diff --git a/lib/restler.js b/lib/restler.js
index 715845a..3e5c3f4 100644
--- a/lib/restler.js
+++ b/lib/restler.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function Request(uri, options) {
   // set port and method defaults
   if (!this.url.port) this.url.port = (this.url.protocol == 'https:') ? '443' : '80';
   if (!this.options.method) this.options.method = (this.options.data) ? 'POST' : 'GET';
+  if (this.options.method === 'GET') delete this.options.data;
   if (typeof this.options.followRedirects == 'undefined') this.options.followRedirects = true;
 
   // stringify query given in options of not given in URL
diff --git a/test/restler.js b/test/restler.js
index 43b5320..5b66b5c 100644
--- a/test/restler.js
+++ b/test/restler.js
@@ -709,6 +709,13 @@ module.exports['Content-Length'] = {
       test.equal(0, data, 'should set content-length');
       test.done();
     });
+  },
+
+  'GET content length': function (test) {
+    rest.get(host).on('complete', function(data) {
+      test.equal(0, data, 'should be zero content-length');
+      test.done();
+    });
   }
 
 };