diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 0f512b3..dfbbf7d 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
         <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPlugin.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp" />
         <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp" />
         <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp" />
+        <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp" />
         <source-file src="src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java" target-dir="src/com/synconset/cordovahttp" />
     </platform>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a97fff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPatch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * A HTTP plugin for Cordova / Phonegap
+ */
+package com.synconset.cordovahttp;
+
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import org.apache.cordova.CallbackContext;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
+
+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);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.patch(this.getUrlString());
+
+            request.readTimeout(this.getRequestTimeout());
+            this.setupSecurity(request);
+            request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
+            request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
+
+            if (new String("json").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
+                request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
+                request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
+            } else {
+                request.form(this.getParamsMap());
+            }
+
+            int code = request.code();
+            String body = request.body(CHARSET);
+            JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
+
+            this.addResponseHeaders(request, response);
+            response.patch("status", code);
+
+            if (code >= 200 && code < 300) {
+                response.patch("data", body);
+                this.getCallbackContext().success(response);
+            } else {
+                response.patch("error", body);
+                this.getCallbackContext().error(response);
+            }
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            this.respondWithError("There was an error generating the response");
+        }  catch (HttpRequestException e) {
+            if (e.getCause() instanceof UnknownHostException) {
+                this.respondWithError(0, "The host could not be resolved");
+            } else if (e.getCause() instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
+                this.respondWithError(1, "The request timed out");
+            } else if (e.getCause() instanceof SSLHandshakeException) {
+                this.respondWithError("SSL handshake failed");
+            } else {
+                this.respondWithError("There was an error with the request");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/www/advanced-http.js b/www/advanced-http.js
index 36b62d3..8af616e 100644
--- a/www/advanced-http.js
+++ b/www/advanced-http.js
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ var http = {
 
         return exec(onSuccess, onFail, 'CordovaHttpPlugin', 'put', [url, data, this.dataSerializer, headers, this.timeoutInSeconds]);
     },
+    patch: function (url, data, headers, success, failure) {
+        handleMissingCallbacks(success, failure);
+
+        data = data || {};
+        headers = headers || {};
+        headers = mergeHeaders(this.headers, headers);
+        headers = mergeHeaders(getCookieHeader(url), headers);
+
+        var onSuccess = injectCookieHandler(url, success);
+        var onFail = injectCookieHandler(url, failure);
+
+        return exec(onSuccess, onFail, 'CordovaHttpPlugin', 'patch', [url, data, this.dataSerializer, headers]);
+        },
     delete: function (url, params, headers, success, failure) {
         handleMissingCallbacks(success, failure);