diff --git a/lib/tire/http/clients/curb.rb b/lib/tire/http/clients/curb.rb
index 6ff89f9d..6bf8b950 100644
--- a/lib/tire/http/clients/curb.rb
+++ b/lib/tire/http/clients/curb.rb
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ def self.post(url, data)
           Response.new client.body_str, client.response_code
         end
 
+        # NOTE: newrelic_rpm breaks Curl::Easy#http_put
+        #       https://github.com/newrelic/rpm/blob/master/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/curb.rb#L49
+        #
         def self.put(url, data)
+          method = client.respond_to?(:http_put_without_newrelic) ? :http_put_without_newrelic : :http_put
           client.url = url
-          client.http_put data
+          client.send method, data
           Response.new client.body_str, client.response_code
         end