diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectRequester.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectRequester.cs
index 71e5b69a1a..a3da70972f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectRequester.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectRequester.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ using System.Xml.Serialization;
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
 {
     public class SynchronousRestObjectPoster
+    {
+        [Obsolete]
+        public static TResponse BeginPostObject<TRequest, TResponse>(string verb, string requestUrl, TRequest obj)
+        {
+            return SynchronousRestObjectRequester.MakeRequest<TRequest, TResponse>(verb, requestUrl, obj);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class SynchronousRestObjectRequester
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Perform a synchronous REST request.
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
         ///
         /// <exception cref="System.Net.WebException">Thrown if we encounter a network issue while posting
         /// the request.  You'll want to make sure you deal with this as they're not uncommon</exception>
-        public static TResponse BeginPostObject<TRequest, TResponse>(string verb, string requestUrl, TRequest obj)
+        public static TResponse MakeRequest<TRequest, TResponse>(string verb, string requestUrl, TRequest obj)
         {
             Type type = typeof (TRequest);