diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 5f4340a..1b18e77 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void curl_setup_http(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 		const char *custom_req, struct buffer *buffer,
 		curl_write_callback write_fn)
 {
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PUT, 1);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, buffer);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, buffer->buf.len);