diff --git a/ios/RNFetchBlobReqBuilder.m b/ios/RNFetchBlobReqBuilder.m
index 0123ad6a8..d9823ede1 100644
--- a/ios/RNFetchBlobReqBuilder.m
+++ b/ios/RNFetchBlobReqBuilder.m
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ +(void) buildOctetRequest:(NSDictionary *)options
     dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
         NSMutableData * blobData;
         long size = -1;
-        // if method is POST or PUT, convert data string format
-        if([[method lowercaseString] isEqualToString:@"post"] || [[method lowercaseString] isEqualToString:@"put"]) {
+        // if method is POST, PUT or PATCH, convert data string format
+        if([[method lowercaseString] isEqualToString:@"post"] || [[method lowercaseString] isEqualToString:@"put"] || [[method lowercaseString] isEqualToString:@"patch"]) {
             // generate octet-stream body
             if(body != nil) {
                 __block NSString * cType = [[self class] getHeaderIgnoreCases:@"content-type" fromHeaders:mheaders];