diff --git a/request.cabal b/request.cabal
--- a/request.cabal
+++ b/request.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                request
-version:             0.1.3.0
+version:             0.2.0.0
 -- synopsis:
 description:         "HTTP client for haskell, inpired by requests and http-dispatch."
 homepage:            https://github.com/aisk/request#readme
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Request.hs b/src/Network/HTTP/Request.hs
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Request.hs
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Request.hs
@@ -43,7 +43,17 @@
   | POST
   | PUT
   | TRACE
-  deriving (Eq, Show)
+  | Method String
+
+instance Show Method where
+  show GET = "GET"
+  show HEAD = "HEAD"
+  show OPTIONS = "OPTIONS"
+  show PATCH = "PATCH"
+  show POST = "POST"
+  show PUT = "PUT"
+  show TRACE = "TRACE"
+  show (Method method) = method
 
 data (S.IsString a) => Request a = Request
   { requestMethod  :: Method