diff --git a/includes/api/v1/class-wc-api-server.php b/includes/api/v1/class-wc-api-server.php
index f6b14ccf30b..8abdea33ee1 100644
--- a/includes/api/v1/class-wc-api-server.php
+++ b/includes/api/v1/class-wc-api-server.php
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ class WC_API_Server {
 		// Compatibility for clients that can't use PUT/PATCH/DELETE
 		if ( isset( $_GET['_method'] ) ) {
 			$this->method = strtoupper( $_GET['_method'] );
+		} elseif ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'] ) ) {
+			$this->method = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'];
 		}
 
 		// determine type of request/response and load handler, JSON by default
diff --git a/includes/api/v2/class-wc-api-server.php b/includes/api/v2/class-wc-api-server.php
index 01086308f7d..d3311232690 100644
--- a/includes/api/v2/class-wc-api-server.php
+++ b/includes/api/v2/class-wc-api-server.php
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ class WC_API_Server {
 		// Compatibility for clients that can't use PUT/PATCH/DELETE
 		if ( isset( $_GET['_method'] ) ) {
 			$this->method = strtoupper( $_GET['_method'] );
+		} elseif ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'] ) ) {
+			$this->method = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'];
 		}
 
 		// load response handler