diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
index 4685079f68..296f40e326 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@ const CouchDB = require("../../db")
 const validateJs = require("validate.js")
 const newid = require("../../db/newid")
 
+exports.patch = async function(ctx) {
+  const db = new CouchDB(ctx.user.instanceId)
+  const record = await db.get(ctx.params._id)
+  const model = await db.get(record.modelId)
+  const patchfields = ctx.request.body
+
+  for (let key in patchfields) {
+    if (!model.schema[key]) continue
+    record[key] = patchfields[key]
+  }
+
+  const validateResult = await validate({
+    record,
+    model,
+  })
+
+  if (!validateResult.valid) {
+    ctx.status = 400
+    ctx.body = {
+      status: 400,
+      errors: validateResult.errors,
+    }
+    return
+  }
+
+  const response = await db.put(record)
+  record._rev = response.rev
+  record.type = "record"
+  ctx.body = record
+  ctx.status = 200
+  ctx.message = `${model.name} updated successfully.`
+  return
+}
+
 exports.save = async function(ctx) {
   const db = new CouchDB(ctx.user.instanceId)
   const record = ctx.request.body
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js
index deba513aa9..15fbe29503 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/record.js
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ router
     authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
     recordController.save
   )
+  .patch(
+    "/api/:modelId/records/:id",
+    authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
+    recordController.save
+  )
   .post(
     "/api/:modelId/records/validate",
     authorized(WRITE_MODEL, ctx => ctx.params.modelId),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
index 594c4a3121..513e1d3f03 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/couchTestUtils.js
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ exports.createModel = async (request, appId, instanceId, model) => {
         constraints: {
           type: "string",
         },
+        description: {
+          type: "text",
+          constraints: {
+            type: "string",
+          },
+        },
       },
     },
   }
@@ -61,18 +67,6 @@ exports.createModel = async (request, appId, instanceId, model) => {
   return res.body
 }
 
-exports.createView = async (request, appId, instanceId, view) => {
-  view = view || {
-    map: "function(doc) { emit(doc[doc.key], doc._id); } ",
-  }
-
-  const res = await request
-    .post(`/api/views`)
-    .set(exports.defaultHeaders(appId, instanceId))
-    .send(view)
-  return res.body
-}
-
 exports.createClientDatabase = async id => await create(id || TEST_CLIENT_ID)
 
 exports.createApplication = async (request, name = "test_application") => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js
index 62cf205b1c..68e9f8758f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/record.spec.js
@@ -30,20 +30,30 @@ describe("/records", () => {
     model = await createModel(request, app._id, instance._id)
     record = {
       name: "Test Contact",
+      description: "original description",
       status: "new",
       modelId: model._id
     }
   })
 
+  const createRecord = async r => 
+    await request
+      .post(`/api/${model._id}/records`)
+      .send(r || record)
+      .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200)
+
+  const loadRecord = async id => 
+    await request
+      .get(`/api/${model._id}/records/${id}`)
+      .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+      .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+      .expect(200)
+
+
   describe("save, load, update, delete", () => {
 
-    const createRecord = async r => 
-      await request
-        .post(`/api/${model._id}/records`)
-        .send(r || record)
-        .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
-        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-        .expect(200)
 
     it("returns a success message when the record is created", async () => {
       const res = await createRecord()
@@ -144,6 +154,35 @@ describe("/records", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("patch", () => {
+    it("should update only the fields that are supplied", async () => {
+      const rec = await createRecord()
+      const existing = rec.body
+
+      const res = await request
+        .patch(`/api/${model._id}/records/${rec._id}`)
+        .send({
+          _id: existing._id,
+          _rev: existing._rev,
+          modelId: model._id,
+          name: "Updated Name",
+        })
+        .set(defaultHeaders(app._id, instance._id))
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect(200)
+      
+      expect(res.res.statusMessage).toEqual(`${model.name} updated successfully.`)
+      expect(res.body.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
+      expect(res.body.description).toEqual(rec.description)
+
+      const savedRecord = await loadRecord(res.body._id)
+
+      expect(savedRecord.body.description).toEqual(rec.description)
+      expect(savedRecord.body.name).toEqual("Updated Name")
+        
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("validate", () => {
     it("should return no errors on valid record", async () => {
       const result = await request