diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index 98e060c3071463adff210c94e1aecc2ff9f0292c..cf7fce8a4edb304991959f00b63ee56152ceba95 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ class Site(object):
         offset = 0
         while offset is not None:
             results = self.raw_api('ask', query='{query}|offset={offset}'.format(
-                query=query, offset=offset), **kwargs)
+                query=query, offset=offset, http_method='GET'), **kwargs)
 
             offset = results.get('query-continue-offset')
             for result in results['query']['results']: