diff --git a/include/http_client.h b/include/http_client.h
index cc8d2af4..2611decf 100644
--- a/include/http_client.h
+++ b/include/http_client.h
@@ -58,5 +58,8 @@ public:
     static long put_response(const std::string & url, const std::string & body, std::string & response,
                              std::map<std::string, std::string>& res_headers, long timeout_ms=4000);
 
+    static long patch_response(const std::string & url, const std::string & body, std::string & response,
+                             std::map<std::string, std::string>& res_headers, long timeout_ms=4000);
+
     static void extract_response_headers(CURL* curl, std::map<std::string, std::string> &res_headers);
 };
diff --git a/src/http_client.cpp b/src/http_client.cpp
index c4b5a53f..b6579c81 100644
--- a/src/http_client.cpp
+++ b/src/http_client.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ long HttpClient::put_response(const std::string &url, const std::string &body, s
     return perform_curl(curl, res_headers);
 }
 
+long HttpClient::patch_response(const std::string &url, const std::string &body, std::string &response,
+                              std::map<std::string, std::string>& res_headers, long timeout_ms) {
+    CURL *curl = init_curl(url, response);
+    if(curl == nullptr) {
+        return 500;
+    }
+
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, body.c_str());
+    return perform_curl(curl, res_headers);
+}
+
 long HttpClient::delete_response(const std::string &url, std::string &response,
                                  std::map<std::string, std::string>& res_headers, long timeout_ms) {
     CURL *curl = init_curl(url, response);
diff --git a/src/raft_server.cpp b/src/raft_server.cpp
index 3dfd92fa..cf43c49f 100644
--- a/src/raft_server.cpp
+++ b/src/raft_server.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ void ReplicationState::write_to_leader(http_req *request, http_res *response) co
             long status = HttpClient::delete_response(url, api_res, res_headers);
             response->content_type_header = res_headers["content-type"];
             response->set_body(status, api_res);
+        } else if(request->http_method == "PATCH") {
+            std::string api_res;
+            long status = HttpClient::patch_response(url, request->body, api_res, res_headers);
+            response->content_type_header = res_headers["content-type"];
+            response->set_body(status, api_res);
         } else {
             const std::string& err = "Forwarding for http method not implemented: " + request->http_method;
             LOG(ERROR) << err;