diff --git a/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c b/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
index 5daf9b356d..fdef04497e 100644
--- a/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
+++ b/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ nm_http_client_req (NMHttpClient *self,
                     int timeout_msec,
                     gssize max_data,
                     const char *const *http_headers,
+                    const char * http_method,
                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                     GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                     gpointer user_data)
@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ nm_http_client_req (NMHttpClient *self,
 		curl_easy_setopt (edata->ehandle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, edata->headers);
 	}
 
+	if (http_method)
+		curl_easy_setopt(edata->ehandle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, http_method);
+
 	if (timeout_msec > 0) {
 		edata->timeout_source = _source_attach (self,
 		                                        nm_g_timeout_source_new (timeout_msec,
@@ -387,6 +391,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	GTask *task;
 	char *uri;
 	const char *const *http_headers;
+	const char *http_method;
 	NMHttpClientPollReqCheckFcn check_fcn;
 	gpointer check_user_data;
 	GBytes *response_data;
@@ -424,6 +429,7 @@ _poll_req_probe_start_fcn (GCancellable *cancellable,
 	                    poll_req_data->request_timeout_ms,
 	                    poll_req_data->request_max_data,
 	                    poll_req_data->http_headers,
+	                    poll_req_data->http_method,
 	                    cancellable,
 	                    callback,
 	                    user_data);
@@ -504,6 +510,7 @@ nm_http_client_poll_req (NMHttpClient *self,
                          int poll_timeout_ms,
                          int ratelimit_timeout_ms,
                          const char *const *http_headers,
+                         const char *http_method,
                          GCancellable *cancellable,
                          NMHttpClientPollReqCheckFcn check_fcn,
                          gpointer check_user_data,
diff --git a/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.h b/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.h
index eeca3930d2..6f5338fd86 100644
--- a/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.h
+++ b/clients/cloud-setup/nm-http-client.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void nm_http_client_poll_req (NMHttpClient *self,
                               int poll_timeout_ms,
                               int ratelimit_timeout_ms,
                               const char *const *http_headers,
+                              const char *http_method,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               NMHttpClientPollReqCheckFcn check_fcn,
                               gpointer check_user_data,
diff --git a/clients/cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-ec2.c b/clients/cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-ec2.c
index 5ef0b51fa9..4d92e1a778 100644
--- a/clients/cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-ec2.c
+++ b/clients/cloud-setup/nmcs-provider-ec2.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ detect (NMCSProvider *provider,
 	                         7000,
 	                         1000,
 	                         NULL,
+	                         NULL,
 	                         g_task_get_cancellable (task),
 	                         _detect_get_meta_data_check_cb,
 	                         NULL,
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ _get_config_metadata_ready_cb (GObject *source,
 		                         10000,
 		                         1000,
 		                         NULL,
+		                         NULL,
 		                         iface_data->cancellable,
 		                         NULL,
 		                         NULL,
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ _get_config_metadata_ready_cb (GObject *source,
 		                         10000,
 		                         1000,
 		                         NULL,
+		                         NULL,
 		                         iface_data->cancellable,
 		                         NULL,
 		                         NULL,
@@ -533,6 +536,7 @@ get_config (NMCSProvider *provider,
 	                         15000,
 	                         1000,
 	                         NULL,
+	                         NULL,
 	                         g_task_get_cancellable (get_config_data->task),
 	                         _get_config_metadata_ready_check,
 	                         metadata_data,