diff --git a/controller.go b/controller.go
index 9c605760..0e8853b3 100644
--- a/controller.go
+++ b/controller.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package beego
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
 	"mime/multipart"
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ type ControllerInterface interface {
 	Head()
 	Patch()
 	Options()
+	Trace()
 	Finish()
 	Render() error
 	XSRFToken() string
@@ -188,6 +190,28 @@ func (c *Controller) Options() {
 	http.Error(c.Ctx.ResponseWriter, "Method Not Allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 }
 
+// Trace adds a request function to handle Trace request.
+// this method SHOULD NOT be overridden.
+// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.8
+// The TRACE method requests a remote, application-level loop-back of
+// the request message.  The final recipient of the request SHOULD
+// reflect the message received, excluding some fields described below,
+// back to the client as the message body of a 200 (OK) response with a
+// Content-Type of "message/http" (Section 8.3.1 of [RFC7230]).
+func (c *Controller) Trace() {
+	ts := func(h http.Header) (hs string) {
+		for k, v := range h {
+			hs += fmt.Sprintf("\r\n%s: %s", k, v)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	hs := fmt.Sprintf("\r\nTRACE %s %s%s\r\n", c.Ctx.Request.RequestURI, c.Ctx.Request.Proto, ts(c.Ctx.Request.Header))
+	c.Ctx.Output.Header("Content-Type", "message/http")
+	c.Ctx.Output.Header("Content-Length", fmt.Sprint(len(hs)))
+	c.Ctx.Output.Header("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
+	c.Ctx.WriteString(hs)
+}
+
 // HandlerFunc call function with the name
 func (c *Controller) HandlerFunc(fnname string) bool {
 	if v, ok := c.methodMapping[fnname]; ok {
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index a9b6f078..c7abe38c 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ func (p *ControllerRegister) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 				execController.Patch()
 			case http.MethodOptions:
 				execController.Options()
+			case http.MethodTrace:
+				execController.Trace()
 			default:
 				if !execController.HandlerFunc(runMethod) {
 					vc := reflect.ValueOf(execController)