diff --git a/include/crow/common.h b/include/crow/common.h
index ac6e789d6..f38a3c767 100644
--- a/include/crow/common.h
+++ b/include/crow/common.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ namespace crow
         CONNECT,
         OPTIONS,
         TRACE,
-        PATCH = 24,
+        PATCH,
+        PURGE,
 #endif
 
         Delete = 0,
@@ -30,7 +31,12 @@ namespace crow
         Connect,
         Options,
         Trace,
-        Patch = 24,
+        Patch,
+        Purge,
+
+
+        InternalMethodCount,
+        // should not add an item below this line: used for array count
     };
 
     inline std::string method_name(HTTPMethod method)
@@ -55,6 +61,10 @@ namespace crow
                 return "TRACE";
             case HTTPMethod::Patch:
                 return "PATCH";
+            case HTTPMethod::Purge:
+                return "PURGE";
+            default:
+                return "invalid";
         }
         return "invalid";
     }
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ constexpr crow::HTTPMethod operator "" _method(const char* str, size_t /*len*/)
         crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "CONNECT", 7) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Connect :
         crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "TRACE", 5) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Trace :
         crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "PATCH", 5) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Patch :
+        crow::black_magic::is_equ_p(str, "PURGE", 5) ? crow::HTTPMethod::Purge :
         throw std::runtime_error("invalid http method");
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crow/http_parser_merged.h b/include/crow/http_parser_merged.h
index 2a10252a4..cf89b0595 100644
--- a/include/crow/http_parser_merged.h
+++ b/include/crow/http_parser_merged.h
@@ -96,28 +96,28 @@ typedef int (*http_cb) (http_parser*);
   CROW_XX(5,  CONNECT,     CONNECT)      \
   CROW_XX(6,  OPTIONS,     OPTIONS)      \
   CROW_XX(7,  TRACE,       TRACE)        \
+  /* RFC-5789 */                    \
+  CROW_XX(8, PATCH,       PATCH)        \
+  CROW_XX(9, PURGE,       PURGE)        \
   /* webdav */                      \
-  CROW_XX(8,  COPY,        COPY)         \
-  CROW_XX(9,  LOCK,        LOCK)         \
-  CROW_XX(10, MKCOL,       MKCOL)        \
-  CROW_XX(11, MOVE,        MOVE)         \
-  CROW_XX(12, PROPFIND,    PROPFIND)     \
-  CROW_XX(13, PROPPATCH,   PROPPATCH)    \
-  CROW_XX(14, SEARCH,      SEARCH)       \
-  CROW_XX(15, UNLOCK,      UNLOCK)       \
+  CROW_XX(10,  COPY,        COPY)         \
+  CROW_XX(11,  LOCK,        LOCK)         \
+  CROW_XX(12, MKCOL,       MKCOL)        \
+  CROW_XX(13, MOVE,        MOVE)         \
+  CROW_XX(14, PROPFIND,    PROPFIND)     \
+  CROW_XX(15, PROPPATCH,   PROPPATCH)    \
+  CROW_XX(16, SEARCH,      SEARCH)       \
+  CROW_XX(17, UNLOCK,      UNLOCK)       \
   /* subversion */                  \
-  CROW_XX(16, REPORT,      REPORT)       \
-  CROW_XX(17, MKACTIVITY,  MKACTIVITY)   \
-  CROW_XX(18, CHECKOUT,    CHECKOUT)     \
-  CROW_XX(19, MERGE,       MERGE)        \
+  CROW_XX(18, REPORT,      REPORT)       \
+  CROW_XX(19, MKACTIVITY,  MKACTIVITY)   \
+  CROW_XX(20, CHECKOUT,    CHECKOUT)     \
+  CROW_XX(21, MERGE,       MERGE)        \
   /* upnp */                        \
-  CROW_XX(20, MSEARCH,     M-SEARCH)     \
-  CROW_XX(21, NOTIFY,      NOTIFY)       \
-  CROW_XX(22, SUBSCRIBE,   SUBSCRIBE)    \
-  CROW_XX(23, UNSUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE)  \
-  /* RFC-5789 */                    \
-  CROW_XX(24, PATCH,       PATCH)        \
-  CROW_XX(25, PURGE,       PURGE)        \
+  CROW_XX(22, MSEARCH,     M-SEARCH)     \
+  CROW_XX(23, NOTIFY,      NOTIFY)       \
+  CROW_XX(24, SUBSCRIBE,   SUBSCRIBE)    \
+  CROW_XX(25, UNSUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE)  \
   /* CalDAV */                      \
   CROW_XX(26, MKCALENDAR,  MKCALENDAR)   \
 
diff --git a/tests/unittest.cpp b/tests/unittest.cpp
index 6fe1bbd33..e21af3956 100644
--- a/tests/unittest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unittest.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ TEST(http_method)
     ([](const request& /*req*/){
         return "patch";
     });
+    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/purge_only")
+        .methods("PURGE"_method)
+    ([](const request& /*req*/){
+        return "purge";
+    });
 
 
     // cannot have multiple handlers for the same url
@@ -377,6 +382,17 @@ TEST(http_method)
         ASSERT_EQUAL("patch", res.body);
     }
 
+    {
+        request req;
+        response res;
+
+        req.url = "/purge_only";
+        req.method = "PURGE"_method;
+        app.handle(req, res);
+
+        ASSERT_EQUAL("purge", res.body);
+    }
+
     {
         request req;
         response res;