diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpPostRequestDecoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpPostRequestDecoder.java
index df4cf79a21..b066479554 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpPostRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpPostRequestDecoder.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class HttpPostRequestDecoder {
         }
         this.request = request;
         HttpMethod method = request.getMethod();
-        if (method.equals(HttpMethod.POST) || method.equals(HttpMethod.PUT)) {
+        if (method.equals(HttpMethod.POST) || method.equals(HttpMethod.PUT) || method.equals(HttpMethod.PATCH)) {
             bodyToDecode = true;
         }
         this.charset = charset;