diff --git a/notebook/base/handlers.py b/notebook/base/handlers.py
index 686dcb93b..c05628f17 100644
--- a/notebook/base/handlers.py
+++ b/notebook/base/handlers.py
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class APIHandler(IPythonHandler):
     def options(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.set_header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'accept, content-type')
         self.set_header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods',
-                        'GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS')
+                        'GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS')
         self.finish()