diff --git a/lapis/application.lua b/lapis/application.lua
index 6c3a69a4..01243eac 100644
--- a/lapis/application.lua
+++ b/lapis/application.lua
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ do
     "get",
     "post",
     "delete",
-    "put"
+    "put",
+    "patch",
+    "head"
   }
   for _index_0 = 1, #_list_0 do
     local meth = _list_0[_index_0]
diff --git a/lapis/application.moon b/lapis/application.moon
index 28d3d99f..0b18bc41 100644
--- a/lapis/application.moon
+++ b/lapis/application.moon
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Application
       @router = nil
 
   -- dynamically create methods for common HTTP verbs
-  for meth in *{"get", "post", "delete", "put"}
+  for meth in *{"get", "post", "delete", "put", "patch", "head"}
     upper_meth = meth\upper!
 
     @__base[meth] = (route_name, path, handler) =>