diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index e4b5bc263..0afabfd89 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -393,6 +393,12 @@ class Request(object):
         ):
             self._method = self._data[self._METHOD_PARAM].upper()
 
+        # Inject the csrfmiddlewaretoken into request META if provided
+        csrf_header_name = getattr(settings, 'CSRF_HEADER_NAME', 'HTTP_X_CSRFTOKEN')
+        csrf_data = self._data.get('csrfmiddlewaretoken')
+        if csrf_data:
+            self.META[csrf_header_name] = csrf_data
+
         # Content overloading - modify the content type, and force re-parse.
         if (
             self._CONTENT_PARAM and
diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index c274ab69d..aebb19f79 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ class TestMethodOverloading(TestCase):
         request = Request(factory.get('/', {'foo': 'bar'}, HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE='DELETE'))
         self.assertEqual(request.method, 'DELETE')
 
+    def test_method_overload_csrftoken_header(self):
+        """
+        POST requests via the browsable API will include the CSRF token
+        in the POST data as csrfmiddlewaretoken, but the CSRF middleware
+        internals will not see it since the overload changes sets
+        request.method to the overloaded verb.
+
+        For other verbs, Django will look for the HTTP_X_CSRFTOKEN header,
+        so we need to move the data from the POST into that header.
+        """
+        request = Request(factory.post('/', {'csrfmiddlewaretoken': 'foobar', api_settings.FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE: 'PUT'}))
+        # Calling .method triggers override behavior
+        self.assertEqual(request.method, 'PUT')
+        self.assertEqual(request._request.META.get('HTTP_X_CSRFTOKEN'), 'foobar')
+
 
 class TestContentParsing(TestCase):
     def test_standard_behaviour_determines_no_content_GET(self):