diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py b/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
index e3f45ce60..90ef12212 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ class POSTDeniedView(APIView):
     def put(self, request):
         return Response()
 
+    def patch(self, request):
+        return Response()
+
 
 class DocumentingRendererTests(TestCase):
     def test_only_permitted_forms_are_displayed(self):
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ class DocumentingRendererTests(TestCase):
         response = view(request).render()
         self.assertNotContains(response, '>POST<')
         self.assertContains(response, '>PUT<')
+        self.assertContains(response, '>PATCH<')
 
 
 class RendererEndToEndTests(TestCase):
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/utils.py b/rest_framework/tests/utils.py
index 224c4f9d3..8c87917d9 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