diff --git a/cli/cmd/api_patch.go b/cli/cmd/api_patch.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3473b0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/cmd/api_patch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/replicated/pkg/kotsclient"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func (r *runners) InitAPIPatch(parent *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "patch",
+		Short: "Make ad-hoc PATCH API calls to the Replicated API",
+		Long: `This is essentially like curl for the Replicated API, but
+uses your local credentials and prints the response unmodified.
+
+We recommend piping the output to jq for easier reading.
+
+Pass the PATH of the request as the final argument. Do not include the host or version.
+
+Example:
+  replicated api patch /v3/customer/2VffY549paATVfHSGpJhjh6Ehpy -b '{"name":"Valuable Customer"}'
+  
+`,
+		RunE:         r.apiPatch,
+		SilenceUsage: true,
+		Args:         cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	}
+	parent.AddCommand(cmd)
+
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&r.args.apiPatchBody, "body", "b", "", "JSON body to send with the request")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func (r *runners) apiPatch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	path := args[0]
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "/") {
+		path = fmt.Sprintf("/%s", args[0])
+	}
+	pathParts := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	// remove any empty parts
+	for i := len(pathParts) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if pathParts[i] == "" {
+			pathParts = append(pathParts[:i], pathParts[i+1:]...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// v1 and v2 paths use platform client, v3 uses kots client
+	// split the path on the first slash to determine which client to use
+	if pathParts[0] == "v1" {
+
+	} else if pathParts[0] == "v3" {
+		kotsRestClient := kotsclient.VendorV3Client{HTTPClient: *r.platformAPI}
+		response, err := kotsRestClient.Patch(path, r.args.apiPatchBody)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("%s", response)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/cmd/root.go b/cli/cmd/root.go
index af34b6d3..302d3f77 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ func Execute(rootCmd *cobra.Command, stdin io.Reader, stdout io.Writer, stderr i
 	runCmds.InitAPIGet(apiCmd)
 	runCmds.InitAPIPost(apiCmd)
 	runCmds.InitAPIPut(apiCmd)
+	runCmds.InitAPIPatch(apiCmd)
 
 	runCmds.rootCmd.SetUsageTemplate(rootCmdUsageTmpl)
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/runner.go b/cli/cmd/runner.go
index 2d38ac9d..810027ab 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/runner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/runner.go
@@ -283,8 +283,9 @@ type runnerArgs struct {
 
 	loginEndpoint string
 
-	apiPostBody string
-	apiPutBody  string
+	apiPostBody  string
+	apiPutBody   string
+	apiPatchBody string
 
 	customerInspectCustomer string
 
diff --git a/pkg/kotsclient/api.go b/pkg/kotsclient/api.go
index 537af626..cb10f49d 100644
--- a/pkg/kotsclient/api.go
+++ b/pkg/kotsclient/api.go
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ func (c *VendorV3Client) Put(path string, body string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return resp, nil
 }
+
+func (c *VendorV3Client) Patch(path string, body string) ([]byte, error) {
+	resp, err := c.DoJSONWithoutUnmarshal("PATCH", path, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return resp, nil
+}