diff --git a/includes/http.h b/includes/http.h
index 45e5b41..068f7e1 100644
--- a/includes/http.h
+++ b/includes/http.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ struct http_file {
 #define HTTP_METHOD_DELETE	3
 #define HTTP_METHOD_HEAD	4
 #define HTTP_METHOD_OPTIONS	5
+#define HTTP_METHOD_PATCH	6
 
 #define HTTP_REQUEST_COMPLETE		0x0001
 #define HTTP_REQUEST_DELETE		0x0002
diff --git a/src/accesslog.c b/src/accesslog.c
index b7b591f..706fe9c 100644
--- a/src/accesslog.c
+++ b/src/accesslog.c
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ kore_accesslog_write(const void *data, u_int32_t len)
 	case HTTP_METHOD_HEAD:
 		method = "HEAD";
 		break;
+	case HTTP_METHOD_PATCH:
+		method = "PATCH";
+		break;
 	default:
 		method = "UNKNOWN";
 		break;
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 77ef393..6a6a6eb 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -760,6 +760,8 @@ configure_params(char *options)
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_DELETE;
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "head")) {
 		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_HEAD;
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "patch")) {
+		current_method = HTTP_METHOD_PATCH;
 	} else {
 		printf("unknown method: %s in params block for %s\n",
 		    argv[0], argv[1]);
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index ad9156b..67e0192 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ http_request_new(struct connection *c, const char *host,
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "options")) {
 		m = HTTP_METHOD_OPTIONS;
 		flags = HTTP_REQUEST_COMPLETE;
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(method, "patch")) {
+		m = HTTP_METHOD_PATCH;
+		flags = HTTP_REQUEST_EXPECT_BODY;
 	} else {
 		http_error_response(c, 400);
 		return (KORE_RESULT_ERROR);
@@ -1894,6 +1897,9 @@ http_method_text(int method)
 	case HTTP_METHOD_OPTIONS:
 		r = "OPTIONS";
 		break;
+	case HTTP_METHOD_PATCH:
+		r = "PATCH";
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = "";
 		break;
diff --git a/src/python.c b/src/python.c
index 7158283..a9f2026 100644
--- a/src/python.c
+++ b/src/python.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "METHOD_POST", HTTP_METHOD_POST },
 	{ "METHOD_DELETE", HTTP_METHOD_DELETE },
 	{ "METHOD_OPTIONS", HTTP_METHOD_OPTIONS },
+	{ "METHOD_PATCH", HTTP_METHOD_PATCH },
 	{ "WEBSOCKET_OP_TEXT", WEBSOCKET_OP_TEXT },
 	{ "WEBSOCKET_OP_BINARY", WEBSOCKET_OP_BINARY },
 	{ "WEBSOCKET_BROADCAST_LOCAL", WEBSOCKET_BROADCAST_LOCAL },