diff --git a/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.cpp b/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.cpp
index 510af38d1c5..b263162b99f 100644
--- a/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (c) 2013 Arduino LLC. All right reserved.
+  Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Arduino LLC. All right reserved.
 
   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -20,28 +20,62 @@
 
 unsigned int HttpClient::get(String &url) {
   begin("curl");
+  addHeader();
   addParameter(url);
   return run();
 }
 
 unsigned int HttpClient::get(const char *url) {
   begin("curl");
+  addHeader();
   addParameter(url);
   return run();
 }
 
 void HttpClient::getAsynchronously(String &url) {
   begin("curl");
+  addHeader();
   addParameter(url);
   runAsynchronously();
 }
 
 void HttpClient::getAsynchronously(const char *url) {
   begin("curl");
+  addHeader();
   addParameter(url);
   runAsynchronously();
 }
 
+unsigned int HttpClient::post(String &url, String &data) {
+    return post(url.c_str(), data.c_str());
+}
+
+unsigned int HttpClient::post(const char *url, const char *data) {
+    begin("curl");
+    addParameter("--request");
+    addParameter("POST");
+    addParameter("--data");
+    addParameter(data);
+    addHeader();
+    addParameter(url);
+    return run();
+}
+
+void HttpClient::postAsynchronously(String &url, String &data) {
+  postAsynchronously(url.c_str(), data.c_str());
+}
+
+void HttpClient::postAsynchronously(const char *url, const char *data) {
+    begin("curl");
+    addParameter("--request");
+    addParameter("POST");
+    addParameter("--data");
+    addParameter(data);
+    addHeader();
+    addParameter(url);
+    runAsynchronously();
+}
+
 boolean HttpClient::ready() {
   return running();
 }
@@ -50,4 +84,18 @@ unsigned int HttpClient::getResult() {
   return exitValue();
 }
 
+void HttpClient::setHeader(String &header) {
+  this->header = header;
+}
+
+void HttpClient::setHeader(const char * header) {
+  this->header = String(header);
+}
+
+void HttpClient::addHeader() {
+  if (header.length() > 0) {
+    addParameter("--header");
+    addParameter(header);
+  }
+}
 
diff --git a/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.h b/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.h
index 00b6f9e5524..d1b815e7a52 100644
--- a/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.h
+++ b/libraries/Bridge/src/HttpClient.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (c) 2013 Arduino LLC. All right reserved.
+  Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Arduino LLC. All right reserved.
 
   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -28,9 +28,18 @@ class HttpClient : public Process {
     unsigned int get(const char * url);
     void getAsynchronously(String &url);
     void getAsynchronously(const char * url);
+    unsigned int post(String &url, String &data);
+    unsigned int post(const char * url, const char * data);
+    void postAsynchronously(String &url, String &data);
+    void postAsynchronously(const char * url, const char * data);
+    void setHeader(String &header);
+    void setHeader(const char * header);
     boolean ready();
     unsigned int getResult();
 
+  private:
+    void addHeader();
+    String header;
 };
 
 #endif /* HTTPCLIENT_H_ */