diff --git a/spring-android-rest-template/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory.java b/spring-android-rest-template/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory.java
index 7f80d5cc..974c9be5 100644
--- a/spring-android-rest-template/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory.java
+++ b/spring-android-rest-template/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ protected void prepareConnection(HttpURLConnection connection, String httpMethod
 		else {
 			connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
 		}
-		if ("PUT".equals(httpMethod) || "POST".equals(httpMethod) || "PATCH".equals(httpMethod)) {
+		if ("PUT".equals(httpMethod) || "POST".equals(httpMethod) || "PATCH".equals(httpMethod) || "DELETE".equals(httpMethod)) {
 			connection.setDoOutput(true);
 		}
 		else {