diff --git src/Wt/Http/Client src/Wt/Http/Client
index 243d465..be7de67 100644
--- src/Wt/Http/Client
+++ src/Wt/Http/Client
@@ -220,6 +220,38 @@ public:
    */
   bool post(const std::string& url, const Message& message);
 
+  /*! \brief Starts a PUT request.
+   *
+   * The function starts an asynchronous PUT request, and returns
+   * immediately.
+   *
+   * The function returns \c true when the PUT request has been
+   * scheduled, and thus done() will be emitted eventually.
+   *
+   * The function returns \p false if the client could not schedule
+   * the request, for example if the \p url is invalid or if the %URL
+   * scheme is not supported.
+   *
+   * \sa request(), done()
+   */
+  bool put(const std::string& url, const Message& message);
+  
+  /*! \brief Starts a DELETE request.
+   *
+   * The function starts an asynchronous DELETE request, and returns
+   * immediately.
+   *
+   * The function returns \c true when the DELETE request has been
+   * scheduled, and thus done() will be emitted eventually.
+   *
+   * The function returns \p false if the client could not schedule
+   * the request, for example if the \p url is invalid or if the %URL
+   * scheme is not supported.
+   *
+   * \sa request(), done()
+   */
+  bool deleteRequest(const std::string& url, const Message& message);
+  
   /*! \brief Starts a request.
    *
    * The function starts an asynchronous HTTP request, and returns
diff --git src/Wt/Http/Client.C src/Wt/Http/Client.C
index 43fbbe1..834d793 100644
--- src/Wt/Http/Client.C
+++ src/Wt/Http/Client.C
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ public:
       request_stream << h.name() << ": " << h.value() << "\r\n";
     }
 
-    if (method == "POST" && !haveContentLength)
+    if ((method == "POST" || method == "PUT" || method == "DELETE") && !haveContentLength)
       request_stream << "Content-Length: " << message.body().length() 
 		     << "\r\n";
 
     request_stream << "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";
 
-    if (method == "POST")
+    if (method == "POST" || method == "PUT" || method == "DELETE")
       request_stream << message.body();
 
     tcp::resolver::query query(server, boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(port));
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ bool Client::post(const std::string& url, const Message& message)
   return request(Post, url, message);
 }
 
+bool Client::put(const std::string& url, const Message& message)
+{
+  return request(Put, url, message);
+}
+
+bool Client::deleteRequest(const std::string& url, const Message& message)
+{
+  return request(Delete, url, message);
+}
+
 bool Client::request(Http::Method method, const std::string& url,
 		     const Message& message)
 {
@@ -618,7 +628,7 @@ bool Client::request(Http::Method method, const std::string& url,
   impl_->setTimeout(timeout_);
   impl_->setMaximumResponseSize(maximumResponseSize_);
 
-  const char *methodNames_[] = { "GET", "POST", "PUT" };
+  const char *methodNames_[] = { "GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE" };
 
   LOG_DEBUG(methodNames_[method] << " " << url);
 
diff --git src/Wt/Http/Method src/Wt/Http/Method
index 8dd8923..26ebc22 100644
--- src/Wt/Http/Method
+++ src/Wt/Http/Method
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ namespace Wt {
  * used HTTP methods.
  */
 enum Method {
-  Get,  //!< a HTTP GET
-  Post, //!< a HTTP POST
-  Put   //!< a HTTP PUT
+  Get,   //!< a HTTP GET
+  Post,  //!< a HTTP POST
+  Put,   //!< a HTTP PUT
+  Delete //!< a HTTP DELETE
 };
 
   }