diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 1156aa2fd195ff..728acf7fe99f62 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public void sendRequest(
     requestBuilder.headers(requestHeaders);
 
     if (data == null) {
-      requestBuilder.method(method, null);
+      requestBuilder.method(method, RequestBodyUtil.getEmptyBody(method));
     } else if (data.hasKey(REQUEST_BODY_KEY_STRING)) {
       if (contentType == null) {
         onRequestError(requestId, "Payload is set but no content-type header specified");
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/RequestBodyUtil.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/RequestBodyUtil.java
index 7ce69c37e2d99a..f834120acaf15b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/RequestBodyUtil.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/RequestBodyUtil.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.Util;
 import okio.BufferedSink;
+import okio.ByteString;
 import okio.Okio;
 import okio.Source;
 
@@ -112,4 +113,15 @@ public void writeTo(BufferedSink sink) throws IOException {
       }
     };
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a empty RequestBody if required by the http method spec, otherwise use null
+   */
+  public static RequestBody getEmptyBody(String method) {
+    if (method.equals("POST") || method.equals("PUT") || method.equals("PATCH")) {
+      return RequestBody.create(null, ByteString.EMPTY);
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
 }