diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cf47ec8d..d98d91fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ Unreleased
     This could allow a session interface to change behavior based on
     ``request.endpoint``. :issue:`3776`
 -   Use Jinja's implementation of the ``|tojson`` filter. :issue:`3881`
+-   Add route decorators for common HTTP methods. For example,
+    ``@app.post("/login")`` is a shortcut for
+    ``@app.route("/login", methods=["POST"])``. :pr:`3907`
 
 
 Version 1.1.2
diff --git a/src/flask/scaffold.py b/src/flask/scaffold.py
index 5b6bb80c..d1c24bd1 100644
--- a/src/flask/scaffold.py
+++ b/src/flask/scaffold.py
@@ -146,6 +146,47 @@ class Scaffold(_PackageBoundObject):
     def _is_setup_finished(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def _method_route(self, method, rule, options):
+        if "methods" in options:
+            raise TypeError("Use the 'route' decorator to use the 'methods' argument.")
+
+        return self.route(rule, methods=[method], **options)
+
+    def get(self, rule, **options):
+        """Shortcut for :meth:`route` with ``methods=["GET"]``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        """
+        return self._method_route("GET", rule, options)
+
+    def post(self, rule, **options):
+        """Shortcut for :meth:`route` with ``methods=["POST"]``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        """
+        return self._method_route("POST", rule, options)
+
+    def put(self, rule, **options):
+        """Shortcut for :meth:`route` with ``methods=["PUT"]``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        """
+        return self._method_route("PUT", rule, options)
+
+    def delete(self, rule, **options):
+        """Shortcut for :meth:`route` with ``methods=["DELETE"]``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        """
+        return self._method_route("DELETE", rule, options)
+
+    def patch(self, rule, **options):
+        """Shortcut for :meth:`route` with ``methods=["PATCH"]``.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        """
+        return self._method_route("PATCH", rule, options)
+
     def route(self, rule, **options):
         """A decorator that is used to register a view function for a
         given URL rule.  This does the same thing as :meth:`add_url_rule`
diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index f4decf0c..d6ec3fe4 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ def test_options_on_multiple_rules(app, client):
     assert sorted(rv.allow) == ["GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "POST", "PUT"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["get", "post", "put", "delete", "patch"])
+def test_method_route(app, client, method):
+    method_route = getattr(app, method)
+    client_method = getattr(client, method)
+
+    @method_route("/")
+    def hello():
+        return "Hello"
+
+    assert client_method("/").data == b"Hello"
+
+
+def test_method_route_no_methods(app):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        app.get("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+
+
 def test_provide_automatic_options_attr():
     app = flask.Flask(__name__)