diff --git a/src/rest.erl b/src/rest.erl
index e5c6fd963..091002fa5 100644
--- a/src/rest.erl
+++ b/src/rest.erl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 -behaviour(ejabberd_config).
 
 -export([start/1, stop/1, get/2, get/3, post/4, delete/2,
-	 request/6, with_retry/4, opt_type/1]).
+	 put/4, patch/4, request/6, with_retry/4, opt_type/1]).
 
 -include("logger.hrl").
 
@@ -71,18 +71,17 @@ delete(Server, Path) ->
     request(Server, delete, Path, [], "application/json", <<>>).
 
 post(Server, Path, Params, Content) ->
-    Data = case catch jiffy:encode(Content) of
-        {'EXIT', Reason} ->
-            ?ERROR_MSG("HTTP content encodage failed:~n"
-                       "** Content = ~p~n"
-                       "** Err = ~p",
-                       [Content, Reason]),
-            <<>>;
-        Encoded ->
-            Encoded
-    end,
+    Data = encode_json(Content),
     request(Server, post, Path, Params, "application/json", Data).
 
+put(Server, Path, Params, Content) ->
+    Data = encode_json(Content),
+    request(Server, put, Path, Params, "application/json", Data).
+
+patch(Server, Path, Params, Content) ->
+    Data = encode_json(Content),
+    request(Server, patch, Path, Params, "application/json", Data).
+
 request(Server, Method, Path, Params, Mime, Data) ->
     URI = url(Server, Path, Params),
     Opts = [{connect_timeout, ?CONNECT_TIMEOUT},
@@ -147,6 +146,18 @@ request(Server, Method, Path, Params, Mime, Data) ->
 %%% HTTP helpers
 %%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+encode_json(Content) ->
+    case catch jiffy:encode(Content) of
+        {'EXIT', Reason} ->
+            ?ERROR_MSG("HTTP content encodage failed:~n"
+                       "** Content = ~p~n"
+                       "** Err = ~p",
+                       [Content, Reason]),
+            <<>>;
+        Encoded ->
+            Encoded
+    end.
+
 base_url(Server, Path) ->
     Tail = case iolist_to_binary(Path) of
         <<$/, Ok/binary>> -> Ok;