate_get(struct http_request *);
+void		http_populate_qs(struct http_request *);
 void		http_populate_post(struct http_request *);
 void		http_populate_multipart_form(struct http_request *);
 void		http_populate_cookies(struct http_request *);
diff --git a/includes/kore.h b/includes/kore.h
index a14ce0e..93caf46 100644
--- a/includes/kore.h
+++ b/includes/kore.h
@@ -255,8 +255,11 @@ LIST_HEAD(listener_head, listener);
 
 #if !defined(KORE_NO_HTTP)
 
+#define KORE_PARAMS_QUERY_STRING	0x0001
+
 struct kore_handler_params {
 	char			*name;
+	int			flags;
 	u_int8_t		method;
 	struct kore_validator	*validator;
 
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 6a6a6eb..51fe81f 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ char					*config_file = NULL;
 
 #if !defined(KORE_NO_HTTP)
 static u_int8_t				current_method = 0;
+static int				current_flags = 0;
 static struct kore_auth			*current_auth = NULL;
 static struct kore_module_handle	*current_handler = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ kore_parse_config_file(const char *fpath)
 #if !defined(KORE_NO_HTTP)
 		if (!strcmp(p, "}") && current_handler != NULL) {
 			lineno++;
+			current_flags = 0;
+			current_method = 0;
 			current_handler = NULL;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -734,7 +737,7 @@ static int
 configure_params(char *options)
 {
 	struct kore_module_handle	*hdlr;
-	char				*argv[3];
+	char				*method, *argv[3];
 
 	if (current_domain == NULL) {
 		printf("params not used in domain context\n");
@@ -750,21 +753,36 @@ configure_params(char *options)
 	if (argv[1] == NULL)
 		return (KORE_RESULT_ERROR);
 
-	if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "post")) {
+	if ((method = strchr(argv[0], ':')) != NULL) {
+		*(method)++ = '\0';
+		if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "qs")) {
+			current_flags = KORE_PARAMS_QUERY_STRING;
+		} else {
+			printf("unknown prefix '%s' for '%s'\n",
+			    argv[0], argv[1]);
+			return (KORE_RESULT_ERROR);
+		}
+	} else {
+		method = argv[0];
+	}
+
+	if (!strcasecmp(method, "post")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_POST;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "get")) {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "get")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_GET;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "put")) {
+		/* Let params get /foo {} imply qs:get automatically. */
+		current_flags |= KORE_PARAMS_QUERY_STRING;
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "put")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_PUT;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "delete")) {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "delete")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_DELETE;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "head")) {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "head")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_HEAD;
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "patch")) {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "patch")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_PATCH;
 	} else {
 		printf("unknown method: %s in params block for %s\n",
-		    argv[0], argv[1]);
+		    method, argv[1]);
 		return (KORE_RESULT_ERROR);
 	}
 
@@ -806,6 +824,7 @@ configure_validate(char *options)
 
 	p = kore_malloc(sizeof(*p));
 	p->validator = val;
+	p->flags = current_flags;
 	p->method = current_method;
 	p->name = kore_strdup(argv[0]);
 
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 2805bf5..1908e42 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 static int	http_body_recv(struct netbuf *);
 static void	http_error_response(struct connection *, int);
 static void	http_write_response_cookie(struct http_cookie *);
-static void	http_argument_add(struct http_request *, char *, char *);
+static void	http_argument_add(struct http_request *, char *, char *, int);
 static void	http_response_normal(struct http_request *,
 		    struct connection *, int, const void *, size_t);
 static void	multipart_add_field(struct http_request *, struct kore_buf *,
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ http_populate_post(struct http_request *req)
 	for (i = 0; i < v; i++) {
 		kore_split_string(args[i], "=", val, 3);
 		if (val[0] != NULL && val[1] != NULL)
-			http_argument_add(req, val[0], val[1]);
+			http_argument_add(req, val[0], val[1], 0);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -1133,12 +1133,12 @@ out:
 }
 
 void
-http_populate_get(struct http_request *req)
+http_populate_qs(struct http_request *req)
 {
 	int		i, v;
 	char		*query, *args[HTTP_MAX_QUERY_ARGS], *val[3];
 
-	if (req->method != HTTP_METHOD_GET || req->query_string == NULL)
+	if (req->query_string == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	query = kore_strdup(req->query_string);
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ http_populate_get(struct http_request *req)
 	for (i = 0; i < v; i++) {
 		kore_split_string(args[i], "=", val, 3);
 		if (val[0] != NULL && val[1] != NULL)
-			http_argument_add(req, val[0], val[1]);
+			http_argument_add(req, val[0], val[1], 1);
 	}
 
 	kore_free(query);
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ multipart_add_field(struct http_request *req, struct kore_buf *in,
 
 	data->offset -= 2;
 	string = kore_buf_stringify(data, NULL);
-	http_argument_add(req, name, string);
+	http_argument_add(req, name, string, 0);
 	kore_buf_free(data);
 }
 
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ multipart_file_add(struct http_request *req, struct kore_buf *in,
 }
 
 static void
-http_argument_add(struct http_request *req, char *name, char *value)
+http_argument_add(struct http_request *req, char *name, char *value, int qs)
 {
 	struct http_arg			*q;
 	struct kore_handler_params	*p;
@@ -1535,6 +1535,11 @@ http_argument_add(struct http_request *req, char *name, char *value)
 	http_argument_urldecode(name);
 
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(p, &(req->hdlr->params), list) {
+		if (qs == 1 && !(p->flags & KORE_PARAMS_QUERY_STRING))
+			continue;
+		if (qs == 0 && (p->flags & KORE_PARAMS_QUERY_STRING))
+			continue;
+
 		if (p->method != req->method)
 			continue;