To improve the control behavior of an anti-lock control system, in a method wherein the rotational behavior of the wheels is measured and evaluated and a vehicle reference speed, wheel slip data and wheel acceleration data and other control parameters are determined, the lowest wheel speed (v.sub.min) is continuously compared with the highest wheel speed (v.sub.max) during a braking operation. In the event of an approximate correlation between the lowest (v.sub.min) and the highest (v.sub.max) wheel speed and if the correlation lasts longer than a predefined length of time (T1, T2), the pressure in the brakes of the front wheels is permitted to increase or caused to increase after this length of time. The duration of the predetermined length of time (T1, T2) can be varied as a function of the acceleration or deceleration (v.sub.3, v.sub.4) of the non-driven wheels.