diff --git a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
index ab63820..f0c0f33 100644
--- a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ public class HttpRequest {
    */
   public static final String METHOD_POST = "POST";
 
+  /**
+   * 'PATCH' request method
+   */
+  public static final String METHOD_PATCH = "PATCH";
+
   /**
    * 'PUT' request method
    */
@@ -1176,6 +1181,70 @@ public class HttpRequest {
     return post(encode ? encode(url) : url);
   }
 
+/**
+   * Start a 'PATCH' request to the given URL
+   *
+   * @param url
+   * @return request
+   * @throws HttpRequestException
+   */
+  public static HttpRequest patch(final CharSequence url)
+      throws HttpRequestException {
+    return new HttpRequest(url, METHOD_PATCH);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start a 'PATCH' request to the given URL
+   *
+   * @param url
+   * @return request
+   * @throws HttpRequestException
+   */
+  public static HttpRequest patch(final URL url) throws HttpRequestException {
+    return new HttpRequest(url, METHOD_PATCH);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start a 'PATCH' request to the given URL along with the query params
+   *
+   * @param baseUrl
+   * @param params
+   *          the query parameters to include as part of the baseUrl
+   * @param encode
+   *          true to encode the full URL
+   *
+   * @see #append(CharSequence, Map)
+   * @see #encode(CharSequence)
+   *
+   * @return request
+   */
+  public static HttpRequest patch(final CharSequence baseUrl,
+      final Map<?, ?> params, final boolean encode) {
+    String url = append(baseUrl, params);
+    return patch(encode ? encode(url) : url);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start a 'PATCH' request to the given URL along with the query params
+   *
+   * @param baseUrl
+   * @param encode
+   *          true to encode the full URL
+   * @param params
+   *          the name/value query parameter pairs to include as part of the
+   *          baseUrl
+   *
+   * @see #append(CharSequence, Object...)
+   * @see #encode(CharSequence)
+   *
+   * @return request
+   */
+  public static HttpRequest patch(final CharSequence baseUrl,
+      final boolean encode, final Object... params) {
+    String url = append(baseUrl, params);
+    return patch(encode ? encode(url) : url);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Start a 'PUT' request to the given URL
    *
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
index a97fff0..bcd60fb 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest.HttpRequestException;
 
 class CordovaHttpPatch extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
-    public CordovaHttpPatch(String urlString, JSONObject data, String serializerName, JSONObject headers, CallbackContext callbackContext, int timeout) {
-        super(urlString, data, serializerName, headers, timeout, callbackContext);
+    public CordovaHttpPatch(String urlString, JSONObject params, String serializerName, JSONObject headers, CallbackContext callbackContext, int timeout) {
+        super(urlString, params, serializerName, headers, timeout, callbackContext);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class CordovaHttpPatch extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.patch(this.getUrlString());
 
             request.readTimeout(this.getRequestTimeout());
+            this.setupRedirect(request);
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
@@ -43,18 +44,18 @@ class CordovaHttpPatch extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
 
             this.addResponseHeaders(request, response);
-            response.patch("status", code);
+            response.put("status", code);
 
             if (code >= 200 && code < 300) {
-                response.patch("data", body);
+                response.put("data", body);
                 this.getCallbackContext().success(response);
             } else {
-                response.patch("error", body);
+                response.put("error", body);
                 this.getCallbackContext().error(response);
             }
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             this.respondWithError("There was an error generating the response");
-        }  catch (HttpRequestException e) {
+        } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
             if (e.getCause() instanceof UnknownHostException) {
                 this.respondWithError(0, "The host could not be resolved");
             } else if (e.getCause() instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPlugin.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPlugin.java
index d7837b7..b69897e 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPlugin.java
@@ -60,7 +60,16 @@ public class CordovaHttpPlugin extends CordovaPlugin {
             CordovaHttpPut put = new CordovaHttpPut(urlString, params, serializerName, headers, callbackContext, timeoutInMilliseconds);
 
             cordova.getThreadPool().execute(put);
-        } else if (action.equals("delete")) {
+        } else if (action.equals("patch")) {
+            String urlString = args.getString(0);
+            JSONObject params = args.getJSONObject(1);
+            String serializerName = args.getString(2);
+            JSONObject headers = args.getJSONObject(3);
+            CordovaHttpPatch patch = new CordovaHttpPatch(urlString, params, serializerName, headers, callbackContext);
+
+            cordova.getThreadPool().execute(patch);
+        }
+         else if (action.equals("delete")) {
             String urlString = args.getString(0);
             JSONObject params = args.getJSONObject(1);
             JSONObject headers = args.getJSONObject(2);