diff --git a/src/RequestsLibrary/keywords.py b/src/RequestsLibrary/keywords.py
index 03dff845..5eb7b147 100644
--- a/src/RequestsLibrary/keywords.py
+++ b/src/RequestsLibrary/keywords.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import requests
+import sys
 import json
 
 from urllib import urlencode
@@ -129,7 +130,12 @@ def put(self, alias, uri, data=None, headers=None):
         """
 
         session = self._cache.switch(alias)
-        resp = session.put(uri, data=urlencode(data), headers=headers)
+        if type(data) is dict:
+            resp = session.put(uri, data=urlencode(data), headers=headers)
+        else:
+            resp = session.put(uri, data=data, headers=headers)
+
+        print resp.content
 
         # store the last response object
         session.last_resp = resp
diff --git a/tests/testcase.txt b/tests/testcase.txt
index 1c6621d1..3f0f6df9 100644
--- a/tests/testcase.txt
+++ b/tests/testcase.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ Post Request With No Data
     ${resp}  Post  httpbin  /post  
     Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}  200
 
+
+Put Request With No Data
+    Create Session  httpbin  http://httpbin.org
+    ${resp}  Put  httpbin  /put
+    Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}  200
+
+
 Post Request With No Dictionary
     Create Session  httpbin  http://httpbin.org
     Set Test Variable  ${data}  some content
@@ -41,6 +48,15 @@ Post Request With No Dictionary
     Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}  200
     Should Contain  ${resp.content}  ${data}
 
+
+Put Request With No Dictionary
+    Create Session  httpbin  http://httpbin.org
+    Set Test Variable  ${data}  some content
+    ${resp}  Put  httpbin  /put  data=${data}
+    Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}  200
+    Should Contain  ${resp.content}  ${data}
+
+
 Post Requests
     Create Session  httpbin  http://httpbin.org