1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/utils.py b/rest_framework/tests/utils.py
index 224c4f9d..8c87917d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/utils.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from django.test.client import RequestFactory, FakePayload
+from django.test.client import FakePayload, Client as _Client, RequestFactory as _RequestFactory
 from django.test.client import MULTIPART_CONTENT
 from rest_framework.compat import urlparse
 
 
-class RequestFactory(RequestFactory):
+class RequestFactory(_RequestFactory):
 
     def __init__(self, **defaults):
         super(RequestFactory, self).__init__(**defaults)
@@ -26,3 +26,15 @@ class RequestFactory(RequestFactory):
         }
         r.update(extra)
         return self.request(**r)
+
+
+class Client(_Client, RequestFactory):
+    def patch(self, path, data={}, content_type=MULTIPART_CONTENT,
+              follow=False, **extra):
+        """
+        Send a resource to the server using PATCH.
+        """
+        response = super(Client, self).patch(path, data=data, content_type=content_type, **extra)
+        if follow:
+            response = self._handle_redirects(response, **extra)
+        return response