diff --git a/lib/oauth2.js b/lib/oauth2.js
index 3210171..efe5601 100644
--- a/lib/oauth2.js
+++ b/lib/oauth2.js
@@ -49,19 +49,25 @@ exports.OAuth2.prototype.buildAuthHeader= function(token) {
   return this._authMethod + ' ' + token;
 };
 
+exports.OAuth2.prototype._chooseHttpLibrary= function( parsedUrl ) {
+  var http_library= https;
+  // As this is OAUth2, we *assume* https unless told explicitly otherwise.
+  if( parsedUrl.protocol != "https:" ) {
+    http_library= http;
+  }
+  return http_library;
+};
+
 exports.OAuth2.prototype._request= function(method, url, headers, post_body, access_token, callback) {
 
-  var http_library= https;
   var creds = crypto.createCredentials({ });
   var parsedUrl= URL.parse( url, true );
   if( parsedUrl.protocol == "https:" && !parsedUrl.port ) {
     parsedUrl.port= 443;
   }
 
-  // As this is OAUth2, we *assume* https unless told explicitly otherwise.
-  if( parsedUrl.protocol != "https:" ) {
-    http_library= http;
-  }
+  var http_library= this._chooseHttpLibrary( parsedUrl );
+
 
   var realHeaders= {};
   for( var key in this._customHeaders ) {
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ exports.OAuth2.prototype._executeRequest= function( http_library, options, post_
     callback(e);
   });
 
-  if(  options.method == 'POST' && post_body ) {
+  if( (options.method == 'POST' || options.method == 'PUT') && post_body ) {
      request.write(post_body);
   }
   request.end();
diff --git a/tests/oauth2.js b/tests/oauth2.js
index d16a0e0..f27e263 100644
--- a/tests/oauth2.js
+++ b/tests/oauth2.js
@@ -125,15 +125,68 @@ vows.describe('OAuth2').addBatch({
     'Given an OAuth2 instance with clientId, clientSecret and customHeaders': {
       topic: new OAuth2("clientId", "clientSecret", undefined, undefined, undefined,
           { 'SomeHeader': '123' }),
-      'When calling get': {
+      'When GETing': {
         'we should see the custom headers mixed into headers property in options passed to http-library' : function(oa) {
           oa._executeRequest= function( http_library, options, callback ) {
             assert.equal(options.headers["SomeHeader"], "123");
           };
           oa.get("", {});
-        }
+        },
       }
     },
+    'Given an OAuth2 instance with a clientId and clientSecret': {
+      topic: new OAuth2("clientId", "clientSecret"),
+        'When POSTing': {
+          'we should see a given string being sent to the request' : function(oa) {
+            var bodyWritten= false;
+            oa._chooseHttpLibrary= function() {
+              return {
+                request: function(options) {
+                  assert.equal(options.headers["Content-Type"], "text/plain");
+                  assert.equal(options.headers["Content-Length"], 26);
+                  assert.equal(options.method, "POST");
+                  return  {
+                    end: function() {},
+                    on: function() {},
+                    write: function(body) {
+                      bodyWritten= true;
+                      assert.isNotNull(body);
+                      assert.equal(body, "THIS_IS_A_POST_BODY_STRING")
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              };
+            }
+            oa._request("POST", "", {"Content-Type":"text/plain"}, "THIS_IS_A_POST_BODY_STRING");
+            assert.ok( bodyWritten );
+          }
+        },
+        'When PUTing': {
+          'we should see a given string being sent to the request' : function(oa) {
+            var bodyWritten= false;
+            oa._chooseHttpLibrary= function() {
+              return {
+                request: function(options) {
+                  assert.equal(options.headers["Content-Type"], "text/plain");
+                  assert.equal(options.headers["Content-Length"], 25);
+                  assert.equal(options.method, "PUT");
+                  return  {
+                    end: function() {},
+                    on: function() {},
+                    write: function(body) {
+                      bodyWritten= true;
+                      assert.isNotNull(body);
+                      assert.equal(body, "THIS_IS_A_PUT_BODY_STRING")
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              };
+            }
+            oa._request("PUT", "", {"Content-Type":"text/plain"}, "THIS_IS_A_PUT_BODY_STRING");
+            assert.ok( bodyWritten );
+          }
+        }
+    },
     'When the user passes in the User-Agent in customHeaders': {
       topic: new OAuth2("clientId", "clientSecret", undefined, undefined, undefined,
           { 'User-Agent': '123Agent' }),