diff --git a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC3Impl.java b/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC3Impl.java
index c878b8e..7160245 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC3Impl.java
+++ b/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPHC3Impl.java
@@ -224,20 +224,8 @@ public class HTTPHC3Impl extends HTTPHCAbstractImpl {
                 httpMethod = new TraceMethod(urlStr);
             } else if (method.equals(HTTPConstants.OPTIONS)){
                 httpMethod = new OptionsMethod(urlStr);
-            } else if (method.equals(HTTPConstants.DELETE)){
-                httpMethod = new EntityEnclosingMethod(urlStr) {
-                    @Override
-                    public String getName() { // HC3.1 does not have the method
-                        return HTTPConstants.DELETE;
-                    }
-                };
-            } else if (method.equals(HTTPConstants.PATCH)){
-                httpMethod = new EntityEnclosingMethod(urlStr) {
-                    @Override
-                    public String getName() { // HC3.1 does not have the method
-                        return HTTPConstants.PATCH;
-                    }
-                };
+            } else if (HttpWebdav.isWebdavMethod(method)) {
+                httpMethod = new WebdavMethod(urlStr, method);
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected method: '"+method+"'");
             }
@@ -1147,4 +1135,18 @@ public class HTTPHC3Impl extends HTTPHCAbstractImpl {
         return client != null;
     }
 
+    private static class WebdavMethod extends EntityEnclosingMethod {
+        private final String method;
+
+        public WebdavMethod(String urlstr, String method) {
+            super(urlstr);
+            this.method = method;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return this.method;
+        }
+    }
+
 }