diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd3eea1..e23b4ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## v0.1.5 (October 16, 2018)
+- Add `overrideHttpPut` option for handling environments not allowing http put.
+
 ## v0.1.4 (June 21, 2018)
 - Fix superagent `attachCookies` and `saveCookies` usage
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a84831..0f28ac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ const config = {
   timeout: 60000, // Request timeout in milliseconds
   cache: true, // If set to false an additional timestamp parameter is added to all API GET calls to prevent browser caching
   enableCookies: false, //If set to true, the client will save the cookies from each server response, and return them in the next request.
+  overrideHttpPut: true // If set to true, any methods specified as using http PUT will be sent using POST along the header value 'x-dw-http-method-override' set to 'PUT'.
 }
 
 ShopApi.ApiClient.instance = new ShopApi.ApiClient(config)
 ```
 
-    
+
 
 ### 🔐 Authorization
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ ShopApi.ApiClient.instance = new ShopApi.ApiClient(config)
 
 Because Salesforce OCAPI is not publicly available, you need to have a running instance that you can test against. In the test folder, there is a file `config.json` that has the example configuration for your environment. Simply update the file with your instance information
 
-Example: 
+Example:
 ```json
 {
   "clientId": "5640cc6b-f5e9-466e-9134-9853e9f9db93",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dc01e61..5413242 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "commercecloud-ocapi-client",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a85703..10382ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "commercecloud-ocapi-client",
-  "version": "0.1.4",
+  "version": "0.1.5",
   "description": "An ES6 JavaScript Client for Salesforce Open Commerce API",
   "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",
   "main": "dist/commercecloud-ocapi-client.cjs.js",
diff --git a/src/ApiClient.js b/src/ApiClient.js
index 0ec6ab7..30bc554 100644
--- a/src/ApiClient.js
+++ b/src/ApiClient.js
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ import Fault from './models/Fault'
 
 const defaultConfig = {
     basePath: 'https://localhost/s/siteId/dw/shop/v17_8',
-    defaultHeaders: {},
-    timeout: 60000,
     cache: true,
+    defaultHeaders: {},
     enableCookies: false,
+    overrideHttpPut: true,
+    timeout: 60000,
 }
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ export default class ApiClient {
             enableCookies,
             clientUsername,
             clientPassword,
-            oauth2AccessToken
+            oauth2AccessToken,
+            overrideHttpPut
         } = Object.assign(defaultConfig, config)
 
         // verify the required parameter 'basepath' is set
@@ -94,6 +96,16 @@ export default class ApiClient {
             customers_auth.password = clientPassword
         }
 
+        /**
+         * If set to true, endpoints that normally use HTTP `PUT` will
+         * be sent using `POST` with an aditional header (x-dw-http-method-override: `PUT`).
+         * Please refer to the following Salesforce documentation {@link https://documentation.demandware.com/DOC1/topic/com.demandware.dochelp/OCAPI/18.8/usage/HttpMethods.html}
+         * for more information.
+         * @type {Boolean}
+         * @default true
+         */
+        this.overrideHttpPut = overrideHttpPut
+
         /**
          * The default HTTP headers to be included for all API calls.
          * @type {Array.<String>}
@@ -420,6 +432,12 @@ export default class ApiClient {
             queryParams._ = new Date().getTime()
         }
 
+        // emulate PUT method because they are not allowed on staging and production environments
+        if (this.overrideHttpPut && httpMethod.toUpperCase() === 'PUT') {
+            httpMethod = 'POST'
+            headerParams = Object.assign(headerParams || {}, {'x-dw-http-method-override': 'PUT'})
+        }
+
         request.query(this.normalizeParams(queryParams))
 
         // set header parameters