diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 990d9a6..a49d8e8 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    "name": "http",
    "abstract": "HTTP client for PostgreSQL",
    "description": "HTTP allows you to get the content of a web page in a SQL function call.",
-   "version": "1.2",
+   "version": "1.3",
    "maintainer": [
       "Paul Ramsey <pramsey@cleverelephant.ca>"
    ],
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
    },
    "provides": {
      "http": {
-       "file": "http--1.2.sql",
+       "file": "http--1.3.sql",
        "docfile": "README.md",
-       "version": "1.2",
+       "version": "1.3",
        "abstract": "HTTP client for PostgreSQL"
      },
    },
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bccf427..977f76b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 MODULE_big = http
 OBJS = http.o
 EXTENSION = http
-DATA = http--1.2.sql http--1.1--1.2.sql http--1.0--1.1.sql
+DATA = http--1.3.sql http--1.2--1.3.sql http--1.1--1.2.sql http--1.0--1.1.sql
 REGRESS = http
 EXTRA_CLEAN =
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9940ecd..c5a0e0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ This extension is for that.
         200 | application/json | some text
 
 
+    > SELECT status, content_type, content::json->>'data' AS data
+      FROM http_patch('http://httpbin.org/patch', '{"this":"that"}', 'application/json');
+
+     status |   content_type   |   data
+    --------+------------------+-----------
+        200 | application/json | some text
+
+
     > SELECT status, content_type, content::json->>'url' AS url
       FROM http_delete('http://httpbin.org/delete');
 
diff --git a/http--1.2--1.3.sql b/http--1.2--1.3.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ccf0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http--1.2--1.3.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+ALTER DOMAIN http_method DROP CONSTRAINT http_method_check;
+ALTER DOMAIN http_method ADD CHECK (
+    VALUE ILIKE 'get' OR
+    VALUE ILIKE 'post' OR
+    VALUE ILIKE 'put' OR
+    VALUE ILIKE 'delete' OR
+    VALUE ILIKE 'patch' OR
+    VALUE ILIKE 'head'
+);
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION http_patch(uri VARCHAR, content VARCHAR, content_type VARCHAR)
+    RETURNS http_response
+    AS $$ SELECT http(('PATCH', $1, NULL, $3, $2)::http_request) $$
+    LANGUAGE 'sql';
diff --git a/http--1.2.sql b/http--1.3.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from http--1.2.sql
rename to http--1.3.sql
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 60c897a..5e90419 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  ***********************************************************************/
 
 /* Constants */
-#define HTTP_VERSION "1.2.4"
+#define HTTP_VERSION "1.3.0"
 #define HTTP_ENCODING "gzip"
 #define CURL_MIN_VERSION 0x071400 /* 7.20.0 */
 
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	HTTP_POST,
 	HTTP_DELETE,
 	HTTP_PUT,
-	HTTP_HEAD
+	HTTP_HEAD,
+	HTTP_PATCH
 } http_method;
 
 /* Components (and postitions) of the http_request tuple type */
@@ -392,6 +393,8 @@ request_type(const char *method)
 		return HTTP_DELETE;
 	else if ( strcasecmp(method, "HEAD") == 0 )
 		return HTTP_HEAD;
+	else if ( strcasecmp(method, "PATCH") == 0 )
+		return HTTP_PATCH;
 	else
 		return HTTP_GET;
 }
@@ -1045,8 +1048,10 @@ Datum http_request(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			}
 			CURL_SETOPT(g_http_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, text_to_cstring(content_text));
 		}
-		else if ( method == HTTP_PUT )
+		else if ( method == HTTP_PUT || method == HTTP_PATCH )
 		{
+			if ( method == HTTP_PATCH )
+				CURL_SETOPT(g_http_handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
 			initStringInfo(&si_read);
 			appendBinaryStringInfo(&si_read, VARDATA(content_text), content_size);
 			CURL_SETOPT(g_http_handle, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
diff --git a/http.control b/http.control
index 5270225..a452b0b 100644
--- a/http.control
+++ b/http.control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-default_version = '1.2'
+default_version = '1.3'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/http'
 relocatable = true
 comment = 'HTTP client for PostgreSQL, allows web page retrieval inside the database.'