diff --git a/modules/metaedit/templates/xmlimport.tpl.php b/modules/metaedit/templates/xmlimport.tpl.php
index 6ade0113be43a58cb81d1d519c5b1716729dc550..59ca4b899919c65ff32269f9b58cdd55d8cd14a0 100644
--- a/modules/metaedit/templates/xmlimport.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/metaedit/templates/xmlimport.tpl.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $this->includeAtTemplateBase('includes/header.php');
 
 echo('<h1>Import SAML 2.0 XML Metadata</h1>');
 
-echo('<form method="get" action="edit.php">');
+echo('<form method="post" action="edit.php">');
 echo('<p>Paste in SAML 2.0 XML Metadata for the entity that you would like to add.</p>');
 echo('<textarea style="height: 200px; width: 90%; border: 1px solid #aaa;" cols="50" rows="5" name="xmlmetadata"></textarea>');
 echo('<input type="submit" style="margin-top: .5em" name="metasubmit" value="Import metadata" />');