diff --git a/src/node/src/common.js b/src/node/src/common.js
index 98eabf5c0b8..a0fe4480eab 100644
--- a/src/node/src/common.js
+++ b/src/node/src/common.js
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ exports.getProtobufServiceAttrs = function getProtobufServiceAttrs(service,
     return _.camelCase(method.name);
   }), _.map(service.children, function(method) {
     return {
+      originalName: method.name,
       path: prefix + method.name,
       requestStream: method.requestStream,
       responseStream: method.responseStream,
diff --git a/src/node/src/server.js b/src/node/src/server.js
index a5a0ea26420..bdb4a562039 100644
--- a/src/node/src/server.js
+++ b/src/node/src/server.js
@@ -755,9 +755,16 @@ Server.prototype.addService = function(service, implementation) {
     }
     var impl;
     if (implementation[name] === undefined) {
-      common.log(grpc.logVerbosity.ERROR, 'Method handler for ' +
-          attrs.path + ' expected but not provided');
-      impl = defaultHandler[method_type];
+      /* Handle the case where the method is passed with the name exactly as
+         written in the proto file, instead of using JavaScript function
+         naming style */
+      if (implementation[attrs.originalName] === undefined) {
+        common.log(grpc.logVerbosity.ERROR, 'Method handler ' + name + ' for ' +
+            attrs.path + ' expected but not provided');
+        impl = defaultHandler[method_type];
+      } else {
+        impl = _.bind(implementation[attrs.originalName], implementation);
+      }
     } else {
       impl = _.bind(implementation[name], implementation);
     }
diff --git a/src/node/test/surface_test.js b/src/node/test/surface_test.js
index 2636ea85ac8..1d739562a69 100644
--- a/src/node/test/surface_test.js
+++ b/src/node/test/surface_test.js
@@ -143,6 +143,32 @@ describe('Server.prototype.addProtoService', function() {
       server.addProtoService(mathService, dummyImpls);
     });
   });
+  it('Should allow method names as originally written', function() {
+    var altDummyImpls = {
+      'Div': function() {},
+      'DivMany': function() {},
+      'Fib': function() {},
+      'Sum': function() {}
+    };
+    assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
+      server.addProtoService(mathService, altDummyImpls);
+    });
+  });
+  it('Should have a conflict between name variations', function() {
+    /* This is really testing that both name variations are actually used,
+       by checking that the method actually gets registered, for the
+       corresponding function, in both cases */
+    var altDummyImpls = {
+      'Div': function() {},
+      'DivMany': function() {},
+      'Fib': function() {},
+      'Sum': function() {}
+    };
+    server.addProtoService(mathService, altDummyImpls);
+    assert.throws(function() {
+      server.addProtoService(mathService, dummyImpls);
+    });
+  });
   it('Should fail if the server has been started', function() {
     server.start();
     assert.throws(function() {