diff --git a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
index e6b24a291..ab7208ec0 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
+++ b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+  Copyright 2013, 2016 IBM Corp.
 
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         <option value="post">POST</option>
         <option value="put">PUT</option>
         <option value="delete">DELETE</option>
+        <option value="patch">PATCH</option>
         </select>
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
diff --git a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
index a98cb4e86..13ea9f57a 100644
--- a/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
+++ b/nodes/core/io/21-httpin.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             this.callback = function(req,res) {
                 var msgid = RED.util.generateId();
                 res._msgid = msgid;
-                if (node.method.match(/(^post$|^delete$|^put$|^options$)/)) {
+                if (node.method.match(/^(post|delete|put|options|patch)$/)) {
                     node.send({_msgid:msgid,req:req,res:createResponseWrapper(node,res),payload:req.body});
                 } else if (node.method == "get") {
                     node.send({_msgid:msgid,req:req,res:createResponseWrapper(node,res),payload:req.query});
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 RED.httpNode.post(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,jsonParser,urlencParser,rawBodyParser,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
             } else if (this.method == "put") {
                 RED.httpNode.put(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,jsonParser,urlencParser,rawBodyParser,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
+            } else if (this.method == "patch") {
+                RED.httpNode.patch(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,jsonParser,urlencParser,rawBodyParser,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
             } else if (this.method == "delete") {
                 RED.httpNode.delete(this.url,cookieParser(),httpMiddleware,corsHandler,metricsHandler,jsonParser,urlencParser,rawBodyParser,this.callback,this.errorHandler);
             }