diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilter.java
index 9c511521de..c0cdd924a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilter.java
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
 
     private RememberMeServices rememberMeServices = new NullRememberMeServices();
 
+    private TargetUrlResolver targetUrlResolver = new TargetUrlResolverImpl();
+    
     /** Where to redirect the browser to if authentication fails */
     private String authenticationFailureUrl;
 
@@ -216,7 +218,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
         Assert.hasLength(defaultTargetUrl, "defaultTargetUrl must be specified");
         Assert.hasLength(authenticationFailureUrl, "authenticationFailureUrl must be specified");
         Assert.notNull(authenticationManager, "authenticationManager must be specified");
-        Assert.notNull(this.rememberMeServices);
+        Assert.notNull(rememberMeServices, "rememberMeServices cannot be null");
+        Assert.notNull(targetUrlResolver, "targetUrlResolver cannot be null");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -266,6 +269,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
     }
 
     public static String obtainFullSavedRequestUrl(HttpServletRequest request) {
+    	SavedRequest savedRequest = getSavedRequest(request);
+    	
+        return savedRequest == null ? null : savedRequest.getFullRequestUrl();
+    }
+
+    private static SavedRequest getSavedRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
         HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
 
         if (session == null) {
@@ -274,9 +283,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
 
         SavedRequest savedRequest = (SavedRequest) session.getAttribute(SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST_KEY);
 
-        return savedRequest == null ? null : savedRequest.getFullRequestUrl();
-    }
-
+		return savedRequest;
+ 	}
+    
     protected void onPreAuthentication(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
             throws AuthenticationException, IOException {
     }
@@ -416,9 +425,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
     }
 
     protected String determineTargetUrl(HttpServletRequest request) {
-        // Don't attempt to obtain the url from the saved request if
-        // alwaysUsedefaultTargetUrl is set
-        String targetUrl = alwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl ? null : obtainFullSavedRequestUrl(request);
+        // Don't attempt to obtain the url from the saved request if alwaysUsedefaultTargetUrl is set
+    	String targetUrl = alwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl ? null : 
+    		targetUrlResolver.determineTargetUrl(getSavedRequest(request), request, SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication());
 
         if (targetUrl == null) {
             targetUrl = getDefaultTargetUrl();
@@ -578,4 +587,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractProcessingFilter extends SpringSecurityFilter impl
     public void setAllowSessionCreation(boolean allowSessionCreation) {
         this.allowSessionCreation = allowSessionCreation;
     }
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the targetUrlResolver
+	 */
+	protected TargetUrlResolver getTargetUrlResolver() {
+		return targetUrlResolver;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param targetUrlResolver the targetUrlResolver to set
+	 */
+	public void setTargetUrlResolver(TargetUrlResolver targetUrlResolver) {
+		this.targetUrlResolver = targetUrlResolver;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b12547df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.ui;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.ui.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Used by {@link AbstractProcessingFilter} to determine target URL in case of
+ * successfull authentication.
+ * 
+ * @author Martino Piccinato
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2.0
+ *
+ */
+public interface TargetUrlResolver {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param savedRequest The request that initiated the authentication process
+	 * @param currentRequest the current request
+	 * @param auth The authentication token generated after successfull authentication
+	 * @return The URL to be used 
+	 */
+	public String determineTargetUrl(SavedRequest savedRequest, HttpServletRequest currentRequest, Authentication auth);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..176ee647cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/ui/TargetUrlResolverImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.security.ui;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.security.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.ui.savedrequest.SavedRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation for {@link TargetUrlResolver}
+ * 
+ * @author Martino Piccinato
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2.0
+ *
+ */
+public class TargetUrlResolverImpl implements TargetUrlResolver {
+	
+	/**
+	 * If <code>true</code>, will only use <code>SavedRequest</code> to determine the target url on successful
+     * authentication if the request that caused the authentication request was a GET.
+     * It will return null on POST/PUT request.
+	 * In most cases it's meaningless to redirect to a Url generated by a POST/PUT request.
+     * Defaults to true.
+	 */
+	private boolean justUseSavedRequestOnGet = true;
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.acegisecurity.ui.TargetUrlResolver#determineTargetUrl(org.acegisecurity.ui.savedrequest.SavedRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, org.acegisecurity.Authentication)
+	 */
+	public String determineTargetUrl(SavedRequest savedRequest, HttpServletRequest currentRequest,
+            Authentication auth) {
+			
+        String targetUrl = null;
+
+        if (savedRequest != null) {
+            if (!justUseSavedRequestOnGet || savedRequest.getMethod().equals("GET")) {
+                targetUrl = savedRequest.getFullRequestUrl();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return targetUrl;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if just GET request will be used
+	 * to determine target URLs, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+	 */
+	protected boolean isJustUseSavedRequestOnGet() {
+		return justUseSavedRequestOnGet;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param justUseSavedRequestOnGet set to <code>true</code> if 
+	 * just GET request will be used to determine target URLs, 
+	 * <code>false</code> otherwise.
+	 */
+	public void setJustUseSavedRequestOnGet(boolean justUseSavedRequestOnGet) {
+		this.justUseSavedRequestOnGet = justUseSavedRequestOnGet;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
index 8f34b2ed5d..c0ad502228 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/ui/AbstractProcessingFilterTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.util.PortResolverImpl;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterConfig;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
-import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpSession;
 
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
 import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
@@ -93,7 +92,18 @@ public class AbstractProcessingFilterTests extends TestCase {
 
         return new SavedRequest(request, new PortResolverImpl());
     }
+   
+    private SavedRequest makePostSavedRequestForUrl() {
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = createMockRequest();
+        request.setServletPath("/some_protected_file.html");
+        request.setScheme("http");
+        request.setServerName("www.example.com");
+        request.setRequestURI("/mycontext/post/some_protected_file.html");
+        request.setMethod("POST");
 
+        return new SavedRequest(request, new PortResolverImpl());
+    }
+    
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
         SecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
@@ -425,6 +435,36 @@ public class AbstractProcessingFilterTests extends TestCase {
         assertEquals(makeSavedRequestForUrl().getFullRequestUrl(), response.getRedirectedUrl());
         assertNotNull(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication());
     }
+    
+        
+    public void testSuccessfulAuthenticationCausesRedirectToDefaultTargetUrlOnPOSTSavedRequest() throws Exception {
+        // Setup our HTTP request with a POST method request
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = createMockRequest();
+        request.getSession().setAttribute(AbstractProcessingFilter.SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST_KEY, makePostSavedRequestForUrl());
+    
+       // Setup our filter configuration
+        MockFilterConfig config = new MockFilterConfig(null, null);
+    
+        // Setup our expectation that the filter chain will be invoked, as we want to go to the location requested in the session
+        MockFilterChain chain = new MockFilterChain(true);
+        MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+   
+        // Setup our test object, to grant access
+        MockAbstractProcessingFilter filter = new MockAbstractProcessingFilter(true);
+        
+        filter.setFilterProcessesUrl("/j_mock_post");
+        filter.setDefaultTargetUrl("/foobar");
+        
+        // Configure target resolver default implementation not to use POST SavedRequest
+        TargetUrlResolverImpl targetUrlResolver = new TargetUrlResolverImpl();
+        targetUrlResolver.setJustUseSavedRequestOnGet(true);
+        filter.setTargetUrlResolver(targetUrlResolver);
+    
+        // Test
+        executeFilterInContainerSimulator(config, filter, request, response, chain);
+        assertEquals("/mycontext/foobar", response.getRedirectedUrl());
+        assertNotNull(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication());
+    }
 
     /**
      * SEC-297 fix.