diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 20f76b86..3ac10eb5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NEWS
   * Ignore EPIPE/ECONNRESET after SSL_shutdown
   * Handle ENAMETOOLONG, return 404 Not Found (fixes #2396, thx dererkazo)
   * configure.ac: remove old stuff, add some new to fix warnings in automake 1.12 (fixes #2419, thx blino)
+  * add PATCH method (fixes #2424)
 
 - 1.4.31 - 2012-05-31
   * [ssl] fix segfault in counting renegotiations for openssl versions without TLSEXT/SNI (thx carpii for reporting)
diff --git a/src/connections.c b/src/connections.c
index 0b8d0fba..48ca60fe 100644
--- a/src/connections.c
+++ b/src/connections.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static int connection_handle_write_prepare(server *srv, connection *con) {
 		case HTTP_METHOD_POST:
 		case HTTP_METHOD_HEAD:
 		case HTTP_METHOD_PUT:
+		case HTTP_METHOD_PATCH:
 		case HTTP_METHOD_MKCOL:
 		case HTTP_METHOD_DELETE:
 		case HTTP_METHOD_COPY:
diff --git a/src/keyvalue.c b/src/keyvalue.c
index 8ca739b8..ba376115 100644
--- a/src/keyvalue.c
+++ b/src/keyvalue.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ static keyvalue http_methods[] = {
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_OPTIONS, "OPTIONS" },
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_MKCOL, "MKCOL" },
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_PUT, "PUT" },
+	{ HTTP_METHOD_PATCH, "PATCH" },
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_DELETE, "DELETE" },
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_COPY, "COPY" },
 	{ HTTP_METHOD_MOVE, "MOVE" },
diff --git a/src/keyvalue.h b/src/keyvalue.h
index 209b2cf2..43ef99bb 100644
--- a/src/keyvalue.h
+++ b/src/keyvalue.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	HTTP_METHOD_PROPFIND,  /* WebDAV */
 	HTTP_METHOD_MKCOL,
 	HTTP_METHOD_PUT,
+	HTTP_METHOD_PATCH,
 	HTTP_METHOD_DELETE,
 	HTTP_METHOD_COPY,
 	HTTP_METHOD_MOVE,