diff --git a/axum/CHANGELOG.md b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e7832d3..ccd49bb9 100644
--- a/axum/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 # Unreleased
 
-- None.
+- **fixed:** Correctly handle `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS` requests in `ContentLengthLimit`.
+  Request with these methods are now accepted if they _do not_ have a `Content-Length` header, and
+  the request body will not be checked. If they do have a `Content-Length` header they'll be
+  rejected. This allows `ContentLengthLimit` to be used as middleware around several routes,
+  including `GET` routes ([#989])
+
+[#989]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/989
 
 # 0.5.4 (26. April, 2022)
 
diff --git a/axum/src/extract/content_length_limit.rs b/axum/src/extract/content_length_limit.rs
index afdb7247..6412324b 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/content_length_limit.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/content_length_limit.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 use super::{rejection::*, FromRequest, RequestParts};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use axum_core::response::IntoResponse;
+use http::Method;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
 /// Extractor that will reject requests with a body larger than some size.
 ///
+/// `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS` requests are rejected if they have a `Content-Length` header,
+/// otherwise they're accepted without the body being checked.
+///
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```rust,no_run
@@ -38,20 +42,35 @@ where
     type Rejection = ContentLengthLimitRejection<T::Rejection>;
 
     async fn from_request(req: &mut RequestParts<B>) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
-        let content_length = req.headers().get(http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH);
+        let content_length = req
+            .headers()
+            .get(http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH)
+            .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok()?.parse::<u64>().ok());
 
-        let content_length =
-            content_length.and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok()?.parse::<u64>().ok());
-
-        if let Some(length) = content_length {
-            if length > N {
+        match (content_length, req.method()) {
+            (content_length, &(Method::GET | Method::HEAD | Method::OPTIONS)) => {
+                if content_length.is_some() {
+                    return Err(ContentLengthLimitRejection::ContentLengthNotAllowed(
+                        ContentLengthNotAllowed,
+                    ));
+                } else if req
+                    .headers()
+                    .get(http::header::TRANSFER_ENCODING)
+                    .map_or(false, |value| value.as_bytes() == b"chunked")
+                {
+                    return Err(ContentLengthLimitRejection::LengthRequired(LengthRequired));
+                }
+            }
+            (Some(content_length), _) if content_length > N => {
                 return Err(ContentLengthLimitRejection::PayloadTooLarge(
                     PayloadTooLarge,
                 ));
             }
-        } else {
-            return Err(ContentLengthLimitRejection::LengthRequired(LengthRequired));
-        };
+            (None, _) => {
+                return Err(ContentLengthLimitRejection::LengthRequired(LengthRequired));
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
 
         let value = T::from_request(req)
             .await
@@ -72,7 +91,12 @@ impl<T, const N: u64> Deref for ContentLengthLimit<T, N> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::{body::Bytes, routing::post, test_helpers::*, Router};
+    use crate::{
+        body::Bytes,
+        routing::{get, post},
+        test_helpers::*,
+        Router,
+    };
     use http::StatusCode;
     use serde::Deserialize;
 
@@ -124,4 +148,45 @@ mod tests {
             .await;
         assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::LENGTH_REQUIRED);
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_request_without_content_length_is_accepted() {
+        let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|_body: ContentLengthLimit<Bytes, 1337>| async {}));
+
+        let client = TestClient::new(app);
+
+        let res = client.get("/").send().await;
+        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_request_with_content_length_is_rejected() {
+        let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|_body: ContentLengthLimit<Bytes, 1337>| async {}));
+
+        let client = TestClient::new(app);
+
+        let res = client
+            .get("/")
+            .header("content-length", 3)
+            .body("foo")
+            .send()
+            .await;
+        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_request_with_chunked_encoding_is_rejected() {
+        let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|_body: ContentLengthLimit<Bytes, 1337>| async {}));
+
+        let client = TestClient::new(app);
+
+        let res = client
+            .get("/")
+            .header("transfer-encoding", "chunked")
+            .body("3\r\nfoo\r\n0\r\n\r\n")
+            .send()
+            .await;
+
+        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::LENGTH_REQUIRED);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs b/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
index fc3e6a54..4d13faee 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/rejection.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ define_rejection! {
     pub struct LengthRequired;
 }
 
+define_rejection! {
+    #[status = BAD_REQUEST]
+    #[body = "`GET`, `HEAD`, `OPTIONS` requests are not allowed to have a `Content-Length` header"]
+    /// Rejection type for [`ContentLengthLimit`](super::ContentLengthLimit) if
+    /// the request is `GET`, `HEAD`, or `OPTIONS` and has a `Content-Length` header.
+    pub struct ContentLengthNotAllowed;
+}
+
 define_rejection! {
     #[status = INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR]
     #[body = "No paths parameters found for matched route. Are you also extracting `Request<_>`?"]
@@ -225,6 +233,8 @@ pub enum ContentLengthLimitRejection<T> {
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
     LengthRequired(LengthRequired),
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    ContentLengthNotAllowed(ContentLengthNotAllowed),
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
     Inner(T),
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +246,7 @@ where
         match self {
             Self::PayloadTooLarge(inner) => inner.into_response(),
             Self::LengthRequired(inner) => inner.into_response(),
+            Self::ContentLengthNotAllowed(inner) => inner.into_response(),
             Self::Inner(inner) => inner.into_response(),
         }
     }
@@ -249,6 +260,7 @@ where
         match self {
             Self::PayloadTooLarge(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
             Self::LengthRequired(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
+            Self::ContentLengthNotAllowed(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
             Self::Inner(inner) => inner.fmt(f),
         }
     }
@@ -262,6 +274,7 @@ where
         match self {
             Self::PayloadTooLarge(inner) => Some(inner),
             Self::LengthRequired(inner) => Some(inner),
+            Self::ContentLengthNotAllowed(inner) => Some(inner),
             Self::Inner(inner) => Some(inner),
         }
     }