diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87d0bba..2f7392c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ require_once( 'lib/woocommerce-api.php' );
 
 $options = array(
 	'ssl_verify'      => false,
+	// If your server will only accept GET and POST, then try this fix
+	// to map PUT and DELETE to POST.
+	'fix_method'      => true,
 );
 
 try {
diff --git a/example/example.php b/example/example.php
index 3197bda..3a14568 100644
--- a/example/example.php
+++ b/example/example.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	'validate_url'    => false,
 	'timeout'         => 30,
 	'ssl_verify'      => false,
+	'fix_method'      => false,
 );
 
 try {
diff --git a/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client-http-request.php b/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client-http-request.php
index d6684fa..5b758b8 100644
--- a/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client-http-request.php
+++ b/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client-http-request.php
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ public function __construct( $args ) {
 
 		// default cURL opts
 		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $ssl_verify );
-		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, $ssl_verify );
-		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout );
+		// 0, 1 or 2. Value 1 is deprecated.
+		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, $ssl_verify ? 0 : 2 );
+		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, (int) $timeout );
 		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (int) $timeout );
 		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
 
@@ -78,8 +79,18 @@ public function __construct( $args ) {
 		// save response headers
 		curl_setopt( $this->ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, array( $this, 'curl_stream_headers' ) );
 
+		// start with the required REST method
+		$method = $this->request->method;
+
+		// if we want to fix the method to GET and POST, then move the REST method
+		// to the _method parameter and do a POST instead.
+		if ( $args['fix_method'] && $method != 'GET' && $method != 'POST' ) {
+			$this->request->params = array_merge( $this->request->params, array( '_method' => $method ) );
+			$method = 'POST';
+		}
+
 		// set request method and data
-		switch ( $this->request->method ) {
+		switch ( $method ) {
 
 			case 'GET':
 				$this->request->body = null;
@@ -178,7 +189,6 @@ public function dispatch() {
 
 		// check for invalid JSON
 		if ( null === $parsed_response ) {
-
 			throw new WC_API_Client_HTTP_Exception( sprintf( 'Invalid JSON returned for %s.', $this->request->url ), $this->response->code, $this->request, $this->response );
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client.php b/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client.php
index 030109b..7a03b3c 100644
--- a/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client.php
+++ b/lib/woocommerce-api/class-wc-api-client.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class WC_API_Client {
 	/** @var bool true to perform SSL peer verification */
 	public $ssl_verify = true;
 
+	/** @var bool true to replace PUT and DELETE methods with a POST */
+	public $fix_method = false;
+
 	/** Resources */
 
 	/** @var WC_API_Client_Resource_Coupons instance */
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ public function parse_options( $options ) {
 			'validate_url',
 			'timeout',
 			'ssl_verify',
+			'fix_method',
 		);
 
 		foreach ( (array) $options as $opt_key => $opt_value ) {
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ public function parse_options( $options ) {
 
 			$this->$opt_key = $opt_value;
 		}
+
 	}
 
 
@@ -260,6 +265,7 @@ public function make_api_call( $method, $path, $request_data ) {
 
 		$args = array(
 			'method'          => $method,
+			'fix_method'      => $this->fix_method,
 			'url'             => $this->api_url . $path,
 			'data'            => $request_data,
 			'consumer_key'    => $this->consumer_key,