diff --git a/wp-includes/class-http.php b/wp-includes/class-http.php
index e044e9d8a..d4247fd9f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -1054,6 +1054,8 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
 				break;
 			default:
 				curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $r['method'] );
+				if ( ! empty( $r['body'] ) )
+					curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $r['body'] );
 				break;
 		}