diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1.js
index 08af526ff9..b715bfd6e8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1.js
@@ -305,15 +305,22 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMSCapabilities.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(
             "Get": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.get = {};
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj.get);
+                // backwards compatibility
+                if (!obj.href) {
+                    obj.href = obj.get.href;
+                }
             },
             "Post": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.post = {};
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj.post);
+                // backwards compatibility
+                if (!obj.href) {
+                    obj.href = obj.get.href;
+                }
             },
             "GetMap": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.getmap = {formats: []};
                 this.readChildNodes(node, obj.getmap);
-                obj.getmap.href = obj.getmap.get.href || obj.getmap.post.href; // backwards compatibility
             },
             "GetFeatureInfo": function(node, obj) {
                 obj.getfeatureinfo = {formats: []};
diff --git a/tests/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1_1_1.html b/tests/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1_1_1.html
index f6a44d3827..8560c36f18 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1_1_1.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WMSCapabilities/v1_1_1.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     
     function test_read(t) {
         
-        t.plan(17);
+        t.plan(23);
 
         var xml = document.getElementById("gssample").firstChild.nodeValue;
         var doc = new OpenLayers.Format.XML().read(xml);
@@ -32,6 +32,40 @@
             undefined,
             "getmap.post not available"
         );
+
+        var describelayer = capability.request.describelayer;
+        t.eq(
+            describelayer.href,
+            "http://publicus.opengeo.org:80/geoserver/wms?SERVICE=WMS&",
+            "describelayer href parsed"
+        );
+        t.eq(
+            describelayer.get.href,
+            describelayer.href,
+            "describelayer.get.href parsed"
+        );
+        t.eq(
+            describelayer.post,
+            undefined,
+            "describelayer.post not available"
+        );
+        
+        var getfeatureinfo = capability.request.getfeatureinfo;
+        t.eq(
+            getfeatureinfo.href,
+            "http://publicus.opengeo.org:80/geoserver/wms?SERVICE=WMS&",
+            "getfeatureinfo href parsed"
+        );
+        t.eq(
+            getfeatureinfo.get.href,
+            getfeatureinfo.href,
+            "getmap.get.href parsed"
+        );
+        t.eq(
+            getfeatureinfo.post.href,
+            "http://publicus.opengeo.org:80/geoserver/wms?SERVICE=WMS&",
+            "getfeatureinfo.post set correctly"
+        );
         
         t.ok(capability.layers, "layers parsed");
         t.eq(capability.layers.length, 22, "correct number of layers parsed");