diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpEngine.java b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpEngine.java
index df5af0c47..fee0e0159 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpEngine.java
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpEngine.java
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public class HttpEngine {
   }
 
   boolean hasRequestBody() {
-    return method.equals("POST") || method.equals("PUT");
+    return method.equals("POST") || method.equals("PUT") || method.equals("PATCH");
   }
 
   /** Returns the request body or null if this request doesn't have a body. */
diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpURLConnectionImpl.java b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpURLConnectionImpl.java
index 3beafb554..0ba02281c 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpURLConnectionImpl.java
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/HttpURLConnectionImpl.java
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ public class HttpURLConnectionImpl extends HttpURLConnection implements Policy {
         if (method.equals("GET")) {
           // they are requesting a stream to write to. This implies a POST method
           method = "POST";
-        } else if (!method.equals("POST") && !method.equals("PUT")) {
-          // If the request method is neither POST nor PUT, then you're not writing
+        } else if (!method.equals("POST") && !method.equals("PUT") && !method.equals("PATCH")) {
+          // If the request method is neither POST nor PUT nor PATCH, then you're not writing
           throw new ProtocolException(method + " does not support writing");
         }
       }