diff --git a/tuskarclient/common/base.py b/tuskarclient/common/base.py
index c1989e2..887a3e7 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/common/base.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/common/base.py
@@ -112,3 +112,8 @@ class Manager(object):
 
     def _delete(self, url):
         self.api.raw_request('DELETE', url)
+
+    def _patch(self, url, body, response_key=None):
+        resp, body = self.api.json_request('PATCH', url, body=body)
+        if body:
+            return self.resource_class(self, body)
diff --git a/tuskarclient/tests/common/test_base.py b/tuskarclient/tests/common/test_base.py
index a03db1d..39ea945 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/tests/common/test_base.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/tests/common/test_base.py
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ class ManagerTest(tutils.TestCase):
                                         obj_class='obj_class',
                                         body='body', expect_single=True)
 
+    def test_patch(self):
+        fake_response = mock.Mock()
+
+        self.m.resource_class = mock.Mock(
+            return_value='fake_resource_class_instance')
+
+        self.m.api.json_request = mock.Mock(
+            return_value=(fake_response, 'fake_body'))
+        got = self.m._patch('url', 'body', response_key='response_key')
+
+        self.assertEqual('fake_resource_class_instance', got)
+        self.m.api.json_request.assert_called_with('PATCH', 'url', body='body')
+        self.m.resource_class.assert_called_with(self.m, 'fake_body')
+
     def test_path(self):
         self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError, self.m._path)