diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp b/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp
index 7f8671fbf0..57563c29d6 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,20 @@ int HTTPClient::POST(String payload)
     return POST((uint8_t *) payload.c_str(), payload.length());
 }
 
+/**
+ * sends a put request to the server
+ * @param payload uint8_t *
+ * @param size size_t
+ * @return http code
+ */
+int HTTPClient::PUT(uint8_t * payload, size_t size) {
+    return sendRequest("PUT", payload, size);
+}
+
+int HTTPClient::PUT(String payload) {
+    return POST((uint8_t *) payload.c_str(), payload.length());
+}
+
 /**
  * sendRequest
  * @param type const char *     "GET", "POST", ....
diff --git a/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h b/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h
index 53a5d98844..f0ecab38a3 100644
--- a/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h
+++ b/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class HTTPClient
     int GET();
     int POST(uint8_t * payload, size_t size);
     int POST(String payload);
+    int PUT(uint8_t * payload, size_t size);
+    int PUT(String payload);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, String payload);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, uint8_t * payload = NULL, size_t size = 0);
     int sendRequest(const char * type, Stream * stream, size_t size = 0);