diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
index 28d5617..bfc0f9e 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/RestSBController.java
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@
     InputStream get(DeviceId device, String request, String mediaType);
 
     /**
+     * Does a REST PATCH request with specified parameters to the device.
+     *
+     * @param device  device to make the request to
+     * @param request url of the request
+     * @param payload   payload of the request as an InputStream
+     * @param mediaType format to retrieve the content in
+     * @return true if operation returned 200, 201, 202, false otherwise
+     */
+    boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType);
+
+    /**
      * Does a REST DELETE request with specified parameters to the device.
      *
      * @param device    device to make the request to
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
index bce280e..d417fff 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
             <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpcore-osgi</artifactId>
+            <version>4.4.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>2.4</version>
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
index b659d2f..0bc3545 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImpl.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPatch;
+import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
 import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
-import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@
 
     private static final Logger log =
             LoggerFactory.getLogger(RestSBControllerImpl.class);
-    private static final String APPLICATION = "application/";
     private static final String XML = "xml";
     private static final String JSON = "json";
     private static final String DOUBLESLASH = "//";
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
     Client client;
 
     @Activate
-    public void activate(ComponentContext context) {
+    public void activate() {
         client = Client.create();
         log.info("Started");
     }
@@ -87,10 +88,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public RestSBDevice getDevice(IpAddress ip, int port) {
-        for (DeviceId info : deviceMap.keySet()) {
-            if (IpAddress.valueOf(info.uri().getHost()).equals(ip) &&
-                    info.uri().getPort() == port) {
-                return deviceMap.get(info);
+        for (RestSBDevice device : deviceMap.values()) {
+            if (device.ip().equals(ip) &&
+                    device.port() == port) {
+                return device;
             }
         }
         return null;
@@ -167,6 +168,31 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public boolean patch(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
+        String url = deviceMap.get(device).protocol() + COLON +
+                DOUBLESLASH +
+                deviceMap.get(device).ip().toString() +
+                COLON + deviceMap.get(device).port() +
+                SLASH + request;
+        try {
+            HttpPatch httprequest = new HttpPatch(url);
+            if (payload != null) {
+                StringEntity input = new StringEntity(IOUtils.toString(payload, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                input.setContentType(mediaType);
+                httprequest.setEntity(input);
+            }
+            int responseStatusCode = HttpClients.createDefault().execute(httprequest)
+                    .getStatusLine()
+                    .getStatusCode();
+            return checkStatusCode(responseStatusCode);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Cannot do PATCH {} request on device {} because can't read payload",
+                      request, device);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public boolean delete(DeviceId device, String request, InputStream payload, String mediaType) {
         WebResource webResource = getWebResource(device, request);
         ClientResponse response = null;
@@ -195,17 +221,21 @@
 
     private boolean checkReply(ClientResponse response) {
         if (response != null) {
-            if (response.getStatus() == STATUS_OK ||
-                    response.getStatus() == STATUS_CREATED ||
-                    response.getStatus() == STATUS_ACCEPTED) {
-                return true;
-            } else {
-                log.error("Failed request: HTTP error code : "
-                                  + response.getStatus());
-                return false;
-            }
+            return checkStatusCode(response.getStatus());
         }
         log.error("Null reply from device");
         return false;
     }
+
+    private boolean checkStatusCode(int statusCode) {
+        if (statusCode == STATUS_OK ||
+                statusCode == STATUS_CREATED ||
+                statusCode == STATUS_ACCEPTED) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            log.error("Failed request: HTTP error code : "
+                              + statusCode);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/protocols/rest/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImplTest.java b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab01cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protocols/rest/ctl/src/test/java/org/onosproject/protocol/rest/ctl/RestSBControllerImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.protocol.rest.ctl;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.DefaultRestSBDevice;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBDevice;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Basic testing for RestSBController.
+ */
+public class RestSBControllerImplTest {
+
+    RestSBControllerImpl controller;
+
+    RestSBDevice device1;
+    RestSBDevice device2;
+
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        controller = new RestSBControllerImpl();
+        controller.activate();
+        device1 = new DefaultRestSBDevice(IpAddress.valueOf("127.0.0.1"), 8080, "foo", "bar", "http", true);
+        device2 = new DefaultRestSBDevice(IpAddress.valueOf("127.0.0.2"), 8080, "foo1", "bar2", "http", true);
+        controller.addDevice(device1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void basics() {
+        assertTrue("Device1 non added", controller.getDevices().containsValue(device1));
+        assertEquals("Device1 added but with wrong key", controller.getDevices()
+                .get(device1.deviceId()), device1);
+        assertEquals("Incorrect Get Device by ID", controller.getDevice(device1.deviceId()), device1);
+        assertEquals("Incorrect Get Device by IP, Port", controller.getDevice(device1.ip(), device1.port()), device1);
+        controller.addDevice(device2);
+        assertTrue("Device2 non added", controller.getDevices().containsValue(device2));
+        controller.removeDevice(device2);
+        assertFalse("Device2 not removed", controller.getDevices().containsValue(device2));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/rest/app/features.xml b/providers/rest/app/features.xml
index 168ae55..db9f5ee 100644
--- a/providers/rest/app/features.xml
+++ b/providers/rest/app/features.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
         <bundle>mvn:com.sun.jersey/jersey-client/1.19</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:commons-io/commons-io/2.4</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient-osgi/4.5.1</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents/httpcore-osgi/4.4.4</bundle>
     </feature>
 </features>